ALLIED CAPITAL CORPORATION, ISSUER
EXHIBIT d.2
ALLIED CAPITAL CORPORATION, ISSUER
and
The Bank of New York, Trustee
Dated as of •, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Parties |
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Recitals of the Company | 1 | |||||
ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | 1 | |||||
Section 101. |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Act | 2 | |||||
Affiliate | 2 | |||||
Authenticating Agent | 2 | |||||
Board of Directors | 2 | |||||
Board Resolution | 2 | |||||
Business Day | 2 | |||||
Commission | 2 | |||||
Company | 2 | |||||
Company Request; Company Order | 3 | |||||
Corporate Trust Office | 3 | |||||
corporation | 3 | |||||
Covenant Defeasance | 3 | |||||
Default | 3 | |||||
Defaulted Interest | 3 | |||||
Defeasance | 3 | |||||
Depositary | 3 | |||||
Event of Default | 3 | |||||
Exchange Act | 3 | |||||
Expiration Date | 3 | |||||
Global Security | 3 | |||||
Holder | 3 | |||||
Indenture | 4 | |||||
interest | 4 | |||||
Interest Payment Date | 4 | |||||
Investment Company Act | 4 | |||||
Material Adverse Effect | 4 | |||||
Maturity | 4 | |||||
Notice of Default | 4 | |||||
Officers' Certificate | 4 | |||||
Opinion of Counsel | 4 | |||||
Original Issue Discount Security | 4 | |||||
Outstanding | 4 | |||||
Paying Agent | 5 |
Note: | This Table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a party of the Indenture. |
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Person | 5 | |||||
Place of Payment | 6 | |||||
Predecessor Security | 6 | |||||
Redemption Date | 6 | |||||
Redemption Price | 6 | |||||
Regular Record Date | 6 | |||||
Responsible Officer | 6 | |||||
Securities | 6 | |||||
Securities Act | 6 | |||||
Security Register; Security Registrar | 6 | |||||
Special Record Date | 6 | |||||
Stated Maturity | 6 | |||||
Trust Indenture Act | 7 | |||||
Trustee | 7 | |||||
U.S. Government Obligation | 7 | |||||
Vice President | 7 | |||||
Section 102. |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions | 7 | ||||
Section 103. |
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee | 8 | ||||
Section 104. |
Acts of Holders; Record Dates | 8 | ||||
Section 105. |
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company | 10 | ||||
Section 106. |
Notice to Holders; Waiver | 11 | ||||
Section 107. |
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 11 | ||||
Section 108. |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 11 | ||||
Section 109. |
Successors and Assigns | 11 | ||||
Section 110. |
Severability | 11 | ||||
Section 111. |
Benefits of Indenture | 11 | ||||
Section 112. |
Governing Law | 12 | ||||
Section 113. |
Legal Holidays | 12 | ||||
Section 114. |
Payments Due on Non-Business Days | 12 | ||||
Section 115. |
Indenture May be Executed In Counterparts | 12 | ||||
Section 116. |
Force Majeure | 12 | ||||
Section 117. |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS | 13 | |||||
Section 201. |
Forms Generally | 13 | ||||
Section 202. |
Form of Face of Security | 13 | ||||
Section 203. |
Form of Reverse of Security | 15 | ||||
Section 204. |
Form of Legend for Global Securities | 19 | ||||
Section 205. |
Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication | 19 | ||||
ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES | 19 | |||||
Section 301. |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 19 | ||||
Section 302. |
Date and Denominations | 22 | ||||
Section 303. |
Execution, Authentication, and Delivery | 22 | ||||
Section 304. |
Temporary Securities | 24 |
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Section 305. |
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 24 | ||||
Section 306. |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities | 26 | ||||
Section 307. |
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved | 27 | ||||
Section 308. |
Persons Deemed Owners | 28 | ||||
Section 309. |
Cancellation of Surrendered Securities | 28 | ||||
Section 310. |
Computation of Interest | 29 | ||||
Section 311. |
CUSIP Numbers | 29 | ||||
ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 29 | |||||
Section 401. |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 29 | ||||
Section 402. |
Application of Trust Money | 30 | ||||
ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES | 31 | |||||
Section 501. |
Events of Default | 31 | ||||
Section 502. |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 32 | ||||
Section 503. |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee | 33 | ||||
Section 504. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 34 | ||||
Section 505. |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities | 34 | ||||
Section 506. |
Application of Money Collected | 34 | ||||
Section 507. |
Limitation on Suits | 35 | ||||
Section 508. |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium | |||||
and Interest | 35 | |||||
Section 509. |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 36 | ||||
Section 510. |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 36 | ||||
Section 511. |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 36 | ||||
Section 512. |
Control by Holders | 36 | ||||
Section 513. |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 37 | ||||
Section 514. |
Undertaking for Costs | 37 | ||||
Section 515. |
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws | 37 | ||||
ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE | 37 | |||||
Section 601. |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities | 37 | ||||
