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Exhibit (b)(3)
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CHEMED CORPORATION
TO
FIRSTAR BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JANUARY -, 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other
Provisions of General Application
SECTION 1.01. Definitions..................................................................... 3
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions......................................................... 13
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered
to Trustee....................................................... 14
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders; Record Dates................................................... 15
SECTION 1.05. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and
the Company...................................................... 17
SECTION 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver....................................................... 18
SECTION 1.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................................... 18
SECTION 1.08. Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents......................................................... 19
SECTION 1.09. Successors and Assigns.......................................................... 19
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause............................................................. 19
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture........................................................... 19
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law; Jurisdiction..................................................... 19
SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays.................................................................. 19
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally................................................................. 20
SECTION 2.02. Initial Issuance to
Property Trustee................................................. 20
SECTION 2.03. Provisions Required in
Global Security.................................................. 21
SECTION 2.04. Issuance of Global Securities
to Holders....................................................... 21
ARTICLE III
The Securities
SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms................................................................. 22
SECTION 3.02. Denominations................................................................... 23
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating.............................................. 23
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities............................................................ 24
SECTION 3.05. Global Securities............................................................... 25
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SECTION 3.06. Registration, Transfer and
Exchange Generally; Certain
Transfers and Exchanges.......................................... 26
SECTION 3.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Securities............................................ 27
SECTION 3.08. Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved................................................. 28
SECTION 3.09. Persons Deemed Owners........................................................... 30
SECTION 3.10. Cancelation..................................................................... 31
SECTION 3.11. Right of Set Off................................................................ 31
SECTION 3.12. CUSIP Numbers................................................................... 31
SECTION 3.13. Extension of Interest Payment
Period; Notice of Extension...................................... 31
SECTION 3.14. Paying Agent, Security Registrar
and Conversion Agent............................................. 33
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge
of Indenture..................................................... 33
SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money...................................................... 34
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default............................................................... 35
SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment......................................... 36
SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee................................. 38
SECTION 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim................................................ 38
SECTION 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities................................. 39
SECTION 5.06. Application of Money Collected.................................................. 39
SECTION 5.07. Limitation on Suits............................................................. 39
SECTION 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal and Interest
and to Convert................................................... 40
SECTION 5.09. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies........................................................ 41
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.................................................. 41
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.................................................... 41
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders.............................................................. 41
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults......................................................... 42
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SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs........................................................... 42
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws................................................ 42
SECTION 5.16. Enforcement by Holders of
Preferred Securities............................................. 43
ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
SECTION 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities............................................. 43
SECTION 6.02. Notice of Defaults.............................................................. 44
SECTION 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee....................................................... 44
SECTION 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Securities........................................ 45
SECTION 6.05. May Hold Securities............................................................. 46
SECTION 6.06. Money Held in Trust............................................................. 46
SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement.................................................. 46
SECTION 6.08. Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests........................................................ 47
SECTION 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility...................................................... 47
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor......................................... 47
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor........................................................ 49
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business........................................... 49
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company....................................................................... 49
ARTICLE VII
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders.................................................................. 50
SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders............................................................. 50
SECTION 7.03. Reports by Trustee.............................................................. 50
SECTION 7.04. Reports by Company.............................................................. 51
SECTION 7.05. Tax Reporting................................................................... 51
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
SECTION 8.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Only on Certain Terms............................................ 51
SECTION 8.02. Successor Substituted........................................................... 53
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ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders............................................... 53
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with
Consent of Holders............................................... 54
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures....................................................... 55
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures............................................... 55
SECTION 9.05. Conformity with Trust
Indenture Act.................................................... 55
SECTION 9.06. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures.......................................... 56
ARTICLE X
Covenants; Representations and Warranties
SECTION 10.01. Payment of Principal and Interest.............................................. 56
SECTION 10.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency................................................ 56
SECTION 10.03. Money for Security Payments to
Be Held in Trust............................................... 57
SECTION 10.04. Statement by Officers as to
Default........................................................ 58
SECTION 10.05. Limitation on Dividends;
Transactions with Affiliates;
Covenants as to the Trust........................................ 58
SECTION 10.06. Payment of Expenses of the Trust............................................... 59
ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 11.01. Optional Redemption............................................................ 60
SECTION 11.02. Tax Event Redemption........................................................... 60
SECTION 11.03. Selection by Trustee of Securities
to Be Redeemed................................................. 61
SECTION 11.04. Notice of Redemption........................................................... 62
SECTION 11.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................................... 62
SECTION 11.06. Securities Payable on
Redemption Date................................................ 63
SECTION 11.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................................... 63
ARTICLE XII
Subordination of Securities
SECTION 12.01. Agreement to Subordinate....................................................... 64
SECTION 12.02. Default on Senior Debt......................................................... 64
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SECTION 12.03. Liquidation; Dissolution;
Bankruptcy..................................................... 65
SECTION 12.04. Subrogation.................................................................... 67
SECTION 12.05. Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination.................................................. 68
SECTION 12.06. Notice by the Company.......................................................... 68
SECTION 12.07. Rights of the Trustee;
Holders of Senior Debt......................................... 69
SECTION 12.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired.............................................. 69
ARTICLE XIII
Conversion of Securities
SECTION 13.01. Conversion Rights.............................................................. 70
SECTION 13.02. Conversion Procedures.......................................................... 70
SECTION 13.03. Conversion Price Adjustments................................................... 73
SECTION 13.04. Reclassification, Consolidation,
Merger or Sale of Assets....................................... 79
SECTION 13.05. Notice of Adjustments of
Conversion Price............................................... 80
SECTION 13.06. Prior Notice of Certain Events................................................. 80
SECTION 13.07. Adjustments in Case of
Fundamental Changes............................................ 81
SECTION 13.08. Dividend or Interest Reinvestment
Plans.......................................................... 84
SECTION 13.09. Certain Additional Rights...................................................... 85
SECTION 13.10. Trustee Not Responsible for
Determining Conversion Price or
Adjustments.................................................... 85
ARTICLE XIV
Immunity of Incorporators,
Stockholders, Officers and Directors
SECTION 14.01. No Recourse.................................................................... 86
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Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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Section 310(a)(1)................................... 6.09
(a)(2)................................... 6.09
(a)(3)................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4)................................... Not Applicable
(b)...................................... 6.08, 6.10
Section 311(a)...................................... 6.13
(b)...................................... 6.13
Section 312(a)...................................... 7.01
7.02(a)
(b)...................................... 7.02(b)
(c)...................................... 7.02(c)
Section 313(a)...................................... 7.03
(a)(4)................................... 7.03
(b)...................................... 7.03
(c)...................................... 7.03
(d)...................................... 7.03
Section 314(a)...................................... 7.04
(b)...................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)................................... 1.02
(c)(2)................................... 1.02
(c)(3)................................... Not Applicable
(d)...................................... Not Applicable
(e)...................................... 1.02
Section 315(a)...................................... 6.01
(b)...................................... 6.03
(c)...................................... 6.02
(d)...................................... 6.01
(e)...................................... 6.01
Section 316(a)(1)(A)................................ 5.14
(a)(1)(B)................................ 5.02
(a)(2)................................... 5.12
(b)...................................... 5.13
(c)...................................... Not Applicable
Section 317(a)(1)................................... 5.08
(a)(2)................................... 1.04(c)
(b)...................................... 5.03
Section 318(a)...................................... 5.04
1.03
1.07
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any
purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of January -, 2000,
between Chemed Corporation, a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the "Company"), and Firstar
Bank, National Association, a United States banking
corporation, as Trustee (herein called the
"Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS Chemed Capital Trust, a Delaware business trust (the
"Trust"), formed under the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust among the
Company, as Sponsor, Firstar Bank, National Association, as property trustee
(the "Property Trustee"), and First Union Trust Company, National Association,
as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), and Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X.
X'Xxxxx, and Xxxxxx Xxxxx, as trustees (together with the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee, the "Issuer Trustees"), dated as of January -, 2000, (the
"Declaration"), pursuant to the exchange offer dated December 23, 1999, of the
Company, will offer for exchange up to 2,000,000 of its Convertible Preferred
Trust Securities ("Preferred Securities") with a liquidation amount of $27 per
Preferred Security, having an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the
assets of the Trust of up to $54,000,000 for outstanding shares of Capital
Stock, par value $1 per share, of the Company ("Capital Stock");
WHEREAS the Trust will use the Capital Stock acquired in the
exchange offer in exchange for the Preferred Securities to acquire from the
Company the Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures Due 2030 (the
"Securities") in an aggregate principal amount of up to $54,000,000 on the basis
of one share of Capital Stock for each $27 principal amount of the Securities;
WHEREAS the trustees of the Trust, on behalf of the Trust,
will execute and deliver to the Company Common Securities evidencing an
ownership interest in the Trust, registered in the name of the Company, in an
aggregate amount equal to three percent of the capitalization of the Trust,
equivalent to up to 61,856 Common Securities (the "Common Securities" and,
together with the Preferred Securities, the "Trust Securities"), with a
liquidation amount of $27 per Common Security, having an aggregate liquidation
amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of up to $1,670,112, in exchange
for Securities on the basis
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of one Common Security for each $27 principal amount of the Securities;
WHEREAS the Company is guaranteeing the payment of
distributions on the Trust Securities and payment of the Redemption Price (as
defined herein) and payments on liquidation with respect to the Trust
Securities, to the extent provided in the Common Securities Guarantee Agreement,
dated January -, 2000, between the Company and the Trust, and the Guarantee
Agreement, dated January -, 2000, between the Company and Firstar Bank, National
Association, as Guarantee Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Trust
Securities from time to time (together, the "Guarantee");
WHEREAS the Company has duly authorized the creation of an
issue of the Securities of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set
forth and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture;
WHEREAS, so long as the Trust is a Holder of Securities and
any Preferred Securities are outstanding, the Declaration provides that the
holders of Preferred Securities may cause the Conversion Agent (as defined
herein) to (i) exchange such Preferred Securities for Securities held by the
Trust and (ii) immediately convert such Securities into Capital Stock (as
defined herein); and
WHEREAS all things necessary to make the Securities, when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly
issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company and to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its
terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Securities by the Holders (as defined
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herein) thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit
of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other
Provisions of General Application
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of
this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; and
(4) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 1.04.
"Additional Payments" means Compounded Interest and Additional
Sums, if any.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
"Adjusted Reference Market Price" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.07(a)(i).
"Adjusted Relevant Price" has the meaning specified in Section
13.07(a)(i).
"Administrative Action" has the meaning specified in the
definition of Tax Event in this Section 1.01.
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"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent
or co-registrar.
"Agent Member" means any member of, or participant in, the
Depositary.
"Applicable Conversion Price" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.01.
"Applicable Conversion Ratio" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.01.
"Applicable Rate" is equivalent to the rate of $2.00 per year
for each $27 principal amount.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted
by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a
Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York or
Wilmington Delaware are authorized or required by law or executive order to
remain closed, or a day on which the corporate trust office of the Property
Trustee or the Trustee is closed for business.
"Closing Price" has the meaning specified in Section 13.07(b).
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any
time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
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Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in the Third
Recital to this instrument.
"Capital Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company
which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the
event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company. However,
subject to the provisions of Article XIII, shares issuable on conversion of
Securities shall include only shares of the class designated as Capital Stock of
the Company at the date of this instrument or shares of any class or classes
resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have
no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
and which are not subject to redemption by the Company; provided, that if at any
time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such
class then so issuable on conversion shall be substantially in the proportion
which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such
reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes
resulting from all such reclassifications.
"Capital Stock Fundamental Change" has the meaning specified
in Section 13.07(b).
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Company Transaction" has the meaning specified in Section
13.04.
"Compounded Interest" has the meaning specified in Section
3.13.
"Conversion Agent" means the Person appointed to act on behalf
of the holders of Preferred Securities in
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effecting the conversion of Preferred Securities as and in the manner set forth
in the Declaration and Section 13.02 hereof.
"Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the
Trustee in Cincinnati, Ohio, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered and which at the date of this Indenture is 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000.
"Declaration" has the meaning specified in the Recitals to
this instrument.
