HILLENBRAND, INC., Issuer, AND U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Trustee Form of Indenture Dated as of July , 2010
Exhibit 4.11
XXXXXXXXXXX, INC.,
Issuer,
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee
Form of Indenture
Dated as of July , 2010
XXXXXXXXXXX, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Sections 310 to 318(a), inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act
and this Indenture, dated as of July , 2010.
Act Section | Indenture Section | |||
Section 310(a)(1) |
609 | |||
(a)(2) |
609 | |||
(a)(3) |
N/A | |||
(a)(4) |
N/A | |||
(a)(5) |
609 | |||
(b) |
608, 610 | |||
Section 311 |
613 | |||
Section 312(a) |
701, 702(a) | |||
(b) |
702(b) | |||
(c) |
702(c) | |||
Section 313 |
703 | |||
Section 314(a) |
704 | |||
(b) |
N/A | |||
(c)(1) |
102 | |||
(c)(2) |
102 | |||
(c)(3) |
N/A | |||
(d) |
N/A | |||
(e) |
102 | |||
(f) |
N/A | |||
Section 315(a) |
601 | |||
(b) |
602 | |||
(c) |
601 | |||
(d) |
601 | |||
(e) |
514 | |||
Section 316(a) |
101 | |||
(a)(1)(A) |
502, 512 | |||
(a)(1)(B) |
513 | |||
(a)(2) |
N/A | |||
(b) |
508 | |||
(c) |
104 | |||
Section 317(a)(1) |
503 | |||
(a)(2) |
504 | |||
(b) |
1003 | |||
Section 318(a) |
107 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this
Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE ONE |
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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SECTION 101. |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 102. |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions | 8 | ||||
SECTION 103. |
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee | 8 | ||||
SECTION 104. |
Acts of Holders | 9 | ||||
SECTION 105. |
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company | 10 | ||||
SECTION 106. |
Notice to Holders; Waiver | 10 | ||||
SECTION 107. |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act | 10 | ||||
SECTION 108. |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 11 | ||||
SECTION 109. |
Successors and Assigns | 11 | ||||
SECTION 110. |
Separability Clause | 11 | ||||
SECTION 111. |
Benefits of Indenture | 11 | ||||
SECTION 112. |
Governing Law | 11 | ||||
SECTION 113. |
Legal Holidays | 11 | ||||
ARTICLE TWO |
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SECURITY FORMS |
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SECTION 201. |
Forms Generally | 11 | ||||
SECTION 202. |
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication | 12 | ||||
SECTION 203. |
Form of Legend for Global Securities | 12 | ||||
ARTICLE THREE |
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THE SECURITIES |
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SECTION 301. |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 13 | ||||
SECTION 302. |
Denominations | 15 | ||||
SECTION 303. |
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating | 15 | ||||
SECTION 304. |
Temporary Securities | 17 | ||||
SECTION 305. |
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 17 | ||||
SECTION 306. |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities | 19 | ||||
SECTION 307. |
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved | 20 | ||||
SECTION 308. |
Persons Deemed Owners | 21 | ||||
SECTION 309. |
Cancellation | 21 | ||||
SECTION 310. |
Computation of Interest | 21 | ||||
SECTION 311. |
Payment to be in Proper Currency | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE FOUR |
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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SECTION 401. |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 22 | ||||
SECTION 402. |
Application of Trust Money | 23 | ||||
SECTION 403. |
Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture | 23 |
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ARTICLE FIVE |
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REMEDIES |
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SECTION 501. |
Events of Default | 25 | ||||
SECTION 502. |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 27 | ||||
SECTION 503. |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee | 28 | ||||
SECTION 504. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 28 | ||||
SECTION 505. |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities | 29 | ||||
SECTION 506. |
Application of Money Collected | 29 | ||||
SECTION 507. |
Limitation on Suits | 30 | ||||
SECTION 508. |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest | 30 | ||||
SECTION 509. |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 30 | ||||
SECTION 510. |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 31 | ||||
SECTION 511. |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 31 | ||||
SECTION 512. |
Control by Holders | 31 | ||||
SECTION 513. |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 31 | ||||
SECTION 514. |
Undertaking for Costs | 32 | ||||
SECTION 515. |
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE SIX |
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THE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 601. |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities | 32 | ||||
SECTION 602. |
Notice of Defaults | 33 | ||||
SECTION 603. |
Certain Rights of Trustee | 33 | ||||
SECTION 604. |
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities | 34 | ||||
SECTION 605. |
May Hold Securities | 34 | ||||
SECTION 606. |
Money Held in Trust | 35 | ||||
SECTION 607. |
Compensation and Reimbursement | 35 | ||||
SECTION 608. |
Disqualification; Conflicting Interests | 35 | ||||
SECTION 609. |
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility | 35 | ||||
SECTION 610. |
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 36 | ||||
SECTION 611. |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor | 37 | ||||
SECTION 612. |
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business | 38 | ||||
SECTION 613. |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 39 | ||||
SECTION 614. |
Appointment of Authenticating Agent | 39 | ||||
ARTICLE SEVEN |
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HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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SECTION 701. |
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders | 40 | ||||
SECTION 702. |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders | 40 | ||||
SECTION 703. |
Reports by Trustee | 41 | ||||
SECTION 704. |
Reports by Company | 41 | ||||
ARTICLE EIGHT |
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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SECTION 801. |
Company May Consolidate Etc., Only on Certain Terms | 42 | ||||
SECTION 802. |
Successor Substituted | 42 |
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ARTICLE NINE |
