XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX
AND
HSBC BANK USA, as Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of May 1, 2001
Cross-Reference Table*
Trust Indenture Indenture Section
Act Section
310 (a)(1) 6.9
(a)(2) 6.9
(a)(3) N.A.
(a)(4) N.A.
(a)(5) 6.9
(b) 6.8
(c) N.A.
311 (a) 6.13
(b) 6.13
(c) N.A.
312 (a) 4.1, 4.2(a)
(b) 4.2(b)
(c) 4.2(c)
313 (a) 4.4(a)
(b)(1) 4.4(a)
(b)(2) 4.4(a)
(c) 4.4(a)
(d) 4.4(b)
314 (a)(1) 4.3
(a)(2) 4.3
(a)(3) 4.3
(a)(4) 4.5
(b) N.A.
(c)(1) 11.5
(c)(2) 11.5
(c)(3) N.A.
(d) N.A.
(e) 11.5
(f) N.A.
315 (a) 6.1
(b) 5.11
(c) 6.1
(d) 6.1
(e) 5.12
316 (a) (last sentence) 7.4
(a)(1)(A) 5.9
(a)(1)(B) 5.10
(a)(2) N.A.
(b) 5.7
(c) 5.10
317 (a)(1) 5.2
(a)(2) 5.2
(b) 3.4
318 (a) 11.7
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* This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS 1
SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms Defined 1
ARTICLE 2 SECURITIES 8
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally 8
SECTION 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication 8
SECTION 2.3. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series 9
SECTION 2.4. Authentication and Delivery of Securities 11
SECTION 2.5. Execution of Securities 13
SECTION 2.6. Certificate of Authentication 14
SECTION 2.7. Denomination and Date of Securities;
Payments of Interest 14
SECTION 2.8. Registration, Transfer and Exchange 15
SECTION 2.9. Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities 18
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof 19
SECTION 2.11. Temporary Securities 19
ARTICLE 3 COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER 20
SECTION 3.1. Payment of Principal and Interest 20
SECTION 3.2. Offices for Payments, etc 21
SECTION 3.3. Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee 22
SECTION 3.4. Paying Agents 22
SECTION 3.5. Written Statement to Trustee 23
SECTION 3.6. Limitation on Mortgages and Liens 23
SECTION 3.7. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions 26
ARTICLE 4 SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE 27
SECTION 4.1. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names
and Addresses of Securityholders 27
SECTION 4.2. Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders' Lists 28
SECTION 4.3. Reports by the Issuer 29
SECTION 4.4. Reports by the Trustee 29
ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT 29
SECTION 5.1. Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity;
Waiver of Default 30
SECTION 5.2. Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May
Prove Debt 33
SECTION 5.3. Application of Proceeds 35
SECTION 5.4. Suits for Enforcement 37
SECTION 5.5. Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings 37
SECTION 5.6. Limitations on Suits by Securityholders 37
SECTION 5.7. Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute
Certain Suits 38
SECTION 5.8. Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver of Default 38
SECTION 5.9. Control by Holders of Securities 39
SECTION 5.10. Waiver of Past Defaults 39
SECTION 5.11. Trustee to Give Notice of Default 40
SECTION 5.12. Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking
to Pay Costs 41
ARTICLE 6 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE 41
SECTION 6.1. Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During
Default; Prior to Default 41
SECTION 6.2. Certain Rights of the Trustee 43
SECTION 6.3. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of
Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof 45
SECTION 6.4. Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, etc 45
SECTION 6.5. Moneys Held by Trustee 45
SECTION 6.6. Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and
Its Prior Claim 45
SECTION 6.7. Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers' Certificate, etc 46
SECTION 6.8. Qualification of Trustee 46
SECTION 6.9. Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee 47
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor Trustee 47
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee 49
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business of Trustee 50
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer 51
ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS 51
SECTION 7.1. Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders 51
SECTION 7.2. Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of
Securities 52
SECTION 7.3. Holders to be Treated as Owners 52
SECTION 7.4. Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding 52
SECTION 7.5. Right of Revocation of Action Taken 53
ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 54
SECTION 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Securityholders 54
SECTION 8.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders 55
SECTION 8.3. Effect of Supplemental Indenture 57
SECTION 8.4. Documents to Be Given to Trustee 57
SECTION 8.5. Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental
Indentures 57
ARTICLE 9 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE 58
SECTION 9.1. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms 58
SECTION 9.2. Successor Issuer Substituted 58
SECTION 9.3. Opinion of Counsel to Trustee 59
ARTICLE 10 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS 60
SECTION 10.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture 60
SECTION 10.2. Application of Trust Money 61
SECTION 10.3. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government
Obligations 61
SECTION 10.4. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent 63
SECTION 10.5. Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent
Unclaimed for Three Years 63
SECTION 10.6. Reinstatement 63
ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 64
SECTION 11.1. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors
of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability 64
SECTION 11.2. Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of
Parties and Holders of Securities 64
SECTION 11.3. Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture 64
SECTION 11.4. Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and
Holders of Securities 65
SECTION 11.5. Officers' Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein 65
SECTION 11.6. Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays 66
SECTION 11.7. Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 67
SECTION 11.8. New York Law to Govern 67
SECTION 11.9. Counterparts 67
SECTION 11.10. Effect of Headings 67
SECTION 11.11. Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU 67
SECTION 11.12. Judgment Currency 70
ARTICLE 12 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS 70
SECTION 12.1. Applicability of Article 70
SECTION 12.2. Notice of Full and Partial Redemption; Partial
Redemptions 70
SECTION 12.3. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption 72
SECTION 12.4. Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for
Selection for Redemption 73
SECTION 12.5. Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds 73
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of May 1, 2001 between XXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), and HSBC BANK USA, a New
York banking corporation and trust company, not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to
time of its unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences
of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the "Securities") up to
such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and, to provide, among other
things, for the authentication, delivery and administration thereof, the
Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the
Securities by the holders thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually
covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective
holders from time to time of the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. CERTAIN TERMS DEFINED. The following terms (except
as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly
requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental
hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other
terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
or the definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933 are referred to in the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including terms defined therein by reference to the
Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise clearly requires), shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at
the date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not
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expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" means such accounting principles
as are generally accepted at the time of any computation. 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. The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular.
"Affiliated Corporation" means any corporation which is
controlled by the Issuer but which is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant
to the definition of the term "Subsidiary."
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the
Issuer or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act on its behalf.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions,
certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer to have
been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means, with respect to any Security, a day that is
not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or
regulation to be closed (a) in the City of New York or (b) if the currency in
which the Security is denominated is other than Dollars, the financial center
of the country issuing the currency in which the Security is denominated
(which, in the case of ECU, shall be Brussels, Belgium).
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or if at any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture
such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it
under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such
date.
"Consolidated Stockholders' Equity" means, with respect to any
Person as of any date, all amounts that would be included under stockholders'
equity on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, excluding the
separate component of stockholders' equity attributable to foreign currency
translation adjustments pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 52 - "Foreign Currency Translation" or any successor provision
or principle of generally accepted accounting principles.
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"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which
the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be
principally administered, which office of HSBC Bank USA at the date of the
execution of this Indenture is located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Issuer Services.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person
designated as Depositary by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 until a
successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time
there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" as used with respect to the
Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the
Global Securities of that series.
"Dollar" means the coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public
and private debts.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised
from time to time by the Council of European Communities.
"European Communities" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.11(b)
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of a
country other than the United States.
"Funded Debt" means any indebtedness for money borrowed, created,
issued, incurred, assumed or guaranteed which would, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting practice, be classified as long-term debt, but
in any event including all indebtedness for money borrowed, whether secured
or unsecured, maturing more than one year, or extendible at the option of the
obligor to a date more than one year, after the date of determination thereof
(excluding any amount thereof included in current liabilities).
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"Global Security" means a Security evidencing all or a part of a
series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series in accordance
with Section 2.4, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.4.
"Holder", "holder of Securities", "Securityholder" or other
similar terms mean the person in whose name such Security is registered in
the security register kept by or on behalf of the Issuer for that purpose in
accordance with the terms hereof.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and
delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented or both, and shall include the forms and terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"Interest" means, when used with respect to non-interest bearing
Securities, interest payable after maturity.
"Issuer" means (except as otherwise provided in Article Six)
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx and, subject to Article Nine, its successors and assigns.
"Issuer Order" means a written statement, request or order of the
Issuer signed in its name by the chairman of the Board of Directors, any vice
chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the
president, any vice president or the treasurer of the Issuer.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two
officers of the Issuer, one of whom must be the chief financial officer of
the Issuer, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall
include the statements provided for in Section 11.5.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by the
general corporate counsel or such other legal counsel who may be an employee
of or counsel to the Issuer. Each such opinion shall include the statements
provided for in Section 11.5, if and to the extent required thereby.
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"Original Issue Date" of any Security (or portion thereof) means
the earlier of (a) the date of such Security or (b) the date of any Security
(or portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or
indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 5.1.