"Debt" means (i) the principal of and premium and interest, if
any, on indebtedness for money borrowed, (ii) purchase money and similar
obligations, (iii) obligations under capital leases, (iv) guarantees,
assumptions or purchase commitments relating to, or other transactions as a
result of which the Company is responsible for the payment of, such indebtedness
of others, (v) renewals, extensions and refunding of any such indebtedness, (vi)
interest or obligations in respect of any such indebtedness accruing after the
commencement of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings and (vii) obligations
associated with derivative products such as interest rate and currency exchange
contracts, foreign exchange contracts, commodity contracts and similar
arrangements.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section
3.08.
"Deferral Period" has the meaning specified in Section 3.13.
"Deferral Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 3.13.
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning given it in the first
recital of this instrument.
"Depositary" means The Depository Trust Company, or any
successor thereto.
"Dissolution Tax Opinion" has the meaning specified in the
definition of Tax Event in this Section 1.01.
"Entitlement Date" has the meaning specified in Section
13.07(b).
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"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section
1.04(d).
"Expiration Time" has the meaning specified in Section
13.03(vi).
"Fundamental Change" has the meaning specified in Section
13.07(b).
"Global Security" means a Security issued in the form
prescribed in Section 2.03, issued to the Depositary or its nominee, and
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
"Guarantee" has the meaning specified in the Fourth Recital to
this instrument.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively.
"Initial Conversion Price" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.01.
"Initial Reference Market Rate" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.07(b).
"Initial Conversion Ratio" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.01.
"Interest Payment Date" has the meaning specified in Section
3.01.
"Issuer Trustees" has the meaning specified in the First
Recital of this Indenture.
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"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the
date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"90 Day Period" has the meaning specified in Section 11.02.
"NNM" means the National Market System of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or any successor national automated
interdealer quotation system.
"Non-Stock Fundamental Change" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.07(b).
"No Recognition Opinion" means an opinion of a nationally
recognized independent tax counsel (reasonably acceptable to the Issuer
Trustees) experienced in such matters, which opinion may rely on published
revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, to the effect that the Holders
of the Securities will not recognize any income, gain or loss for United States
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the liquidation of the Trust and the
distribution of the Securities to the holders of the Preferred Securities.
"Notice of Conversion" means the notice to be given by a
Holder of Preferred Securities to the Conversion Agent directing the Conversion
Agent to exchange such Preferred Securities for Securities and to convert such
Securities into Capital Stock on behalf of such holder.
"Notice of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the
officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.04 shall
be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be counsel for the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
"Optional Redemption" has the meaning specified in Section
11.01.
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"Optional Redemption Ratio" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.07(b).
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means,
as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except: (i) Securities theretofore canceled by
the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancelation; (ii) Securities for
whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust
or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as
its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided, that if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made; and (iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.08,
converted into Capital Stock pursuant to Section 13.01, or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall
have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities
are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to
pay the principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Payment Resumption Date" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.13.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, company, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.07 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in the first
recital to this instrument.
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"Property Trustee" has the meaning specified in the Recitals
to this instrument.
"Purchased Shares" has the meaning specified in Section
13.03(vi).
"Purchaser Stock Price" has the meaning specified in Section
13.07(b).
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Tax Opinion" means an opinion of a nationally
recognized independent tax counsel (reasonably acceptable to the Issuer
Trustees) experienced in such matters that, as a result of a Tax Event, there is
more than an insubstantial risk that the Company would be precluded from
deducting the interest on the Securities for United States Federal income tax
purposes, even after the Trust was liquidated and the Securities were
distributed to the holders of the Preferred Securities.
"Reference Date" has the meaning specified in Section
13.03(iv).
"Reference Market Price" has the meaning specified in Section
13.07(b).
"Regular Record Date" has the meaning specified in Section
3.01.
"Relevant Price" has the meaning specified in Section
13.07(b).
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee,
means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman
or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, any
assistant vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust
officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller
or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred
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because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities" has the meaning specified in the
Fifth Recital to this instrument.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.06.
"Senior Debt" means (i) the principal of, and premium and
interest, if any, on all indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed, whether
outstanding on the date of execution of the Indenture or thereafter created,
assumed or incurred, (ii) all obligations to make payment pursuant to the terms
of financial instruments, such as (a) securities contracts and foreign currency
exchange contracts, (b) derivative instruments, such as swap agreements
(including interest rate and foreign exchange rate swap agreements), cap
agreements, floor agreements, collar agreements, interest rate agreements,
foreign exchange agreements, options, commodity futures contracts and commodity
options contracts and (c) similar financial instruments; except, in the case of
both (i) and (ii) above, such indebtedness and obligations that are expressly
stated to rank junior in right of payment to, or pari passu in right of payment
with, the Securities, (iii) indebtedness or obligations of others of the kind
described in both (i) and (ii) above for the payment of which the Company is
responsible or liable as guarantor or otherwise, and (iv) deferrals, renewals or
extensions of any such Senior Debt; provided, however, that Senior Debt shall
not be deemed to include (a) any Debt of the Company which, when incurred and
without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of the United States
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, was without recourse to the Company, (b) trade accounts
payable and accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (c)
any Debt of the Company to any of its subsidiaries, (d) Debt to any employee of
the Company and (e) Debt which by its terms is subordinated to trade accounts
payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business to the
extent that payments made to the holders of such Debt by the Holders of the
Securities as a result of the subordination provisions of the Indenture would be
greater than such payments otherwise would have been as a result of any
obligation of such holders of such Debt to pay amounts over to the obligees on
such trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of business as a result of subordination provisions to which such Debt is
subject.
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"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date
specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal, together
with any accrued and unpaid interest (including Compounded Interest), of such
Security or such installment of interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means (i) a corporation more than
50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly,
by such Person or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof or (ii) any other Person (other than
a corporation) in which such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such
Person or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, directly or
indirectly, has at least a majority ownership and power to direct the policies,
management and affairs thereof.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Property Trustee of an
opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel to the Company
experienced in such matters (a "Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the effect that, as
a result of (a) any amendment to or change (including any announced prospective
change (which shall not include a proposed change), provided that a Tax Event
shall not occur more than 90 days before the effective date of any such
prospective change) in the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, (b)
any judicial decision or official administrative pronouncement, ruling,
regulatory procedure, notice or announcement, including any notice or
announcement of intent to adopt such procedures or regulations (an
"Administrative Action"), (c) any amendment to or change in the administrative
position or interpretation of any Administrative Action or judicial decision
that differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, in each case, by
any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory body,
irrespective of the manner in which such amendment or change is made known,
which amendment or change is effective or such Administrative Action or decision
is announced or (d) any current or future audit examination or proceeding, in
each case, on or after the date of original issuance of the Securities or the
issue date of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust, there is more than
an insubstantial risk that (x) if the Securities are held by the Property
Trustee, (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such
opinion, subject to United States Federal income tax with respect to interest
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accrued or received on the Securities or subject to more than a de minimis
amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges as determined by
such counsel, or (ii) any portion of interest payable by the Company to the
Trust on the Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion
will not be, deductible by the Company in whole or in part for United States
Federal income tax purposes or (y) with respect to Securities which are no
longer held by the Property Trustee, any portion of interest payable by the
Company on the Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion
will not be, deductible by the Company in whole or in part for United States
Federal income tax purposes.
"Trading Day" has the meaning specified in Section 13.07(b).
"Trust" has the meaning specified in the first recital to this
instrument.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean such successor Trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such
date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment,
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trust Securities" means Common Securities and Preferred
Securities.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Voting Stock" of any Person means capital stock of such
Person which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors (or
Persons performing similar functions) of such Person, whether at all times or
only so long as no senior class of securities has such voting power by reason of
any contingency.
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this
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Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and
opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act or reasonably
requested by the Trustee in connection with such application or request. Each
such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers'
Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of
Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other applicable requirement set
forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate
required by Section 10.04) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual,
he or she has made or caused to be made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise
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of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders; Record Dates. (a) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given to or taken by Holders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed
by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except
as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments is or are delivered to the Trustee and, where it
is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such
agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee or the Company, as the case may be, deems
sufficient.
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(c) The Company may, except in the circumstances set forth in
clause (d) below, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of determining
the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to give, make 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. If not set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a
Holder 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 7.01) prior to such first
solicitation or vote, as the case may be. With regard to any record date, only
the Holders on such date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to
give or take, or vote on, the relevant action. Provided, that unless such
consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having
been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any
such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by
any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.
(d) The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in
the giving or making of (i) any notice of default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 5.12. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders
of Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the date set by
the Trustee by which any such determination shall be made (the "Expiration
Date") by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on
such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date
has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date
previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled
and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render
ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders
and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
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the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth
in Section 1.06.
(e) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
(g) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled
hereunder to give or take any such action with regard to any particular Security
may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such
Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which who may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such
principal amount.
SECTION 1.05. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and the Company. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to:
Firstar Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention of: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and
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mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to:
Chemed Corporation
2600 Chemed Center
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention of: Chief Financial Officer
SECTION 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently
given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at such
Holder's address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the
latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice when mailed to a Holder in the
aforesaid manner shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such
Holder whether or not actually received by such Holder. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and
such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service
or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to give such notice
by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the
Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 1.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this
Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may
be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to
this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
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SECTION 1.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause. In case any provision in
this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture
or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than
the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Debt,
the holders of Preferred Securities (to the extent provided herein) and the
Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION. THIS INDENTURE AND
THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. THE
PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY CONSENT TO SUBMIT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND OF THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE FOR ANY LAWSUITS, CLAIMS
OR OTHER PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE NOT
TO COMMENCE ANY SUCH LAWSUIT, CLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING EXCEPT IN SUCH COURTS.
THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO
THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY LAWSUIT, CLAIM, OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AND HEREBY FURTHER
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE AND AGREE NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY
SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH LAWSUIT, CLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH
COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or the last
date on which a Holder has the right to convert his Securities shall not be a
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Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities) payment of interest or principal or conversion of the Securities
need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day (except that, with respect to any Redemption Date, if such Business Day is
in the next succeeding calendar year, such Redemption Date shall be the
immediately preceding Business Day) with the same force and effect as if made on
the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or on
such last day for conversion, provided that no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally. The Securities and the
Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this
Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required
by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any,
or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form
acceptable to the Company). The Company shall furnish any such legend not
contained in Exhibit A to the Trustee in writing. Each Security shall be dated
the date of its authentication. The terms and provisions of the Securities set
forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture and to the extent
applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this
Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
The definitive Securities shall be typewritten or printed,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the
rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
SECTION 2.02. Initial Issuance to Property Trustee. The
Securities initially issued to the Property Trustee of the Trust shall be in the
form of one or more individual certificates in definitive, fully registered form
without distribution coupons.
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SECTION 2.03. Provisions Required in Global Security. Any
Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
"THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITARY") OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS
SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY
BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX) TO
CHEMED CORPORATION OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
A PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN."
SECTION 2.04. Issuance of Global Securities to Holders. The
Securities may be represented by one or more Global Securities registered in the
name of the Depositary or its nominee if, and only if, the Securities are
distributed to the Holders of the Trust Securities. Until such time, the
Securities shall be registered in the name of, and held by, the Property
Trustee. Securities distributed to Holders of book-entry Trust Securities shall
be distributed in the form of one or more Global Securities registered in the
name of the Depositary or its nominee, and deposited with the Security
Registrar, as custodian for such Depositary, or held by such Depositary for
credit by the Depositary to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of
the Securities represented thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct).
Securities distributed to Holders of Trust Securities other than book-entry
Trust Securities shall not be issued in the form of a Global Security or any
other form intended to facilitate book-entry trading in beneficial interests in
such Securities.
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ARTICLE III
The Securities
SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms. The aggregate principal amount
of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
limited to the sum of $- except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities
pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 9.06, 11.08 or 13.02.