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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SECTION 901. |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders | 43 | ||||
SECTION 902. |
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders | 44 | ||||
SECTION 903. |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 45 | ||||
SECTION 904. |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures | 45 | ||||
SECTION 905. |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act | 46 | ||||
SECTION 906. |
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures | 46 | ||||
SECTION 907. |
Notice of Supplemental Indentures | 46 | ||||
ARTICLE TEN |
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COVENANTS |
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SECTION 1001. |
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest | 46 | ||||
SECTION 1002. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 46 | ||||
SECTION 1003. |
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust | 47 | ||||
SECTION 1004. |
Existence | 48 | ||||
SECTION 1005. |
Maintenance of Properties | 48 | ||||
SECTION 1006. |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims | 48 | ||||
SECTION 1007. |
Restriction on Secured Debt | 49 | ||||
SECTION 1008. |
Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions | 51 | ||||
SECTION 1009. |
Defeasance of Certain Obligations | 51 | ||||
SECTION 1010. |
Waiver of Certain Covenants | 52 | ||||
ARTICLE ELEVEN |
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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SECTION 1101. |
Applicability of Article | 53 | ||||
SECTION 1102. |
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee | 53 | ||||
SECTION 1103. |
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed | 53 | ||||
SECTION 1104. |
Notice of Redemption | 54 | ||||
SECTION 1105. |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 54 | ||||
SECTION 1106. |
Securities Payable on Redemption Date | 55 | ||||
SECTION 1107. |
Securities Redeemed in Part | 55 | ||||
ARTICLE TWELVE | ||||||
SINKING FUNDS | ||||||
SECTION 1201. |
Applicability of Article | 55 | ||||
SECTION 1202. |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities | 56 | ||||
SECTION 1203. |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund | 56 |
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INDENTURE,
dated as of July , 2010, between XXXXXXXXXXX, INC., a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Indiana (herein called the “Company”), having its
principal office at Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture (this
“Indenture”) to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”) to be issued in one or more series
as provided in this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company in accordance
with its terms have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or by
Commission rule or regulation under the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference
therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) any gender used in this Indenture shall be deemed and construed to include
correlative words of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender;
(d) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise
herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted in the United States at the date of such computation; and
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(e) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article.
“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person 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.
“Attributable Debt” in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the date of
determination, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the
lease) of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the
lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the
lessor, be extended). “Net rental payments” under any lease for any period means the sum of the
rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, excluding
any amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental or additional
rental) on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or
similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by
such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, insurance,
taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges.
“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 appointed by that 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. Where any provision of this Indenture refers
to action to be taken pursuant to a Board Resolution (including establishment of any series of the
Securities and the forms and terms thereof), such action may be taken by any committee, officer or
employee of the Company authorized to take such action by a Board Resolution.
“Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions generally in that
Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, unless otherwise
specified in a form of Security.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time
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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 corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor corporation.
“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and delivered to the Trustee.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable
reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom (a) all current liabilities
(excluding any indebtedness for money borrowed having a maturity of less than 12 months from the
date of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company but which by its terms is
renewable or extendable beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the borrower) and (b) all
goodwill, trade names, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and any other like
intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee in Indianapolis, Indiana at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered.
“Corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies, limited liability companies,
joint stock companies and business trusts.
“Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 1007.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301 or any successor clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act as contemplated by Section 305, and if at any time there
is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any series
shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Funded Debt” means Debt which by its terms is not junior in right of payment to the
Securities and matures at or is extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date more
than 12 months after the date of the creation of such Debt.