Section 602. |
Notice of Defaults | 38 | ||||
Section 603. |
Certain Rights of Trustee | 39 | ||||
Section 604. |
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities | 40 | ||||
Section 605. |
May Hold Securities | 40 | ||||
Section 606. |
Money Held in Trust | 40 | ||||
Section 607. |
Compensation and Reimbursement | 41 | ||||
Section 608. |
Conflicting Interests | 41 | ||||
Section 609. |
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility | 41 | ||||
Section 610. |
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 42 | ||||
Section 611. |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor | 43 | ||||
Section 612. |
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business | 44 |
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Section 613. |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 44 | ||||
Section 614. |
Appointment of Authenticating Agent | 45 | ||||
ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY | 46 | |||||
Section 701. |
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders | 46 | ||||
Section 702. |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders | 46 | ||||
Section 703. |
Reports by Trustee | 47 | ||||
Section 704. |
Reports by Company | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE | 48 | |||||
Section 801. |
Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms | 48 | ||||
Section 802. |
Successor Substituted | 48 | ||||
ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 49 | |||||
Section 901. |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders | 49 | ||||
Section 902. |
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders | 50 | ||||
Section 903. |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 51 | ||||
Section 904. |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures | 51 | ||||
Section 905. |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act | 51 | ||||
Section 906. |
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures | 51 | ||||
ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS | 52 | |||||
Section 1001. |
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest | 52 | ||||
Section 1002. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 52 | ||||
Section 1003. |
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust | 52 | ||||
Section 1004. |
Statement by Officers as to Default | 53 | ||||
Section 1005. |
Existence | 54 | ||||
Section 1006. |
Maintenance of Properties | 54 | ||||
Section 1007. |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims | 54 | ||||
Section 1008. |
Waiver of Certain Covenants | 54 | ||||
ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES | 55 | |||||
Section 1101. |
Applicability of Article | 55 | ||||
Section 1102. |
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee | 55 | ||||
Section 1103. |
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed | 55 | ||||
Section 1104. |
Notice of Redemption | 56 | ||||
Section 1105. |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 57 | ||||
Section 1106. |
Securities Payable on Redemption Date | 57 | ||||
Section 1107. |
Securities Redeemed in Part | 57 | ||||
ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS | 58 |
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Section 1201. |
Applicability of Article | 58 | ||||
Section 1202. |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities | 58 | ||||
Section 1203. |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund | 58 | ||||
ARTICLE THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE | 59 | |||||
Section 1301. |
Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 59 | ||||
Section 1302. |
Defeasance and Discharge | 59 | ||||
Section 1303. |
Covenant Defeasance | 59 | ||||
Section 1304. |
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 60 | ||||
Section 1305. |
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be | |||||
Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions | 62 | |||||
Section 1306. |
Reinstatement | 62 |
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Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act:
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act:
Trust Indenture | ||||
Act Section | Indenture Section | |||
§ 310 |
(a)(1) | 609 | ||
(a)(2) | 609 | |||
(a)(3) | Not Applicable | |||
(a)(4) | Not Applicable | |||
(a)(5) | 609 | |||
(b) | 608 | |||
(c) | Not Applicable | |||
§ 311 |
(a) | 613 | ||
(b) | 613 | |||
(c) | Not Applicable | |||
§ 312 |
(a) | 701 | ||
(b) | 702 | |||
(c) | 702 | |||
§ 313 |
(a) | 703 | ||
(b) | 703 | |||
(c) | 703 | |||
(d) | 703 | |||
§ 314 |
(a) | 704 | ||
(a)(4) | 101 | |||
(b) | Not Applicable | |||
(c)(1) | 102 | |||
(c)(2) | 102 | |||
(c)(3) | Not Applicable | |||
(d) | Not Applicable | |||
(e) | 102 | |||
(f) | Not Applicable | |||
§ 315 |
(a) | 601 | ||
(b) | 602 | |||
(c) | 601 | |||
(d) | 601 | |||
(e) | 514 | |||
§ 316 |
(a) | 101 | ||
(a)(1)(A) | 502 | |||
(a)(1)(B) | 513 | |||
(a)(2) | Not Applicable | |||
(b) | 508 | |||
(c) | 104 | |||
§ 317 |
(a)(1) | 503 | ||
(a)(2) | 504 | |||
(b) | 1003 | |||
§ 318 |
(a) | 107 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture. |
INDENTURE, dated as of •, 2006, between ALLIED CAPITAL CORPORATION, a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Company”), having its
principal office at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX, Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 20006, and The Bank of New York,
a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as
Trustee (the “Trustee”).