The Securities shall be known and designated as the
"Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures Due 2030" of the Company. Their
Stated Maturity shall be March 15, 2030, and they shall bear interest equal to
$0.50 per each $27 principal amount, during the period from issuance of the
Securities to March 15, 2000, and they shall bear interest at the Applicable
Rate, from March 15, 2000 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as
defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case
may be, payable quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein), in arrears,
on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 (each an "Interest Payment
Date") of each year, commencing March 15, 2000, until the principal thereof is
paid or made available for payment, and interest payable on an Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Security is registered at the
close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment,
which shall be the close of business on the first of the month in which the
applicable Interest Payment Date occurs(the "Regular Record Date"). Interest
will compound quarterly and will accrue at the Applicable Rate on any interest
installment in arrears for more than one quarter or during an extension of an
interest payment period as set forth in Section 3.13 hereof.
Except for the interest payable on March 15, 2000, the amount
of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months and except as provided in the following sentence,
the amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full quarterly
period for which interest is computed, will be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed in such a 30-day month. In the event that any date
on which interest is payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, then
payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on such date.
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If at any time (including upon the occurrence of a Tax Event)
while the Property Trustee is the Holder of all the Securities, the Trust or the
Property Trustee is required to pay any taxes, duties, assessments or
governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed
by the United States, or any other taxing authority, then, in any case, the
Company will pay as additional amounts ("Additional Sums") on the Securities
held by the Property Trustee, such additional amounts as shall be required so
that the net amounts received and retained by the Trust and the Property Trustee
after paying such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges will
be equal to the amounts the Trust and the Property Trustee would have received
had no such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges been
imposed.
The principal of and interest on the Securities shall be
payable at the office or agency of the Company in New York, New York maintained
for such purpose and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for
such purpose in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that at any time that the Property Trustee is not the sole
holder of the Securities, payment of interest may, at the option of the Company,
be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer.
The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article XI
hereof.
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to
Senior Debt as provided in Article XII hereof.
The Securities shall be convertible as provided in Article
XIII hereof.
SECTION 3.02. Denominations. The Securities shall be issuable
only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee in accordance
with such Company Order shall manually authenticate and make available for
delivery such Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for
herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon
any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary
Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor
of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary
Securities at any office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section
10.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancelation of any one
or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Until so
exchanged the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.
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SECTION 3.05. Global Securities. (a) Each Global Security
issued under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary
designated by the Company for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and
delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and
each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of
this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered,
and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in
the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof unless (i) such Depositary advises the Trustee in writing that
such Depositary is no longer willing or able to continue as a Depositary with
respect to such Global Security, and no successor depositary shall have been
appointed, or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a "clearing agency"
registered under the Exchange Act, at a time when the Depositary is required to
be so registered to act as such depositary, (ii) the Company in its sole
discretion determines that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or
(iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default.
(c) If any Global Security is to be exchanged for other
Securities or canceled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the
Depositary or its nominee to the Security Registrar for exchange or cancelation
as provided in this Article III. If any Global Security is to be exchanged for
other Securities or canceled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged
in whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Security, then
either (i) such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or
cancelation as provided in this Article III or (ii) the principal amount thereof
shall be reduced or increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so
exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal amount of such other Security
to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by
means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Security
Registrar, whereupon the Trustee shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized
representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such
surrender or adjustment of a Global Security by the Depositary, accompanied by
registration instructions, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 3.05(b) and as
otherwise provided in this Article III, authenticate and make available for
delivery any Securities issuable in exchange for such Global Security (or any
portion thereof) in
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accordance with the instructions of the Depositary. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely
on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such instructions.
(d) The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a
Global Security, shall be the Holder of such Global Security for all purposes
under this Indenture and the Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in a
Global Security shall hold such interest pursuant to the rules and procedures of
the Depositary. Accordingly, any such owner's beneficial interests in a Global
Security shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be
effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or
its Agent Members. Neither the Trustee nor the Security Registrar shall have any
liability in respect of any transfers effected by the Depositary.
(e) The rights of the beneficial interests in a Global
Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to
those established by law and agreements between such owners and the Depositary
and/or its Agent Members.
SECTION 3.06. Registration, Transfer and Exchange Generally;
Certain Transfers and Exchanges. (a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in
such office and in any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section
10.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security
Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose
of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at
an office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 10.02 for such
purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this
Indenture.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for
other Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this
Indenture, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged
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at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 9.06, 11.09 or 13.01 not
involving any transfer.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required (i) in
the case of a partial redemption of the Securities, to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities selected for redemption under Section 11.04 and ending at the close
of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
SECTION 3.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security and (ii) such security
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or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of
either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of
any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 3.08. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder,
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and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date (as defined below) for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of
the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the
date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted
Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
special record date (the "Special Record Date") for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and, if so
listed, upon such notice as may be required by such exchange (or by the
Trustee if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice given by
the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
clause, such
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manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee provided
that any such payment will be made in coin or currency of the United
States of America which at the time of payment is a legal tender for
payment of public and private debt.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue (including in each such case Compounded
Interest), which were carried by such other Security.
In the case of any Security which is converted after any
Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date
(other than any Security whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date),
interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable
on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such
interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to
the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case
of any Security that is converted prior to any Regular Record Date, interest
whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of such Security shall not
be payable, and the Company shall not make nor be required to make any other
payment, adjustment or allowance with respect to accrued but unpaid interest
(including Additional Payments) on the Securities being converted, which shall
be deemed to be paid in full.
SECTION 3.09. Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and (subject to Section 3.08) interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. No holder of any
beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary
shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security,
and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the
Company or the Trustee from giving
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effect to any written certification, proxy, or other authorization furnished by
a Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and such holders of beneficial
interests, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of any Security.
SECTION 3.10. Cancelation. All Securities surrendered for
payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion shall,
if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancelation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All
canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a
Company Order; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to
destroy the certificates representing such canceled Securities.
SECTION 3.11. Right of Set Off. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Indenture, the Company shall have the right to set off any
payment it is otherwise required to make hereunder to the extent the Company has
theretofore made, or is concurrently on the date of such payment making, a
payment under the Guarantee.
SECTION 3.12. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the
Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the
Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made
as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
SECTION 3.13. Extension of Interest Payment Period; Notice of
Extension. (a) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Company shall have the right, at any time during the term of this Security
after March 15, 2000, from time to time to defer payments of interest by
extending for successive periods not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters for each
such period (a "Deferral Period"); provided that no Deferral Period may extend
beyond
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March 15, 2030. To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment
of which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment
period pursuant to this Section 3.13, will bear interest thereon at the
Applicable Rate compounded quarterly for each quarter of the Deferral Period
("Compounded Interest"). On the applicable Payment Resumption Date, the Company
shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Securities, including any
Compounded Interest that shall be payable to the Holders of the Securities in
whose names the Securities are registered in the Security Register on the
Regular Record Date fixed for such Payment Resumption Date. A Deferral Period
shall terminate upon the payment by the Company of all interest then accrued and
unpaid on the Securities (together with interest thereon accrued at an annual
rate equal to the Applicable Rate, compounded quarterly, to the extent permitted
by applicable law). Before the termination of any Deferral Period, the Company
may further extend such period as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section
3.13, provided that such period together with all such further extensions
thereof shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the Stated
Maturity of the Securities. Upon the termination of any Deferral Period, and
subject to the foregoing requirements, the Company may elect to begin a new
Deferral Period. No interest shall be due and payable during a Deferral Period
except on the Payment Resumption Date as determined pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section 3.13. There is no limitation on the number of times that the
Company may elect to begin a Deferral Period.
(b) The Company shall give the Holder of the Security and the
Trustee written notice (a "Deferral Notice") of its selection of a Deferral
Period at least ten days prior to the record date for any distributions that
would have been payable on the Trust Securities except for the decision to begin
or extend a Deferral Period. On or prior to the Regular Record Date immediately
preceding the Interest Payment Date on which the Company elects to pay all
interest then accrued and unpaid on the Securities, including Compound Interest,
(the "Payment Resumption Date") the Company shall give the Holder of the
Security and the Trustee written notice that the Deferral Period will end on
such Payment Resumption Date. Notwithstanding the provision of such notice, the
Company may elect to further extend the Deferral Period, subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 3.13(a), by providing the Holder of the
Security and the Trustee with a new Deferral Notice not less than three Business
Days prior to the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the previously
scheduled Payment Resumption Date. The Company may elect to pay all interest
then accrued and unpaid on the Securities, including Compound Interest, on an
Interest Payment Date prior to its most recently established
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Payment Resumption Date provided that the Company gives the Holder of the
Security and the Trustee a new Deferral Notice setting forth the revised Payment
Resumption Date at least three Business Days prior to the Regular Record Date
for such revised Payment Resumption Date.
(c) The quarter in which any Deferral Notice is given pursuant
to paragraph (b) hereof shall be counted as one of the 20 quarters permitted in
the maximum Deferral Period permitted under paragraph (a) hereof.
SECTION 3.14. Paying Agent, Security Registrar and Conversion
Agent. The Trustee will initially act as Paying Agent, Security Registrar and
Conversion Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Security Registrar,
co-registrar or Conversion Agent without prior notice. The Company or any of its
Affiliates may act in any such capacity.
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights
of conversion, registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein
expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancelation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancelation
(i) have become due and payable, or
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(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
Company
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and interest (including Compounded Interest) 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 Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last
paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive.
SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the
provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has
been deposited with the Trustee. All moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to Section 4.01 (and held by it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of
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Securities subsequently converted shall be returned to the Company upon Company
Request.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever
used herein, means any one of the following events that has occurred and is
continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be occasioned by the provisions of Article XI or be voluntary or involuntary or
be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security,
including any Additional Payments, when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (subject to the
deferral of any due date in the case of a Deferral Period); or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of any Security
when due, whether at its Maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of
acceleration or otherwise; or
(3) default in the observation or performance, in any material
respect, of any covenant of the Company in this Indenture (other than a
covenant a default in the performance of which or the breach of which
is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance
of such default for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Securities a written notice
specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied; or
(4) failure by the Company to issue and deliver Capital Stock
upon an election to convert the Securities into Capital Stock; or
(5) the entry or a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises adjudging the Company as bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
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Company under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official)
of the Company or of any substantial part of its property or ordering
the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of
any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(6) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
or relief under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law, or the consent by it to the filing
of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the
Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it
of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it
in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due and its willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of
corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding up or
termination of the Trust, except in connection with (i) the
distribution of Securities to holders of Preferred Securities in
liquidation or redemption of their interests in the Trust, (ii) the
redemption of all of the outstanding Preferred Securities of the Trust
or (iii) certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as
permitted by the Declaration.
SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every
such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities may declare the principal of all the Outstanding
Securities and any other amounts payable hereunder (including any Additional
Payments) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the
Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders); provided that, if the Property
Trustee is the sole Holder of the Securities and if upon an Event of Default,
the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities fail to declare the principal of all the
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Securities to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25% in
aggregate liquidation amount of Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have
such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee; and upon any
such declaration such principal and all accrued interest shall become
immediately due and payable. Upon any such declaration such principal amount (or
specified amount) of and the accrued interest (including any Additional
Payments) on all the Securities of such series shall then become immediately due
and payable; provided that the payment of principal and interest on such
Securities (including Additional Payments) shall remain subordinated to the
extent provided in Article XII.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Trustee as provided in this Article hereinafter, the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by
written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest (including any Compounded
Interest) on all Securities,
(B) the principal of any Securities which have become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate borne by the Securities, and
(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the
principal of Securities which have become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 5.13.
The Company is required to file annually with the Trustee a
certificate as to whether or not the Company is in compliance with all the
conditions and covenants applicable to it under this Indenture.
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No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest (including
any Compounded Interest) on any Security when such interest becomes due
and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of any
Security at the Stated Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and interest (including any Additional Payments) and,
to the extent that payment thereof shall be legally enforceable, interest on any
overdue principal and on any overdue interest (including any Additional Sums),
at the rate borne by the Securities, and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing
to the Trustee under Section 6.07.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights
of the Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of any
judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all
actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the
Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the
Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any
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amount due it and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize
the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
SECTION 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of all the amounts owing to the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07, be for the ratable benefit of the
Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 5.06. Application of Money Collected. Subject to
Article XII, any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall
be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee
and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or
interest (including any Additional Payments), upon presentation of the
Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and interest (including any Additional Payments) on the
Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money
has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
principal and interest (including any Compounded Interest),
respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company.
