EXHIBIT 4-G
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FORM OF DEBT SECURITIES INDENTURE
AMONG PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP AND
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE
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PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP
TO
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as of _____________, 1995
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Section of Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, Section of
as amended Indenture
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310(a)...................................................... 607
310(b)...................................................... 608
310(c)...................................................... Inapplicable
311(a)...................................................... 612
311(b)...................................................... 612
311(c)...................................................... Inapplicable
312(a)...................................................... 701
312(b)...................................................... 702
312(c)...................................................... 702
313(a)...................................................... 703
313(b)(1) .................................................. Inapplicable
313(b)(2) .................................................. 703
313(c)...................................................... 703
313(d)...................................................... 703
314(a)(1)................................................... 704 (1)
314(a)(2)................................................... 704 (2)
314(a)(3)................................................... 704 (3)
314(a)(4)................................................... 704 (4)
314(b)...................................................... Inapplicable
314(c)...................................................... 102
314(d)...................................................... Inapplicable
314(e)...................................................... 102
314(f)...................................................... Inapplicable
315(a)...................................................... 602
315(b)...................................................... 601
315(c)...................................................... 601
315(d)...................................................... 601
315(e)...................................................... 515
316(a)...................................................... 501
316(b)...................................................... 508
316(c)...................................................... 104(d)
317(a)...................................................... 503, 504
317(b)...................................................... 1003
318(a)...................................................... 113
318(b)...................................................... Inapplicable
318(c)...................................................... 113
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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and
shall not have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.
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PARTIES
RECITALS
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions..................................
Act
Additional Amounts
Affiliate
Authenticating Agent
Authorized Newspaper
Bearer Security
Board of Directors
Board Resolution
Business Day
CEDEL S.A.
Commission
Common Depositary
Common Securities
Common Securities Guarantee
Company
Company Request or Company Order
Conversion Date
Conversion Event
Corporate Trust Office
corporation
coupon
Currency
Declaration
Default
Defaulted Interest
Dollar or $
Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency
ECU
Election Date
Euroclear
European Communities
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* This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture and
shall not have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.
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European Monetary System
Event of Default
Exchange Date
Exchange Rate Agent
Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate
Federal Bankruptcy Code
Foreign Currency
Government Obligations
Holder
Indenture
Indexed Security
Interest Payment Date
Market Exchange Rate
Maturity
Officers' Certificate
Opinion of Counsel
Original Issue Discount Security
Outstanding
Pacific Telesis Trust
Paying Agent
Person
Place of Payment
Predecessor Security
Preferred Securities
Preferred Securities Guarantee
Redemption Date
Redemption Price
Registered Security
Regular Record Date
Repayment Date
Responsible Officer
Securities
Security Register and Security Registrar
Special Record Date
Stated Maturity
Subsidiary
Trust Indenture Act or TIA
Trust Securities
Trust Securities Guarantees
Trustee
United States
United States person
Valuation Date
Vice President
Voting Stock
Yield to Maturity
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions..................
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee................
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.......................................
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SECTION 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company..................
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.............................
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents..............
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns................................
SECTION 109. Separability Clause...................................
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture.................................
SECTION 111. Governing Law.........................................
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays........................................
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.......................................
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.......
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form....................
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..................
SECTION 302. Denominations.........................................
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating........
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities..................................
SECTION 305. Registration of Transfer and Exchange.................
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities......
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved;
Optional Interest Reset..........................
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.................................
SECTION 309. Cancellation..........................................
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest...............................
SECTION 311. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of
Securities.......................................
SECTION 312. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange
Rate Agent.......................................
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture................
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.............................
ARTICLE FIVE
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default......................................
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.....
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcemnt
by Trustee........................................
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.......................
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities........................................
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.........................
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits ...................................
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest..............................
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.....................
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.........................
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver...........................
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.....................................
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults ...............................
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.......................
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs..................................
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults.....................................
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions
of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d).............
SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities........................................
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities ...................................
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust ...................................
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.........................
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility................
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor.........................................
SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.................
SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business .........................................
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent....................
SECTION 612. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company......
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Information As to Names
and Addresses of Holders of Securities............
SECTION 702 Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders
of Securities.....................................
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.....................................
SECTION 704. Reports by Company.....................................
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain
Terms............................................
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted..........................
SECTION 803. Assignment of Rights..................................
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders...
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders......
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.................
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures....................
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act..................
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures...
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures....................
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
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SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest..
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency .....................
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust....
SECTION 1004. Statement as to Compliance...........................
SECTION 1005. Additional Amounts...................................
SECTION 1006. Limitation on Dividends..............................
SECTION 1007. Covenants as to Pacific Telesis Trusts...............
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.............................
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee................
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed....
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.................................
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price .........................
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date................
ECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part..........................
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.............................
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities......................................
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund............
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article............................
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities ............................
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option..................................
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due
and Payable ...................................
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part ..........................
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Discharge of Liability on Outstanding Securities
of any Series..................................
Section 1402. Discharge of Certain Covenants and Other
Obligations....................................
Section 1403. Discharge of Certain Obligations Upon Deposit of
Money or Government Obligations with Trustee...
Section 1404. Unclaimed Moneys....................................
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called...........
SECTION 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings..................
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings................
SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action......................................
SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings........................
SECTION 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.....
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INDENTURE, dated as of ______________, 1995, between Pacific Telesis
Group, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Nevada (herein called the "Company") having its principal office at
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, and The First National Bank of
Chicago, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the
laws of the United States, Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture
to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), to
be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to
the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company,
in accordance with its terms, have been done.
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by
the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series
thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires:
(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, and the terms "cash transaction" and "self-liquidating paper", as
used in TIA Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules
of the Commission adopted under the Trust Indenture Act;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the
term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any
computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such
computation; 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.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Three, are defined in that Article.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder (as defined below), has the
meaning specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
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"Affiliate" of any specified Person (as defined below) 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" of any specified Person means possession of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in the English language or in an
official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each
Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and
of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used
or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive
publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, such
publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same
city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
"Bearer Security" means any Security except a Registered Security (as defined
below).
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the Company or any
duly authorized committee of such Board of Directors.
"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.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment (as defined
below) or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in
the Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to
close.
"CEDEL S.A." means Cedel, S.A., or its successor.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at
any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing
and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act,
then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Common Securities" means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of a
Pacific Telesis Trust which rank pari passu with Preferred Securities (as
defined below) issued by such Pacific Telesis Trust (as defined below);
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined
below), the rights of Holders of Common Securities to payment in respect to
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are
subordinated to the rights of Holders of Preferred Securities.
"Common Securities Guarantee" means any Guarantee that the Company enters into
that operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Common
Securities of such Pacific Telesis Trust.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person.
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"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order signed
in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its President, any Executive Vice
President, any Vice President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Controller,
its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 311(d).
"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency (as
defined below) both by the government of the country which issued such
Currency and by a central bank or other public institution of or within the
international banking community for the settlement of transactions, (ii) the
ECU both within the European Monetary System (as defined below) and for the
settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European
Communities (as defined below) or (iii) any currency unit (or composite
currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was established.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office on the date of execution of this Indenture is
located at The First National Bank of Chicago, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, except that with respect to presentation
of Securities for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, such
term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any
particular time, its corporate agency business shall be conducted.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency" means any currency or currencies, composite currency or currency
unit or currency units, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the
government of one or more countries or by any recognized confederation or
association of such governments.
"Declaration" means, in respect of a Pacific Telesis Trust, the declaration of
trust (or, if applicable, the most recent amended and restated version
thereof) of such Pacific Telesis Trust or any other governing instrument of
such Pacific Telesis Trust.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.
"Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" has the meaning specified in Section
311(g).
"Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" has the meaning specified in
Section 311(f).
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to
time by the Council of the European Communities.
"Election Date" has the meaning specified in Section 311(h).
"Euroclear" means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office,
or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the European
Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System established by
the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Communities.
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"Event of Default" with respect to Securities of any series shall mean any
event specified in Section 501 and any other event as may be established with
respect to the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 301.
"Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Exchange Rate Agent" means, with respect to Securities of or within any
series, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, a New York Clearing House bank, designated pursuant to Section
301 or Section 312.
"Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate" means a tested telex or a certificate
setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate (as defined below) and
(ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security
having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with
Section 302 in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to a Security of
any series on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, sent (in the case of a
telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by the Chief Financial
Officer, any Executive Vice President, the Treasurer, any Vice President or
any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
"Federal Bankruptcy Code" means the Bankruptcy Act of Title 11 of the United
States Code, as amended from time to time.
"Foreign Currency" means any Currency other than the Currency of the United
States.
"Government Obligations" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the government which issued the Currency in which the
Securities of a particular series are payable or (ii) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of such series
are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such
government, which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of
such government payable in such Currency and are not callable or redeemable at
the option of the issuer thereof.
"Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name
a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer
Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, shall
mean the bearer thereof.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall
include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more than
one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall mean,
with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is
Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time
be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto
entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include
the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee
established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any
provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for
which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions
were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one
or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such
Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was
not a party.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity (as defined below) may be
more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
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"Market Exchange Rate" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion involving a
currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the
other, the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit and Dollars or
such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of
Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate
for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and
(iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another
Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at
which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign
Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the
Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located
in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or
such purchased Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, in the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates
provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Exchange Rate
Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part,
such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent
available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City,
London or another principal market for the Currency in question, or such other
quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless
otherwise specified by the Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one
market for dealing in any Currency by reason of foreign exchange regulations
or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency shall be that
upon which a non-resident issuer of securities designated in such Currency
would purchase such Currency in order to make payments in respect of such
securities.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which
the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect
repayment or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman, the
President, an Executive Vice President or a Vice President, and by the Chief
Financial Officer, the Controller, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in
Section 102, if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of legal counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, including an employee of the Company.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means (a) any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or
(b) any other Security which for United States federal income tax purposes
would be considered an Original Issue Discount Security.
"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 cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption moneys in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (as defined
below) (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 and
any coupons appertaining thereto; 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;
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(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and
1403, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance
and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other
than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have
been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that
such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose
hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of
the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting
of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making
the calculations required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be
counted in making such determination or calculation and that
shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be
equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or
shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of
such determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal
amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that
may be counted in making such determination or calculation and
that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be
equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such
Security is originally issued by the Company as set forth in an
Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee,
of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date of
original issuance of the amount determined as provided in
clause (i) above), of such Security, (iii) the principal amount
of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed
Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal
face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance,
unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security
pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making
such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other
obligor.
"Pacific Telesis Trust" means each of Pacific Telesis Financing I, Pacific
Telesis Financing II and Pacific Telesis Financing III, each, a Delaware
statutory business trust.
"Paying Agent" means any Person (including the Company acting as Paying Agent)
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or
interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or a
government or any agency, authority or political subdivision thereof.
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"Place of Payment" means, when used with respect to the Securities of or
within any series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any, on) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as
contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which
a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, as the case may be.
"Preferred Securities" means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of a
Pacific Telesis Trust which rank pari passu with Common Securities issued by
such Pacific Telesis Trust, provided, however that upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, the rights of Holders of Common Securities to payment in
respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise are subordinated to the rights of Holders of Preferred Securities.
"Preferred Securities Guarantee" means any Guarantee that the Guarantor may
enter into with The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee or other
Persons that operate directly or indirectly for the benefit of Holders of
Preferred Securities of such Pacific Telesis Trust.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in
whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security registered in the Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on
the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date specified for
that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"Repayment Date" means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at
the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to this
Indenture.
"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, or any vice president,
secretary, any assistant secretary, treasurer, any assistant treasurer,
cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer,
the controller or any assistant controller within the corporate trust
administration division 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 because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means any Securities without regard to series authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that if at any time
there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture,
"Securities" with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee
shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall
more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such
Person is not Trustee.
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"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any installment
of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such
Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed
date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal
or interest is due and payable, as such date may be extended pursuant to the
provisions of any Indenture Supplemental hereto.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at the time of determination the
Company, directly and/or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, owns
more than 50% of the shares of Voting Stock (as defined below).
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided
in Section 905.
"Trust Securities" means Common Securities and Preferred Securities.
"Trust Securities Guarantees" means the Common Securities Guarantee and the
Preferred Securities Guarantee.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided,
however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee
with respect to Securities of that series.
"United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Xxxxxxx 000, xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx (including
the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and
other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States person" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a citizen or resident
of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political
subdivision thereof or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.
"Valuation Date" has the meaning specified in Section 311(c).
"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" means stock of the class or classes having general voting power
under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of
directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective of whether or
not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of
issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination
of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance
with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles.
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SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with
which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have
been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of
such counsel all such conditions precedent which relate, or to the extent they
relate, to matters of law, if any, have been complied with, except that in the
case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or
condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 1004)
shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such covenant or condition has been complied with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Company or of
counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants, unless such officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows that
the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to accounting
matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based
as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know
that the same are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any firm of
independent public accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a
statement that such firm is independent.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered
by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person,
or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such
Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or
more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as
it relates to matters of law, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate 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 that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
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Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one
or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced
by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing.
Alternatively, any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture
to be given or taken by Holders of such series may be embodied in
and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series
voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly
appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of
such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions
of Article Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and any
such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or
record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments
and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any
such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person
of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in
the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of
Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in
Section 1506.
(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 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
reasonably deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities
held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be
proved by the Security Register.
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(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by
any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the
production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed,
as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other
depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be
reasonably deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at
the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such
depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or
affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such
certificate or affidavit is reasonably deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such
ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another
certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of
the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is
produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer
Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or
(4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The principal
amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person,
and the date of holding the same, may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee reasonably deems sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the
determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but
the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA
Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified
in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not
earlier than the date thirty (30) days prior to the first
solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not
later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a
record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before
or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the
close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders
for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding
Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that
no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such
record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become
effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than eleven months after the record date.
(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.
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SECTION 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act
of Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: [Corporate Trust Administration Division,] or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the
Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of Registered
Securities by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently
given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at
his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest
date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of
such notice. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities 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 of Registered Securities or the
sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided.
Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be
conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such
Holder actually receives such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities when such notice is
required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be
deemed to be sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if published in an
Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city or cities
as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day at least twice, the
first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date, and not later
than the latest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any such
notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of the first such
publication.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper
or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as
provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as
shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient
notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to
give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of
such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the
sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as
provided herein.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language,
except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country
of publication.
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.
SECTION 107. 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 108. 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 109. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon 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 110. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or coupons, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Authenticating
Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar and their successors
hereunder and the Holders of Securities or coupons, any benefit or any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES AND COUPONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THIS
INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS
AMENDED, THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THIS INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO THE
EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH PROVISIONS.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place
of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
any Security or coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series
which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this
Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be
made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and
effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the
Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated
Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be. In the event that such Business Day
falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day.
SECTION 113. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the
duties imposed by TIA Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer Securities,
if any, of each series and related coupons shall be in substantially the forms
as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities
or coupons. If the forms of Securities or coupons of any series are
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or coupons. Any portion of the
text of any Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an
appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Securities in
bearer form shall have interest coupons attached.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in
substantially the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be
in substantially the following form:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
The First National Bank of Chicago as Trustee
By:_______________________________
Authorized Officer
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form.
If Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as specified
as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (10) of Section
301, any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of
such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall
represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from
time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be
increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in
global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount,
of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in
such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section
303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver
any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions
given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company
Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304 has been, or
simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in
writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security
represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and
sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in
global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with
Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard
to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby,
together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of
Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium and
interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person
or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 309 and except as provided in the
preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and
the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding
Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the case of a
permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent
global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent global
Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted
by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303, set forth in, or
determined in the manner provided in, an Officers' Certificate, or established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of
Securities of any series, any and all terms and provisions thereof, including,
without limitation, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of which
(except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (19) below), if so
provided, may be determined from time to time by the Company with respect to
unissued Securities of the series and set forth in such Securities of the
series when issued from time to time):
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other series of Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306,
906, 1107 or 1305);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be
determined or extended, and the right, if any, to extend such date
or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is
payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be
determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue,
or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and
the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any
Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by
which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon
which interest shall be calculated if other than on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the rights, if any, to defer payments of interest on the Securities
by extending the times for the payment of interest and the terms and
duration of such extension;
(6) the terms of subordination applicable to the Securities of the
series;
(7) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to The City
of New York, where the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and
any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, any
Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be
surrendered for exchange and, if different than the location
specified in Section 105, the place or places where notices or
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the
series and this Indenture may be served;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which,
the Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option;
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(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in
which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the
series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
(10) if other than denominations of $25 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denomination or denominations in which any Registered
Securities of the series shall be issuable and, if other than
denominations of $5,000, the denomination or denominations in which
any Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar
and/or Paying Agent;
(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
(13) if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series shall be payable or in which the Securities
of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions
applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of
any of the provisions of Section 311;
(14) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any,
on) or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined
with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index,
formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more
Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(15) whether the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if
any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the
election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other
than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be
payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election
Date), and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be
made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate
between the Currency in which such Securities are denominated or
stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities are
to be so payable, in each case in accordance with, in addition to or
in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 311;
(16) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(17) any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of the
provisions of Article Fourteen that shall be applicable to the
Securities of the series;
(18) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may
be specified;
(19) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of
Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of
the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
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(20) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered
Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer
Securities, whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable
initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the
series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or without
coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any
such permanent global Security may exchange such interests for
Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form
and denomination and the circumstances under which any such
exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section
305, whether Registered Securities of the series may be exchanged
for Bearer Securities of the series (if permitted by applicable laws
and regulations), whether Bearer Securities of the series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of the series, and the
circumstances under which and the place or places where such
exchanges may be made and if Securities of the series are to be
issuable in global form, the identity of any initial depository
therefor; provided, that, unless otherwise provided, Securities
shall be issued as Registered Securities;
(21) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any
temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the
series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of
the first Security of the series to be issued;
(22) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest,
the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any
Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than
upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto
as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in
which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an
Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner
provided in Section 304;
(23) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form
(whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates
or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form
and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(24) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay Additional
Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005 on the Securities of the
series to any Holder who is not a United States person (including
any modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any
tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the
Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than
pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(25) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or
exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the
Company), the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will
be so convertible or exchangeable; and
(26) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations
on such rights and preferences) relating to the series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act or the provisions of this Indenture).
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All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer
Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case
of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution (subject to Section 303) and
set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time,
and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of
additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to
one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action(s) shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and such Board Resolutions shall be delivered to the Trustee at or
prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of
the series.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall
be specified as contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities of
any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions, the
Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered Securities issued
in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in
denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof and the Bearer
Securities of such series, other than the Bearer Securities issued in global
form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of
$5,000 or any integral multiple threof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on
behalf of the Company by its Chairman, its President, its Chief Financial
Officer, an Executive Vice President, its Treasurer or a Vice President, under
its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
or coupons may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any
future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on
the Securities.
Securities or coupons 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 or
coupons.
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At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series together with any
coupon appertaining thereto, 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 authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that,
in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed
or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided,
further, that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of
Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be delivered in
connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive
such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate in such forms and on
such terms as may be established pursuant to Section 301. If any Security
shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security, then, for purposes
of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner's interest
therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion
of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in connection
with its original issuance of such beneficial owner's interest in such
permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant
coupons for interest then matured have been detached and canceled. If not all
the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if the Board
Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing such
series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable
to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining terms of
particular Securities of such series such as interest rate, maturity date,
date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue.
In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA Sections 315(a)
through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect:
(a) that the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) that the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining
thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in
accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company
in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, to general equitable
principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall
conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such
Securities and any coupons;
(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of such Securities, any coupons and of the
supplemental indentures, if any, have been complied with and that
authentication and delivery of such Securities and any coupons and
the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture, if any, by
the Trustee will not violate the terms of the Indenture;
(e) that the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities
and any coupons, and has duly taken all necessary corporate action
with respect to such issuance; and
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(f) that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons will not
contravene the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company
or result in any violation of any of the terms or provisions of any
law or regulation or of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement
known to such Counsel by which the Company is bound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding two
paragraphs, if not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs prior to or at the
time of issuance of each Security, but such documents shall be delivered prior
to or at the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any such
Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will
affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and
this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, and
each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated
by Section 301.
No Security or coupon 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
duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and
such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section
310 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such
Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of
this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company
may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued, in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or
more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such
Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. Such temporary Securities may be in global form.
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Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be
exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series, upon surrender of the temporary securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any
one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured
coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations;
provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section
303. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any such
temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be
delivered to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the
"Common Depositary"), for the benefit of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., for credit
to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to
such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified
in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global Security
(the "Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive
Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the
Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to
be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations
and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be
exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such
temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent
global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination
thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination
thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global
Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary
global Security is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a
subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary
global Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate
dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL S.A. as to
the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be
exchanged, each in such form as may be established pursuant to Section 301;
and provided, further, that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in
exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with
the requirements of Section 303.
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Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the interest of
a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global Security
shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like
tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs Euroclear
or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf and
delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, a certificate in such
form as may be established pursuant to Section 301, dated no earlier than 15
days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be
available from the offices of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., the Trustee, any
Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying
Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such
exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such
temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive
Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the
like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive
Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or CEDEL S.A. Definitive
Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a
temporary global Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of
any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor
authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary global
Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring
prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and CEDEL
S.A. on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A.
to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in such form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301, for credit without further interest on or
after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who
are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on such Interest
Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the
case may be, a certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest
Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in such form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall
satisfy the certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this
Section and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the
interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary global
Security with respect to which such certification was made will be exchanged
for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange
Date or the date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date,
without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise
provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal or interest owing with
respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary global Security will be made
unless and until such interest in such temporary global Security shall have
been exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so
received by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. and not paid as herein provided shall be
returned to the Trustee immediately prior to the expiration of two years after
such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance
with Section 1003.
SECTION 305. Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register for each series of Securities (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 Registered
Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Security Register
shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into
written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Security
Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby
initially appointed as security registrar (the "Security Registrar") for the
purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered
Securities as herein provided.
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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any
series at the office of the Security Registrar for that series, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of
the designated transferee, one or more new Registered Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in
exchange for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) expressly permitted in or pursuant to the applicable Board
Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officers'
Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as
contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of
any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of
any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and
tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such
office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in
default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to
produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in
default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities
are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount
equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender
of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee
if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require
to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder
of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon
in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be
entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that,
except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an
office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such
office or agency in a permitted exchange for a Registered Security of the same
series and like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on
(i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office
or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record
Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the
related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security
shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted
Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment
Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be
payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which
the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as
provided in this paragraph. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a
permanent global Security is entitled to exchange such interest for Securities
of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized
form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and
provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security
shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not
later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner's
interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the Company. On or
after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such
permanent global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary or
such other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect
thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange
for each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global
Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the series are not
issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as specified
as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or
Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by
the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that no such exchanges may
occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any
selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption
Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among those
selected for redemption; and provided, further, that no Bearer Security
delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be
mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a
Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent
global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such
exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office
or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on
such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be,
in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the
Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global
Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
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 Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security
Registrar) 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 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 not involving any
transfer.
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The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities
of that series under Section 1103 or 1203 and ending at the close of business
on (A) if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities,
the date of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if
Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the date of the
first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of
the series are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no
publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected
for redemption except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a
Registered Security of that series and like tenor; provided that such
Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or
(iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has
been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the
portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining
to it is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if
any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, or, in case any such mutilated
Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the
Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered
Security, pay such Security or coupon.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon
and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice
to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired
by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or in exchange for the Security for which a destroyed, lost or
stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or
stolen), a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen
coupon appertains, or, in case any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding
to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, pay such Security or coupon.
