GHL ACQUISITION CORP. as the Company and as Trustee Senior Indenture Dated as of , 20
Exhibit 4.4
and
as Trustee
___________________________________
Senior Indenture
Dated as
of
, 20
___________________________________
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PAGE
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01.
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Definitions
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1
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Section 1.02.
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Other
Definitions
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6
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Section 1.03.
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Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act
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6
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Section 1.04.
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Rules of
Construction
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7
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ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01.
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Form and
Dating
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7
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Section 2.02.
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Execution And
Authentication
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7
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Section 2.03.
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series
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10
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Section 2.04.
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Denomination and Date of
Securities; Payments of Interest
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13
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Section 2.05.
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Registrar and Paying Agent; Agents
Generally
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13
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Section 2.06.
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust
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14
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Section 2.07.
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Transfer and
Exchange
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15
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Section 2.08.
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Replacement
Securities
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18
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Section 2.09.
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Outstanding
Securities
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19
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Section 2.10.
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Temporary
Securities
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20
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Section 2.11.
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Cancellation
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20
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Section 2.12.
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CUSIP
Numbers
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21
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Section 2.13.
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Defaulted
Interest
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21
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Section 2.14.
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Series May Include
Tranches
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21
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01.
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Applicability of
Article
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22
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Section 3.02.
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Notice of Redemption; Partial
Redemptions
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22
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Section 3.03.
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Payment Of Securities Called For
Redemption
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24
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Section 3.04.
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Exclusion of Certain Securities
from Eligibility for Selection for
Redemption
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25
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Section 3.05.
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Mandatory and Optional Sinking
Funds
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25
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01.
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Payment of
Securities
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28
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Section 4.02.
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Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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29
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Section 4.03.
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Securityholders’ Lists
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30
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Section 4.04.
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Certificate to Trustee
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30
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Section 4.05.
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Reports by the
Company
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30
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Section
4.06.
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Additional
Amounts
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30
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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 5.01.
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When Company May Merge,
Etc.
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31
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Section 5.02.
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Successor
Substituted
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32
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01.
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Events of
Default
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32
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Section 6.02.
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Acceleration
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33
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Section 6.03.
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Other
Remedies
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34
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Section 6.04.
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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34
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Section 6.05.
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Control by
Majority
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35
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Section 6.06.
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Limitation on
Suits
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35
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Section 6.07.
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Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment
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36
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Section 6.08.
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Collection Suit by
Trustee
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36
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Section 6.09.
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Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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36
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Section 6.10.
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Application of
Proceeds
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37
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Section 6.11.
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Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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38
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Section
6.12.
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Undertaking for
Costs
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38
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Section 6.13.
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Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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38
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Section 6.14.
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Delay or Omission not
Waiver
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38
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01.
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General
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39
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Section 7.02.
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Certain Rights of
Trustee
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Section 7.03.
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Individual Rights of
Trustee
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41
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Section 7.04.
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Trustee's
Disclaimer
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41
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Section 7.05.
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Notice of
Default
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41
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Section 7.06.
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Reports by Trustee to
Holders
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42
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Section 7.07.
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Compensation and
Indemnity
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42
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Section 7.08.
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Replacement of
Trustee
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43
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Section
7.09.
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Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor
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44
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Section 7.10.
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Successor Trustee By Xxxxxx,
Etc.
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45
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Section 7.11.
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Eligibility
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45
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Section 7.12.
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Money Held in
Trust
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45
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ARTICLE 8
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
Section 8.01.
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Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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46
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Section 8.02.
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Application by Trustee of Funds
Deposited for Payment
of Securities
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47
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Section 8.03.
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Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying
Agent
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47
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Section 8.04.
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Return of Moneys Held by Trustee
and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two
Years
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47
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Section 8.05.
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Defeasance and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 8.06.
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Defeasance of Certain
Obligations
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Section 8.07.
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Reinstatement
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51
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Section
8.08.
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Indemnity
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51
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Section
8.09.
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Excess
Funds
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51
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Section
8.10.
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Qualifying
Trustee
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51
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS
AND WAIVERS
Section 9.01.