SECTION 5.07. Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 5.08, no
Holder of any Security shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
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respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default, in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders,
or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders.
SECTION 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal and Interest and to Convert. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is
absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and (subject
to Section 3.08) interest (including any Additional Payments) on such Security
on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case
of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to convert such Security in
accordance with Article XIII and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment and right to convert, and such rights shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder. If the Property Trustee is the sole Holder of the
Securities, any holder of the Preferred Securities shall have the right to
institute suit on behalf
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of the Trust for the enforcement of any such payment and right to convert.
SECTION 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the
Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to
such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally
and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights
and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as
otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.07, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities 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;
provided, that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture; and
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(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 9.02
hereof, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities waive
any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest (including any Additional Payments) on any Security (unless
such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by
acceleration has been deposited with the Trustee); or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court
may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the
costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the
manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that
neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize
any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any
suit instituted by the Company or the Trustee or in any suit for the enforcement
of the right to receive the principal of and interest (including any Additional
Payments) on any Security or to convert any Security in accordance with Article
XIII.
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the
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Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
had been enacted.
SECTION 5.16. Enforcement by Holders of Preferred Securities.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the
failure of the Company to pay interest or principal on the Securities on the
date such interest or principal is otherwise payable, the Company acknowledges
that, in such event, a holder of Preferred Securities may institute a legal
proceeding directly for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal
of or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of such Holder (a
"Direct Action") on or after the respective due date specified in the
Securities. The Company may not amend this Indenture to remove the foregoing
right to bring a Direct Action without the prior written consent of all the
holders of Preferred Securities. Notwithstanding any payment made to such holder
of Preferred Securities by the Company in connection with a Direct Action, the
Company shall remain obligated to pay the principal of and interest on the
Securities (including Additional Payments, if any) held by the Trust or the
Property Trustee and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder
of such Preferred Securities with respect to payments on the Preferred
Securities to the extent of any payments made by the Company to such holder in
any Direct Action. The holders of Preferred Securities will not be able to
exercise directly any other remedy available to the Holders of the Securities.
ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
SECTION 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee undertakes to perform
such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent
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person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the duties and
responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act
and (ii) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance
of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
SECTION 6.02. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall give the
Holders notice of any default hereunder as and to the extent provided by the
Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the
character specified in Section 5.01(3), no such notice to Holders shall be given
until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
SECTION 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the
provisions of Section 6.01:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected
in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
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prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an
Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice and the
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request
or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to reasonable
examination of the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, without
negligence or willful misconduct, and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Indenture.
SECTION 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
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correctness. The Trustee makes no representations 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 Company of the Securities or the
proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.05. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying
Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar, or such other agent.
SECTION 6.06. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee
in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company
agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such reasonable
compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time
agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
fees, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for,
and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim
or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties hereunder.
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SECTION 6.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. If the
Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the
Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign,
to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of,
the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
SECTION 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall
at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust Office in
Cincinnati, Ohio. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital
and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee
hereunder. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a)
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 after written
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Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for
at least six months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Holder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;
then, in any such case, (i) the Company may remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject
to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the
Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the
successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the
Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give written notice of each resignation and
each removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Holders in the manner provided in Section 1.06. Each notice shall include the
name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
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SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every
successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee; provided, that on request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments required to more fully and
certainly vest in and confirm to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers
and trusts.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business. Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided such Person
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such
successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If
and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company
(or any such other obligor).
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ARTICLE VII
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) semiannually, not later than January 15 and July 15 in each
year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the delivery thereof; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior
to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.03. Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after March 15
of each year, commencing March 15, 2000, the Trustee shall transmit by
first-class mail to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act in the manner provided pursuant
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thereto. The Trustee shall also comply with the other requirements of Section
313 of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon
which the Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The
Company will notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
SECTION 7.04. Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents
and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such
Act; provided, that any such information, documents or reports required to be
filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to
be filed with the Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee
is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
SECTION 7.05. Tax Reporting. The Company shall provide to the
Trustee on a timely basis such information as the Trustee requires to enable the
Trustee to prepare and file any form required to be submitted by the Company
with the Internal Revenue Service and the Holders relating to original issue
discount, including, without limitation, Form 1099-0ID or any successor form.
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
SECTION 8.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge with or into the
Company or convey, transfer
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or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge with or into
another Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of
its properties and assets on a consolidated basis to any Person, the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or
the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease, all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a
consolidated basis shall be a corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the
laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest
(including any Additional Payments) on all the Securities and the
performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part
of the Company to be performed or observed and shall have provided for
conversion rights in accordance with Article XIII;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and
treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a
Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the
Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such trans action, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(3) if at the time any Preferred Securities are outstanding, such
consolidation or merger or conveyance, transfer or lease of assets of the
Company is permitted under, and does not give rise to any breach or
violation of, the Declaration or the Guarantee; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplemental indenture, comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
been complied with.
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SECTION 8.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the
Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance,
transfer or lease of all or substantially all the properties and assets of the
Company on a consolidated basis in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to
which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named
as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(3) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of
Holders pursuant to the requirements of Article XIII; or
(4) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture; provided, that such action pursuant to this clause (4)
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities
or, so long as any of the Preferred Securities shall remain outstanding,
the holders of the Preferred Securities; or
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(5) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With
the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and
the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(1) extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of interest (including any Additional Payments) on, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or
extend the time for payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the place of payment where,
or the coin or currency in which, any Security or interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or adversely affect the
right to convert any Security as provided in Article XIII (except as
permitted by Section 9.01(3)), or modify the provisions of this Indenture
with respect to the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse
to the Holders,
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for
any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this
Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the
Declaration, if the Property Trustee is the sole holder of the Securities, so
long as any of the Preferred Securities remains outstanding, no amendment shall
be made that adversely affects the holders of such Preferred Securities, and no
termination of this Indenture shall occur, and no waiver of any Event of Default
or compliance with any covenant under this Indenture shall be effective, without
the prior consent of the holders of the percentage of the aggregate liquidation
amount of such Preferred Securities then outstanding which is at least equal to
the percentage of aggregate stated liquidation amount of the Outstanding
Securities as shall be required under this Indenture to effect any such
amendment, termination or waiver.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing or
accepting the additional trusts created by any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted
by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution
of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a
part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound
thereby. No such supplemental indenture shall directly or indirectly modify the
provisions of Article XII in any manner which might terminate or impair the
rights of the Senior Debt pursuant to such subordination provisions.
SECTION 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee,
bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in
such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities
so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any
such supplemental indenture, may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities.
ARTICLE X
Covenants; Representations and Warranties
SECTION 10.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 10.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will
maintain in the United States an office or agency where Securities may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, and where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be
served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies (in the United States) where the Securities may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in the United States for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
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SECTION 10.03. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust. If
the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will,
prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so
becoming due, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure to so act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any
default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making
of any payment in respect of the Securities, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying
Agent as such.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or interest on
any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or
interest has become due and payable, shall be paid to the Company on Company
Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust;
and the Holder of any such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all lia-
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bility of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and
all liability of the Company as trust ee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 10.04. Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company will
deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers' Certificate, stating whether
or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in
the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and
conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in
default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which
they may have knowledge.
SECTION 10.05. Limitation on Dividends; Transactions with
Affiliates; Covenants as to the Trust. (a) If at such time (x) there shall have
occurred an Event of Default, (y) the Company shall be in default with respect
to its payment of any obligations under the Guarantee or (z) the Company shall
have given notice of its election to begin a Deferral Period as provided herein
and shall not have rescinded such notice, or such Deferral Period shall be
continuing, the Company covenants that the Company shall not (i) declare or pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock (which
includes common and preferred stock) other than stock dividends which consist of
stock of the same class as that on which the dividends are being paid, (ii) make
any payment of principal, interest or premium, on or repay or repurchase or
redeem any debt securities of the Company that rank pari passu with or junior in
interest to the Securities or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to
any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the
Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the
Securities (in each case, other than (A) dividends or distributions in Capital
Stock, (B) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation
of a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in
the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto,
(C) payments under the Guarantee, (D) purchases or acquisitions of shares of the
Capital Stock in connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its
obligations under any employee benefit plan or any other contractual obligation
of the Company (other than a contractual obligation ranking pari passu with or
junior in interest to the Securities), (E) as a result of a reclassification of
the Company's capital stock or the exchange or conversion of
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one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another class or series
of the Company's capital stock or (F) the purchase of fractional interests in
shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange
provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged).
(b) The Company also covenants and agrees (i) that it shall directly
or indirectly maintain 100% ownership of the Common Securities of the Trust;
provided, however, that any permitted successor of the Company hereunder may
succeed to the Company's ownership of such Common Securities and (ii) that it
shall use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the terms and provisions of
the Declaration, to cause the Trust (x) to remain a statutory business trust,
except in connection with the distribution of the Securities to the holders of
Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust, the redemption of all of the Trust
Securities of the Trust, or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations,
each as permitted by the Declaration, and (y) to otherwise continue to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 10.06. Payment of Expenses of the Trust. In connection with
the offering, sale and issuance of the Securities to the Property Trustee in
connection with the sale of the Trust Securities by the Trust, the Company
shall:
(a) pay for all costs, fees and expenses relating to the exchange
and issuance of the Securities, including compensation of the Trustee
under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.07 of
the Indenture;
(b) be responsible for and pay for all debts and obligations (other
than with respect to the Trust Securities) of the Trust, pay for all costs
and expenses of the Trust (including, but not limited to, costs and
expenses relating to the organization of the Trust, the offering, sale and
issuance of the Trust Securities (including commissions to the
underwriters in connection therewith), the fees and expenses of the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the costs and expenses relating
to the operation of the Trust, including without limitation, costs and
expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services,
expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment,
paying agent(s), registrar(s), transfer agent(s), duplicating, travel and
telephone and other telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the
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acquisition, financing, and disposition of Trust assets); and
(c) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding
taxes attributable to the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs
and expenses with respect to such taxes of the Trust.
ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 11.01. Optional Redemption. The Company shall have the right
to redeem the Securities (an "Optional Redemption") in whole or in part, at any
time or from time to time on or after March 15, 2003, at a Redemption Price
equal to $27.27 per $27 principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus
any accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional Payments, if any, to the
Redemption Date, if redeemed on or before March 15, 2004, and thereafter at $27
per $27 principal amount of the Securities plus, in each case, any accrued and
unpaid interest, including Additional Payments, if any, to the Redemption Date.
SECTION 11.02. Tax Event Redemption. (a) If a Tax Event has occurred
and is continuing and:
(1) the Company has received a Redemption Tax Opinion; or
(2) the Issuer Trustees shall have been informed by nationally
recognized independent tax counsel (reasonably acceptable to the Issuer
Trustees) experienced in such matters that a No Recognition Opinion cannot
be delivered,
then the Company shall have the right upon not less than 20 days, nor more than
60 days, notice to the Holders of the Securities to redeem the Securities in
whole, but not in part, for cash at $27.27 per $27 principal amount of the
Securities plus accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional Payments, if
any, to the Redemption Date, within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax
Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however, that if, at the time there is
available to the Company or the Trust the opportunity to eliminate, within the
90 Day Period, the Tax Event by taking some ministerial action, including, but
not limited to, filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other
similar reasonable measure which, in the sole judgment of the Company, will have
no adverse effect on the
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Company, the Trust or the Holders of the Preferred Securities and will involve
no material cost, then the Company or the Trust shall pursue such ministerial
action or other measure in lieu of redemption; and provided further that the
Company shall have no right to redeem the Securities while the Trust is pursuing
any ministerial action or other similar measure pursuant to its obligations
under the Declaration.
(b) If the Company opts not to redeem the Securities pursuant to
this Section 11.02, the Company shall be required to pay Additional Sums in
respect of the Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 for so long as (i) a Tax
Event has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Property Trustee is the sole
Holder of the Securities.