"Outstanding" (except as otherwise provided in Section 6.8), when
used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.4, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except
(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or
redemption of which moneys or government obligations (as provided for
in Section 10.3) in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in
trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Issuer)
or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the
Issuer for the holders of such Securities (if the Issuer shall act as
its own paying agent), provided that if such Securities, or portions
thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of
such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such
notice; and
(c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall
have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been paid,
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.9 (except with respect to any such
Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee and the Issuer
is presented that such Security is held by a person in whose hands such
Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer).
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination
upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.1.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"principal", whenever used with reference to the Securities or
any Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed to include "and premium,
if any".
"Principal Manufacturing Property" means any manufacturing
property located within the United States (other than its territories or
possessions) and which is owned by the Issuer or any Subsidiary, other than
any such manufacturing property which, in the opinion of the Board of
Directors, is not of material importance to the business conducted by the
Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means
any officer within the Corporate Trust Department (or any successor group of
the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Security" or "Securities" (except as otherwise provided in
Section 6.8) has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture,
or, as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at least a majority
of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the directors of such corporation, irrespective of
whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such
corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening
of any contingency, is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned or
controlled by the Issuer or by one or more Subsidiaries thereof, or by the
Issuer and one or more Subsidiaries, provided, however, that such term shall
not include any corporation controlled by the Issuer (herein referred to as
an "Affiliated Corporation") which:
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(i) does not transact any substantial portion of its business or
regularly maintain any substantial portion of its operating assets within the
continental limits of the United States;
(ii) is principally engaged in the business of financing
(including, without limitation, the purchase, holding, sale or discounting of
or lending upon any notes, contracts, leases or other forms of obligations)
the sale or lease of merchandise, equipment or services (a) by the Issuer, (b)
by a Subsidiary (whether such sales or leases have been made before or after
the date when such corporation became a Subsidiary), (c) by another Affiliated
Corporation or (d) by any corporation prior to the time when substantially all
its assets have heretofore been or shall hereafter have been acquired by the
Issuer;
(iii) is principally engaged in the business of owning, leasing,
dealing in or developing real property; or
(iv) is principally engaged in the holding of stock in, and/or
the financing of operations of, an Affiliated Corporation.
"Trustee" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall also
include any successor trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act of 1939" means the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was
originally executed; provided, however, that if the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended, then Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall mean the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"vice president", when used with respect to the Issuer or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title of "vice president".
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of which all of the
outstanding voting stock (other than directors' qualifying shares) is at the
time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Issuer and/or by one or more
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
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"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of
securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if
applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series,
and calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1. FORMS GENERALLY. The Securities of each series shall
be substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be
established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions (as set forth in a
Board Resolution or, to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth
in such Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate detailing such establishment)
or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have imprinted or otherwise
reproduced thereon such legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any
securities exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined
by the officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of
the Securities.
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 2.2. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in
substantially the following form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
HSBC Bank USA
as Trustee
By: _____________________
Authorized Officer
SECTION 2.3. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. The
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall
be established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions of the Board
of Directors and set forth in a Board Resolution, or to the extent
established pursuant to (rather than set forth in) such Board Resolution in
an Officers' Certificate detailing such establishment, and/or established in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the initial issuance of
Securities of any series,
(1) the designation of the Securities of the series (which may
be part of a series of Securities previously issued);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration and transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.8, 2.9, 2.11 or 12.3);
(3) any date on which the principal of, and premium, if any, on
the Securities of the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest
shall accrue, on which such interest shall be payable and on which a
record shall be taken for the determination of Holders to whom interest
is payable and/or the method by which such rate or rates or date or
dates shall be determined and the basis on which interest shall be
calculated if other than a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months;
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(5) the place or places where the principal of, and premium, if
any, or any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable (if
other than as provided in Section 3.2);
(6) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within
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 Issuer,
pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or
repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption,
sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder
thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or periods
within which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities of the
series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of
$1,000 thereafter, the denominations in which Securities of the series
shall be issuable;
(9) if other 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;
(10) the currency or currencies or currency unit or currency
units in which the Securities of that series are denominated (including
but not limited to Dollars, any Foreign Currency or ECU) and the
aggregate principal amount of the series which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration and transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to this Indenture);
(11) if other than the currency or currencies or currency unit
or currency units in which the Securities of that series are
denominated, the currency or currencies or currency unit or currency
units in which payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Securities of such series shall or may be payable;
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(12) if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities of such series are to be payable, at the election of the
Issuer or a holder thereof, in a currency or currencies or currency
unit or currency units other than that in which the Securities are
denominated, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or currency
unit or currency units other than that in which the Securities of the
series are denominated, the manner in which such amount shall be
determined;
(14) whether the Securities of the series are to be convertible
or exchangeable for other securities of the Issuer or any other Person
and the terms and conditions thereof;
(15) whether any of the Securities of the series will be
issuable as Global Securities;
(16) any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or paying
agents, transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with respect
to the Securities of such series; and
(17) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
SECTION 2.4. AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF SECURITIES.
The Issuer may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Issuer to the
Trustee for authentication together with the applicable documents referred to
below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver such Securities to or upon the order of the Issuer (contained in the
Issuer Order referred to below in this Section), or pursuant to such
procedures acceptable to the Trustee and to such recipients as may be
specified from time to time by an Issuer Order. The maturity date, Original
Issue Date, interest rate and any other terms of the Securities of such
series shall be determined by or pursuant to such Issuer Order and
procedures. 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 6.1) shall be
fully protected in conclusively relying upon:
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(1) an Issuer Order requesting such authentication and setting
forth delivery instructions if the Securities are not to be delivered
to the Issuer;
(2) any Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate and/or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.1 and 2.3 by or
pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities were
established;
(3) an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form and terms of
the Securities stating that the form and terms of the Securities have
been established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 and comply with this
Indenture, and covering such other matters as the Trustee may
reasonably request; and
(4) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities have
been established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 and comply with
this Indenture, and
(b) such Securities when authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to
any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles
(whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and
deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Issuer
or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of
trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees
or Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the
Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders.
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If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Section and the Issuer Order with respect to such
series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that (i) shall
represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of all of the Securities of such series issued and not yet
canceled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such
Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall
be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositary's instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: "Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another
nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary."
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 2.3 must, at the
time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
other applicable statute or regulation.
SECTION 2.5. EXECUTION OF SECURITIES. The Securities shall be
signed on behalf of the Issuer by the chairman of its Board of Directors, any
vice chairman of its Board of Directors, its chief executive officer, its
president, any vice president or its treasurer. Such signature may be the
manual or facsimile signature of the present or any future such officers. The
seal of the Issuer may be (but need not be) impressed, affixed, imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Securities and may be a facsimile thereof.
Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the
seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of
the Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Security so signed
shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the
Issuer, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or
disposed of as though the person who signed such Security had not ceased to
be such officer of the Issuer; and any Security may be signed on behalf of
the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such
Security, shall be the proper officers of the Issuer, although at the date of
the execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such an
officer.
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SECTION 2.6. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. Only such Securities
as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of
its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon
any Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the
Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.7. DENOMINATION AND DATE OF SECURITIES; PAYMENTS
OF INTEREST. The Securities of each series shall be issuable
as registered securities without coupons and in denominations established as
contemplated by Section 2.3 or, if not so established, in denominations of
$1,000 and any multiple thereof. The Securities of each series shall be
numbered, lettered or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance
with such plan as the officers of the Issuer executing the same may determine
with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and
authentication thereof.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The
Securities of each series shall bear interest, if any, from the date, and
such interest shall be payable on the dates, established as contemplated by
Section 2.3.
The person in whose name any Security of any series is registered
at the close of business on any record date applicable to a particular series
with respect to any interest payment date for such series shall be entitled
to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest payment date
notwithstanding any registration of transfer or exchange of such Security
subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date, except
if and to the extent the Issuer shall default in the payment of the interest
due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case such
defaulted interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names Outstanding
Securities for such series are registered at the close of business on a
subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five Business Days prior
to the date of payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice
given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the holders of Securities not
less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date. The term "record
date" as used with respect to any interest payment date (except a date for
payment of defaulted interest) for the Securities of any series shall mean
the date specified as such in the terms of the Securities of such series
established as contemplated by Section 2.3.
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SECTION 2.8. REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. The
Issuer will keep or cause to be kept at each office or agency to be
maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.2 for each series of
Securities a register or registers in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, it will provide for the registration of
Securities of such series and the registration of transfer of Securities of
such series. Such register shall be in written form in the English language
or in any other form capable of being converted into such form within a
reasonable time. At all reasonable times during normal business hours such
register or registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Security of any series at any such office or agency to be maintained for the
purpose as provided in Section 3.2, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a
new Security or Securities of the same series, maturity date, interest rate
and Original Issue Date in authorized denominations for a like aggregate
principal amount.