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Without Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.02.
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With Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.03.
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Revocation and Effect of
Consent
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54
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Section 9.04.
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Notation on or Exchange of
Securities
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54
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Section 9.05.
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Trustee to Sign Amendments,
Etc.
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54
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Section 9.06.
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Conformity with Trust Indenture
Act
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55
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ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01.
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Trust Indenture Act of
1939
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55
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Section 10.02.
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Notices
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55
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Section 10.03.
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Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent
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56
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Section 10.04.
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Statements Required in Certificate
or Opinion
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56
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Section 10.05.
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Evidence of
Ownership
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57
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Section 10.06.
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Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or
Registrar
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58
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Section 10.07.
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Payment Date Other Than a Business
Day
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58
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Section 10.08.
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Governing Law
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58
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Section 10.09.
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No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements
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Section 10.10.
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Successors
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58
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Section 10.11.
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Duplicate
Originals
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58
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Section 10.12.
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Separability
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58
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Section 10.13.
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Table of Contents, Headings,
Etc.
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Section 10.14.
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Incorporators, Stockholders,
Officers and Directors of Company Exempt from Individual
Liability
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59
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Section 10.15.
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Judgment
Currency
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SENIOR INDENTURE, dated as
of , 20 ,
between GHL Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, as the Company,
and , as
Trustee.
RECITALS OF THE
COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company has duly
authorized the issue from
time to time of its senior debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
to be issued in one or more series (the “Securities”) up to such principal amount or amounts
as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and to provide,
among other things, for the authentication, delivery and administration thereof,
the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;
and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make
this Indenture a valid
indenture and agreement according to its terms have been
done;
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the
purchases of the Securities by the holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee
mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective
holders from time to time of the Securities or of any and all series thereof and
of the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section
1.01. Definitions.
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) when used with respect to any Person
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent,
transfer agent or Authenticating Agent.
“Authorized
Newspaper” means a newspaper (which, in the case
of The City of New York, will, if practicable, be The Wall Street Journal
(Eastern
Edition) and in the case of London,
will, if practicable, be the Financial Times (London Edition) and published in
an official language of the country of publication customarily
published at least once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and
of general circulation in The City of New York or London, as applicable. If it
shall be impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any notice required hereby
in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof
which is made or given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a
sufficient publication of such notice.
“Board
Resolution” means one or more resolutions of the board of
directors of the Company or any authorized committee thereof, certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary to have been duly adopted and to be in full
force and effect on the date of certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business
Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New
York, with respect to any
Security the interest on which is based on the offered quotations in the
interbank Eurodollar market for dollar deposits in London, or with respect to
Securities denominated in a specified currency other than United States dollars,
in the principal financial center of the country of the
specified currency.
“Capital
Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any
lease of any property which, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such
duties at such time.
“Company” means the party named as such in the
first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to
Article 5 of this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor.
“Corporate Trust
Office” means the office of the Trustee at
which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time,
be administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture, located at
Attention:
..
“Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
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“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities
of any series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities, the
Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 2.03 until a
successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a
Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities
of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Registered
Global Securities of that
series.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting
principles in the U.S. as in effect as of the date hereof applied on a basis
consistent with the principles, methods, procedures and practices employed in the
preparation of the Company’s audited financial statements,
including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as is approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession.
“Holder” or “Securityholder” means the registered holder of any Security with
respect to Registered Securities and the bearer of any Unregistered Security or
any coupon appertaining thereto, as the case may be.
“Indenture” means this Indenture as originally
executed and delivered or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to
time by one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered into
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and shall include the
forms and terms of the Securities of each series established as contemplated pursuant to Sections 2.01
and 2.03.
“Officer” means, with respect to the Company, the
chairman of the board of directors, the president or chief executive officer,
any executive vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president,
the chief financial
officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the secretary or any
assistant secretary.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed in the name
of the Company (i) by the chairman of the board of directors, the president
or chief executive officer,
an executive vice president, a senior vice president or a vice president, and
(ii) by the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer,
or the secretary or any assistant secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee. Each such certificate shall comply
with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, if
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applicable, and include (except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) the statements provided in Section 10.04, if
applicable.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion signed by legal
counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, satisfactory to
the Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act, if
applicable, and include the statements provided in Section 10.04, if and to the
extent required thereby.