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“Global Security” means a Security bearing the legend specified in Section 203 evidencing all
or part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and
registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one
Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument due to the appointment of one or more separate
Trustees for any one or more separate series of Securities pursuant to Section 610(e), “Indenture”
shall mean, with respect to such series of Securities for which any such Person is Trustee, this
instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one
or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee
established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which
relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of
when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by
means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had
become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
“Interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
“Lien” or “Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 1007.
“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, a Vice President or an Assistant Vice President of the Company, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company.
“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
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“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) 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; and
(c) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona
fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities, (i) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding
shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) 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 in the manner provided as
contemplated by Section 301 as of the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal
amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent,
determined as of the date of original issuance of such Security, of the amount determined as
provided in (i) above) of such Security as determined by the Company pursuant to Section 301, and
(iii) 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 or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee
the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company 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 (and
premium, if any) and/or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Periodic Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific
terms of which Securities, including without limitation the rate or rates of interest (or
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formula for determining the rate or rates of interest), if any, thereon, the Stated Maturity
or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be
determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such Securities.
“Person” means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and/or interest on the Securities of that
series are payable, 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.
“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.
“Principal Property” means any manufacturing plant located within the United States of America
(other than its territories or possessions) and owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, the gross
book value (without deduction of any depreciation reserves) of which on the date as of which the
determination is being made exceeds 2% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company, except
any such plant which is not of material importance to the business conducted by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (as determined by any two of the following: the Chairman or a Vice
Chairman of the Board of the Company, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Vice
President of Finance, its Treasurer or its Controller).
“Property” means any kind of property or asset, whether real personal or mixed, tangible or
intangible.
“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
“Required Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 311.
“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee
assigned by it to administer its corporate trust matters.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 1008.
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“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided,
however, that if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture,
“Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series
as to which such Person is not Trustee.
“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.
“Significant Subsidiary” means (i) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that would
be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date
hereof, or (ii) any group of direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together as
a group, would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means any Corporation of which securities (excluding securities entitled to vote
for directors only by reason of the happening of a contingency) entitled to elect at least a
majority of the Corporation’s directors shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company, or one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries.
“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date
as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 905.
“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 Obligations” means direct obligations of the United States of America, backed
by its full faith and credit.
“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company, means any vice president, whether or
not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.
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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, if so requested by the
Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in
this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(b) 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;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion
whether such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of any 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.
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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.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent
duly appointed in writing, and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. 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 shall 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.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer’s individual capacity, such certificate
or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer’s authority. The fact and date
of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. The Company may fix
any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series
entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action, or to vote on any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series. If not set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder
of Securities of such series made by any Person in respect of any such action, or, in the case of
any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30th
day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to be provided pursuant to
Section 701) prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case may be. With regard to any
record date for action to be taken by the Holders of one or more series of Securities, only the
Holders of Securities of such series on such date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be
entitled to give or take, or vote on, the relevant action.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
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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,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or
(b) 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 (Attention: Treasurer) or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon
such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made by or
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
SECTION 107. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
This Indenture is subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act that are required to be part of this Indenture. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture
Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act 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.
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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 or the Trustee shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities 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, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities
Registrar, and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.
Except as may be otherwise specified with respect to any particular Securities, 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) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at
such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such
Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period
from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in such form as shall be established by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate or established by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
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substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall
be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities.
The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in
this Article with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture.
The definitive Securities may 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 Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein and issued pursuant to the
within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
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By: | ||||
Authorized Officer |
SECTION 203. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form or such similar form as may be required by the Depositary:
“Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company (55 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx) to the issuer or to
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by
an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made
to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS
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WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an
interest herein.”
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution 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 initial issuance of Securities of any series,
(a) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities
of the series from Securities of any other series);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(c) 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;
(d) the date or dates on which the principal or installments of principal and premium,
if any, of the Securities of the series is or are payable and any rights to extend such date
or dates;
(e) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, or the formula pursuant to which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such
interest shall be payable, the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date and the circumstances, if any in which the Company may defer interest payments;
(f) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable, any Securities of the series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and notices and demands to or upon the Company with
respect to the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
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(g) if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company;
(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the
series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder
thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(i) if other than denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an
integral multiple of $1,000, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(j) the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and
any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the
currency of the United States of America, the manner of determining the U.S. dollar
equivalent of the principal amount thereof for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding”
in Section 101, and, 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 a Holder
thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the
Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series as to
which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made;
(k) any other event or events of default applicable with respect to Securities of the
series in addition to or in lieu of those provided in Section 501(a)-(g);
(l) if less than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(m) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities and, if so, (i) the Depositary with respect to such
Global Security or Securities and (ii) the circumstances under which any such Global
Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, and any transfer of such
Global Security may be registered to, a Person other than such Depositary or its nominee, if
other than as set forth in Section 305;
(n) if principal of or any premium or interest on the Securities of a series is
denominated or payable in a currency or currencies other than the currency of the United
States of America, whether and under what terms and conditions the Company may be discharged
from obligations pursuant to Sections 403 and 1009 with respect to Securities of such
series; and
(o) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(e)).