At the option of the Holder thereof, Securities of any series
(except a Global Security) may be exchanged for a Security or Securities of
such series, maturity date, interest rate and Original Issue Date of other
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the Issuer
which shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 3.2 and
upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter
provided. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All
Securities surrendered upon any exchange or registration of transfer provided
for in this Indenture shall be promptly canceled and destroyed by the Trustee
in accordance with its normal procedures.
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All Securities presented for registration of transfer, exchange,
redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by,
the holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall
be made for any such transaction.
The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a
transfer of (a) any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next
preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of Securities of such
series to be redeemed or (b) any Securities selected, called or being called
for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to
be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.8, unless
and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the
Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of
such Depositary to such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for any Securities of a series
represented by one or more Global Securities notifies the Issuer that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Securities or if at
any time the Depositary for such Securities shall no longer be eligible under
Section 2.4, the Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to
such Securities. If a successor Depositary for such Securities is not
appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice
or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Issuer's election pursuant to
Section 2.3 that such Securities be represented by one or more Global
Securities shall no longer be effective and the Issuer will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery
of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver,
Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in
any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such
Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
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The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities shall no longer be represented by a Global Security or Securities.
In such event the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of
such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in
definitive registered form, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or
Securities representing such Securities, in exchange for such Global Security
or Securities.
If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 with respect
to Securities represented by a Global Security, the Depositary for such
Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in
part for Securities of the same series in definitive registered form on such
terms as are acceptable to the Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without
service charge,
(i) to the Person specified by such Depositary a new Security
or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations as
requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global
Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination
equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the
surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (i) above.
Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in
definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, such Global Security
shall be canceled by the Trustee. Securities in definitive registered form
issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall
be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct
or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing.
The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the Persons in
whose names such Securities are so registered.
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All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing
the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.9. MUTILATED, DEFACED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN
SECURITIES. In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become
mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion
may execute, and upon the written request of any officer of the Issuer, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series,
maturity date, interest rate and Original Issue Date, bearing a number or other
distinguishing symbol not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and
substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and
substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the
applicant for a substitute Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to the
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to indemnify and defend and to save each of them
harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the
ownership thereof.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Issuer 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. In case any Security
which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption in
full shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Issuer may instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the
payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall
furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of
them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the
applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of
the Issuer or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.
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Every substitute Security of any series issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such Security is
destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual
obligation of the Issuer, 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 (but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights
set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all
other Securities of such series duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to
the extent permitted by law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced or destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or
remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable
instruments or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.10. CANCELLATION OF SECURITIES; DESTRUCTION
THEREOF. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange, or for credit against any payment in
respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if surrendered to the Issuer or any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be canceled by it; and
no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted
by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall destroy
canceled Securities held by it in accordance with its normal procedures. If
the Issuer shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by
such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.11. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series (printed,
lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form
satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be
issuable as Securities, of any authorized denomination, and substantially in
the form of the definitive Securities of such series but with such omissions,
insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities of
such series, all as may be determined by the Issuer as evidenced by the
execution and authentication thereof. Temporary Securities may contain such
reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every
temporary Security shall be executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the
Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and
with like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay
the Issuer shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities of such
series and thereupon temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered
in exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained
by the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.2, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such
series a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same
series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series, unless otherwise
established pursuant to Section 2.3.
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ARTICLE 3
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. The Issuer
covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on,
each of the Securities of such series (together with any additional amounts
payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) at the place or places, at the
respective times and in the manner provided in such Securities and in this
Indenture. The interest on Securities (together with any additional
amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable
only to or upon the written order of the Holders thereof and at the option of
the Issuer may be paid (i) by mailing checks to or upon the written order of
such Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the registry books of
the Issuer or (ii) by wire transfer to bank accounts maintained by such
Holders.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture and the
Securities of any series to the contrary, if the Issuer and a Holder of any
Security so agree or if expressly provided pursuant to Section 2.3, payments
of interest on, and any portion of the principal of, such Holder's Security
(other than interest payable at maturity or on any redemption or repayment
date or the final payment of principal on such Security) shall be made by the
Paying Agent, upon receipt from the Issuer of the immediately available funds
by 10:00 a.m., New York City time (or such other time as may be agreed to
between the Issuer and the Paying Agent), directly to the Holder of such
Security (by Federal funds wire transfer or otherwise) if the Holder has
delivered written instructions to the Trustee 15 days prior to such payment
date requesting that such payment will be so made and designating the bank
account to which such payments shall be so made and in the case of payments
of principal surrenders the same to the Trustee in exchange for a Security or
Securities aggregating the same principal amount as the unredeemed principal
amount of the Securities surrendered. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely
on the last instruction delivered by the Holder pursuant to this Section 3.1
unless a new instruction is delivered 15 days prior to a payment date. The
Issuer will indemnify and hold each of the Trustee and any Paying Agent
harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including attorneys' fees)
resulting from any act or omission to act on the part of the Issuer or any
such Holder in connection with any such agreement or from making any payment
in accordance with any such agreement.
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SECTION 3.2. OFFICES FOR PAYMENTS, ETC. The Issuer will
maintain or cause to be maintained in The City of New York, an agency where
the Securities of each series may be presented for payment, an agency where
the Securities of each series may be presented for exchange as is provided in
this Indenture and, if applicable, pursuant to Section 2.3, an agency where
the Securities of each series may be presented for registration of transfer as
in this Indenture provided.
The Issuer will maintain or cause to be maintained in The City of
New York, an agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in
respect of the Securities of any series or this Indenture may be served. The
Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of each such
agency and of any change of location thereof.
In case the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such agency in The
City of New York, or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any
change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and
notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Issuer may from time to time designate one or more agencies
where the Securities of a series may be presented for payment, where the
Securities of that series may be presented for exchange as provided in this
Indenture and pursuant to Section 2.3 and where the Securities of that series
may be presented for registration of transfer as in this Indenture provided,
and the Issuer may from time to time rescind any such designation, as the
Issuer may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its
obligation to maintain the agencies provided for in the immediately preceding
paragraphs. The Issuer will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any
such designation or rescission thereof.
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SECTION 3.3. APPOINTMENT TO FILL A VACANCY IN OFFICE OF
TRUSTEE. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a
vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in
Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with
respect to each series of Securities hereunder.
SECTION 3.4. PAYING AGENTS. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a
paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section,
(a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent for
the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities
of such series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer or
by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, or of the
Trustee, and
(b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
Issuer (or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) to
make any payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the
Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable.
The Issuer will, on or prior to 10:00 a.m. on each due date of
the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, deposit with
the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so
becoming due, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will
promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to
the Securities of any Series, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, set aside,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities
of such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming
due. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such
action.
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Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge with respect to one or more or all series of Securities hereunder,
or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held
in trust for any such series by the Issuer or any paying agent hereunder, as
required by this Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts
herein contained.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Sections 10.4 and 10.5.
SECTION 3.5. WRITTEN STATEMENT TO TRUSTEE. The Issuer will
deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year,
commencing with the fiscal year in which the Securities are first issued, a
written statement, signed by two of its officers (which need not comply with
Section 11.5), stating that in the course of the performance of their duties
as officers of the Issuer they would normally have knowledge of any default
by the Issuer in the performance or fulfillment of any covenant, agreement
or condition contained in this Indenture, stating whether or not they have
knowledge of any such default and, if so, specifying each such default of
which the signers have knowledge and the nature thereof.