Recitals of the Company
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All acts and things necessary to make the Securities, when the Securities have been executed
by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as provided in this Indenture, the
valid, binding, and legal obligations of the Company and to constitute these presents a valid
indenture and agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution and
delivery by the Company of this Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Securities have in all
respects been duly authorized; and the Company, in the exercise of legal right and power in it
vested, is executing and delivering this Indenture and proposes to make, execute, issue, and
deliver the Securities.
Now, Therefore, This Indenture Witnesseth:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned
to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, the term “generally accepted
accounting principles” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles at the time in
the United States;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a
“Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing; provided, that Affiliate shall not include
any portfolio company of the Company, of which the Company may have control or in which the Company
may have an investment from time to time.
“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of such board.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
Payment are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
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“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Operating Officer or the Chief Financial Officer (or, in each case, any permitted designee of such
Person as may be identified as such in a writing delivered to the Trustee from time to time), and
by any Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date
hereof is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to
time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time
by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business
trust.
“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
“Default” means any event that, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute an
Event of Default.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that
is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.
“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities), including master notes evidencing medium-term notes,
commercial paper or retail notes.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
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“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture”
shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 301.
“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company.
“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4).
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman
of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer or the Chief
Financial Officer (or, in each case, any permitted designee of such Person as may be identified as
such in a writing delivered to the Trustee from time to time), and by any Vice President, the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to
Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company,
and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
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(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in
trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided, that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section
1302; and
(4) Securities that have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or
in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented
to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity
thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable
at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more
foreign currencies or currency units that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section
301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause
(A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities that a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned that have
been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor.
“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, business trust,
trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, or other entity, or government or political
subdivision or agency thereof.
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“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or
in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price
(including any premium) at which such security is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
“Responsible Officer” , when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the
corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who
customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be
such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such
person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security, any installment of interest
thereon, or any other amount payable under this Indenture or the Securities the date specified in
this Indenture or such Security as the regularly scheduled date on which the principal of such
Security, such installment of interest, or such other amount, is due and payable.
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“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president”.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and
opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall
be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or
an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, s/he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion
or representations with respect to the matters upon which such officer’s certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates
to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers
of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action will
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent will be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in
this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit will also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
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The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange thereof or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted, or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any day as the
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series. With regard to any record date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents),
and only such Persons, will be entitled to give or take the relevant action, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date. With regard to any action that may be given or
taken hereunder only by Holders of a requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any
series (or their duly appointed agents) and for which a record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Company may, at its option, set an expiration date after which no such action
purported to be given or taken by any Holder will be effective hereunder unless given or taken on
or prior to such expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series (or their duly appointed agents) on such record date. On or prior to any
expiration date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, on one or more occasions at its
option, extend such date to any later date. Nothing in this paragraph will prevent any Holder (or
any duly appointed agent thereof) from giving or taking, after any such expiration date, any action
identical to, or, at any time, contrary to or different from, the action or purported action to
which such expiration date relates, in which event the Company may set a record date in respect
thereof pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in this Section will be construed to render
ineffective any action taken at any time by the Holders (or their duly appointed agents) of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action
is so taken.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any
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Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date
is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of
such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set
forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such
record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the
Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided, that no such change shall be effective
unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing,
and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on
or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day
after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount
of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or the Trust Indenture Act, the Company will not set a record
date for, and the provisions of this Section will not apply with respect to, any notice,
declaration, or direction referred to in Section 105.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with:
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or via facsimile to (000)
000-0000; or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, or via facsimile to (000) 000-0000.
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Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any, and not earlier than the earliest
date (if any)), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to
any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon
such waiver. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other
cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as may be made
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture
Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision
shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to
this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
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Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any
series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment
of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such
date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated
Maturity; provided, however, that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to the date of such
payment.