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All Securities of any one series (other than Securities offered in a Periodic Offering) shall
be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided by 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 supplemental hereto.
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.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, such Board Resolution
and Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide general terms or parameters for
Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of particular Securities of
such series shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the
Company or its agents in accordance with other procedures specified in a Company Order as
contemplated by the third paragraph of Section 303.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture,
the Securities of each series shall be issued in registered form without coupons in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such
provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple
of $1,000.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents, 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.
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.
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, or, in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, from time to time in
accordance with such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of
electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in
writing by the Company) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a
Company Order for establishing the specific terms of particular Securities being so offered, and
the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.
If the form or forms or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by
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or pursuant
to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such
Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) that the form or forms of such Securities have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) that the terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; and
(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by
the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of Counsel in connection only with the first
authentication of each form of Securities of such series and that the opinions described in Clauses
(b) and (c) above may state, respectively, that
(i) if the terms of such Securities are to be established pursuant to a Company Order
or pursuant to such procedures as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order, all
as contemplated by a Board Resolution or action taken pursuant thereto, such terms will have
been duly authorized by the Company and established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; and
(ii) that such Securities, when executed by the Company, completed, authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture, and issued and delivered by the
Company and paid for, all in accordance with any agreement of the Company relating to the
offering, issuance and sale of such Securities, will be duly issued under this Indenture and
will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and
to general principles of equity.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely,
as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form or forms and terms
thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of
Counsel, Company Order and other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this
Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of a form of Securities of such
series and it shall not be necessary for the Company to deliver such Opinion of Counsel and other
documents (except as may be required by the specified other procedures, if any, referred to above)
at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series unless and until the
Trustee receives notice that such Opinion of Counsel or other documents have been superseded
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or
revoked, and may assume compliance with any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel (other
than any conditions to be performed by the Trustee). If such form or forms 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 which is not reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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 and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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 together with a written statement (which
need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that
such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, 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
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which 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.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of like tenor of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of
such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of
any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor and
of any authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall
in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of
such series and tenor.
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 “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
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prescribe, the
Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The
Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or
agency of the Company in any Place of Payment for such series, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (in the name of the designated transferee or transferees)
one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and
tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Company in
any Place of Payment for such series. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company 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 such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
The Company may but shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption
under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 for Securities registered in
the name of Persons other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such
Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such
Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
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series. Upon the occurrence in respect of
any Global Security of any series of any one or more of the conditions specified in Clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence or such other conditions as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such series, such Global Security may be exchanged for Securities
not bearing the legend specified in Section 203 and registered in the names of such Persons as may
be specified by the Depositary (including Persons other than the Depositary).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, a Global Security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such Global Security to a nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of 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 destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount 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 or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
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SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered in the Security Register at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such
Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in Clause (a) or (b) below:
(a) 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 proposed payment, and at the same time the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days
and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10
days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each Holder of Securities of such series at such Holder’s address as it appears in the
Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been
so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (b).
(b) 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.
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
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 in the Security Register as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary
(or its nominee) shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security or
any Security represented thereby, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee,
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security or any Security
represented thereby for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to
any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between a Depositary and such holders of
beneficial interest, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of
the Depositary (or its nominees) as Holder of any Security.
SECTION 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which 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 which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed unless
otherwise directed by a Company Order.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
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SECTION 311. Payment to be in Proper Currency.