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 government
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to
this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange
for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any,
or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series and their
coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
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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 or coupons.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional
Interest Reset.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any
series of Securities, interest on any Registered 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 such Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that
each installment of interest on any Registered Security may at the Company's
option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon
the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 309, to
the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii)
transfer to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the
Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a
Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank
located outside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every permanent
global Security in bearer form will provide that interest, if any, payable on
any Interest Payment Date will be paid to each of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A.
with respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for its
account by the Common Depositary, for the purpose of permitting each of
Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. to credit the interest received by it in respect of
such permanent global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners
thereof.
Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is
not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record
Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and, if
applicable, interest on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the
rate specified in the Securities of such series (such defaulted interest and,
if applicable, interest thereon herein collectively called "Defaulted
Interest") may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
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(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security
of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in
Sections 311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)) 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 on or
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of
such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given
in the manner provided in Section 106, 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 given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose name the Registered Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to
the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be reasonably deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as
the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307)
interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass
by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any
coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of
receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupons be overdue, and none of
the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
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None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar
will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a
Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing
herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or
the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with respect to such
global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial
interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as
Holder of such global Security.
SECTION 309. Cancellation.
All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at
the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit
against any current or future sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to
any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All
Securities and coupons so delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly canceled
by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation
any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the
Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the
Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation
any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not
issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by
the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities, however,
such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. 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 by the
Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and certification of their
disposal delivered to the Company unless by Company Order the Company shall
direct that canceled Securities be returned to it.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to
any Securities, interest, if any, on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 311. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities.
(a) With respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting
the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders of
which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (b)
below, and with respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except
as provided in paragraph (d) below, payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on any Registered or
Bearer Security of such series will be made in the Currency in which
such Registered Security or Bearer Security, as the case may be, is
payable. The provisions of this Section 311 may be modified or
superseded with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301.
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(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to
Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the
option, subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments
of principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest, if any, on
such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be
designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written
election with signature guarantees and in the applicable form
established pursuant to Section 301, not later than the close of
business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable
payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any
such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder
or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or
such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such
change must be made not later than the close of business on the
Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be
effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no
such change of election may be made with respect to payments to be
made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which
an Event of Default has occurred or with respect to which the
Company has deposited funds pursuant to Article Four or Fourteen or
with respect to which a notice of redemption has been given by the
Company or a notice of option to elect repayment has been sent by
such Holder or such transferee). Any Holder of any such Registered
Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the
Trustee not later than the close of business on the applicable
Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment
date in the relevant Currency as provided in Section 311(a). The
Trustee shall notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable
after the Election Date of the aggregate principal amount of
Registered Securities for which Holders have made such written
election.
(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the election
referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to
Section 301, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301, not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date
for each payment date for Registered Securities of any series, the
Exchange Rate Agent will deliver to the Company a written notice
specifying, in the Currency in which Registered Securities of such
series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on the Registered
Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts
in such Currency so payable in respect of the Registered Securities
as to which the Holders of Registered Securities of such series
shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in
paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to in paragraph (b)
above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and if at least
one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, on the second Business Day preceding such
payment date the Company will deliver to the Trustee for such series
of Registered Securities an Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate in
respect of the Dollar or Foreign Currency payments to be made on
such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301, the Dollar or Foreign Currency amount receivable by Holders of
Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as
provided in paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Company
on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the
third Business Day (the "Valuation Date") immediately preceding each
payment date and such determination shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency in
which any of the Securities are denominated or payable other than
pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (b)
above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal
of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on the applicable
Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency occurring
after the last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the
"Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for
use on each such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301, the Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the
Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of
such Securities with respect to such payment date shall be, in the
case of a Foreign Currency other than a currency unit, the Dollar
Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency
unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided in
paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Holder of
a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected
to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above,
and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency,
such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment
would have been made in the absence of such election; and if a
Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which
payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such
Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (d)
above.
(f) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be determined
by the Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent
payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.
(g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be determined by
the Exchange Rate Agent and subject to the provisions of paragraph
(h) below shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the
Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the
Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation
Date with respect to each payment.
(h) For purposes of this Section 311 the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
A "Component Currency" shall mean any Currency which, on the
Conversion Date, was a component currency of the relevant
currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU.
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A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the
number of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof
which were represented in the relevant currency unit,
including, but not limited to, the ECU, on the Conversion Date.
If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component
Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or
multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion
Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a
single currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such
Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified
Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in
such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a
Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a
Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component
Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced
by amounts of such two or more currencies, having an aggregate
Dollar Equivalent value at the Market Exchange Rate on the date
of such replacement equal to the Dollar Equivalent value of the
Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the
Market Exchange Rate immediately before such division and such
amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such
currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If, after
the Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit, including,
but not limited to, the ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any
event referred to above in this definition of "Specified
Amount") occurs with respect to any Component Currency of such
currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation
Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall,
for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the
Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange
Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component
Currency.
"Election Date" shall mean the date for any series of
Registered Securities as specified pursuant to clause (13) of
Section 301 by which the written election referred to in
paragraph (b) above may be made.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the
Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified Amounts
as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon
the Company, the Trustee and all Holders of such Securities denominated or
payable in the relevant Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give
written notice to the Company and the Trustee of any such decision or
determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a Conversion Event
has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company will immediately
give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and
the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided for in
Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the
event the Company so determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with
respect to the ECU or any other currency unit in which Securities are
denominated or payable, the Company will immediately give written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee will
promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided for in Section 106 to
the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount
of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event the Company
determines in good faith that any subsequent change in any Component Currency
as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above has occurred, the
Company will similarly give written notice to the Trustee and the Exchange
Rate Agent.
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The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon
information received by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and
shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or
validity of such information independent of the Company or the Exchange Rate
Agent.
SECTION 312. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent.
(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if and so long
as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Currency
other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than
Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of
this Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each
such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange
Rate Agent. The Company will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make
the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time and in the
manner specified pursuant to Section 301 for the purpose of
determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if applicable, for
the purpose of converting the issued Currency into the applicable
payment Currency for the payment of principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 311.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a
successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered
to the Company and the Trustee.
(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of
the Exchange Rate Agent for any cause with respect to the Securities
of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent
or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the Securities of that or
those series (it being understood that any such successor Exchange
Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, at any time there shall only be one
Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular
series that are originally issued by the Company on the same date
and that are initially denominated and/or payable in the same
Currency).
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with
respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Request (except
as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities of such series herein expressly provided for and the obligation of
the Company to pay any Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005) and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series
when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other
than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered
for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such
exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived as
provided in Xxxxxxx 000, (xx) Securities and coupons of such
series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) coupons
appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing
after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been
waived as provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and
coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore
been deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii)
below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, 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
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal
(and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in
the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the
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 as to such series have been complied
with.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 606, the obligations
of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 and, if money
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause
(1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the
last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the
coupons and this Indenture, to the payment either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and
premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited
with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that
series, or any related coupon, when such interest or coupon becomes
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 90
days; provided however, that an extension of one or more Interest
Payment Dates by the Company in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto, shall not constitute a default in the
payment of interest; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on)
any Security of that series at its Maturity; provided, however, that
a valid extension of the Maturity of the principal or premium, if
any, of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the
payment of principal or premium, if any; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due
by the terms of the Securities of that series and Article 12; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement
of the Company in this Indenture which affects or is applicable to
the Securities of that series (other than a default in the
performance, or breach of a covenant or agreement which is
specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section or which has
expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of
one or more series of Securities other than that series), and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after
there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding
Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default
or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
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(5) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving
as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under the
Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state
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 90 consecutive days;
or
(6) in the event Securities are issued and sold to a Pacific Telesis
Trust or a trustee of such trust in connection with the issuance of
Trust Securities by such Pacific Telesis Trust, such Pacific Telesis
Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily dissolved, wound-up
its business or otherwise terminated its existence except in
connection with (i) the distribution of Securities to Holders of
Trust Securities in liquidation or redemption of their interests in
such Pacific Telesis Trust, (ii) the redemption of all of the
Outstanding Trust Securities of such Pacific Telesis Trust or (iii)
certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted
by the Declaration of such Pacific Telesis Trust.