Section 114. Payments Due on Non-Business Days.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any
series which specifically states that such provision will apply in lieu of this Section)) payment
of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such
date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated
Maturity; provided, however, that no interest will accrue for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to the date of such
payment.
Section 115. Indenture May be Executed In Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be an
original, but such counterparts will together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 116. Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee or the Company be responsible or liable for any failure or delay
in the performance of its respective obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation strikes, work stoppages,
accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the parties shall use
reasonable efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
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Section 117. Waiver of Jury Trial.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or
in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary
therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall
be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities. If all of the Securities of any series established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but an
appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first
Security of such series.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders
or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
Allied Capital Corporation
No._____
|
$ | ____ |
Allied Capital Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
Maryland (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to _____________, or registered assigns,
the principal sum of
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__________
[Dollars] on __________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — , and to pay
interest thereon from __________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on __________ and __________
in each year, commencing __________, at the rate of __% per
annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert — ;
provided, that any principal and premium, which is overdue shall
bear interest at the rate of __%
per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the
dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest
shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the __________ or __________ (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of __% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable
on demand. [if applicable, insert — ; Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is
not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of __% per annum (to the extent that the payment
of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the
amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be
payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in __________, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert — ; provided, however,
that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under
its corporate seal.
Dated:
By |
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Attest:
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
(herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), between the Company and , as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert —, limited in aggregate principal amount to
$ ].
[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than twenty (20) days’ and not greater than fifty (50) days’ notice by mail, [if applicable,
insert — (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal
amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after , 20 ], as a whole or in
part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages
of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert — on or before , %, and if
redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
Redemption | Redemption | |||||||||||
Year | Price | Year | Price | |||||||||
and
thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to
% of the principal amount, together in the case of
any such redemption [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of
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the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest
installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the
Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than twenty (20) days’ and not greater than fifty (50) days’ notice by mail, (1) on _____ in any
year commencing with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for
this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any
time [if applicable, insert — on or after _____], as a whole or in part, at the election of the
Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking
fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed
during the 12-month period beginning _____ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price | ||||||
For Redemption | Redemption Price For | |||||
Through Operation | Redemption Otherwise | |||||
of the | Than Through Operation | |||||
Year | Sinking Fund | of the Sinking Fund | ||||
and
thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to __% of the principal amount, together in the case of
any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to _____,
redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert — Clause (2) of]
the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the
application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company
(calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than _____% per annum.]
[If applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on _____ in
each year beginning with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ of [if applicable, insert — not
less than $_____ (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not
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more than] $______ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this
series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert —
mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert —
mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert — , in the
inverse order in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]
[If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the
entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default
with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth
in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of
each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless
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such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and
offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have
received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the
time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any
such proceeding, for sixty (60) calendar days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for
the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after
the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject
to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and
is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be exchanged
in whole or in part for a Security registered, and no transfer of this Security in whole or in part
may be registered, in the name of any Person other than such Depositary or a nominee thereof,
except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.
Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
, | ||||||
As Trustee |
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By |
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Authorized Signatory |
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of Securities of any series:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, Section 305,
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Section 306, Section 906, Section 1107, or Section 1203, and except for any Securities
that, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest,
if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates
on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on
any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in
which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the
Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of the series may be determined with reference to an index, a financial or economic measure or
pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(11) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof
in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the
definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more
currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities
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are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the
principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made
shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such
election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be
determined);
(13) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of
the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity,
the amount that shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such
date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof that shall
be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or that shall be deemed to
be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in
which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified
part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 or both such Sections and,
if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease
such Securities shall be evidenced;
(16) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective
Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends that shall be borne
by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and any
circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph
of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security
or a nominee thereof;
(17) any addition to or change in the Events of Default that applies to any
Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of
such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section
502;
(18) any addition to, deletion from, or change in the covenants set forth in
Article Ten that applies to Securities of the series; and
(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with
the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above
and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture
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supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at one time and,
unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred above and (subject to
Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred
to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Securities,
additional Securities of a series may be issued, at the option of the Company, without the consent
of any Holder, at any time and from time to time.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of
the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 302. Date and Denominations.