In the case of any Securities denominated in any currency (the “Required Currency”) other than
United States of America dollars, except as otherwise provided therein, the obligation of the
Company to make any payment of principal, premium or interest thereon shall not be discharged or
satisfied by any tender by the Company, or recovery by the Trustee, in any currency other than the
Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the Trustee
timely holding the full amount of the Required Currency then due and payable. If any such tender
or recovery is in a currency other than the Required Currency, the Trustee may take such actions as
it considers appropriate to exchange such currency for the Required Currency. The costs and risks
of any such exchange, including without limitation the risks of delay and exchange rate
fluctuation, shall be borne by the Company, the Company shall remain fully liable for any shortfall
or delinquency in the full amount of Required Currency then due and payable, and in no
circumstances shall the Trustee be liable therefor except in the case of its negligence or willful
misconduct.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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
(a) either
(1) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company
and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
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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 an amount in
the currency in which such Securities are payable (or, at the election of the
Company in the case of Securities payable in United States dollars, direct
obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are fully
guaranteed by, the United States of America (other than obligations subject to
prepayment, redemption or call prior to their stated maturity) as will be, together
with the predetermined and certain income to accrue thereon (without consideration
of any reinvestment thereof)) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the
respective Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company, and
(c) 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 (2) of Clause (a) 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 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 premium, if any) and interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 403. Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture.
If principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of any series are denominated and
payable in United States of America dollars, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities of such series on the 91st day
after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, and the provisions of this
Indenture, as it relates to such Outstanding Securities, shall no longer be in effect (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall at Company Request, execute proper instruments
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acknowledging the same), except as to (1) the rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the
trust funds described in subparagraph (a) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on the Outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity of such principal or
installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments
applicable to the Securities on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities, (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to
such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, and (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, provided that, the following conditions shall have been
satisfied:
(a) The Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee
(or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 609) as trust funds in the trust,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of
the Securities, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through
the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will
provide not later than one day before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (A)
or (B) of this subparagraph (a) money in an amount or (iii) a combination thereof,
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay
and discharge (A) the principal of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity
of such principal or installment of principal and interest and (B) any mandatory sinking
fund payments applicable to the Securities on the day on which such payments are due and
payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Securities;
(b) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Securities to have a
conflicting interest as defined in Section 608 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act
with respect to the Securities;
(c) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound;
(d) such provision would not cause any Outstanding Securities then listed on the New
York Stock Exchange or other securities exchange to be delisted as a result thereof;
(e) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time would become an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(f) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that there has been a change in applicable Federal law such that, or
the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service
a ruling to the effect that, Holders of the Securities will not recognize
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income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposits, defeasance and discharge
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at
the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had
not occurred; and
(g) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the defeasance contemplated
by this Section have been complied with.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, and unless
otherwise provided with respect to Securities of any series pursuant to Section 301(k), 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):
(a) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of
that series at its Maturity; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of
a Security of that series; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose
breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of one or more Securities
other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 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 aggregate 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
(e) an event of default, as defined in any indenture or instrument under which the
Company or any Subsidiary shall have outstanding at least $75,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of indebtedness for money borrowed, shall happen and be continuing and such
indebtedness shall, as a result thereof, have been accelerated so that the same shall be or
become due and payable prior to the date on which the same would otherwise have become due
and payable, and such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled
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within 10 days after
notice thereof shall have 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 aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding; provided, however, that if such
event of default under such indenture or instrument shall be remedied or cured by the
Company or waived by the Holders of such indebtedness, then, unless the Securities of any
series shall have been accelerated as provided herein, the Event of Default hereunder by
reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived
without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any Holders of the Securities
of any series; or
(f) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary 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 or any Significant
Subsidiary 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 a Significant
Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the property of the Company or a Significant
Subsidiary, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or a
Significant Subsidiary, 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 60 consecutive days; or
(g) the commencement by the Company or a Significant Subsidiary of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of
the Company or a Significant Subsidiary 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 a Significant Subsidiary
or of any substantial part of the property of the
Company or a Significant Subsidiary, or the making by the Company or a Significant
Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company or
a Significant Subsidiary in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or a Significant Subsidiary in
furtherance of any such action; or
(h) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
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SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Outstanding Securities of any series occurs and is
continuing (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(f) or (g) with respect to the
Company), then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or,
if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such lesser portion
of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all of the
Securities of that series 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 portion thereof) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(f) or (g) with respect to the Company shall occur, then the principal
amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such
lesser portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof)
of all of the Securities shall automatically become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Outstanding 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:
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(1) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(2) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series
which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(3) 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
(4) 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 any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and
(b) 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.
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SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Security, the whole amount then due and payable on such Security for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Security, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall
be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Security and collect the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company
or any other obligor upon such Security, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other
obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue
principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any)
or such portion of the principal amount of any series of Original Issue Discount Securities
as may be specified in the terms of such series and interest owing and unpaid in respect of
the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
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the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607) and of the Holders
allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) 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.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and for any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607,
be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has
been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST:
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To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and | |
SECOND:
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To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and | |
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The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto. |
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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
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(b) 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;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity, has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e) 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, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired
without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, 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.