SECTION 3.6. LIMITATION ON MORTGAGES AND LIENS. The Issuer
shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, create or assume
and shall not cause or permit a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to create
or assume, otherwise than in favor of the Issuer or a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary, any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance upon any
Principal Manufacturing Property or any interest it may have therein or of or
upon any stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, without making effective provision (and the Issuer
covenants that in such case it will make or cause to be made effective
provision) whereby the Securities and any other indebtedness of the Issuer
then entitled thereto shall be secured by such mortgage, pledge, lien or
encumbrance equally and ratably with any and all other obligations and
indebtedness thereby secured, so long as any such other obligations and
indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however, that the foregoing
covenant shall not be applicable to the following:
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(a)(i) any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance on any
property hereafter acquired or constructed by the Issuer or a Subsidiary, or
on which property so constructed is located, and created prior to,
contemporaneously with or within 180 days after, such acquisition or
construction or the commencement of commercial operation of such property to
secure or provide for the payment of any part of the purchase or construction
price of such property, or (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or a Subsidiary
of such property subject to any mortgage, pledge, or other lien or
encumbrance upon such property existing at the time of acquisition thereof,
whether or not assumed by the Issuer or such Subsidiary, or (iii) any
mortgage, pledge, or other lien or encumbrance existing on the property,
shares of stock or indebtedness of a corporation at the time such corporation
shall become a Subsidiary, or (iv) any conditional sales agreement or other
title retention agreement with respect to any property hereafter acquired or
constructed; provided that the lien of any such mortgage, pledge or other
lien does not spread to property owned prior to such acquisition or
construction or to other property thereafter acquired or constructed other
than additions to such acquired or constructed property and other than
property on which property so constructed is located, and provided, further,
that if a firm commitment from a bank, insurance company or other lender or
investor (not including the Issuer, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the
Issuer) for the financing of the acquisition or construction of property is
made prior to, contemporaneously with or within the 180 day period
hereinabove referred to, the applicable mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance
shall be deemed to be permitted by this subsection (a) whether or not created
or assumed within such period;
(b) any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance created
for the sole purpose of extending, renewing or refunding any mortgage, pledge,
lien or encumbrance permitted by subsection (a) of this Section; provided,
however, that the principal amount of indebtedness secured thereby shall not
exceed the principal amount of indebtedness so secured at the time of such
extension, renewal or refunding and that such extension, renewal or refunding
of any mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance shall be limited to all or any
part of the same property that secured the mortgage, pledge or other lien or
encumbrance extended, renewed or refunded;
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(c) liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or
levies not then due and delinquent or the validity of which is being contested
in good faith, and against which an adequate reserve has been established;
pledges or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations or to secure
performance in connection with bids or contracts; materialmen's, mechanics',
carrier's, workmen's, repairmen's or other like liens, or deposits to obtain
the release of such liens; deposits to secure surety, stay, appeal or customs
bonds; liens created by or resulting from any litigation or legal proceeding
which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
licenses or leases or patents, trademarks or trade names; leases and liens,
rights of reverter and other possessory rights of the lessor thereunder; zoning
restrictions, easements, rights-of-way or other restrictions on the use of real
property or minor irregularities in the title thereto; and any other liens and
encumbrances similar to those described in this subsection, the existence of
which does not, in the opinion of the Issuer, materially impair the use by
the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the affected property in the operation of the
business of the Issuer or a Subsidiary, or the value of such property for the
purposes of such business;
(d) any contracts for production, research or development
with or for the Government, directly or indirectly, providing for advance,
partial or progress payments on such contracts and for a lien, paramount to
all other liens, upon money advanced or paid pursuant to such contracts, or
upon any material or supplies in connection with the performance of such
contracts to secure such payments to the Government; and liens or other
evidences of interest in favor of the Government, paramount to all other
liens, on any equipment, tools, machinery, land or buildings hereafter
constructed, installed or purchased by the Issuer or a Subsidiary primarily
for the purpose of manufacturing or providing any product or performing any
development work, directly or indirectly, for the Government to secure
indebtedness incurred and owing to the Government for the construction,
installation or purchase of such equipment, tools, machinery, land or
buildings. For the purpose of this subsection (d), "Government" shall mean the
Government of the United States of America and any department or agency thereof;
(e) any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance created
after the date of this Indenture on any property leased to or purchased by the
Issuer or a Subsidiary after that date and securing, directly or indirectly,
obligations issued by a State, a territory or a possession of the United
States, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or the District
of Columbia, to finance the cost of acquisition or cost of construction of
such property, provided that the interest paid on such obligations is entitled
to be excluded from gross income of the recipient pursuant to Section 103 of
the Code (or any successor to such provision) as in effect at the time of the
issuance of such obligations;
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(f) any pledge of notes, chattel mortgages, leases, accounts
receivable, trade acceptances and other paper arising in the ordinary course
of business, out of installment or conditional sales to or by, or other
transactions involving title retention with, distributors, dealers or other
customers, of merchandise, equipment or services; and
(g) any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance not
otherwise permitted under this Section, provided the aggregate amount of
indebtedness secured by all such mortgages, pledges, liens or encumbrances,
together with the aggregate sale price of property involved in sale and
leaseback transactions not otherwise permitted except under Section 3.7(a)
does not exceed the greater of $250,000,000 or 5% of Consolidated
Stockholders' Equity.
SECTION 3.7. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, sell or transfer
(except to the Issuer or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, or both) any
Principal Manufacturing Property owned by it on the date of this Indenture
with the intention of taking back a lease of such property other than a lease
for a temporary period (not exceeding 36 months) with the intent that the use
by the Issuer or such Subsidiary of such property will be discontinued on or
before the expiration of such period unless either:
(a) the sum of the aggregate sale price of property involved
in sale and leaseback transactions not otherwise permitted under this Section
plus the aggregate amount of indebtedness secured by all mortgages, pledges,
liens and encumbrances not otherwise permitted except under Section 3.6(g)
does not exceed the greater of $250,000,000 or 5% of Consolidated
Stockholders' Equity, or
(b) the Issuer within 120 days after the sale or transfer
shall have been made by the Issuer or by any such Subsidiary applies an amount
equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of the Principal
Manufacturing Property sold and leased back pursuant to such arrangement or
(ii) the fair market value of the Principal Manufacturing Property sold and
leased back at the time of entering into such arrangement (which may be
conclusively determined by the Board of Directors) to the retirement of the
Securities or other Funded Debt of the Company ranking on a parity with the
Securities; provided, that the amount required to be applied to the retirement
of outstanding Securities or other Funded Debt of the Issuer pursuant to this
clause (b) shall be reduced by (1) the principal amount of any Securities
delivered within 120 days after such sale to the Trustee for retirement and
cancellation, and (2) the principal amount of any other Funded Debt of the
Issuer ranking on a parity with the Securities voluntarily retired by the
Issuer within 120 days after such sale, whether or not any such retirement of
Funded Debt shall be specified as being made pursuant to this clause (b).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no retirement referred to in this clause (b)
may be effected by payment at maturity or pursuant to any mandatory sinking
fund payment or any mandatory prepayment provision.
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ARTICLE 4
SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1. ISSUER TO FURNISH TRUSTEE INFORMATION AS TO
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF SECURITYHOLDERS. The Issuer covenants and agrees that
it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders
of the Securities of each series:
(a) semiannually and not more than 15 days after each record
date for the payment of interest on such Securities, as hereinabove
specified, as of such record date and on dates to be determined
pursuant to Section 2.3 for non-interest bearing securities in each
year, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request as of a
date not more than 15 days prior to the time such information is
furnished,
provided that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security registrar
for such series, such list shall not be required to be furnished.
SECTION 4.2. PRESERVATION AND DISCLOSURE OF SECURITYHOLDERS'
LISTS. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form
as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses
of the holders of each series of Securities (i) contained in the most recent
list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.1 or (ii) received by it in the
capacity of Security registrar for such series, if so acting. The Trustee
may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.1 upon receipt
of a new list so furnished.
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(b) In case three or more holders of Securities (hereinafter
referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to
the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security
for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application,
and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with
other holders of Securities of a particular series (in which case the
applicants must all hold Securities of such series) or with Holders of all
Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such
Securities and such application is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy
or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the
Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such
application, at its election, either
(i) afford to such applicants access to the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (a) of this Section, or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of
holders of Securities of such series or all Securities, as the case may
be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at
the time by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of this Section, and as to the approximate cost of
mailing to such Securityholders the form of proxy or other
communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford to such applicants
access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of
such applicants, mail to each Securityholder of such series or all
Securities, as the case may be, whose name and address appears in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section a copy of the form of proxy or
other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable
promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of
payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing;
otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such
applicants respecting their application.
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(c) Each and every holder of Securities, by receiving and
holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the
Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be
held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to
the names and addresses of the holders of Securities in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.1 or this Section, 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 subsection (b) of this Section.
SECTION 4.3. REPORTS BY THE ISSUER. The Issuer covenants to
file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders of
Securities, such information, documents and reports and such summaries thereof
as may be required by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information,
documents or reports which the Issuer may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same are
required to be filed with the Commission.
SECTION 4.4. REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE. (a) Within 60 days after
each May 15, beginning with May 15, 2002, the Trustee shall transmit to the
Securityholders of each series a brief report dated as of such reporting date
that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, if such
a report is required pursuant to Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939. The Trustee also shall comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust
1940. Indenture Act of 1939. The Trustee shall also transmit all reports as
1941. required by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, be furnished to the Issuer and be filed by
the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Securities of any
applicable series are listed and also with the Commission. The Issuer agrees
to notify the Trustee with respect to any series when and as the Securities
of such series become admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange.
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ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1. EVENT OF DEFAULT DEFINED; ACCELERATION OF
MATURITY; WAIVER OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default" with respect to Securities of
any series wherever used herein, means each one of the following events which
shall have occurred and be continuing (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 installment of interest
upon any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days;
(b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal
of, or premium (if any) on, any of the Securities of such series as and
when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon
redemption, by declaration or otherwise;
(c) default in the payment of any sinking fund installment as
and when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the
Securities of such series;
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Issuer in respect of the Securities of such series
(other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities of such
series a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default
or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the
Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such 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;
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(e) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of
the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days;
(f) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer or for any
substantial part of its property, or make any general assignment for
the benefit of creditors; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided in a supplemental
indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such
series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such
series.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case,
unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series shall have
already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then
Outstanding hereunder by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee
if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or, if the
Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such
portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such
series) of all Securities of such series and the interest accrued thereon, if
any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the
same shall become immediately due and payable.