SECTION 11.03. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If
less than all the Securities are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects
only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, from the Outstanding
Securities not previously called for redemption. Such selection method may
provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to $27 or any
integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of the Securities.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 11.04. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be
given by first-class mail, postage
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prepaid, mailed not less than 30 (or, in the case of a redemption pursuant to
Section 11.02 hereof, 20) nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder's address appearing in
the Security Register.
All notices of redemption given pursuant to this Article XI shall
identify the Securities to be redeemed (including, if relevant, CUSIP or ISIN
number) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and that interest
thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(4) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(5) the date on which the right to convert the Securities to be
redeemed will terminate and the places where such Securities may be
surrendered for conversion.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 11.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 12:00 noon on
any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed
on that date.
If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money
deposited with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in
trust for the redemption of such Security shall (subject to any right of the
Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive interest as
provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.08) be paid to the Company upon
Company Request
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or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.
SECTION 11.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the
Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that installments of
interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates according to the terms and the provisions of Section 3.08.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest
from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.
SECTION 11.07. Securities Redeemed in Part. (a) In the event of any
redemption in part, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the date of the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the
day of such mailing and (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except for the
unredeemed portion of any Securities being redeemed in part.
(b) If a partial redemption of the Securities would result in the
delisting of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust from any national
securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Securities are
listed, the Company shall not be permitted to effect such partial redemption and
may only redeem the Securities in whole.
(c) Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at a place of payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee
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shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such
Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered. If a Global Security is surrendered, such new Security will
(subject to Section 3.06) also be a new Global Security.
ARTICLE XII
Subordination of Securities
SECTION 12.01. Agreement to Subordinate. The Company covenants and
agrees, and each Holder of Securities by such Holder's acceptance thereof
likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to
the provisions of this Article XII; and each Holder of a Security, whether upon
original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be
bound by such provisions. The payment by the Company of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Payments) on all Securities
issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth,
be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Debt, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred; provided, however, that no provision of this Article XII shall prevent
the occurrence of any default or Event of Default hereunder.
SECTION 12.02. Default on Senior Debt. In the event and during the
continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of principal, premium,
interest or any other payment due on any Senior Debt continuing beyond the
period of grace, if any, specified in the instrument evidencing such Senior
Debt, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall
have ceased to exist, and in the event that the maturity of any Senior Debt has
been accelerated because of a default, then no payment shall be made by the
Company with respect to the principal of (including redemption payments),
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall
be received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the preceding
paragraph of this Section 12.02, such payment shall be held in trust for the
benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior Debt
or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Debt may have been issued, as
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their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that the holders
of the Senior Debt (or their representative or representatives or a trustee)
notify the Trustee in writing within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then
due and owing on the Senior Debt and only the amounts specified in such notice
to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Senior Debt.
SECTION 12.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. Upon any
payment by the Company or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any
dissolution or winding up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company,
whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other proceedings, all amounts (including principal, premium, if any, and
interest) due or to become due upon all Senior Debt shall first be paid in full,
or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before
any payment is made on account of the principal (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities; and upon any such dissolution or winding up or
liquidation or reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of
assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled, except for the provisions of this Article XII, shall be paid by the
Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the
Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it,
directly to the holders of Senior Debt (pro rata to such holders on the basis of
the respective amounts of Senior Debt held by such holders, as calculated by the
Company) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such
Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to
the extent necessary to pay such Senior Debt in full, in money or money's worth,
after giving effect to any concur rent payment or distribution to or for the
holders of such Senior Debt, before any payment or distribution is made to the
Holders of Securities or to the Trustee.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing shall be received by the
Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior Debt is paid in full,
or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms,
such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall
be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior Debt or their
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representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Debt may have
been issued, and their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the
Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid to
the extent necessary to pay such Senior Debt in full in money in accordance with
its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or
for the holders of such Senior Debt.
For purposes of this Article XII, the words, "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjust ment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article
XII with respect to the Securities to the payment of all Senior Debt which may
at the time be outstanding; provided that (i) such Senior Debt is assumed by the
new corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment,
and (ii) the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt are not, without the
consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The
consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company with or into,
another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the
conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all its properties and
assets on a consolidated basis to another Person upon the terms and conditions
provided for in Article VIII hereof shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding
up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 12.03 if such
other Person shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance,
transfer or lease, comply with the conditions stated in Article VIII hereof.
Nothing in Section 12.02 or in this Section 12.03 shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof.
SECTION 12.04. Subrogation. Subject to the payment in full of all
Senior Debt, the rights of the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to
the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company, as the case may
be, applicable to such Senior Debt until the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of
such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of such Senior
Debt of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities
or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XII,
and no payment pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII, to or for the
benefit of the holders of
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such Senior Debt by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as between
the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of
the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of
such Senior Debt. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XII are
and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the
Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior Debt
on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article XII or elsewhere in this Indenture
or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the
Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable
in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative
rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company, as the
case may be, other than the holders of Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or
therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all
remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this
Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XII of the holders
of such Senior Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company,
as the case may be, received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred
to in this Article XII, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.03,
and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or
decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution,
winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a
certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent
or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or
to the Holders of the Securities, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and
other indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XII.
SECTION 12.05. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder of
Securities by such Holder's acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the
Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this
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Article XII and appoints the Trustee as such Holder's attorney-in-fact for any
and all such purposes.
SECTION 12.06. Notice by the Company. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the
Company which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article
XII. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XII or any other provision
of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies
to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of
this Article XII unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Debt or from any
trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.03 hereof, shall be entitled in
all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the
Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 12.06 at
least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any
money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security),
then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same
to the purposes for which it was received, and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary which may be received by it within two Business Days
prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.03, shall be
entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee on behalf of
such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such
Senior Debt or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event
that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with
respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in
any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XII, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which
such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any
other facts pertinent to the right of such Person under this Article XII, and,
if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such
Person pending
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judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
SECTION 12.07. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior Debt. The
Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth
in this Article XII in respect of any Senior Debt at any time held by it, to the
same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt, and nothing in this Indenture
shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company, the
Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and
obligations as are set forth in this Article XII, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior Debt shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of such Senior Debt and, subject to the provisions
of Section 6.03, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior
Debt if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, the Company or
any other Person money or assets to which any holder of such Senior Debt shall
be entitled by virtue of this Article XII or otherwise.
SECTION 12.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired. No right of any
present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as herein
provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or
failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in
good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge
thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing
paragraph, the holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time,
without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities, without incurring responsibility to the holders of the Securities
and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article
XII or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders
of Senior Debt, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner,
place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter,
such Senior Debt, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such Senior
Debt or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such
Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with
any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior Debt; (iii)
release any
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Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior Debt; and (iv)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other
Person.
ARTICLE XIII
Conversion of Securities
SECTION 13.01. Conversion Rights. Subject to and upon compliance
with the provisions of this Article, the Securities are convertible, at the
option of the Holder, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on March
15, 2030 into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Capital Stock of the
Company at an initial conversion rate of 0.73 shares of Capital Stock for each
$27 in aggregate principal amount of Securities (the "Initial Conversion Ratio")
(equal to a conversion price of $37 principal amount of Securities per share of
Capital Stock (the "Initial Conversion Price")). The conversion ratio and the
equivalent conversion price in effect at any given time are known as the
"Applicable Conversion Ratio" and the "Applicable Conversion Price",
respectively, and are subject to adjustment as described in this Article XIII. A
Holder of Securities may convert any portion of the principal amount of the
Securities into that number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Capital
Stock (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100th of a share)
obtained by dividing the principal amount of the Securities to be converted by
the Applicable Conversion Ratio. In case a Security or portion thereof is called
for redemption, such conversion right in respect of the Security or portion so
called shall expire at the close of the Business Day immediately preceding the
corresponding Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in making the payment
due upon redemption.
SECTION 13.02. Conversion Procedures. (a) In order to convert all or
a portion of the Securities, the Holder thereof shall deliver to the Conversion
Agent an irrevocable Notice of Conversion setting forth the principal amount of
Securities to be converted, together with the name or names, if other than the
Holder, in which the shares of Capital Stock should be issued upon conversion
and, if such Securities are definitive Securities, surrender to the Conversion
Agent the Securities to be converted, duly endorsed or assigned to the Company
or in blank. In addition, a holder of Preferred Securities may exercise its
right under the Declaration to convert such Preferred Securities into Capital
Stock by delivering to the Conversion Agent an irrevocable Notice of Conversion
setting forth the information called for by the preceding sentence and direct-
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ing the Conversion Agent (i) to exchange such Preferred Security for a portion
of the Securities held by the Trust (at an exchange rate of $27 principal amount
of Securities for each Preferred Security) and (ii) to immediately convert such
Securities, on behalf of such holder, into Capital Stock of the Company pursuant
to this Article XIII and, if such Preferred Securities are in definitive form,
surrender ing such Preferred Securities, duly endorsed or assigned to the
Company or in blank. So long as any Preferred Securities are outstanding, the
Trust shall not convert any Securities except pursuant to a Notice of
Conversion duly executed and delivered to the Conversion Agent by a holder of
Preferred Securities.
If a Notice of Conversion is delivered on or after the Regular
Record Date and prior to the subsequent Interest Payment Date, the Holder will
be entitled to receive the interest payable on the subsequent Interest Payment
Date on the portion of Securities to be converted notwithstanding the conversion
thereof prior to such Interest Payment Date (unless the Maturity of such portion
of such Security is prior to such Interest Payment Date). Except as otherwise
provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security
which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of
conversion of such Security shall not be payable, and the Company shall not make
nor be required to make any other payment, adjustment or allowance with respect
to accrued but unpaid interest on the Securities being converted, which shall be
deemed to be paid in full. Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected
immediately prior to the close of business on the day on which the Notice of
Conversion was received (the "Conversion Date") by the Conversion Agent from the
Holder or from a holder of the Preferred Securities effecting a conversion
thereof pursuant to its conversion rights under the Declaration, as the case may
be. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Capital Stock issuable upon
such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or
holders of such Capital Stock as of the Conversion Date. As promptly as
practicable on or after the Conversion Date, the Company shall issue and deliver
at the office of the Conversion Agent, unless otherwise directed by the Holder
in the Notice of Conversion, a certificate or certificates for the number of
full shares of Capital Stock issuable upon such conversion, together with the
cash payment, if any, in lieu of any fraction of any share to the Person or
Persons entitled to receive the same. The Conversion Agent shall deliver such
certificate or certificates to such Person or Persons.
(b) Subject to any right of the Holder of such Security or any
Predecessor Security to receive interest as
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provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.08 and the second paragraph of
clause (a) of Section 13.02, the Company's delivery upon conversion of the whole
number of shares of Capital Stock into which the Securities are convertible
(together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) shall be
deemed to satisfy the Company's obligation to pay the principal amount at
Maturity of the portion of Securities so converted and any unpaid interest
(including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums) accrued on such Securities
at the time of such conversion.
(c) No fractional shares of Capital Stock will be issued as a result
of conversion, but in lieu thereof, the Company shall pay to the Conversion
Agent a cash adjustment in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Closing
Price of such fractional interest on the date on which the Securities or
Preferred Securities, as the case may be, were duly surrendered to the
Conversion Agent for conversion, or, if such day is not a Trading Day, on the
next Trading Day, and the Conversion Agent in turn will make such payment, if
any, to the Holder of the Securities or the holder of the Preferred Securities
so converted.
(d) In the event of the conversion of any Security in part only, a
new Security or Securities for the unconverted portion thereof will be issued
in the name of the Holder thereof upon the cancelation thereof in accordance
with Section 3.06.