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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 aggregate 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
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate 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
(a) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security
of such series, or
(b) 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.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Persons entitled to waive any past default hereunder. If a record date is fixed,
the
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Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to waive any default hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date; provided, that unless such majority in principal amount shall have waived such default
prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver of such default
previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no
further effect.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by such Holder’s
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party
litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in
its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply
to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit
instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on
or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 515. Waiver of 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
stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (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
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The provisions of TIA Section 315 shall apply to the Trustee.
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SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series, as
their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder known
to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided however, that, except
in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long
as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is
in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the
case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(d) with respect to Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence
thereof. For the purpose of this Section, therein “default” means any event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series.
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d):
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order or as otherwise expressly provided herein
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to
this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
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(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such fact 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;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder;
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(i) delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 704(a)
and 704(b) is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing
shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any
of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers’ Certificates); and
(j) except with respect to Section 1001, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as
to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article Ten.
In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default except
(i) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 1001, 501(a), 501(b) or 501(c) or
(ii) any Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification or
obtained actual knowledge.
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. The
Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.
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 TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, 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.
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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.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out
of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 607 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee
and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the
payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities, and the
Securities are hereby subordinated to each senior claim.
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
The provisions of TIA Section 310(b) shall apply to the Trustee.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act under TIA
Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject
to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such
Corporation 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 Corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital
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and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the
Trustee 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.
Neither the Company, nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
common control with the Company, shall act as Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(c) 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.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with TIA Section 310(b) 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 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, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees
with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such
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series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within
one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to
the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611,
become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent
supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and
accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company 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.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring
Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
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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. Whenever there is a successor Trustee with respect to one or more (but less than all)
series of securities issued pursuant to this Indenture, the terms “Indenture” and “Securities”
shall have the meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definitions of those terms in
Section 101 which contemplate such situation.
(c) 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 paragraph (a) and (b) of this Section, as the case
may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under 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; in case any of the Securities
shall not have been authenticated by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of
such predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such
certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture
provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt
the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the
name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger,
conversion or consolidation.
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SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a). A Trustee which has resigned or been
removed is subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee, with the concurrence of
the Company, may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of
Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of
such series, 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, State or District of Columbia authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising
or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of
such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in
its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Company. The Trustee may at anytime terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail
written notice of such appointment by first class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance
of its appointment hereunder shall become
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vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and issued pursuant to the
within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
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By: | ||||
as Authenticating Agent | ||||
By: | ||||
Authorized Officer | ||||
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
If the Trustee is not acting as Security Registrar for the Securities of any series, the
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) at intervals of no more than six months commencing after the first issue of such
series, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such
information is furnished, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 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 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names
and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as
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provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by TIA Section 312(b).
(c) 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 the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of
the Holders in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which such information
was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material
pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
Within 60 days after May 1 of each year commencing with the later of May 1, 2011 or the first
May 1 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit
by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of
such May 1 if required by TIA Section 313(a) or 313(b). 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.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the
same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and
other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from
time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission,
in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission,
such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a
security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from
time to time in such rules and regulations;
(b) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and
reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this
Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;
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(c) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries
of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and
(d) furnish to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company ending after the date hereof, a brief certificate of the Company’s principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or
her knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture. For purposes of this paragraph, such compliance shall be determined without
regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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 unless:
(a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets
of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation, partnership or trust,
shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall 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 premium, if any) 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;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have happened and be continuing; and
(c) 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 by 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
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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 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
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following
purposes:
(a) 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
(b) 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 one or more specified series) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(c) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default
are being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(d) 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
(e) 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
(i) shall neither (A) 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 (B) modify the
rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall
become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(f) to secure the Securities; or
(g) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections
201 and 301; or
(h) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of
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Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, provided that any such action shall not
adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other
series of Securities in any material respect; or
(i) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the
requirements of Section 611(b); or
(j) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material
respect; or
(k) to conform the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities to the
description thereof contained in any prospectus or other offering document or memorandum
relating to the offer and sale of such Securities.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate 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,
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of
or interest on, any such 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 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 such Security or any premium
or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or any repayment date), or
(b) 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
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(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1010,
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 902 and Section 1010, or the deletion of this proviso,
in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(h).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
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 for such purpose, 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 90
days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without
further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities
under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby to the extent provided therein.