(7) 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 the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or
state 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; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default described in Section 501 with respect to Securities of
any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every
such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount
(or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities
or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series
to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and
to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such
principal amount (or specified portion thereof) shall become immediately due
and payable.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of
any series (or of all series, as the case may be) has been made and before a
judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all
series, as the case may be), by written notice to the Company and the Trustee,
may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
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(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for
the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided
in Sections 311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)),
(A) all overdue interest on all Outstanding Securities of that
series (or of all series, as the case may be) and any related
coupons,
(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the
case may be) which has become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid
principal at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities,
(C) interest on overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefore in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or
of all series, as the case may be), other than the non-payment of
amounts of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on
Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be)
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration,
have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any
Security of any series and any related coupon as and when such
interest becomes due and payable and which payment has not been
extended in accordance with the provision of any indenture
supplemental hereto, and such default continues for a period of 90
days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of all or any part of the principal
of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of any series when
the same shall have become due and payable and which payment has not
been extended in accordance with the terms of any indenture
supplemental hereto, whether at the Stated Maturity of such series
or by any call for redemption or by declaration of acceleration or
otherwise or
(3) default is made in the satisfaction of any sinking fund obligation
when and as such obligation becomes due and payable and which
payment has not been extended in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto,
then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and coupons, the whole amount then
due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, and interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any)
and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
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If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities,
wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (or of all
series, as the case may be) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series (or of all series, as the case may be) by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement
of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of
any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium,
if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any), or such portion of the principal amount of any
series of Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities
as may be specified in the terms of such series, and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such
judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders,
to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize
or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or
coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and
coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied
in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case
of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any)
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the
case may be, 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 under
Section 606;
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the
Securities and coupons 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 and coupons
for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
respectively; and
Third: The balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or
Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons shall have any
right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series in the case of any Event of
Default described in Section 501, 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
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(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 or more in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series in the case of any Event of Default described in
Section 501;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other Holders of Securities of the same series or to obtain or to seek to
obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any
right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of Securities of the same series.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment, as provided herein (including, if applicable, Article Fourteen) and
in such Security, of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and (subject
to Section 307) interest on, such Security or payment of such coupon on the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the
case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee
or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination
in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and
coupons shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the
Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last
paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to
the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon
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.
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SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
With respect to the Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee relating to or arising under Section 501,
provided that in each case
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in
personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of
Securities of such series not consenting.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the
Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default described
in Section 501 and its consequences, except a default
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) or interest on any Security or any related coupon, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, any 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will
not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by such
Holder's acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may
in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may
in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section 515 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder of Securities of any series, or
group of such Holders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in
principal amount of the Securities of such series Outstanding, or to any suit
instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal
of or any interest or premium on any Security, on or after the due date
expressed in such Security or for such interest (or in the case of any
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Events of Default.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the
manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such
default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall
have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of an
Event of Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on)
or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking
fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall
be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Board of
Directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of
such series and any related coupons.
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of TIA
Sections 315(a) through 315(d):
(1) if 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 man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;
(2) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(3) 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;
(4) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee
(unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in
the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(5) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(6) 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 of Securities of any series or any
related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction;
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(7) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally
or by agent or attorney;
(8) 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
(9) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be required 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.
SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and
accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and coupons and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such
other agent.
SECTION 605. 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 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of
a trustee of an express trust);
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(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any
provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation
and the 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 for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith
on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs
and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee,
to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and
to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute additional
indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture. As security for the performance of such obligations of the
Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest
on particular Securities or any coupons.
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act
as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
Federal, State, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If
at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective
until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company.
If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 609 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30
days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
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(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA
Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or
by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for
at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months, or
(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, or
(4) the Company shall determine that the Trustee has failed to
perform its obligations under this Indenture in any material
respect,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA
Section 315(e), any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment
of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any
cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the
Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any
such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time
there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of
any particular series). If, within one year after such resignation,
removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall
be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the
Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed
shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and
to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company. If no successor trustee with respect to the Securities of
any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the
Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided,
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
any series to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner
provided for in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of
the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
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SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the
request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights,
powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain
such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not
retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which
the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than
one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of
the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or
trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates;
but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Whenever there is a successor Trustee with respect to one or more
(but less than all) series of Securities issued pursuant to this
Indenture, the terms "Indenture" and "Securities" shall have the
meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definitions of
those terms in Section 101 which contemplate such situation.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting
in and confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers and
trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the
case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
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SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may
adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the
same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been
authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities either
in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor
Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force
which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the
certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to
adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to
authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply
only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may
appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series
of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series and the Trustee shall give written
notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with
respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided
for in Section 106. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes
as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the
Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication
and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate
of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating
Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall
at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined
capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report
of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this
Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall
continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent.
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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time
such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice
of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to
which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in
Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named
as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 606.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this
Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition
to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of
authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
The First National Bank of Chicago,
as Trustee
By:_____________________________________________
as Authenticating Agent
By:_____________________________________________
Authorized Officer
SECTION 612. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 612, if the
Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor, directly or indirectly,
secured or unsecured, of the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities within three months prior to a default, as defined in
subsection (c) of this Section 612, or subsequent to such a default,
then, unless and until such default shall be cured, the Trustee shall set
apart and hold in a special account for the benefit of the Trustee
individually, the Holders of Securities for which it is acting as
Trustee, and the holders of other indenture securities (as defined in
subsection (c) of this Section 612):
(1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and
owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal or
interest, effected after the beginning of such three months' period,
and valid as against the Company or such other obligor on the
Securities and its other creditors, except any such reduction
resulting from the receipt or disposition of any property described
in paragraph (2) of this subsection, or from the exercise of any
right of set-off which the Trustee could have exercised if a
petition in bankruptcy had been filed by or against the Company or
such other obligor on the Securities upon the date of such default;
and
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(2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claims as
such creditor either as security therefor, or in satisfaction or
composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such three
months' period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such
property if disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of
the Company or such other obligor on the Securities and their
respective other creditors in such property or such proceeds.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee:
(A) to retain for its own account (1) payments made on account of
any such claim by any Person (other than the Company or such
other obligor on the Securities) who is liable thereon, and
(ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such claim by
the Trustee to a third Person, and (iii) distributions made in
cash, securities or other property in respect of claims filed
against the Company or such other obligor on the Securities in
bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization
pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code or applicable
state laws;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it
as security for any such claim, if such property was so held
prior to the beginning of such three months' period;
(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the
claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as
security for any such claim, if such claim was created after
the beginning of such three months' period and such property
was received as security therefor simultaneously with the
creation thereof, and if the Trustee shall sustain the burden
of proving that at the time such property was so received, the
Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a default, as
defined in subsection (c) of this Section 612, would occur
within three months; or
(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B) or
(C) against the release of any property held as security for
such claim as provided in such paragraph (B) or (C), as the
case may be, to the extent of the fair value of such property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted
after the beginning of such three months' period for property held as
security at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the
fair value of the property released, have the same status as the property
released, and to the extent that any claim referred to in any of such
paragraphs is created in renewal of or in substitution for or for the
purpose of repaying or refunding any preexisting claim of the Trustee as
such creditor, such claim shall have the same status as such preexisting
claim.