(e) In effecting the conversion transactions described in this
Section, the Conversion Agent is acting as agent of the holders of Preferred
Securities (in the exchange of Preferred Securities for Securities) and as
agent of the Holders of Securities (in the conversion of Securities into
Capital Stock), as the case may be, directing it to effect such conversion
transactions. The Conversion Agent is hereby authorized (x) if the Trust exists,
(i) to exchange Securities held by or on behalf of the Trust from time to time
for Preferred Securities in connection with the conversion of such Preferred
Securities in accordance with this Article XIII and (ii) to convert all or a
portion of the Securities into Capital Stock and thereupon to deliver such
shares of Capital Stock in accordance with the provisions of this Article XIII
and to deliver to the Trust a new Security or Securities for any resulting
unconverted principal amount and (y) if the Trust no longer exists (i) to
exchange Securities held by the Holders in connection with the conversion of
such Securities in accordance with this Article XIII and (ii) to convert all or
a portion of the Securities into Capital Stock and thereupon to deliver such
shares of Capital Stock in accordance with the provisions of this Article XIII
and to deliver to such
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Holders a new Security or Securities for any resulting unconverted principal
amount.
SECTION 13.03. Conversion Price Adjustments. The Applicable
Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment (without duplication) from time
to time as follows:
(i) In case the Company shall pay a dividend or make a distribution
on the Capital Stock exclusively in Capital Stock, the Applicable
Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following
the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or other distribution shall be reduced by multiplying such
Applicable Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of Capital Stock outstanding at the close of business
on the date fixed for such determination and the denominator shall be the
sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares constituting
such dividend or other distribution, such reduction to become effective
immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date
fixed for such determination. For the purposes of this subparagraph (i),
the number of shares of Capital Stock at any time outstanding shall not
include shares held in the treasury of the Company. In the event that such
dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Applicable Conversion
Price shall again be adjusted to be the Applicable Conversion Price which
would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not occurred.
(ii) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other
distribution on its Capital Stock consisting exclusively of, or shall
otherwise issue to all holders of its Capital Stock, rights or warrants,
in each case entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Capital Stock at a price per share less than the current market
price per share (determined as provided in subparagraph (vii)) of the
Capital Stock on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the Applicable Conversion
Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date
fixed for such determination shall be reduced by multiplying such
Applicable Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of Capital Stock outstanding at the close of business
on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of
Capital Stock which the aggregate of the offering price of the total
number of shares of Capital Stock so offered for subscription or
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purchase would purchase at such current market price and the denominator
shall be the number of shares of Capital Stock outstanding at the close of
business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of
shares of Capital Stock so offered for subscription or purchase, such
reduction to become effective immediately after the opening of business on
the day following the date fixed for such determination. To the extent
that rights are not so issued or shares of Capital Stock are not so
delivered after the expiration of such rights or warrants, the Applicable
Conversion Price shall be readjusted to the Applicable Conversion Price
which would then be in effect if such date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants had not been
fixed. For the purposes of this subparagraph (ii), the number of shares of
Capital Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the
treasury of the Company.
(iii) In case outstanding shares of Capital Stock shall be
subdivided into a greater number of shares of Capital Stock, the
Applicable Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the
day following the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall
be proportionately reduced and, conversely, in case outstanding shares of
Capital Stock shall each be combined into a smaller number of shares of
Capital Stock, the Applicable Conversion Price in effect at the opening of
business on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes
effective shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or increase,
as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of
business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or
combination becomes effective.
(iv) Subject to the last sentence of this subparagraph (iv), in case
the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of
its Capital Stock evidences of its indebtedness, shares of any class or
series of capital stock, cash or assets (including securities, but
excluding any rights or warrants referred to in subparagraph (ii) of this
Section 13.03, any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in cash and
any dividend or distribution referred to in subparagraph (i) of this
Section 13.03), the Applicable Conversion Price shall be reduced so that
the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Applicable
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the
Applicable Conversion Price reduction contemplated by
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this subparagraph (iv) by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the
current market price per share (determined as provided in subparagraph
(vii) of this Section 13.03) of the Capital Stock on the date fixed for
the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution
(the "Reference Date") less the fair market value (as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive
and described in a resolution of the Board of Directors), on the Reference
Date, of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital
stock, cash and assets so distributed applicable to one share of Capital
Stock and the denominator shall be such current market price per share of
the Capital Stock, such reduction to become effective immediately prior to
the opening of business on the day following the Reference Date. In the
event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the
Applicable Conversion Price shall again be adjusted to be the Applicable
Conversion Price which would then be in effect if such dividend or
distribution had not occurred. For purposes of this subparagraph (iv), any
dividend or distribution that includes shares of Capital Stock or rights
or warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Capital Stock shall be
deemed instead to be (1) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of
indebtedness, shares of capital stock, cash or assets other than such
shares of Capital Stock or such rights or warrants (making any Applicable
Conversion Price reduction required by this subparagraph (iv))
immediately followed by (2) a dividend or distribution of such shares of
Capital Stock or such rights or warrants (making any further Applicable
Conversion Price reduction required by subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this
Section 13.03), except any shares of Capital Stock included in such
dividend or distribution shall not be deemed "outstanding at the close of
business on the date fixed for such determination" within the meaning of
subparagraph (i) of this Section 13.03.
(v) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other
distribution on its Capital Stock exclusively in cash (excluding cash
dividends to the extent that the annualized per share amount thereof does
not exceed 12 1/2 of the current market price per share of the Capital
Stock on the Trading Day next preceding the date of declaration of such
dividend), the Applicable Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the
same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Applicable
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the
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Applicable Conversion Price reduction contemplated by this subparagraph
(v) by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the current market price
per share (determined as provided in subparagraph (vii) of this Section
13.03) of the Capital Stock on the date fixed for the payment of such
distribution less the amount of cash so distributed and not excluded as
provided applicable to one share of Capital Stock and the denominator
shall be such current market price per share of the Capital Stock, such
reduction to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on the day following the date fixed for the payment of such distribution;
provided, however, that in the event the portion of the cash so
distributed applicable to one share of Capital Stock is equal to or
greater than the current market price per share (as defined in
subparagraph (vii) of this Section 13.03) of the Capital Stock on the
record date mentioned above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate
provision shall be made so that each Holder of Securities shall have the
right to receive upon conversion the amount of cash such Holder would have
received had such Holder converted each Security immediately prior to the
record date for the distribution of the cash. In the event that such
dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Applicable Conversion
Price shall again be adjusted to be the Applicable Conversion Price which
would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(vi) In case a tender or exchange offer (other than an odd-lot
offer) made by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for all or any
portion of the Company's Capital Stock shall expire and such tender or
exchange offer shall involve the payment by the Company or such Subsidiary
of consideration per share of Capital Stock having a fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination
shall be conclusive and described in a resolution of the Board of
Directors) at the last time (the "Expiration Time") tenders or exchanges
may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it shall have
been amended) that exceeds 110% of the current market price per share
(determined as provided in subparagraph (vii) of this Section 13.03) of
the Capital Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time,
the Applicable Conversion Price shall be reduced so that the same shall
equal the price determined by multiplying the Applicable Conversion Price
in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Applicable
Conversion Price reduction contemplated by this subparagraph (vi) by a
fraction of which
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the numerator shall be the number of shares of Capital Stock outstanding
(including any tendered or exchanged shares) at the Expiration Time
multiplied by the current market price per share (determined as provided
in subparagraph (vii) of this Section 13.03) of the Capital Stock on the
Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time and the denominator shall
be the sum of (x) the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the
aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based on the acceptance
(up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer)
of all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the
Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum,
being referred to as the "Purchased Shares") and (y) the product of the
number of shares of Capital Stock outstanding (less any Purchased Shares)
at the Expiration Time and the current market price per share (determined
as provided in subparagraph (vii) of this Section 13.03) of the Capital
Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Time, such
reduction to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on the day following the Expiration Time.
(vii) For the purpose of any computation under subparagraphs (ii),
(iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section 13.03, the current market price per
share of Capital Stock on any date in question shall be deemed to be the
average of the daily Closing Prices for the ten consecutive Trading Days
prior to the earlier of the day in question and, if applicable, the day
before the "ex" date with respect to the issuance or distribution
requiring such computation; provided, however, that if another event
occurs that would require an adjustment pursuant to subparagraphs (i)
through (vi) of this Section 13.03, inclusive, the Board of Directors may
make such adjustments to the Closing Prices during such five Trading Day
period as it deems appropriate to effectuate the intent of the adjustments
in this Section 13.03, in which case any such determination by the Board
of Directors shall be set forth in a Board Resolution and shall be
conclusive. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "ex" date, (1) when
used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on
which the Capital Stock is quoted regular way on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Tape or on such successor securities exchange on which
the Capital Stock may be quoted or listed or in the relevant market from
which the Closing Prices were obtained without the right to receive such
issuance or distribution, and (2) when used with respect to any tender or
exchange offer means the first
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date on which the Capital Stock is quoted regular way on such securities
exchange or in such market after the Expiration Time of such offer.
(viii) The Company may make such reductions in the Applicable
Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subparagraphs (i),
(ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section 13.03, as it considers to
be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Capital
Stock or rights to purchase Capital Stock resulting from any dividend or
distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or from any event
treated as such for income tax purposes.
(ix) There shall also be no adjustment of the Applicable Conversion
Price in case of the issuance of any Capital Stock (or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock), except as
specifically described above. If any action would require adjustment of
the Applicable Conversion Price, pursuant to more than one of the
anti-dilution provisions set forth in this Article XIII, only one
adjustment shall be made and such adjustment shall be the amount of
adjustment that has the highest absolute value to Holders. Furthermore, no
adjustment in the Applicable Conversion Price shall be required unless
such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in
the Applicable Conversion Price; provided, however, that any adjustments
which by reason of this sentence are not required to be made shall be
carried forward and taken into account in determining whether any
subsequent adjustment shall be required.
SECTION 13.04. Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale of
Assets. In the event that the Company shall be a party to any transaction
(including without limitation (a) any recapitalization or reclassification of
the Capital Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par
value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or
combination of the Capital Stock), (b) any consolidation of the Company with, or
merger of the Company into, any other Person, any merger of another Person into
the Company (other than a merger which does not result in a reclassification,
conversion, exchange or cancelation of outstanding shares of Capital Stock of
the Company), (c) any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company or (d) any compulsory share exchange) (each of the events in the
preceding clauses (a) through (d) being referred to as a "Company Transaction"),
in each case, as a result of which shares of Capital Stock shall be converted
into the right to receive other securities, cash or other property, then
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lawful provision shall be made as part of the terms of such Company Transaction
whereby the Holder of each Security then outstanding shall have the right
thereafter to convert such Security only into (i) in the case of any Company
Trans action other than a Capital Stock Fundamental Change, the kind and amount
of securities, cash and other property receivable upon the consummation of the
Company Transaction by a holder of that number of shares of Capital Stock into
which such Security was convertible immediately prior to such transaction, after
giving effect to any adjustment in the Applicable Conversion Price required by
the provision of Section 13.07(a)(i), and (ii) in the case of a Company
Transaction involving a Capital Stock Fundamental Change, common stock of the
kind received by holders of Capital Stock as a result of such Capital Stock
Fundamental Change in an amount determined pursuant to the provisions of Section
13.07(a)(ii). Holders of the Securities shall have no voting rights with respect
to any Company Transaction described in this Section 13.04.
The Company or the Person formed by such consolidation or resulting
from such merger or which acquired such assets or which acquires the Company's
shares, as the case may be, shall make provision in its certificate or articles
of incorporation or other constituent document to establish such right. Such
certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document shall
provide for adjustments which, for events subsequent to the effective date of
such certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document,
shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided
for in this Article XIII. The above provisions shall similarly apply to
successive transactions of the foregoing type.
SECTION 13.05. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price. Whenever
the Applicable Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided:
(a) the Company shall compute the adjusted Applicable Conversion
Price and shall prepare a certificate signed by the Chief Financial
Officer or the Treasurer of the Company setting forth the adjusted
Applicable Conversion Price and showing in reasonable detail the facts
upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate shall forthwith
be filed with the Trustee, the Conversion Agent and the transfer agent for
the Preferred Securities and the Securities; and
(b) a notice stating the Applicable Conversion Price has been
adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Applicable Conversion Price shall
as soon as practicable be mailed by the Company to all record holders of
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Preferred Securities and the Securities at their last addresses as they
appear upon the stock transfer books of the Company and the books and
records of the Trust, respectively.