Each Security will be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities of each series
shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall
be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, and Delivery.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, its
President, its Chief Operating Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, its Treasurer, or one of its
Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of
its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual
or facsimile. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be
impressed, affixed, imprinted, or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Only such Securities bearing the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, signed manually by
the Trustee, will be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose. Such execution of the certificate of authentication by the Trustee upon any Securities
executed by the Company will be conclusive evidence that the Securities so authenticated have been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the
Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security will be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and will never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
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At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Section 201 and Section 301, in
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
601) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(a) A copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors in or pursuant to which
the terms and form of the Securities were established, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect as of the date of such certificate, and if the terms and form of such Securities
are established by an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to general authorization of the Board of
Directors, such Officers’ Certificate;
(b) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;
(c) an Officers’ Certificate delivered in accordance with this Section; and
(d) an Opinion of Counsel stating:
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by
the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable
in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate
such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in
a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, including in the event that the
size of a series of the Outstanding Securities is increased as contemplated by Section 301, it
shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise
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required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise
required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of
such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the
Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute and
register, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities
that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities;
provided, however, that the Company will use reasonable efforts to have definitive Securities of
that series available at the times of any issuance of Securities under this Indenture. Every
temporary Security will be executed and registered by the Company and be authenticated by the
Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the
definitive Securities. The Company will execute and register and furnish definitive Securities of
such series as soon as practicable and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may
be surrendered in exchange therefor at the office or agency of the Company in the Place of Payment
for that series, and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary
Securities of such series one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations, and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Such exchange will be made by
the Company at its own expense and without any charge to the Holder therefor. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Securities of any series will be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities of the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for
the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities.
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The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities
and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be imposed by the Company for any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, Section 906, Section 1107, or Section
1203 not involving any transfer. Other charges, including brokerage charges, may apply.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in
part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a
period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) calendar days before the day of the
mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) below shall apply only to Global
Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered
in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a
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nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian
therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of
this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security
may be transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of any
Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or any nominee thereof, and no such
transfer may be registered, unless (i) such Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) ceases to be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (ii) there shall have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities evidenced by such Global
Security, or (iii) there shall exist such other circumstances, if any, as have been specified
for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture, a Global Security to which the restriction set forth in the preceding sentence shall
have ceased to apply may be transferred only to, and may be registered and exchanged for
Securities registered only in the name or names of, such Person or Persons as the Depositary
for such Global Security shall have directed and no transfer thereof other than such a transfer
may be registered.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other
Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global
Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such
Global Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of,
or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to
this Section, Section Section 304, Section 306, Section 906, Section 1107, or Section 1203, or
otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
(5) Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee
against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such
Xxxxxx’s Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United
States Federal or state securities law.
(6) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any
actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the mutilation, destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such
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security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either
of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security
has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new
Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment fee, or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation
of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company together with interest thereon (to the extent
permitted by law) at the rate of interest applicable to such Security, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security
of such series and the date of the
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proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the
date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days and not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to
the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of
the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of
any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such
other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation of Surrendered Securities.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
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previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the
Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder that the Company has
not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall
dispose of all cancelled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company, in issuing any series of Securities, may use CUSIP numbers, if then generally in
use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such numbers in any notice of
redemption with respect to such series; provided, that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities
of that series or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only
on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities of that series, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will
promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(i) Securities that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1103) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
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(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within
one (1) year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one (1) year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption
by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and
interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 614, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and
the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment
such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
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ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default.
“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when
it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of thirty (30)
calendar days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of
that series at its Maturity and continuance of such default for a period of five (5) business
days; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the
terms of a Security of that series, and the continuance of such default for a period of five
(5) business days; or
(4) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty, if any, of
the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty, if any, a default in whose
performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or that has
expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities
other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of sixty (60)
calendar days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by
the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, a written notice specifying such default
or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B)
a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed
a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of
the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and
the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
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similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent,
or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in
an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case
or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such
action;
(7) if, pursuant to Sections 18(a)(1)(c)(ii) and 61(b) of the Investment Company
Act, on the last business day of each of twenty-four consecutive calendar months any class of
Securities shall have an asset coverage of less than 100 per centum; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that
series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5)or Section
501(6)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing,
then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than
66 2/3% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the
Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the
terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section
501(5) or Section 501(6) with respect to Securities of any series Outstanding at the time occurs,
the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may
be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series
has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
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(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series other than
the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by
such declaration of acceleration have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such
interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of thirty (30)
calendar days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on)
any Security at the Maturity thereof and such default continues for a period of five (5)
business days;
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and
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the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the
Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding;
provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar
committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
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FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest,
respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Xxxxxx has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance
with such request;
(4) the Trustee for sixty (60) calendar days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the
Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not
have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly
prejudicial to such Holders), or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, that is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on
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the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or
repayment, on the Redemption Date or date for repayment, as the case may be) and to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent
of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of such series; provided, that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is
not inconsistent with such direction.