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If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property held
in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned
among the Trustee, the Holders of Securities for which it is acting as
Trustee, and the holders of other indenture securities in such manner
that the Trustee, such Holders of Securities and the holders of other
indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from such special
account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company or
such other obligor on the Securities in bankruptcy or receivership or in
proceedings for reorganization pursuant to Title 11 of the United States
Code or applicable state law, the same percentage of their respective
claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee anything on
account of the receipt by it from the Company or such other obligor on
the Securities of the funds and property in such special account and
before crediting to the respective claims of the Trustee, such Holders of
Securities, and the holders of other indenture securities dividends on
claims filed against the Company or such other obligor on the securities
in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization
pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code or applicable state law,
but after crediting thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness
represented by their respective claims from all sources other than from
such dividends and from the funds and property so held in such special
account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any claim, the term
"dividends" shall include any distribution with respect to such claim in
bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant
to Title 11 of the United States Code or applicable State law, whether
such distribution is made in cash, securities or other property, but
shall not include any such distribution with respect to the secured
portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy,
receivership or proceeding for reorganization is pending shall have
jurisdiction (i) to apportion among the Trustee, such Holders of
Securities, and the holders of other indenture securities, in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph, the funds and property held in
such special account and the proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such
apportionment in whole or in part, to give to the provisions of this
paragraph due consideration in determining the fairness of the
distributions to be made to the Trustee, such Holders of Securities and
the holders of other indenture securities with respect to their
respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to liquidate
or to appraise the value of any securities or other property held in such
special account or as security for any such claim, or to make a specific
allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured
portions of such claim, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this
paragraph as a mathematical formula.
Any Trustee who has resigned or been removed after the beginning of such
three moths' period shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection
(a) as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any
Trustee has resigned prior to the beginning of such three months'
period, it shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection (a) if
and only if the following conditions exist:
(i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim which would have
given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had
continued, as trustee, occurred after the beginning of such
three months' period; and
(ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred within
three months after such resignation or removal.
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In every case commenced under the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, or any
amendment thereto enacted prior to November 6, 1978, all references to
periods of three months shall be deemed to be references to periods of
four months.
(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of subsection (a) of this
Section 612 a creditor relationship arising from:
(1) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under any
indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of
one year or more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee;
(2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of
competent jurisdiction, or by this Indenture, for the purpose
of preserving any property which shall at any time be subject
to the lien of this Indenture or of discharging tax liens or
other prior liens or encumbrances thereon, if notice of such
advance and of the circumstances surrounding the making thereof
is given to the Holders of Securities at the time and in the
manner provided in Section 703;
(3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the
capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent,
registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary,
or other similar capacity;
(4) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or
premises rented, or an indebtedness created as a result of
goods or securities sold in a cash transaction as defined in
subsection (c) of this Section 612;
(5) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a company
organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the Federal
Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a
creditor of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities;
and
(6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any
drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which
fall within the classification of self-liquidating paper as
defined in subsection (c) of this Section 612.
(c) As used in this Section 612 the following terms shall be accorded
the following definitions:
(1) the term "default" shall mean any failure to make payment in
full of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities
or on other indenture securities when and as such principal or
interest becomes due and payable.
(2) the term "other indenture securities" shall mean securities
upon which the Company or any other obligor on the Securities
is an "obligor" (as defined in the TIA) outstanding under any
other indenture (A) under which the Trustee is also trustee,
(B) which contains provisions substantially similar to the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 612, and (C) under
which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the
funds and property held in said special account.
(3) the term "cash transaction" shall mean any transaction in which
full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven
days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or
in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and
payable upon demand.
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(4) the term "self-liquidating paper" shall mean any draft, xxxx of
exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn,
negotiated or incurred by the Company or any other obligor on
the Securities for the purpose of financing the purchase,
processing, manufacture, shipment, storage or sale of goods,
wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents
evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods,
wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising
from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously
constituting the security, provided the security is received by
the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor
relationship with the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities arising from the making, drawing. negotiating or
incurring of the draft, xxxx of exchange, acceptance or
obligation.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to furnish Trustee Information As to the Names and
Addresses of Holders of Securities.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, not less
than 45 days nor more than 60 days after each date (month and day) specified
as an Interest Payment Date for the Securities of the first series issued
under this Indenture (whether or not any Securities of that series are then
Outstanding), but in no event less frequently than semiannually, and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list in such form as the Trustee
may reasonably require containing all information in the possession or control
of the Company, or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee, as to the
names and addresses of the Holders of Securities, obtained since the date as
of which the next previous list, if any, was furnished, excluding from any
such list the names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as
registrar (if so acting). Any such list may be dated as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the time such information is furnished and need not
include information received after such date.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders of
Securities.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of
each series (1) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as
provided in Section 701, (2) received by the Trustee in the capacity
of Paying Agent or registrar (if so acting), and (3) filed with the
Trustee within the two preceding years as provided for in Section
704. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided
in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) If three or more Holders of Securities (hereinafter referred to as
"applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the
Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a
Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of
such application, and such application states that the applicants
desire to communicate with other Holders of Securities of any series
or with Holders of all Securities with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under such Securities and is accompanied by a copy
of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants
propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business
Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either:
(1) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection
(a) of this Section 702 or
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(2) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of
Securities of such series or all Securities, as the case may be,
whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection
(a) of this Section 702, and as to the approximate cost of mailing
to such Holders of Securities the form of proxy or other
communications, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each of the Holders of Securities of such series, or
all Securities, as the case may be, whose name and address appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 702, a copy of the form of
proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with
reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be
mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable
expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the
Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission,
together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to
the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be
contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Securities of such
series or all Securities, as the case may be, or would be in violation of
applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such
opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the
objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an
order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry
of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission
shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the
objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so
declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such
Holders of Securities with reasonable promptness after the entry of such
order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be
relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
(c) Each and every Holder of the Securities, by receiving and holding
the same, agrees with the Company and the trustee that neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any registrar shall
be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of
Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of
this Section 702, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request
made under said subsection (b).
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15
after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee
shall transmit to the Holders of Securities, in the manner and to the extent
provided in TIA Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15 if
required by TIA Section 313(a).
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SECTION 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required
to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports
and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of
such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from
time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company
may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the
Company is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of such Sections, then it shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which
may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a
national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time
in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to
compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this
Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations; and
(3) transmit to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in
TIA Section 313(c), within 30 days after the filing thereof with the
Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and
(2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
(4) furnish to the Trustee not less often than annually, a brief
certificate from the principal executive officer, principal
financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her
knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and
covenants under the Indenture; such compliance to be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under the Indenture.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or
convey, transfer or lease, or permit one or more of its Subsidiaries to
convey, transfer or lease, all or substantially all of the property and assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to any Person,
unless the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which
leases, the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee, the Company's obligation for the due and punctual payment of
the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on all the Securities
and the performance and observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the
part of the Company to be performed or observed.
This Section shall only apply to a merger or consolidation in which the
Company is not the surviving corporation and to conveyances, leases and
transfers by the Company as transferor or lessor.
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SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any
other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to any
Person in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance,
transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and 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 in the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term
shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Person which shall theretofore
become such in the manner described in Section 801), except in the case of a
lease, shall be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities and the coupons and may be dissolved and
liquidated.
SECTION 803. Assignment of Rights.
The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its respective
rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly-
owned Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that in the event of any such
assignment, the Company will remain liable for all of its respective
obligations. Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture will be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties
hereto.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
contained herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities and any related coupons
(and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants are being included
solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or
power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of
Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such Events of Default are being included
solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal,
to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal
of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer
Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to
permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer
Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form;
provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related
coupons in any material respect; or
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(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture;
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective
only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created
prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is
entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
(6) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee,
pursuant to the requirements of Section 609(b); or
(8) to close this Indenture with respect to the authentication and
delivery of additional series of Securities, to cure any ambiguity,
to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture; provided such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series and any related
coupons in any material respect.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of all Outstanding Securities of any series, by Act of said Holders
delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or
pursuant to 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
which affect such series of Securities or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture;
provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment
of interest on, any Security of such series, or reduce the principal
amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or change any obligation of the
Company to pay Additional Amounts contemplated by Section 1005
(except as contemplated by Section 801 and permitted by Section
901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security of such series that would be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 504, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the
option of any Holder of any Security of such series, or change any
Place of Payment where, or the Currency in which, any Security of
such series or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the
Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be), or
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(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series required for any such supplemental
indenture, for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of
this Indenture which affect such series or certain defaults
applicable to such series hereunder and their consequences provided
for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1504
for quorum or voting with respect to Securities of such series, or
(3) change the time of payment or reduce the amount of any minimum
sinking fund payment, or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 513, except
to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture which affect such series cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series.