SECTION 13.06. Prior Notice of Certain Events. In case:
(i) the Company shall (1) declare any dividend (or any other
distribution) on its Capital Stock, other than (A) a dividend payable in
shares of Capital Stock or (B) a dividend payable in cash that would not
require an adjustment pursuant to Section 13.03(iv) or (v) or (2)
authorize a tender or exchange offer that would require an adjustment
pursuant to Section 13.03(vi);
(ii) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of
Capital Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any
shares of stock of any class or series or of any other rights or warrants;
(iii) of any reclassification of Capital Stock (other than a
subdivision or combination of the outstanding Capital Stock, or a change
in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to
par value), or of any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a
party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be
required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or of any compulsory share exchange whereby the
Capital Stock is converted into other securities, cash or other property;
or
(iv) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company;
then the Company shall (a) if any Preferred Securities are outstanding, cause to
be filed with the transfer agent for the Preferred Securities, and shall cause
to be mailed to the holders of record of the Preferred Securities, at their last
addresses as they shall appear upon the books and records of the Trust, or (b)
shall cause to be mailed to all Holders at their last addresses as they shall
appear in the Security Register, at least fifteen days prior to the applicable
record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on
which a record (if any) is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, rights or warrants or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as
of which the holders of Capital Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend,
distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which
such
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reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, share exchange,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the
date as of which it is expected that holders of Capital Stock of record shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Capital Stock for securities, cash or other
property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, share exchange, dissolution, liquidation or winding up (but no failure
to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect
the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice).
SECTION 13.07. Adjustments in Case of Fundamental Changes. (a)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article XIII to the contrary, in the
case of any Company Transaction involving a Fundamental Change, the Applicable
Conversion Price will be adjusted immediately after such Fundamental Change as
follows:
(i) in the case of a Non-Stock Fundamental Change, the Applicable
Conversion Price of the Securities shall thereupon become the lower of (A)
the Applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such
Non-Stock Fundamental Change, but after giving effect to any other prior
adjustments effected pursuant to this Article XIII, and (B) the result
obtained by multiplying the greater of the Relevant Price or the then
applicable Reference Market Price by the Optional Redemption Ratio (such
product shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Adjusted Relevant Price"
or the "Adjusted Reference Market Price", as the case may be); and
(ii) in the case of a Capital Stock Fundamental Change, the
Applicable Conversion Price of the Securities in effect immediately prior
to such Capital Stock Fundamental Change, but after giving effect to any
other prior adjustments effected pursuant to this Article XIII, shall
thereupon be adjusted by multiplying such Applicable Conversion Price by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the Purchaser Stock Price and the
denominator shall be the Relevant Price; provided, however, that in the
event of a Capital Stock Fundamental Change in which (A) 100% of the value
of the consideration received by a holder of Capital Stock is common stock
of the successor, acquiror or other third party (and cash, if any, is paid
only with respect to any fractional interests in such common stock
resulting from such Capital Stock Fundamental Change) and (B) all of the
Capital Stock shall have been exchanged for, converted into or ac-
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quired for common stock (and cash with respect to fractional interests) of
the successor, acquiror or other third party, the Applicable Conversion
Price of the Securities in effect immediately prior to such Capital Stock
Fundamental Change shall thereupon be adjusted by multiplying such
Applicable Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
one and the denominator shall be the number of shares of common stock of
the successor, acquiror, or other third party received by a stockholder
for one share of Capital Stock as a result of such Capital Stock
Fundamental Change.
(b) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to terms used
in this Article XIII:
(1) "Closing Price" of any security on any day shall mean on any day
the last reported sale price of such security on such day, or in case no
sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices in each case on the principal national securities exchange on which
such securities are listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, on the NNM or, if
such securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange or quoted on the NNM, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices in the over-the-counter market as furnished by any New
York Stock Exchange member firm, or the national, commission-recognized
trading system, selected by the Company for such purpose.
(2) "Capital Stock Fundamental Change" shall mean any Fundamental
Change in which more than 50% of the value (as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors) of the consideration received by holders of
Capital Stock consists of common stock that for each of the ten
consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the Entitlement Date has
been admitted for listing or admitted for listing subject to notice of
issuance on a national securities exchange or quoted on the NNM.
(3) "Entitlement Date" shall mean the record date for determination
of the holders of Capital Stock entitled to receive securities, cash or
other property in connection with a Non-Stock Fundamental Change or a
Capital Stock Fundamental Change or, if there is no such record date, the
date upon which holders of Capital Stock shall have the right to receive
such securities, cash or other property.
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(4) "Fundamental Change" shall mean the occurrence of any
transaction or event in connection with a plan pursuant to which all or
substantially all of the Capital Stock shall be exchanged for,
converted into, acquired for or constitute solely the right to receive
securities, cash or other property (whether by means of an exchange
offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger, combination,
reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise); provided, however, in
the case of a plan involving more than one such transaction or event,
for purposes of adjustment of the Applicable Conversion Price, such
Fundamental Change shall be deemed to have occurred when substantially
all of the Capital Stock of the Company shall be exchanged for,
converted into, or acquired for or constitute solely the right to
receive securities, cash or other property, but the adjustment shall be
based upon the highest weighted average per share consideration that a
holder of Capital Stock could have received in such transactions or
events as a result of which more than 50% of the Capital Stock of the
Company shall have been exchanged for, converted into, or acquired for
or constitute solely the right to receive securities, cash or other
property.
(5) "Non-Stock Fundamental Change" shall mean any
Fundamental Change other than a Capital Stock
Fundamental Change.
(6) "Optional Redemption Ratio" means a fraction of which the
numerator shall be $27 and the denominator will be the then current
Optional Redemption Price or, prior to March 15, 2003, an amount per
Security determined by the Company in its sole discretion, after
consultation with an investment banking firm, to be the equivalent of
the hypothetical redemption price that would have been applicable if
the Securities had been redeemable during such period.
(7) "Purchaser Stock Price" shall mean, with respect to any
Capital Stock Fundamental Change, the average of the daily Closing
Prices of the common stock received in such Capital Stock Fundamental
Change for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days prior to and including
the Entitlement Date, as adjusted in good faith by the Board of
Directors to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in
subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of Section 13.03.
(8) "Reference Market Price" shall initially mean on the date
of original issuance of the Securities, $18 (which is an amount equal
to 66-2/3% of the liquidation
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amount per Preferred Security), and, in the event of any adjustment to
the Applicable Conversion Price, other than as a result of a Non-Stock
Fundamental Change, the Reference Market Price shall also be adjusted
so that the ratio of the Reference Market Price to the Applicable
Conversion Price after giving effect to any such adjustment shall
always be the same as the ratio of $18 to the Initial Conversion Price.
(9) "Relevant Price" shall mean (i) in the event of a
Non-Stock Fundamental Change in which the holders of the Capital Stock
receive only cash, the amount of cash received by a stockholder for one
share of Capital Stock and (ii) in the event of any other Non-Stock
Fundamental Change or any Capital Stock Fundamental Change, the average
of the daily Closing Prices of the Capital Stock for the ten (10)
consecutive Trading Days prior to and including the Entitlement Date,
in each case, as adjusted in good faith by the Company to appropriately
reflect any of the events referred to in subparagraphs (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of Section 13.03.
(10) "Trading Day" shall mean a Business Day on which
securities are traded on the national securities exchange, trading
system or quotation system used to determine the Closing Price.
SECTION 13.08. Dividend or Interest Reinvestment Plans. (a)
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the issuance of any shares of Capital
Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of
dividends or interest payable on securities of the Company and the investment of
additional optional amounts in shares of Capital Stock under any such plan, and
the issuance of any shares of Capital Stock or options or rights to purchase
such shares pursuant to any employee benefit plan or program of the Company or
pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or
convertible security outstanding as of the date the Securities were first
issued, shall not be deemed to constitute an issuance of Capital Stock or
exercisable, exchangeable or convertible securities by the Company to which any
of the adjustment provisions described above applies.
(b) There shall also be no adjustment of the Applicable
Conversion Price in case of the issuance of any stock (or securities convertible
into or exchangeable for stock) of the Company except as specifically described
in this Article XIII.
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SECTION 13.09. Certain Additional Rights. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Article XIII to the contrary, rights, warrants,
evidences of indebtedness, other securities, cash or other assets (including,
without limitation, any rights distributed pursuant to any stockholder rights
plan) shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Article
XIII if the Company makes proper provision so that each Holder who converts a
Security (or any portion thereof) after the date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution shall be entitled to receive
upon such conversion, in addition to the shares of Capital Stock issuable upon
such conversion, the amount and kind of such distributions that such Holder
would have been entitled to receive if such Holder had, immediately prior to
such determination date, converted such Security into Capital Stock.
SECTION 13.10. Trustee Not Responsible for Determining
Conversion Price or Adjustments. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent
shall at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of any
Security to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment
of the Applicable Conversion Price, or with respect to the nature or extent of
any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein
or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be accountable with respect
to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Capital Stock
or of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered
upon the conversion of any Security; and neither the Trustee nor any Conversion
Agent makes any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any
Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to make
any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Capital Stock or
stock certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any
Security for the purpose of conversion, or, except as expressly herein provided,
to comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in Article X or
this Article XIII.
ARTICLE XIV
Immunity of Incorporators,
Stockholders, Officers and Directors
SECTION 14.01. No Recourse. No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for
any claim based thereon or
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otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the
Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or
through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this
Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations,
and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be
incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of
the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by
reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture
or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such
personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity
or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims
against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by
reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture
or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived
and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of
this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CHEMED CORPORATION,
by __________________________________
Name:
Title:
FIRSTAR BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
by __________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SECURITY
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[Include if a Global Security: THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITARY") OR A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER
THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX) TO CHEMED
CORPORATION OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME
AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND
ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
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CHEMED CORPORATION
Convertible Junior Subordinated
Debenture Due 2030
No. $
[CUSIP No. ]
CHEMED CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called "the Company", which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns,
the principal sum [indicated on Schedule A hereof](1) [of Dollars](2) ($ )
on March 15, 2030.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15, June 15, September 15 and
December 15, commencing March 15, 2000
Regular Record Dates: the close of business on the first of the
month in which the applicable Interest Payment
Date occurs, commencing March 1, 2000
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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(1) Applicable to Global Securities only.
(2) Applicable to certificated Securities only.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to
be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a
facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
Dated: ,
CHEMED CORPORATION
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:
_____________________
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: Firstar Bank, National Association
as Trustee,
By: ____________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
CHEMED CORPORATION
Convertible Junior Subordinated
Debenture Due 2030(3)
1. Interest. CHEMED Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), is the issuer of this Convertible Junior Subordinated Debenture Due
2030 (the "Security") limited in aggregate principal amount to $27, issued under
the Indenture hereinafter referred to. The Company promises to pay interest on
the Securities in cash from -, 2000 or from the most recent interest payment
date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject to
deferral for up to 20 consecutive quarters as described in Section 3 hereof) in
arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year (each
such date, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing March 15, 2000, at $0.50 per
$27 principal amount for the period from issuance of the Securities to March 15,
2000, and from March 15, 2000, at the Applicable Rate, plus Additional Sums, if
any, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable.
Except for the interest payable on March 15, 2000, the amount
of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of twelve
30-day months and a 360-day year. To the extent lawful, the Company shall pay
interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable
grace period) at the rate borne by the Securities, compounded quarterly. Any
interest paid on this Security shall be increased to the extent necessary to pay
Additional Sums as set forth in this Security.
2. Additional Sums. The Company shall pay to CHEMED Capital
Trust (and its permitted successors or assigns under the Declaration) (the
"Trust") such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the amount of
dividends or other distributions then due and payable by the Trust on the
Preferred Securities that at any time remain outstanding in accordance with the
terms thereof shall not be reduced as a result of any additional taxes, duties
and other governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding
taxes) imposed by the United States or any other taxing authority.