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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 as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities 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 a 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 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.
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of
each Outstanding Security so affected, pursuant to Section 106, setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
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 premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of
that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. In the absence of
contrary provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of any
series may, at the option of the Company, be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as it appears on the Security Register.
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.
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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 (and premium, if any) or
interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the currency in which such series of Securities is payable
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify
the Trustee of its failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its 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:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon
the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if
any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
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
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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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any
series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest
has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company 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 Company for payment thereof, and all liability of
the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company
as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying
Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice
that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less
than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company on Company Request.
SECTION 1004. 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 1005. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be
maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary
equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, 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 1006. 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 it or
upon its income, profits or property, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies
which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon its property; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such
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tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith.
SECTION 1007. Restriction on Secured Debt.
(a) The Company will not itself, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur, issue, assume
or guarantee any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money
borrowed (notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed
being hereinafter in this Article called “Debt”), secured by pledge of, or mortgage or other lien
on, any Property, now owned or hereafter owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, or any shares of
stock or Debt of any Subsidiary (pledges, mortgages and other liens being hereinafter in this
Article called “Lien” or “Liens”), without effectively providing that the Securities of each series
then Outstanding (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Debt of the Company
or such Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created which is not subordinate to the Securities
of each series then Outstanding) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such
secured Debt, so long as such secured Debt shall be so secured; provided, however, that this
Section shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from secured Debt in any computation under
this Section, Debt secured by:
(1) Liens on any Property acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any
Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture which are created or assumed contemporaneously
with such acquisition, construction or improvement, or within 180 days before or after the
completion thereof, to secure or provide for the payment of all or any part of the cost of
such acquisition, construction or improvement;
(2) Liens of or upon any property, shares of capital stock or Debt existing at the time
of acquisition thereof, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase, lease or otherwise
(including Liens of or upon property, shares of capital stock or indebtedness of a
Corporation existing at the time such Corporation becomes a Subsidiary);
(3) Liens in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(4) Liens in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any
department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of
America or any State thereof or political entity affiliated therewith, or in favor of any
other country, or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or
other payments, or other obligations, pursuant to any contract or statute;
(5) Liens imposed by law, such as mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, materialmen’s,
carriers’, warehousemen’s, vendors’ or other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of
business;
(6) pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation laws or similar legislation and
Liens of judgments thereunder which are not currently dischargeable, or good faith deposits
in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of money) or leases
to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory
obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary, or deposits in connection with obtaining or
maintaining self- insurance or to obtain the benefits of any
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law, regulation or arrangement pertaining to unemployment insurance, old age pensions,
social security or similar matters, or deposits of cash or obligations of the United States
of America to secure surety, appeal or customs bonds to which the Company or any Subsidiary
is a party, or deposits in litigation or other proceedings such as, but not limited to,
interpleader proceedings;
(7) Liens created by or resulting from any litigation or other proceeding which is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, including Liens arising out of
judgments or awards against the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to which the Company
or such Subsidiary is in good faith prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review; or
Liens incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary for the purpose of obtaining a stay or
discharge in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Company or such
Subsidiary is a party;
(8) Liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or
delinquent, or which can thereafter be paid without penalty, or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(9) Liens consisting of easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, restrictions on
the use of real property, and defects and irregularities in the title thereto, landlords’
liens and other similar liens and encumbrances none of which interfere materially with the
use of the property covered thereby in the ordinary course of the business of the Company or
such Subsidiary and which do not, in the opinion of the Company, materially detract from the
value of such properties; or
(10) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1)
to (9), inclusive; provided, that (i) such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be
limited to all or a part of the same property, shares of stock or Debt that secured the Lien
extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property) and (ii) the Debt secured
by such Lien at such time is not increased.
(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in Section 1007(a) of this Section, the Company
and its Subsidiaries, or any of them, may incur, issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by Liens
without equally and ratably securing the Securities of each series then Outstanding, provided, that
at the time of such incurrence, issuance, assumption or guarantee, after giving effect thereto and
to the retirement of any Debt which is concurrently being retired, the aggregate amount of all
outstanding Debt secured by Liens which could not have been incurred, issued, assumed or guaranteed
by the Company or a Subsidiary without equally and ratably securing the Securities of each series
then Outstanding except for the provisions of this subdivision (b), together with the aggregate
amount of all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions, does not at such
time exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company.