Any such supplemental indenture adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, or modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series, shall not
affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any
other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve
the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be
sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts
created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified and amended in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes;
and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform
to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
reasonably required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form reasonably
approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any
such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities of such series.
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company
shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security
affected, in the manner provided for in Section 106, setting forth in general
terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series
of Securities and any related coupons that it will duly and punctually pay or
cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on
the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities,
any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, subject, however, to the
limitations set forth in this Section 1001. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any
interest installments due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such
interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
If the Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the
Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an
office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will
maintain (A) in The City of New York, an office or agency where any Registered
Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration
of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange,
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of
that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in
the circumstances described in this Section (and not otherwise), (B) subject
to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that
series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where
Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered
for payment; provided, however, that, if the Securities of that series are
listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock
exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the
Securities of that series in any required city located outside the United
States so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange,
and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of
Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office
or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location,
and any change in the location, of such office or agency.
If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of any
series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at
the offices specified in the Security, in London, and the Company hereby
appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.
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Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section
301, no payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall
be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that,
if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and interest on any Bearer Security shall be made at
the office of the Company's Paying Agent in The City of New York, if (but only
if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or
interest, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United
States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this
Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any
such designation; 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 accordance with the requirements set forth above for
Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise
specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of
Payment for each series of Securities the office or agency of the Company in
the City of Chicago, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office as Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section
301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a
Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than
Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of the
Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of
Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to
any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each
due date of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on any of
the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the Securities of
such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301
for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in
Sections 311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)) sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to
such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly
notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of
Securities and any related coupons, it will, prior to or on each due date of
the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on any Securities of
that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency described in
the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any)
or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such
Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
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The Company will cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) for any
series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and interest on Securities of such series in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any
payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on the
Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which 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 sums.
Except as provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with
the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on any
Security of any series, or any coupon appertaining thereto, and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest
has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or
(if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security or coupon shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of
the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all
liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided,
however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make
any such repayment, may at the request and expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less
than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee the certificate required by Section
704(4) hereof.
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SECTION 1005. Additional Amounts.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts to
any Holder who is not a United States person in respect of any tax, assessment
or governmental charge ("Additional Amounts"), the Company will pay to the
Holder of any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto such
Additional Amounts as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301.
Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of
the principal (or premium, if any, on) or interest on, or in respect of, any
Security of a series or payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds
received on the sale or exchange of any Security of a series, such mention
shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts, if
any, provided for by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section
301 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would
be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention of
the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof
shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions
hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series
of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest
prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal (and premium,
if any) is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal (and premium, if any) or interest if there has been any change with
respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate,
the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's principal Paying Agent
or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate
instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such
payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on the
Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that
series or any related coupons who are not United States persons without
withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge described in the Securities of the series. If any such withholding
shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country
the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders
of Securities of that series or related coupons, and the Company will pay to
the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms
of such Securities. In the event that the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the
case may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned certificate, then the
Trustee or such Paying Agent shall be entitled to (i) assume that no such
withholding or deduction is required with respect to any payment of principal
(and premium, if any) or interest with respect to any Securities of a series
or related coupons until it shall have received a certificate advising
otherwise and (ii) to make all payments of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest with respect to the Securities of a series or related coupons without
withholding or deductions until otherwise advised. The Company covenants to
indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence
or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken
or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished
pursuant to this Section.
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SECTION 1006. Limitation on Dividends.
(a) If Securities are issued to a Pacific Telesis Trust or a trustee of such
trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by such Pacific
Telesis Trust and (i) there shall have occurred any event that would
constitute an Event of Default or (ii) the Company shall be in default
with respect of its payment or any other obligations under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee or Common Securities Guarantee relating to such
Pacific Telesis Trust, then (A) the Company shall not declare or pay any
dividend on, make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase,
acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital
stock, and (B) the Company shall not make any payment of interest,
principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt
securities issued by the Company which rank pari passu with or junior to
such Securities, provided that the foregoing restriction in paragraph (A)
does not apply to any stock dividends paid by the Company where the
dividend stock is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being
paid.
(b) If Securities are issued to a Pacific Telesis Trust or a trustee of such
a trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by such
Pacific Telesis Trust and the Company shall have given notice of its
election to defer payments of interest on such Securities by extending
the interest payment period as provided in the Indenture and such period,
or any extension thereof, shall be continuing, then (A) the Company shall
not declare or pay any dividend or, make any distributions with respect
to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of its capital stock, and (B) the Company shall not make
any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Company which rank
pari passu with or junior to such Securities, provided that the foregoing
restriction in paragraph (A) does not apply to any stock dividends paid
by the Company where the dividend stock is the same as that on which the
dividend is being paid.
SECTION 1007. Covenants as to Pacific Telesis Trusts.
In the event Securities are issued and sold to a Pacific Telesis Trust or a
trustee of such trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by
such Pacific Telesis Trust, for so long as such Trust Securities remain
Outstanding, the Company will (i) maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership
of the Common Securities of such Pacific Telesis Trust; provided, however,
that any permitted successor of the Company under the Indenture may succeed to
the Company's ownership of the Common Securities, and (ii) use its reasonable
efforts to cause such Pacific Telesis Trust (a) to remain a statutory business
trust, except in connection with a distribution of Securities as provided in
the Declaration of such Pacific Telesis Trust, the redemption of all of the
Trust Securities and in connection with certain mergers, consolidations or
amalgamations permitted by the Declaration of such Pacific Telesis Trust, and
(b) otherwise continue to be treated as a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with the terms of such Securities and
(except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities
of any series) in accordance with this Article.
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SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the
principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall deliver
to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to
select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1103. In the case of
any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities
of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions of the principal of Securities of such
series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the
portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series established
pursuant to Section 301.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case
of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in
Section 106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to
be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (together with
accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided
in Section 1106) will become due and payable upon each such
Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities, together in the case of
Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any,
maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
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(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities
of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be
accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption
Date or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be
deducted from the Redemption Price unless security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is
furnished, and
(8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any
Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if
such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities
not subject to redemption on such Redemption Date pursuant to
Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the
Company, on which such exchanges may be made.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or
with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in
the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series
and except, if applicable as provided in Sections 311(b), 311(d) and 312(e))
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all the
Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be
redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified in the Currency in which the Securities of
such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301
for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable as provided in
Sections 311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)) (together with accrued interest, if any,
to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company
shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest)
such Securities shall, if the same were interest bearing, cease to bear
interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer
Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be
void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with
said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing
after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable
only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons
for such interest, and provided, further, that installments of interest on
Registered Securities 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 their terms and the provisions of Section
307.
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If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by
all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may
be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or
coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to
them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and
any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall
surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in
respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price,
such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided,
however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an
office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise
provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption or portion thereof shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any)
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) set forth in the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions
of this Article or of Article Twelve) 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 such
Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security
without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, 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.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
Retirements of Securities of any series pursuant to any sinking fund shall be
made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in
accordance with this Article.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject
to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
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SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
Subject to Section 1203, in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory
sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a series in cash,
subject to the limitations set forth at Section 1001, the Company may at its
option (1) deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) theretofore purchased or otherwise
acquired by the Company together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such
series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and/or (2) receive
credit for the principal amount of Securities of such series which have been
previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company or for Securities of such
series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant
to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted
optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in
each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of the same series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series; provided, however, that such Securities have not been previously so
credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by
the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series
of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)) and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that
series pursuant to Section 1202 (which Securities will, if not previously
delivered, accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to
exercise its right to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with
respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its
delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments
therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such
certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be
sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject to a
mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit
Securities as provided in Section 1202 and without the right to make any
optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series.
Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee
shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date
in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the
manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee
or a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1103) in cash a sum equal
to any interest that will accrue to the date fixed for redemption of
Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment
date pursuant to this Section 1203.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking fund for any series
of Securities, if at any time the amount of cash to be paid into such sinking
fund on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date, together with any
unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or payments for such
series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the Trustee, unless
requested by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the
redemption of Securities of such series through the operation of the sinking
fund. Any such unused balance of moneys deposited in such sinking fund shall
be added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash on the
next succeeding sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Company,
shall be applied at any time or from time to time to the purchase of
Securities of such series, by public or private purchase, in the open market
or otherwise, at a purchase price for such Securities (excluding accrued
interest and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any Paying Agent
will be reimbursed by the Company) not in excess of the principal amount
thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.
Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the
option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such
Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities.
Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the
option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of
such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof,
together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date
specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company
covenants that on or before the Repayment Date it will deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 311(b), 311(d)
and 311(e)) sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms
of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, and
(except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued
interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be
repaid on such date.
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SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option.
Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders
thereof will contain an "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse of
such Securities. To be repaid at the option of the Holder, any Security so
providing for such repayment, with the "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the
reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the
Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such
other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the
Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days
prior to the Repayment Date. If less than the entire principal amount of such
Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the
principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum
denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or
denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the
portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be
repaid, must be specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for
repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if,
following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would
be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series
of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be
provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of
the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be
irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable.
If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the
Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article and as
provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities or
the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and
payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein
specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest
and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to
be repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender
of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions,
together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the
Repayment Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be
paid by the Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment
Date; provided, however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
the Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located
outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated pursuant to Section 301, only upon
presentation and surrender of those coupons; and provided further that, in the
case of Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment 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 their terms
and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied by
all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such Security may
be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as provided in
Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons,
or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or
indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent
harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the
Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however,
that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or
agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
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If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall not be
so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with
interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to
Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such
Security.
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
the Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the
Company, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such
Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Discharge of Liability on Outstanding Securities of any Series.
Upon the deposit with the Trustee, in trust, at or before Maturity, of money
or securities of the kind and in the necessary amount (as provided in Section
1403 of this Indenture) to pay or redeem Outstanding Securities of any Series
(whether upon or prior to their Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date of such
Outstanding Securities, provided that, if such Outstanding Securities are to
be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity thereof, notice of such redemption
shall have been given as in Article Eleven hereof provided or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of such
notice), the obligation of the Company duly and punctually to pay or cause to
be paid the principal of and any interest and premium in respect of such
Outstanding Securities and all liability of the Company in respect of such
payment shall cease, terminate and be completely discharged and the Holders
thereof shall thereafter be entitled only to payment out of the money or
securities deposited with the Trustee as aforesaid for their payment; provided
however, that this discharge of the Company's obligation so to pay and of the
liability of the Company in respect of such payment shall not occur unless the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such Series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such discharge.
SECTION 1402. Discharge of Certain Covenants and Other Obligations.
Upon the deposit with the Trustee, in trust, prior to Maturity of money or
securities of the kind and in the necessary amount (as provided in Section
1403 of this Indenture) to pay or redeem Outstanding Securities of one or more
Series (whether upon or prior to their Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date
of such Outstanding Securities, provided that, if such Outstanding Securities
are to be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity thereof, notice of such
redemption shall have been given as in Article Eleven hereof provided or
provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of
such notice), all of the obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company
with respect to such Outstanding Securities except those set forth in Section
1001, 1002 and 1005 and except those specified pursuant to Section 301 or in
any supplemental indenture pertaining to such Outstanding Securities, shall
cease, terminate and be completely discharged.
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SECTION 1403. Discharge of Certain Obligations Upon Deposit of Money or
Government Obligations with Trustee.
The conditions for deposit of money or Government Obligations contained in
Sections 1401 and 1402 shall have been satisfied whenever with respect to any
Outstanding Securities denominated in Dollars, the Company shall have
deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably in trust with the Trustee
dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities:
a) Dollars in an amount equal to the principal amount of such
Outstanding Securities and all unpaid interest thereon to Stated
Maturity, except that, in the case of Outstanding Securities which
are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity, the amount so to be
deposited or held shall be the principal amount of such Outstanding
Securities and interest thereon to the Redemption Date, together
with the redemption premium, if any; or
b) Government Obligations in such amounts and maturing at such times
that the proceeds of said obligations to be received upon their
respective maturities and interest payment dates will provide funds
sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest to
Stated Maturity, or to the Redemption Date, as the case may be, with
respect to all of the Outstanding Securities to be paid or redeemed,
as such principal, premium and interest become due, provided that
the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply the
proceeds of said obligations to the payment of said principal,
premium, if any, and interest with respect to said Outstanding
Securities.
The conditions for deposit of money or Government Obligations contained in
Sections 1401 and 1402 shall have been satisfied whenever with respect to any
Outstanding Securities denominated in one or more currencies or composite
currency other than Dollars, the Company shall have deposited or caused to be
deposited irrevocably in trust with the Trustee dedicated solely to the
benefit of the Holders of such Subordinated Securities:
(i) Lawful money in such Currency in which such Outstanding
Securities are payable and in an amount equal to the principal
amount of such Outstanding Securities and all unpaid interest
thereon to Stated Maturity, except that, in the case of
Outstanding Securities which are to be redeemed prior to Stated
Maturity, the amount so to be deposited or held shall be the
principal amount of such Outstanding Securities and interest
thereon to the Redemption Date, together with the redemption
premium, if any; or
(ii) Government Obligations in such amounts and maturing at such
times that the proceeds of said obligations to be received upon
their respective maturities and interest payment dates will
provide funds sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any,
and interest to Stated Maturity, or to the Redemption Date, as
the case may be, with respect to all of the Outstanding
Securities to be paid or redeemed, as such principal, premium
and interest become due, provided that the Trustee shall have
been irrevocably instructed to apply to the proceeds of said
obligations to the payment of said principal, premium, if any,
and interest with respect to said Outstanding Securities.
SECTION 1404. Unclaimed Moneys.
Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Outstanding
Security and not so applied but remaining unclaimed under applicable law shall
be transferred by the Trustee to the appropriate Persons in accordance with
applicable laws, and the Holder of such Outstanding Security shall thereafter
look only to such Persons for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to
collect and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to
such moneys shall thereupon cease.
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series may be called at any time and from time
to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such
series.
SECTION 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities
of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held
at such time and at such place in the cities of San Francisco, New
York or London as the Trustee shall reasonably determine after
consultation with the Company. Notice of every meeting of Holders
of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of
such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at
such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided for in Section
106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed
for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or
the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose
specified in Section 1501, by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting,
and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the
notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request
or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of
such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may
determine the time and the place in the cities of San Francisco, New
York or London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such
purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a) of
this Section.
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series,
a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such
series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a
Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the
Person entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives
of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its
counsel.
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SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of
Securities of such series; provided, however, that, if any action is to be
taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture
expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified
percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the
Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the
absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such
meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of
Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman
of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a
quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman
of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of
the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section
1502(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five
days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.
Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall state expressly the
percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a
meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section
902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture
expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified
percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned
meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than such specified percentage in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related
coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1504, if any action
is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made,
given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of
all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series
and one or more additional series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting;
and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series that vote in favor of such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action shall be taken into account in determining whether such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under this
Indenture.
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SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may
make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any
meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of
the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of
proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of
votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and
other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.
Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations,
the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in
Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the
manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the
person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust
company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the
holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may
be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section
104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called
by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section
1502(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of
the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like
manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a
permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the
Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy
shall be entitled to one vote for each $25 principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him
(determined as specified in the definition of "Outstanding" in
Section 101); provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or
counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not
Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not
Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to
vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be
adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so
adjourned without further notice.
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SECTION 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities
of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their
representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and
who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified
written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at
least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and
there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors
of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more
persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of
the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1502
and, if applicable, Section 1504. Each copy shall be signed and verified by
the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one
such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots
voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive
evidence of the matters therein stated.
This Indenture 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 Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
{Seal} PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP
Attest:
__________________________ By:_____________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:__________________________
{Seal} THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
Attest:
__________________________ By:_____________________________
Trust Officer Name:___________________________
Title:__________________________
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