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Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot
be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may
assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, against any such party
litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that
neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require
such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time
insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee,
but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(1) Subject to Section 601(e), except during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default:
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(a) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and in the Trust Indenture Act, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(b) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or
other facts stated therein).
(2) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his or her own affairs.
(3) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its bad faith, its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(a) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in
Sections 101, 104 and 512, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series.
(4) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to
the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject
to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give
the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any
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default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least ninety (90) calendar days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event that is, or
after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities
of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board
of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in
the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might
be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine
to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney, at the reasonable cost
and expense of the Company;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the
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Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent
or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, and benefits given to the
Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall
be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder;
(9) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect
or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of
profit);
(10) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of
Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless
written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this
Indenture;
(11) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting
forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take
specified actions pursuant to this Indenture; and
(12) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted
to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither
the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar
or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
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Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed
to in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder
(which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation
of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon
its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except
any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee or their agents for, and
to hold them harmless against, any loss, damage, claims, liability or expense, including taxes
(other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), incurred
without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable costs
and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the
provisions of this Section.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive termination of this Indenture.
Section 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the
manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest
by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one
series.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one or more Trustees hereunder with respect to the Securities of
each series, at least one of which will be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act to act as such, and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
has its Corporate Trust Office in New York City. If any such Person
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publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within thirty (30)
calendar days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, at the
reasonable expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six (6) months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt
or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
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If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and
that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one (1) year
after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company
and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment
in the manner required by Section 611, the Trustee being removed, on its own behalf and at the
reasonable expense of the Company, or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of
such series for at least six (6) months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and that (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or
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desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is
not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is
not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change
any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing
herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart
from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution
and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee
all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of
that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments
for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
office, any successor by merger, conversion, or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may
adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if
such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the
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Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other
obligor).
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series
of Securities that shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws
to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000
and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating
Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent that shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of
the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating
Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers
and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
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originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be
reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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As Trustee | ||||||
By
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ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than March 15 and September 15 in each year, a
list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Securities of each series as of the preceding March 1 or September 1, as the case
may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within thirty
(30) calendar days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form
and content as of a date not more than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the time such list
is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the
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Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to
it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held
accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto.
Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12 months shall be
transmitted no later than July 15, and shall be dated as of May 15 in each calendar year,
commencing in 2007.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed
by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission
and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any
stock exchange or of any delisting thereof.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such
information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant
to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided,
that any such information, documents or reports filed electronically with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be deemed filed with and delivered to the Trustee
at the same time as filed with the Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information, and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
conclusively rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
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ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall
not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company, unless:
(1) (i) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer, or that leases, the properties and assets of
the Company substantially as an entirety shall (x) be a corporation, partnership or trust, or
other corporate form, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United
States of America, including any State thereof or the District of Columbia, any country within
the European Union, the United Kingdom or Japan, (y) expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all
the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the
part of the Company to be performed or observed, and (z) if not already subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States of America, including any State thereof or the District of
Columbia, submit to such jurisdiction for all purposes with respect to this Indenture and any
Securities issued hereunder and appoint an agent for service of process in respect thereof, or
(ii) in the case another Person shall consolidate with or merge into the Company, the Company
shall survive such consolidation or merger;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company as a result of such transaction as
having been incurred by the Company at the time of such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease
and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or
any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an
entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and
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may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect
as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the
case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under
this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities;
or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all
or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the
benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of
all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent
as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form,
registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to
permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in
respect of one or more series of Securities; provided, that any such addition, change or
elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii)
modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B)
shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by
Section 201 and Section 301; or
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(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change
any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 611; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that
may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided, that
such action pursuant to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of
principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate
of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of
the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security that would be due
and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502,
or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any
premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or repayment date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or
the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions
of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1008,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require
the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and
concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1008, or the deletion of this proviso, in
accordance with the requirements of Section 611 and Section 901(8).