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The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition
that if, at any time after the principal (or, if the Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified
in the terms thereof) of the Securities of any series shall have been so
declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment
of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter
provided, the Issuer shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the
Securities of such series and the principal of any and all Securities of such
series which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with
interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest
is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at
the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such
series, to the date of such payment or deposit) and such amount as shall be
sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents,
attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all reasonable advances made, by the Trustee except as a result
of negligence or bad faith, and if any and all Events of Default under the
Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series, other than the non-
payment of the principal of Securities of that series which shall have become
due by acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as
provided herein -- then and in every such case the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of such series then
Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive
all defaults with respect to such series and rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and
annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall
impair any right consequent thereon.
For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the
principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been
accelerated and declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof,
then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been
rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount
Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of
the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such
acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as shall
be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest,
if any, thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute
payment in full of such Original Issue Discount Securities.
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SECTION 5.2. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS BY TRUSTEE; TRUSTEE
MAY PROVE DEBT. The Issuer covenants that in case (a) default shall be made
in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of
any series when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such
default shall have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) default shall be
made in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the
Securities of any series when the same shall have become due and payable,
whether upon maturity of the Securities of such series or upon any redemption
or by declaration or otherwise, then in either such case, upon demand of the
Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of
the Securities of such series the whole amount that then shall have become due
and payable on all Securities of such series for principal or interest, as the
case may be (with interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue
principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at the same rate as
the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series); and in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the
costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by
the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of its negligence
or bad faith.
In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon
such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law
or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor
upon such Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer
or any other obligor upon the Securities under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to
the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the
creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee,
irrespective of whether the principal of any 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 pursuant to the provisions
of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceedings or otherwise:
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(a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount
of principal and interest (or, if the Securities of any series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) owing and
unpaid in respect of the Securities of any series, 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 reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all
expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, except as a result of negligence
or bad faith) and of the Securityholders allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities
of any series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such
other obligor,
(b) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to
vote on behalf of the holders of the Securities of any series in any
election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement,
reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings or person performing similar functions in comparable
proceedings, and
(c) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts
received with respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of the
Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator,
custodian or other similar official is hereby authorized by each of the
Securityholders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that
the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the
Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be
sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each
predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel,
and all reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
reasonable advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee
except as a result of negligence or bad faith and all other amounts due
to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan or reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any
Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim
of any Securityholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote
for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar person.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the Securities of any series, may be enforced by
the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities of such series or
the production thereof on any trial or other proceedings relative thereto,
and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought
in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment,
subject to the payment of reasonable expenses, disbursements and compensation
of the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and
attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities
in respect of which such action was taken.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any
proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture
to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent
all the holders of the Securities in respect to which such action was taken,
and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of such Securities parties
to any such proceedings.
SECTION 5.3. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. Any moneys collected by
the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of any series shall be applied
in the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case
of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal or interest, upon
presentation of the several Securities in respect of which monies have been
collected and stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing
Securities of such series in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the
presented Securities of like series if only partially paid, or upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
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FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses applicable to such
series in respect of which monies have been collected, including
reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and
their respective agents and attorneys and of all reasonable expenses
and liabilities incurred, and all reasonable advances made, by the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence
or bad faith, and all other amounts due to the Trustees or any
predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series
in respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become
and be then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the
Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of
the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that
such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue
installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the
persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in
respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and shall
be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount then owing
and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for principal and
interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent
that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue
installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys
shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid
upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of such
principal and interest or Yield to Maturity, without preference or
priority of principal over interest or Yield to Maturity, or of
interest or Yield to Maturity over principal, or of any installment of
interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Security of
such series over any other Security of such series, ratably to the
aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest or Yield to
Maturity; and
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FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer
or any other person lawfully entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.4. SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT. In case an Event of Default
has occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion (but shall not be obligated to) proceed to protect and enforce the
rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings
as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such
rights, either at law in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture
or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture or to enforce
any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or
by law.
SECTION 5.5. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS ON ABANDONMENT OF
PROCEEDINGS. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to
enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined
adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Issuer and the
Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights
hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Issuer, the Trustee and
the Securityholders shall continue as though no such proceedings had been
taken.
SECTION 5.6. LIMITATIONS ON SUITS BY SECURITYHOLDERS. No
holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by
availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any action or
proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the
Trustee written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as
hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then outstanding
shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or
proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder and shall have offered to
the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee
for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding and no direction
inconsistent with any such action or proceeding and no direction inconsistent
with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 5.9; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted
by the taker and Holder of every Security with every other taker and Holder
and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities of any series
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other such Holder of Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over
or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable
and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of the applicable series.
For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each
and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as
can be given either at law or in equity.
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SECTION 5.7. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF SECURITYHOLDERS TO
INSTITUTE CERTAIN SUITS. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture and any provision of any Security, the right of any Holder of any
Security to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Security
on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of
such Holder.
SECTION 5.8. POWERS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; DELAY OR
OMISSION NOT WAIVER OF DEFAULT. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.6
and with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced or
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last sentence of Section 2.9, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
holders of Securities 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.
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No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of
Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default
occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or
shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 5.6, every power and remedy
given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the holders of
Securities may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the holders of Securities.
SECTION 5.9. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding 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 by this Indenture; provided that such direction
shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this
Indenture and provided further that (subject to the provisions of Section
6.1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction
if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall determine that the action or
proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good
faith by its board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust
committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee shall determine
that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in
personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so determine that
the actions or forebearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would
be unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Securities of any
series not joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that
(subject to Section 6.1) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether
or not such actions or forebearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee
in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which
is not inconsistent with such direction or directions by Securityholders.
SECTION 5.10. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. Subject to Section 5.1,
prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities
of any series as provided in Section 5.1, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time
Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series
waive any past default or Event of Default described in clause (d), (e), (f)
or (g) of Section 5.1 with respect to such series and its consequences except
a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security
affected. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be
deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, and not to have
occurred for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
The Issuer may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, 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 under Section 5.9 or this
Section. If not set by the Issuer 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
4.1) 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.
SECTION 5.11. TRUSTEE TO GIVE NOTICE OF DEFAULT. The Trustee
shall, within ninety days after the occurrence of a default with respect to the
Securities of any series, give notice of all defaults with respect to that
series actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee to all Holders
of then Outstanding Securities of that series, by mailing such notice to such
Holders at their addresses as they shall appear in the registry books, unless
in each case such defaults shall have been cured before the mailing or
publication of such notice (the term "defaults" for the purpose of this
Section being hereby defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default).
SECTION 5.12. RIGHT OF COURT TO REQUIRE FILING OF UNDERTAKING
TO PAY COSTS. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any
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Security by his 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; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or
group of Securityholders of any series holding in the aggregate more than 10%
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities Outstanding of such series,
or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the due
date expressed in such Security.
ARTICLE 6
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE;
DURING DEFAULT; PRIOR TO DEFAULT. With respect to the Holders of any series
of Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular series and
after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred
with respect to such series, undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of
Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee with respect to
the Securities of a series has occurred (which has not been cured or waived)
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all
such Events of Default with respect to such series which may have
occurred:
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(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any Series shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but
in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty only to examine the
same on their face to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of
the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the holders pursuant to Section 5.9 relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Indenture.
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None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any
of its rights or powers, if, in its opinion, there shall be reasonable ground
for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 6.2. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE. Subject to
Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
Officers' Certificate or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, security 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, direction, order or demand of the Issuer
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors
may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel (at the expense of
the Issuer) who may be counsel to the Issuer and any advice or Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion
of Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request,
order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have
offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby;
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(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken 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;
(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder
and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, 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, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond,
debenture, note, security, or other paper or document unless requested
in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series affected
then outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable
time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be
incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion
of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee, the Trustee may
require indemnity satisfactory to it against such expenses or
liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of
every such investigation shall be paid by the Issuer or, if paid by the
Trustee or any predecessor trustee, shall be repaid by the Issuer upon
demand;
(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 not regularly in its employ and the Trustee
shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part
of any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
and
(h) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any
default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
(i) has actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (ii)
the Trustee has been notified in writing by the Issuer or any Holder of
Securities.
SECTION 6.3. TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS,
DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES OR APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS THEREOF . The recitals
contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities or of the proceeds
thereof.
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SECTION 6.4. TRUSTEE AND AGENTS MAY HOLD SECURITIES;
COLLECTIONS, ETC. The Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or
the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not the
Trustee or such agent and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, if operative,
may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive, collect, hold and retain
collections from the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not
the Trustee or such agent.
SECTION 6.5. MONEYS HELD BY TRUSTEE. Subject to the provisions
of Section 10.5 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used
or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which
they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest
on any moneys received by it hereunder.
SECTION 6.6. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEE AND
ITS PRIOR CLAIM. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from
time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation
(which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and the Issuer covenants and
agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or
made by or on behalf of it in connection with this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and
of all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ) except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and agents for, and to hold it,
its officers, directors, employees and agents 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 this
Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim of
liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section
to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to
pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor 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 benefit of the holders of particular Securities, and the
Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim.