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SECTION 1008. Restriction on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
(a) The Company will not itself, and it will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any
arrangement with any bank, insurance company or other lender or investor (not including the Company
or any Subsidiary) or to which any such lender or investor is a party, providing for the leasing by
the Company or a Subsidiary for a period, including renewals, in excess of three years of any
Principal Property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or any Subsidiary
to such lender or investor or to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such
lender or investor on the security of such Principal Property (herein referred to as a “Sale and
Leaseback Transaction”) unless the Company within 180 days after the sale or transfer shall have
been made by the Company or by a Subsidiary, applies an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net
proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property sold and leased back pursuant to such arrangement or
(ii) the fair market value of the Principal Property so sold and leased back at the time of
entering into such arrangement (as determined by any two of the following: the Chairman or a Vice
Chairman of the Board of the Company, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Vice
President of Finance, its Treasurer or its Controller) to the retirement of Funded Debt of the
Company; provided, that the amount to be applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company
shall be reduced by (A) the principal amount of any Securities delivered within 120 days after such
sale to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation, and (B) the principal amount of Funded Debt,
other than Securities, voluntarily retired by the Company within 120 days after such sale.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no retirement referred to in this Section 1008(a) may be effected by
payment at maturity or pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund payment or mandatory prepayment
provision.
(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions contained in Section 1008(a), the Company and its
Subsidiaries, or any of them, may enter into a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, provided, that at
the time of such transaction, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all Attributable
Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions existing at such time which could not have been
entered into except for the provisions of this Section 1008(b) plus the aggregate amount of Debt
secured by Liens (other than Debt secured by Liens pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (10),
inclusive, of Section 1007(a)) does not at such time exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets
of the Company.
(c) A Sale and Leaseback Transaction shall not be deemed to result in the creation of a Lien.
SECTION 1009. Defeasance of Certain Obligations.
The following provisions shall apply to the Securities of each series unless specifically
otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto
provided pursuant to Section 301. The Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or
condition set forth in Sections 1005, 1006, 1007 and 1008 and any such omission with respect to
Sections 1005, 1006, 1007 and 1008 shall not be an Event of Default, in each case with respect to
the Securities of that series, provided that the following conditions have been satisfied:
(a) with reference to this Section 1009, the Company has deposited or caused to be
irrevocably deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the
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requirements of Section 609) as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for,
and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series, (i)
money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of
interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not
later than one day before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (iii)(A) or (B)
of this subparagraph (a) money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, 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 (A) the
principal of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity of such principal or
installments of principal and interest and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments or
analogous payments applicable to the Securities of such series on the day on which such
payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities;
(b) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 608 and for purposes of the
Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of any series;
(c) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound;
(d) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time would become an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit;
(e) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal
income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance of certain obligations and
will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the
same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and
(f) 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
defeasance contemplated in this Section have been complied with.
SECTION 1010. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or
condition set forth in Sections 1004 to 1008, inclusive, with respect to the Securities of any
series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either
waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to
the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective,
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the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision
or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Persons entitled to waive any such term, provision or condition. If a record date
is fixed for such purpose, the Holders on such record date or their duly designated proxies, and
only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any such term, provision or condition hereunder,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that unless the Holders
of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall
have waived such term, provision or condition prior to the date which is 90 days after such record
date, any such waiver previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder
be canceled and of no further effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by an Officers’
Certificate. The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of
(a) such Redemption Date,
(b) if the Securities of such series have different terms and less than all of the
Securities of such series are to be redeemed, the terms of the Securities to be redeemed,
and
(c) if less than all the Securities of such series with identical terms are to be
redeemed, the principal amount of such 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 like tenor of any series are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by
the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of like tenor of such series not previously called for
redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may
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provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of like tenor of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal
amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed,
at each such Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date,
(b) the Redemption Price,
(c) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of like tenor of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts)
of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(d) 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,
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price, and
(f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient to
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pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date)
accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company
at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however,
that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on
the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment for
such series (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 such 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; provided,
however, that if a Global Security is so surrendered, such new Security so issued shall be a new
Global Security in a denomination equal to the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global
Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
To the extent that the provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of a
series as specified pursuant to Section 301, the provisions of this Article shall be applicable to
any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of such series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of
such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series
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is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction
as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of
Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of like tenor of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of like tenor of a
series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such
Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the
terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of like tenor of such series required to be made pursuant to
the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited
for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for Securities of like tenor of
a series, 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, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof,
if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of like tenor of that
series pursuant to Section 1202 and, at the time of delivery of such Officers’ Certificate, will
also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 45 days before each
such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such
sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner
provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
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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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