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A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture that has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or that modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect
to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture
of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date
is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons,
shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such consent shall have become effective by
virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 180 days after
such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action
by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities
under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Company, to any such
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supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such
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amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series)
in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Trustee on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Trustee for payment thereof, and all liability of the Company or
such Paying Agent (other than the Trustee), if any, with respect to such trust money, and all
liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, if any, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English
language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New
York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, that shall
not be less than thirty (30) calendar days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance
of such money then remaining will be paid to the Trustee.
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 calendar days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not
to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and
observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in
default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have
knowledge.
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Section 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and
franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or
franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will maintain, preserve, and keep its material properties that are used in the
conduct of its business (whether owned in fee or leasehold interest) in good condition, repair and
working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and from time to time make all necessary repairs,
replacements and renewals, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all
times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing
the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment
of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business and not disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Holders.
Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall
become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the
Company or upon the income, profits or property of the Company, and (2) all lawful claims for
labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the
Company, except where the failure to do so would not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or
cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series,
the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section
301(18), Section 901(2), or Section 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in any
of Sections 1001, 1002, 1006 or 1007, or in Article Eight if before the time for such compliance
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect
such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver
shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of
any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series that are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution
or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including
any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least sixty (60)
calendar days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount
of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to
be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction
on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such
restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a
single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not less than thirty
(30) and not more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from
the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as
the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and that may provide for the selection for redemption
of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series; provided, that the unredeemed
portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall
not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the
Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption
affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not
less than thirty (30) and not more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date by
the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously
called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as
aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities that has been
or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
twenty (20) nor more than fifty (50) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of
Securities to be redeemed, at the Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more
than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single
Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable
upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to
accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and
(7) if applicable, the CUSIP numbers of the Securities of that Series.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request delivered at least ten (10) calendar days prior
to the date such notice is to be given (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the
Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and, unless otherwise
specified or contemplated by Section 301, shall be irrevocable.
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Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m. (local time at the Place of Payment) on the Redemption Date specified in
the notice of redemption given as provided in Section 1104, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and
hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption
Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date or the Securities of
the series provide otherwise) accrued interest on, all the Securities that are to be redeemed on
that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together, if applicable, with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 307, installments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on
the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such
Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any series of
Securities is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess
of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an
“optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of any series of Securities, the cash
amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each
sinking fund payment, with respect to Securities of a particular series, shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of the series as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed
either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities,
in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to
the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided, that the Securities to be so
credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received
and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the
Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount
of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than sixty (60) calendar days (or such shorter period as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the
portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and
will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than thirty (30)
calendar days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities
to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and
cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of
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such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 1106 and
Section 1007.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 1301. Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302 and Section 1303
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to
Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1302 or Section 1303, in accordance with
any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election to have or not to have Section 1302
and Section 1303 apply, as the case may be, shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another
manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, or if this Section shall otherwise
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be
deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in
this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied
(hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to
have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such
Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely
from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments
in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are
due, (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Section 304, Section 305,
Section 306, Section 1002 and Section 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities
of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company
may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to the Securities of any series,
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such
Securities.
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, or if this Section shall otherwise
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company shall be
released from its obligations under Section 801(3), Section 1006 through Section 1007, inclusive,
and any covenants provided pursuant to Section
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301(18), Section 901(2), or Section 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities,
(2) the occurrence of any event specified in Section 501(4) (with respect to any of Section 801(3),
Section 1006 through Section 1007, inclusive, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section
301(18), Section 901(2), or Section 901(7)), Section 501(8) shall be deemed not to be or result in
an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on
and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called
“Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such
Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the
case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein
to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein
or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee (or another trustee that satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and
agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust
for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or
(B) U.S. Government Obligations that through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in
respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one (1) day before
the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge,
and that shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and
discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective
Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used
herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security that is (i) a direct obligation of
the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United
States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, that, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2)
of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation that is
specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such
depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any
U.S. Government Obligation that is so specified and held; provided, that (except as required by
law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
U.S.
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Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such
depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any Securities or
any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument,
there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to
the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as
would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any Securities or
any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to
be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and
Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to
the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then
listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to
any such event specified in Section 501(5) and Section 501(6), at any time on or prior to the
90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be
deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are
in default within the meaning of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising
from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration
thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to
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such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with (in each case, subject to
the satisfaction of the condition in clause (5)).
Section 1305. | Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions. |
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee
(solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are
referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders
of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any
premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
that by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to
the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by
it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities that, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such
Securities.
Section 1306. | Reinstatement. |
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as
the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305
with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the
Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following
such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of
the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
as of the day and year first above written.
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