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Whenever the Trustee incurs any fees or expenses (including the
fees and expenses of its counsel) in connection with a Default or an Event of
Default under Section 5.1 hereof, those fees and expenses are intended to
constitute administrative expenses under any bankruptcy law.
SECTION 6.7. RIGHT OF TRUSTEE TO RELY ON OFFICERS'
CERTIFICATE, ETC. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever
in the administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem
it necessary or desirable that a matter be provided or established prior to
taking or suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless
other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in
the absence of gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be
deemed to be conclusively provided and established by an Officers'
Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of
gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full
warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under
the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
SECTION 6.8. QUALIFICATION OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee is subject
to Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 regarding
disqualification of a trustee upon acquiring any conflicting interest. In
determining whether the Trustee has a conflicting interest within the meaning
of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to Securities of any series, there
shall be excluded this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series
other than such series.
SECTION 6.9. PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT AS TRUSTEE.
The Trustee for each series of Securities hereunder shall at all times be a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States
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of America or of any state or the District of Columbia (or a Person permitted
to act as trustee by the Commission) having a combined capital and surplus of
at least $50,000,000, and which is authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers and is subject to supervision or examination by
Federal, state or District of Columbia authority. Such corporation or Person
shall have a place of business in The City of New York if there be such a
corporation or Person in such location willing to act upon reasonable and
customary terms and conditions. If such corporation or Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus
as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Such
corporation or Person shall not be and shall represent that it is not an
obligor on the Securities or a person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with such obligor. In case at any
time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect specified in Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.10. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee, or any
trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign with respect
to one or more or all series of Securities by giving written notice of
resignation to the Issuer and, if required by applicable law or regulations,
by mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders of then Outstanding
Securities of each series affected at their addresses as they shall appear on
the registry books. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer
shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees with respect to the
applicable series by written instrument in duplicate, executed by authority
of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to
the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee or trustees. If
no successor trustee shall have been so appointed with respect to any series
and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice
of resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of
the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions
of Section 5.12, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
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(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 6.8 with respect to any series of Securities after written
request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at
least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect
to any series of Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver or liquidator 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, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the
applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such
series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to
the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to
the provisions of Section 5.12, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security or Securities 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 removal of the Trustee and the appointment of
a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may thereupon,
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of each series at the time outstanding may at any time remove
the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series and appoint a successor
trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by delivering to the
Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer
the evidence provided for in Section 7.1 of the action in that regard taken
by the Securityholders.
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(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to
any series and any appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such
series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided
in Section 6.11.
(e) The retiring Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or
omissions of any successor Trustee hereunder.
(f) Upon appointment of any successor Trustee, all fees,
charges and expenses of the retiring Trustee shall be paid.
SECTION 6.11. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute
and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable
series shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties
and obligations with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder,
with like effect as if originally named as trustee for such series hereunder;
but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor
trustee, upon payment of its charges then unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act
shall, subject to Section 10.5, pay over to the successor trustee all moneys
at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument
which, subject to Section 6.6, need not include an indemnity by the Issuer,
transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall
execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and
powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim
upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any
amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.6.
If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor
Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of any
applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable
to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series as to which the
predecessor Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts under separate indentures.
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No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities
shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the
provisions of Section 6.8 and eligible under the provisions of Section 6.9.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as
provided in this Section 6.11, the Issuer shall mail notice thereof to the
Holders of Securities of each series affected, by mailing such notice to such
Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the registry books. If
the acceptance of appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the
resignation, then the notice called for by the preceding sentence may be
combined with the notice called for by Section 6.10. If the Issuer fails to
mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed
at the expense of the Issuer.
SECTION 6.12. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION
TO BUSINESS OF TRUSTEE. 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 the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee and all other
appointments hereunder; provided, that such corporation shall be qualified
under the provisions of Section 6.8 and eligible under the provisions of
Section 6.9 without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed
to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities of any series
shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the
Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor
Trustee and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that
time any of the Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated,
any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee;
and in all such cases such certificate shall have the full force which it has
anywhere in the Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided that
the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, that the right to adopt
the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to
authenticate Securities of any series 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 6.13. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE
ISSUER. If the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor,
directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Issuer (or any other
obligor upon the securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 regarding the collection of claims against
the Issuer (or any such other obligor).
ARTICLE 7
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1. EVIDENCE OF ACTION TAKEN BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a specified
percentage in principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all series
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
similar tenor signed by such specified percentage of Securityholders in
person or by 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. Proof of execution of any
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner
provided in this Article.
SECTION 7.2. PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS AND OF
HOLDING OF SECURITIES. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the execution of any
instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy may be proved by the
Security register or by a certificate of the Security registrar.
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SECTION 7.3. HOLDERS TO BE TREATED AS OWNERS. The Issuer, the
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the
person in whose name any Security shall be registered upon the Security
register for such series as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or
not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of
or on account of the principal of and, subject to the provisions of this
Indenture, interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither
the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any
such person, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum
or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys
payable upon any such Security.
SECTION 7.4. SECURITIES OWNED BY ISSUER DEEMED NOT
OUTSTANDING. In determining whether the Holders of the
requisite aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all
series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this
Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor on
the Securities with respect to which such determination is being made or by
any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the
Securities with respect to which such determination is being made shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver only
Securities which the Trustee knows are 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 the pledgee's right so to act with
respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities by delivering to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to such effect. In
case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall be full
protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in accordance with
such advice. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the
Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and identifying all
Securities, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the
account of any of the above-described persons; and, subject to Sections 6.1
and 6.2, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate
as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that
all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination.
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SECTION 7.5. RIGHT OF REVOCATION OF ACTION TAKEN. At any
time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in
Section 7.1, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the
case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any
Holder of a Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to
be included among the serial numbers of the Securities the Holders of which
have consented to such action may, by filing written notice at the Corporate
Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke
such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such
action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and
of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective
of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such
Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be,
specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be
conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all the
Securities affected by such action.
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS. The Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of
Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date of the
execution thereof) for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the
Trustee as security for the Securities of one or more series any
property or assets;
(b) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Issuer, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor
corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Issuer
pursuant to Article Nine;
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(c) 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 6.11;
(d) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of
the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants
are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities stating
that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit
of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Issuer;
(e) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to
all or any series of Securities (and, if such Event of Default is
applicable to less than all series of Securities, specifying the series
to which such Event of Default is applicable);
(f) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein
or in any supplemental indenture; or to make such other provisions in
regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or under
any supplemental indenture as the Board of Directors may deem necessary
or desirable and which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, shall
not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities;
(g) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become
effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series
created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is
adversely affected by such change in or elimination of such provision;
and
(h) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series
as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 2.3.
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The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the
conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property
thereunder, but the Trustee 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.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of
Section 8.2.
SECTION 8.2. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS. With the consent (evidenced as provided in
Article Seven) of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series affected by
such supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Issuer, when
authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may,
from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date of execution thereof) for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of
each such series; provided, that no such supplemental indenture shall (a)
extend the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest
thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof, or make the
principal thereof (including any amount in respect of original issue
discount), or interest or premium thereon payable in any coin or currency
other than that provided in the Securities or in accordance with the terms
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.1 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy
pursuant to Section 5.2, or impair or affect the right of any Securityholder
to institute suit for the payment thereof or, if the Securities provide
therefor, any right of repayment at the option of the Securityholder without
the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, or (b) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders
of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, without the consent
of the Holders of each Security so affected.
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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 Holders of Securities of such series, with respect to
such covenant or provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the Issuer authorizing the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of
the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid and other documents, if any,
required by Section 7.1, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the
execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders
under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall
approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Issuer
shall mail a notice thereof to the Holders of then Outstanding Securities of
each series affected thereby, by mailing a notice thereof by first-class mail
to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security
register. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect
therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any
such supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 8.3. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof,
this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance
therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties
and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders
of Securities of each series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined,
exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
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SECTION 8.4. DOCUMENTS TO BE GIVEN TO TRUSTEE. The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may receive an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Section
11.5, as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to this Article 8 complies with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture.
SECTION 8.5. NOTATION ON SECURITIES IN RESPECT OF
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered
after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions
of this Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee upon
advice of counsel for such series as to any matter provided for by such
supplemental indenture or as to any action taken at any such meeting. If the
Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities of any series so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee (as to form) and the
Board of Directors (as to form and substance), to any modification of this
Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the
Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the
Securities of such series then outstanding.
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ARTICLE 9
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 9.1. ISSUER MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.
The Issuer covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with any other
corporation or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any
Person, unless (i) either the Issuer shall be the continuing corporation, or
the successor corporation or the Person which acquires by sale or conveyance
substantially all the assets of the Issuer (if other than the Issuer) shall
be a corporation or entity organized under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof and shall expressly assume the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on all the Securities,
according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance
of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or
observed by the Issuer, by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the
Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation or entity,
and (ii) the Issuer or such successor corporation or entity, as the case may
be, shall not, immediately after such merger or consolidation, or such sale
or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any such covenant or
condition.