3. Extension of Interest Payment Period. So long as no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at
any time during the term of this Security, from time to time to defer payments
of interest by extending the interest payment period of such Security for up to
20 consecutive quarters (a "Deferral Period"); provided that no Deferral Period
may extend beyond March 15, 2030. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of the extension of the
interest payment period pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Indenture, will bear
interest thereon at the Applicable Rate compounded quarterly for each quarter of
the Deferral Period ("Compounded Interest"). On the applicable Payment
Resumption Date, the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on
the Securities, including any Compounded Interest that shall be payable to the
Holders of the Securities in whose
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(3) All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture or in
the Declaration referred to herein shall have the meanings as signed to them in
the Indenture or the Declaration, as the case may be.
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names the Securities are registered in the Security Register on the record date
fixed for such Payment Resumption Date. Before the termination of any Deferral
Period, the Company may further extend such period as provided in the Indenture,
provided that such period together with all such further extensions thereof
shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of
the Security. Upon the termination of any Deferral Period and upon the payment
of all Compounded Interest and Additional Sums (together, "Additional
Payments"), if any, then due, the Company may commence a new Deferral Period,
subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest shall be due and payable
during a Deferral Period except on the applicable Payment Resumption Date.
The Company shall give the Holder of the Security and the
Trustee written notice (a "Deferral Notice") of its selection of a Deferral
Period at least ten days prior to the record date for any distributions that
would have been payable on the Trust Securities except for the decision to begin
or extend such Deferral Period. The Company may elect to pay all interest then
accrued and unpaid on the Securities, including Compound Interest, on an
Interest Payment Date prior to its most recently established Payment Resumption
Date, provided that the Company gives the Holder of the Security and the Trustee
a new Deferral Notice setting forth the revised Payment Resumption Date at least
three Business Days prior to the Regular Record Date for such revised Payment
Resumption Date.
The quarter in which any Deferral Notice is given pursuant to
the second paragraph of this Section 3 shall be counted as one of the 20
quarters permitted in the maximum Deferral Period permitted under the first
paragraph of this Section 3.
4. Method of Payment. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular
record date for such interest installment, which shall be the close of business
on the fifteenth day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date (the
"Regular Record Date"), commencing March 1, 2000. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid
at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture, provided that any such payment will be made in such coin or currency
of the United States of America which at the time of payment is a legal tender
for payment of public and private debts.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will
be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in
Cincinnati, Ohio, in coin or currency of the United States of America which at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that at any time that the Property Trustee is not the sole
holder of the Securities, payment of interest may, at the option of the Company,
be made by check mailed to
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the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or by wire transfer.
5. Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Trustee will act
as Paying Agent, Security Registrar and Conversion Agent. The Company may change
any Paying Agent, Security Registrar, co-registrar or Conversion Agent without
prior notice. The Company or any of its Affiliates may act in any such capacity.
6. Indenture. The Company issued the Securities under an
indenture, dated as of January -, 2000 (the "Indenture"), between the Company
and Firstar Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee",
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities, and of
the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 ("Trust
Indenture Act") as in effect on the date of the Indenture. The Securities are
subject to, and qualified by, all such terms, certain of which are summarized
herein, and holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act
for a statement of such terms. The Securities are unsecured general obligations
of the Company limited to up to $- and subordinated in right of payment to all
existing and future Senior Debt of the Company. No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or
impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to
pay the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as
provided in the Indenture.
7. Optional Redemption. The Securities are redeemable at the
Company's option (an "Optional Redemption") in whole or in part, at any time or
from time to time, on or after March 15, 2003, at a Redemption Price equal to
$27.27 per $27 principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed plus any
accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional Payments, if any, to the
Redemption Date, if redeemed on or before March 15, 2004, and thereafter at $27
per $27 principal amount of the Securities plus, in each case, any accrued and
unpaid interest, including Additional Payments, if any, to the Redemption Date.
8. Optional Redemption Upon Tax Event. Subject to the
conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Securities are subject to redemption
in whole, but not in part, if a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, at any
time within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event, at a Redemption
Price equal to $27.27 per $27 principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid
interest, including Additional Payments, if any, to the Redemption Date.
In lieu of the foregoing, the Company also shall have the
option of causing the Securities to remain outstanding and pay Additional Sums
on the Securities.
9. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days (or 20 days, in the case
of a redemption upon the occurrence of a Tax Event), but not more than 60 days
before the Redemption Date to each Holder of
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the Securities to be redeemed at such Holder's address appearing in the Security
Register.
10. No Sinking Fund. There are no sinking fund payments
with respect to the Securities.
11. Payment to Registered Holders; Cessation of Interest
Accrual Upon Redemption. If this Security is redeemed subsequent to a Regular
Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date specified above and on or
prior to such Interest Payment Date, then any accrued interest will be paid to
the person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on
such record date. On or after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue
on the Securities, or portion thereof, called for redemption.
12. Subordination. The payment of the principal of, interest
on or any other amounts due on the Securities is subordinated in right of
payment to all existing and future Senior Debt (as defined below) of the
Company, as described in the Indenture. Each Holder, by accepting a Security,
agrees to such subordination and authorizes and directs the Trustee on its
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination so provided and appoints the Trustee as its attorney-in-fact for
such purpose.
"Senior Debt" means (i) the principal of, and premium and
interest, if any, on all indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed, whether
outstanding on the date of execution of the Indenture or thereafter created,
assumed or incurred, (ii) all obligations to make payment pursuant to the terms
of financial instruments, such as (a) securities contracts and foreign currency
exchange contracts, (b) derivative instruments, such as swap agreements
(including interest rate and foreign exchange rate swap agreements), cap
agreements, floor agreements, collar agreements, interest rate agreements,
foreign exchange agreements, options, commodity futures contracts and commodity
options contracts, and (c) similar financial instruments; except, in the case of
both (i) and (ii) above, such indebtedness and obligations that are expressly
stated to rank junior in right of payment to, or pari passu in right of payment
with, the Securities, (iii) indebtedness or obligations of others of the kind
described in both (i) and (ii) above for the payment of which the Company is
responsible or liable as guarantor or otherwise, and (iv) deferrals, renewals or
extensions of any such Senior Debt; provided, however, that Senior Debt shall
not be deemed to include (a) any Debt of the Company which, when incurred and
without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of the United States
Bankruptcy Code of 1978, was without recourse to the Company, (b) trade accounts
payable and accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (c)
any Debt of the Company to any of its subsidiaries, (d) Debt to any employee of
the Company, and (e) Debt which by its terms is subordinated to trade accounts
payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business to the
extent that payments made to the holders of such Debt by the Holders of the
Securities as a result of the subordination provisions of the Indenture would be
greater than such payments otherwise would have been as a result of any
obligation of such holders of such Debt to pay amounts over to the obligees on
such trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of business as a result of subordination provisions to which such Debt is
subject.
13. Conversion. The Holder of any Security has the right,
exercisable at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 15,
2030, to convert the principal amount thereof (or any portion
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thereof that is an integral multiple of $27) into shares of Capital Stock at the
initial conversation rate of 0.73 shares of Capital Stock for each $27 in
aggregate principal amount of Securities (equivalent to a conversion price of
$37 per share of Capital Stock of the Company). The conversion ratio and
equivalent conversion price in effect at any time are known as the "Applicable
Conversion Price" and the "Applicable Conversion Ratio," respectively, and are
subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. If a Security is called for
redemption, the conversion right will terminate at the close of business on the
Business Day immediately preceding the corresponding Redemption Date, unless the
Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption.
To convert a Security, a Holder must (1) complete and sign a
conversion notice substantially in the form attached hereto, (2) surrender the
Security to a Conversion Agent, (3) furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer
documents if required by the Security Registrar or Conversion Agent and (4) pay
any transfer or similar tax, if required. Upon conversion, no adjustment or
payment will be made for interest or dividends, but if any Holder surrenders a
Security for conversion after the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for the payment of an installment of interest and prior to the opening of
business on the next Interest Payment Date, then, notwithstanding such
conversion, the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be paid to
the registered Holder of such Security on such Regular Record Date. In such
event, such Security, when surrendered for conversion, need not be accompanied
by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment
Date on the portion so converted. The number of shares issuable upon conversion
of a Security is determined by dividing the principal amount of the Security
converted by the Applicable Conversion Price in effect on the Conversion Date.
No fractional shares will be issued upon conversion but a cash adjustment will
be made for any fractional interest. The outstanding principal amount of any
Security shall be reduced by the portion of the principal amount thereof
converted into shares of Capital Stock.
14. Registration, Transfer, Exchange and Denominations. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency
of the Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. No service
charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment
of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this
Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary. In the event of redemption or
conversion of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities for the
unredeemed or unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancelation hereof.
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15. Persons Deemed Owners. Except as provided in Section 3
hereof, the registered Holder of a Security may be treated as its owner
for all purposes.
16. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or
interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall
pay the money back to the Company at its written request. After that, holders of
Securities entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment unless an
abandoned property law designates another Person and all liability of the
Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
17. Events of Default and Remedies. The Securities shall have
the Events of Default as set forth in Section 5.01 of the Indenture. Subject to
certain limitations in the Indenture, if an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company or the holders of at least 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities by notice to the
Company and the Trustee may declare all amounts payable on the Securities
(including any Additional Payments) to be due and payable immediately; provided
that, if the Property Trustee is the sole Holder of the Security and if upon an
Event of Default, the Trustee or the holder of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Securities fail to declare the
principal of all the Securities to be immediately due and payable, the holders
of at least 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of Preferred Securities then
outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and the
Trustee; and upon any such declaration such principal and all accrued interest
shall become immediately due and payable; and provided further that the payment
of principal and interest on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the
extent provided in the Indenture.
In the case of an Event of Default, the holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities by written notice to the
Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would
not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default
have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has
become due solely because of the acceleration.
Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except
as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities issued under the
Indenture may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Company must furnish annually compliance certificates to the Trustee. The above
description of Events of Default and remedies is qualified by reference to, and
subject in its entirety by, the more complete description thereof contained in
the Indenture.
18. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. The Indenture
permits, subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Securities set forth
therein and in the Declaration and with certain other exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company, and the rights of the Holders of the Securities
under the Indenture, at any time, by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities,
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subject to the rights of the holders of the Preferred Securities set forth
therein and in the Declaration, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security
shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of
this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of
such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. The above description of
amendments, supplements and waivers is qualified by reference to, and subject in
its entirety, by the more complete description thereof contained in the
Indenture.
19. Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of the
Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate with the same
rights it would have, as if it were not a Trustee, subject to certain
limitations provided for in the Indenture and in the Trust Indenture Act. Any
Agent may do the same with like rights.
20. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee
or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of the Securities by accepting a Security waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities.
21. Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE SHALL GOVERN THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.
22. Authentication. The Securities shall not be valid
until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized officer of the
Trustee or an authenticating agent.
23. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the
name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT
(= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (=
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
The Company will furnish to any Holder of the Securities upon
written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture.
Request may be made to:
Chemed Corporation
2600 Chemed Center
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention of: Chief Financial Officer
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number)
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint _______________________________________________________
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.
Your Signature: ______________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the
other side of this Security)
Date: ____________________________
Signature Guarantee:(4) ______________________________________________
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(4) (Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that
is, a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar
in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
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(TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES)
SCHEDULE A
The initial principal amount of this Global Security shall be
$ . The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this
Global Security have been made:
Amount of in-
crease in Princi-
pal Amount of
this Global Secu- Amount of de- Principal Amount Signature of
rity including crease in Princi- of this Global authorized offi-
increase upon pal Amount of Security follow- cer of Trustee
exercise of over- this Global Secu- ing such decrease or Securities
Date Made allotment option rity or increase Custodian
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ELECTION TO CONVERT
To: Chemed Corporation
The undersigned owner of this Security hereby irrevocably
exercises the option to convert this Security, or the portion below designated,
into Capital Stock of CHEMED CORPORATION in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that the shares issuable and
deliverable upon conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional
shares, be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned, unless a
different name has been indicated in the assignment below. If shares are to be
issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will
pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.
Date: ,
in whole __
Portions of Security to be
converted ($- or integral
multiples thereof):
$________________
________________________________________
Signature (for conversion only)
Please Print or Typewrite Name and
Address, Including Zip Code, and
Social Security or Other Identifying
Number
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
Signature Guarantee: (5)
________________________________________
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(5) (Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that
is, a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar
in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