SECTION 9.2. SUCCESSOR ISSUER SUBSTITUTED. In case of any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and following such an assumption by
the successor corporation, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Issuer, with the same effect as if it had been named herein.
Such successor corporation may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its
own name or in the name of the Issuer prior to such succession any or all of the
Securities issuable hereunder, which theretofore shall not have been signed
by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such
successor corporation instead of the Issuer and subject to all the terms,
conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall
authenticate and shall deliver any Securities, which previously shall have
been signed and delivered by the officers of the Issuer to the Trustee for
authentication, and any Securities, which such successor corporation
thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that
purpose. All of the Securities so issued, shall in all respects have the
same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the
execution hereof.
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In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or
conveyance such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be
made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
In the event of any such sale or conveyance (other than a
conveyance by way of lease) the Issuer or any successor corporation which
shall theretofore have become such in the manner described in this Article
shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture
and the Securities and may be liquidated and dissolved.
SECTION 9.3. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO TRUSTEE. The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may receive an Opinion of
Counsel, prepared in accordance with Section 11.5, as conclusive evidence that
any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and any such
assumption, and any such liquidation or dissolution, complies with this
Article 9 and the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series
of Securities (except as to any surviving rights of conversion or transfer or
exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or in the
form of Security for such series), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the
expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.9, and (ii) Securities of such series for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 3.4) have been delivered to the Trustee canceled or for
cancellation; or
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(B) all such Securities of that series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee canceled or 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
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Issuer,
and the Issuer, 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, which shall be immediately due and payable, sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancellation, for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Securities which have become due and payable), or to the stated
maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;
(2) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Issuer with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(3) the Issuer 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
with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with.
SECTION 10.2. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY. All money deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.1 or Section 10.3 shall be held in
trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the series of
Securities in respect of which it was deposited and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer
acting as its own Paying Agent), 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.
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SECTION 10.3. DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF FUNDS OR GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS. Unless pursuant to Section 2.3
provision is made that this Section 10.3 shall not be applicable to the
Securities of any series, at the Issuer's option, either (a) the Issuer shall
be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations
with respect to any series of Securities after the applicable conditions set
forth below have been satisfied or (b) the Issuer shall cease to be under any
obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in
Sections 3.6 and 3.7 (and any other Sections applicable to such Securities
that are determined pursuant to Section 2.3 to be subject to this provision)
with respect to any series of Securities at any time after the applicable
conditions set forth below have been satisfied:
(1) the Issuer shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically
pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or
(ii) the equivalent in securities of the government which issued the
currency in which the Securities of such series are denominated or
securities issued by government agencies backed by the full faith and
credit of such government, 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,
money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient,
in the opinion (with respect to (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking
fund payments) and any premium of, interest on and any repurchase
obligations with respect to the outstanding securities of such series
on the dates such installments of interest or principal or repurchase
obligations are due;
(2) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which
with notice or lapse of time would become an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit; and
(3) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel, from counsel who is not an employee of the Issuer but which
may be outside general counsel to the Issuer, 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 the
Issuer's exercise of its option under this Section 10.3 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 option had
not been exercised, and, in the case of Securities being Discharged,
such opinion shall be based upon at least one of the following
authorities (issued, enacted or promulgated after the date of this
Indenture), substantially on point and to the foregoing effect: (i) a
public ruling of the Internal Revenue Service, (ii) a private ruling of
the Internal Revenue Service issued to the Issuer with respect to the
Securities, (iii) a provision of the Internal Revenue Code, or (iv) a
final regulation promulgated by the Department of the Treasury.
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The term "Discharged" means that the Issuer shall be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and
obligations under, the Securities of such series and to have satisfied
all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of
such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the
rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the trust fund
described in Subsection (1) above, payment of the principal and any
premium of and any interest on such Securities when such payments are
due; (B) the Issuer's obligations with respect to such Securities under
Sections 2.8, 2.9, 3.2, 3.4, 6.6 and 10.2; and (C) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including,
without limitation, its rights under Section 6.6 hereunder).
SECTION 10.4. REPAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENT.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to Securities of any series, all moneys then held by any paying agent
under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of
Securities shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the
Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such moneys.
SECTION 10.5. RETURN OF MONEYS HELD BY TRUSTEE AND PAYING
AGENT UNCLAIMED FOR THREE YEARS. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the
Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on
any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed for three
years after the date upon which such principal or interest shall have become
due and payable, shall, upon the written request of the Issuer and unless
otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned
or unclaimed property law (as advised by counsel, pursuant to Section 6.2), be
repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee for such series or such paying agent, and
the Holder of the Security of such series shall, unless otherwise required by
mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may
be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent
with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.
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SECTION 10.6. REINSTATEMENT. If the Trustee is unable to apply any
money in accordance with Sections 10.2 or 10.3, as the case may be, by reason
of any legal proceeding or by reason of order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Issuer's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 10.2 or 10.3, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee is
permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 10.2 or 10.3, as
the case may be; provided, however, that if the Issuer has made payment of
principal of, or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of Holders of
such Securities to receive such payment from money held by the Trustee.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1. INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS OF ISSUER EXEMPT FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY. No recourse under or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in
any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future
stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor,
either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law,
statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or
by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being
expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the
Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the
Securities.
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SECTION 11.2. PROVISIONS OF INDENTURE FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF
PARTIES AND HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any
person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their
successors and the Holders of the Securities any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein
contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the
parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 11.3. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF ISSUER BOUND BY
INDENTURE. All the covenants, stipulations promises and
agreements in this Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Issuer shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 11.4. NOTICES AND DEMANDS ON ISSUER, TRUSTEE AND
HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this
Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by
the Holders of Securities to or on the Issuer may be given or served by being
deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically
provided herein) addressed (until another address of the Issuer is filed by
the Issuer with the Trustee) to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Township Line and Union
Meeting Roads, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19424, Attention: General Counsel. Any
notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any holder of
Securities to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently
given or made, for all purposes, if given or made at the Corporate Trust Office.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in
regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer
when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this
Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuer shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such
notice.
SECTION 11.5. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS OF COUNSEL;
STATEMENTS TO BE CONTAINED THEREIN.
Upon any application or demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any
action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent 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 have been complied with.
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Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that
the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition, (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 such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
such covenant or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to
whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has
been complied with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer
may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are
erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same
are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be
based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, information with respect to
which is in the possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or
opinion of or representations by an officer or officers of the Issuer, unless
such counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate,
statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer
or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon
a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel, as
the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement
or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
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Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public
accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm
is independent.
SECTION 11.6. PAYMENTS DUE ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND
HOLIDAYS. If the date of maturity of interest, if any, on or
principal of the Securities of any series or the date fixed for redemption or
repayment of any such Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of
interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the
next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the
date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall
accrue for the period after such date.
SECTION 11.7. CONFLICT OF ANY PROVISION OF INDENTURE WITH
TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939. If and to the
extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts
with another provision included in this Indenture which is required to be
included herein by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, such required provision shall control.
SECTION 11.8. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. This Indenture and each
Security shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the state of New
York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
such state, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.
SECTION 11.9. COUNTERPARTS. This Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.10. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 11.11. SECURITIES IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY OR IN ECU.
(a) Whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the
holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities
of all series at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are
outstanding Securities of any series which are denominated in a currency or
currencies or currency unit or currency units other than Dollars, then the
principal amount of Securities of such series which shall be deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of
Dollars that could be obtained for such principal amount based on (i) in the
case of Securities denominated in a foreign currency, the Market Exchange
Rate in effect on the date on which such action is to be taken (the
"Determination Date") or (ii) in the case of Securities denominated in ECU,
the Official ECU Exchange Rate (or, if ECU ceases to be used both (a) within
the European Monetary System and (b) for the settlement of transactions by
public institutions of or within the European Communities, then based on the
Dollar Equivalent of the ECU) on the Determination Date. The provisions of
this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent number of votes to
which each securityholder or proxy shall be entitled in respect of Securities
of a series denominated in a currency other than Dollars in connection with
any vote taken by holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
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(b) For the purposes of this Section 11.11, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
"Component Currency" means any currency which, on the Conversion
Date, was a component currency of the ECU.
"Conversion Date" means the last date on which ECU was used
either (i) within the European Monetary System or (ii) for the
settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the
European Communities.
"Dollar Equivalent of the ECU" means the amount, as calculated by
the Trustee on each Determination Date, equal to the sum obtained by
adding together the results obtained by converting the Specified Amount
of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on
the Determination Date for such Component Currency.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the
European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community.
"Market Exchange Rate" shall mean for any currency the noon
Dollar buying rate for that currency for cable transfers quoted in New
York City on the Determination Date as certified for customs purposes
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If such rates are not
available for any reason with respect to one or more currencies for
which an exchange rate is required, the Trustee shall use without
liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York as of the most recent available date, or if such quotation is
unavailable, quotations from Citibank, N.A., or if unavailable, any
other bank with combined assets of at least $500 million in New York
City or in the country of issue of the currency in question, or such
other quotations as the Issuer shall deem appropriate. Unless
otherwise specified by the Trustee, if there is more than one market
for dealing in any currency by reason of foreign exchange regulations
or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such currency shall
be that upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in
such currency would purchase such currency in order to make payments in
respect of such securities, as advised by the Issuer.
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"Official ECU Exchange Rate" applicable to any currency with
respect to any payment to be made hereunder means the exchange rate
between the ECU and such currency reported by the Commission of the
European Communities (currently based on the rates in effect at 2:30
p.m., Brussels time, on the relevant exchange markets) or if such
exchange rate ceases to be so reported, then such exchange rate shall
be determined by the Trustee using, without liability on its part,
quotations from Citibank, N.A., or if unavailable, any other bank with
combined assets of at least $500 million in New York City or if such
quotation is unavailable, such other quotations as the Issuer shall
deem appropriate, on the applicable Determination Date.
"Specified Amount" of a Component Currency means the number of
units or fractions thereof which such Component Currency represented in
the ECU on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the
official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component
Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If
after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are
consolidated into a single currency, the respective Specified Amounts
of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of
such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single
currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and
such single currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If
after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into
two or more currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency
shall be replaced by specified amounts of such two or more currencies,
the sum of which, at the market Exchange Rate of such two or more
currencies on the date of such replacement, shall be equal to the
Specified Amount of such former Component Currency divided by the
number of currencies into which such Component Currency was divided,
and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such
currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies.
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(c) All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding
the Market Exchange Rate and the ECU Exchange Rate shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon
the Issuer and all Holders.
SECTION 11.12. JUDGMENT CURRENCY. The obligation of the Issuer in
respect of any sum due to any securityholder hereunder shall, notwithstanding
any judgment in a currency (the "Judgment Currency") other than the currency
in which the payment is due (the "Required Currency"), be discharged only to
the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such securityholder
of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, such securityholder
may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the amount
originally due to such securityholder in the Required Currency with the
Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Required Currency so purchased is less
than the sum originally due to such securityholder in the Required Currency,
the Issuer agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such
judgment, to indemnify such securityholder against such loss, and if the
amount of the Required Currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to
such securityholder, such securityholder agrees to remit to the Issuer such
excess.
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ARTICLE 12
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are
redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.
SECTION 12.2. NOTICE OF FULL AND PARTIAL REDEMPTION; PARTIAL
REDEMPTIONS. Notice of redemption to the Holders of
Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option
of the Issuer shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first
class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior
to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities of such series
at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the registry books. Any
notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the
notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice to the
Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in
part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Security of such series.
The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify (i)
the principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder to
be redeemed, (ii) the date fixed for redemption, (iii) the redemption price
(and premium, if any), (iv) the place or places of payment, (v) that payment
will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, (vi) that
such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking fund, or
both, if such be the case, (vii) that interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption will be paid as specified in such notice and (viii) that on and
after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed
will cease to accrue. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in
part only the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date
fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or
Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued.
The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be
redeemed at the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the
Issuer's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Issuer.
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On or before the redemption date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will deposit with
the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer is acting as
its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 3.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date
all the Securities of such series so called for redemption at the appropriate
redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption (and premium, if any). The election of the Issuer to redeem any
Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution in addition to any other
requirements set forth hereunder. If less than all the outstanding
Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Issuer will deliver to the
Trustee at least 60 days (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to
the Trustee for its convenience) prior to the date fixed for redemption an
Officers' Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities to
be redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the Trustee shall, subject to Section 12.4, select by lot Securities of such
Series to be redeemed in whole or in part. Securities may be redeemed in
part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities
of such series or any multiple thereof. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Issuer in writing of the Securities of such series selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities of such series 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 of any series shall
relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part,
to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is
to be redeemed.
SECTION 12.3. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES CALLED FOR REDEMPTION.
If notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or
portions of Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable
on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price (and premium, if any), together with interest, if any,
accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said date (unless
the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption
price, together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the
Securities or portions of Securities so called for redemption shall cease to
accrue shall be void, and except as provided in Sections 6.5 and 10.5, such
Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be
entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and the Holders
thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except the right to
receive the redemption price (and premium, if any) thereof and unpaid
interest to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of
such Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice, said
Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by
the Issuer at the applicable redemption price (and premium, if any), together
with interest, if any, accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption;
provided that payment of interest, if any, becoming due on or prior to the
date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of Securities
registered as such on the relevant record date subject to the terms and
provisions of Section 2.4 hereof.
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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly
provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security) borne by the Security.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the
Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on
the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Security
or Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
SECTION 12.4. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES FROM
ELIGIBILITY FOR SELECTION FOR REDEMPTION. Securities shall be excluded from
eligibility for selection for redemption if they are identified by
registration and certificate number in a written statement signed by an
authorized officer of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at least 40 days
prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given as being
owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by,
either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity specifically identified in such written
statement directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with the Issuer.
SECTION 12.5. MANDATORY AND OPTIONAL SINKING FUNDS. 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 is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be
made is herein referred to as the "sinking fund payment date".
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In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at
its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series theretofore
purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the
mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of
such series (not previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise
acquired (except as aforesaid) by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit for optional
sinking fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this
Section, or (c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously
so credited) redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption provision
contained in the terms of such series. Securities so delivered or credited
shall be received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption
price specified in such Securities.
On or before the forty-fifth day next preceding each sinking fund
payment date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee a written
statement signed by an authorized officer of the Issuer (a) specifying the
portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be satisfied by payment of
cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit of Securities of such series,
(b) stating that none of the Securities of such series has theretofore been
so credited, (c) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or
Events of Default with respect to such series have occurred (which have not
been waived or cured) and are continuing and (d) stating whether or not the
Issuer intends to exercise its right to make an optional sinking fund payment
with respect to such series and, if so, specifying the amount of such
optional sinking fund payment which the Issuer intends to pay on or before
the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Any Securities of such series
to be credited and required to be delivered to the Trustee in order for the
Issuer to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid which have not
theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancellation
pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee with such written statement (or
reasonably promptly thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such written
statement shall be irrevocable and upon its receipt by the Trustee the Issuer
shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash payments or
payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such
forty-fifth day, to deliver such written statement and Securities specified
in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default but shall
constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable election of the Issuer
(i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the next
succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without
the option to deliver or credit Securities of such series in respect thereof
and (ii) that the Issuer will make no optional sinking fund payment with
respect to such series as provided in this Section.
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If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or
both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash
shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Issuer shall so request) with
respect to the Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be
applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of
Securities of such series at the sinking fund redemption price together with
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be
$50,000 or less and the Issuer makes no such request then it shall be carried
over and invested by the Trustee in mutual or trust fund institutions which
are registered with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and which have
underlying investments consisting solely of and limited to United States
Government obligations until a sum in excess of $50,000 is available. The
Trustee, upon written instruction from the Issuer, shall select, in the
manner provided in Section 12.2, for redemption on such sinking fund payment
date a specified principal amount of Securities of such series then
Outstanding to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall (if requested
in writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial numbers of the
Securities of such series (or portions thereof) so selected. Securities of
any series which are (a) owned by the Issuer or are certified by the Issuer
by means of an Officers' Certificate to be owned by an entity directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with the Issuer, as shown by the Security register, and not actually
known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee to have been pledged or
hypothecated by the Issuer or any such entity; or (b) identified in an
Officers' Certificate at least 60 days prior to the sinking fund payment date
as being beneficially owned by, and not pledged or hypothecated by, the
Issuer or an entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer shall be excluded
from Securities of such series eligible for selection for redemption. The
Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it
shall so request the Trustee in writing) shall cause notice of redemption of
the Securities of such series to be given in substantially the manner
provided in Section 12.2 (and with the effect provided in Section 12.3) for
the redemption of Securities of such series in part at the option of the
Issuer. The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied or allocated
to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next
cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such payment,
shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and
all sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the Securities of
any particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which
are not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such
series shall be applied, together with other moneys, if necessary, sufficient
for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the
Securities of such series at maturity.
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At least one day before each sinking fund payment date, the
Issuer shall pay to the Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the
payment of all interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on
Securities to be redeemed on the next following sinking fund payment date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any
Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of
redemption of Securities for such series by operation of the sinking fund
during the continuance of a default in payment of interest on such Securities
or of any Event of Default except that, where the mailing of notice of
redemption of any Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee
shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall
have received from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except
as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when
any such default or Event of Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter
paid into the sinking fund, shall, during the continuance of such default or
Event of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article Five and
held for the payment of all such Securities. In case such Event of Default
shall have been waived as provided in Section 5.10 or the default cured on or
before the sixtieth day preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year,
such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date in accordance with this Section to the redemption of such
Securities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture
to be duly executed as of May 1, 2001.
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By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief financial Officer
HSBC BANK USA
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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