“original issue
date” of any Security (or portion thereof)
means the earlier of (a) the date of authentication of such Security or (b)
the date of any Security
(or portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or indirectly)
on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
“Original Issue
Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an
amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.02.
“Periodic
Offering” means an offering of Securities of a
series from time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, the rate
or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the stated maturity or maturities thereof
and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be
determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such Securities.
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust or any other
entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an
agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Principal” of a Security means the principal
amount of, and, unless the context indicates otherwise, includes any premium
payable on, the Security.
“Registered Global
Security” means a Security evidencing all or a
part of a series of Registered Securities, issued to the Depositary for such
series in accordance with Section 2.02, and bearing the legend prescribed in
Section 2.02.
“Registered
Security” means any Security registered on the
Security Register (as defined in Section 2.05).
“Responsible
Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee,
shall mean an officer of the Trustee in the Corporate Trust Office, having
direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also, with
respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such
officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
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“Securities” means any of the securities, as defined
in the first paragraph of the recitals hereof, that are authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture and, unless the context indicates otherwise,
shall include any coupon appertaining thereto.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
association or other business entity of which a majority of the capital stock or
other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of
the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or
indirectly owned by such Person.
“Trustee” means the party named as such in the
first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance
with the provisions of Article 7 and thereafter shall mean or include each Person who is then a
Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that
series.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as it may be amended
from time to time.
“Unregistered
Security” means any Security other than a
Registered Security.
“U.S. Government
Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the
United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is
pledged or (ii) obligations of an agency or instrumentality of the United States
of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, and shall also include a depository
receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such
U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S.
Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a
depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is
not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S.
Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
“Yield to
Maturity” means, as the context may require, the
yield to maturity (i) on a series of Securities or (ii) if the Securities of a
series are issuable from time to time, on a Security of such series, calculated
at the time of issuance
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of such series in the case of clause (i)
or at the time of issuance of such Security of such series in the case of clause
(ii), or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such
series or on such Security,
and calculated in accordance with the constant interest method or such other
accepted financial practice as is specified in the terms of such
Security.
Section
1.02. Other
Definitions. Each of
the following terms is defined in the section set forth opposite such
term:
Term
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Section
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Authenticating
Agent
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2.02
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Cash
Transaction
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7.03
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Dollars
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4.02
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Event of
Default
|
6.01
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Judgment
Currency
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10.15(a)
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mandatory sinking fund
payment
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3.05
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optional sinking fund
payment
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3.05
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Paying
Agent
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2.05
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record date
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2.04
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Registrar
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2.05
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Required
Currency
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10.15(a)
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Security
Register
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2.05
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self-liquidating
paper
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7.03
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sinking fund payment
date
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3.05
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tranche
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2.14
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Section
1.03. Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this Indenture. The following terms used in this Indenture that are defined by
the Trust Indenture Act have the following meanings:
“indenture
securities” means the
Securities;
“indenture security
holder” means a Holder or a
Securityholder;
“indenture to be
qualified” means this
Indenture;
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional
trustee” means the Trustee;
and
“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company or any other
obligor on the Securities.
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All other terms used in this Indenture
that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by reference in the Trust
Indenture Act to another
statute or defined by a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them therein.
Section
1.04. Rules of
Construction. Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(a) an accounting term not otherwise
defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(b) words in the singular include the
plural, and words in the plural include the singular;
(c) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer
to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision;
(d) all references to Sections or Articles
refer to Sections or Articles of this Indenture unless otherwise indicated;
and
(e) use of masculine, feminine or neuter
pronouns should not be deemed a limitation, and the use of any such pronouns should
be construed to include, where appropriate, the other
pronouns.
ARTICLE
2
THE SECURITIES
Section
2.01. Form
and Dating. The
Securities
of each series
shall be substantially
in such form
or forms (not
inconsistent
with this
Indenture)
as shall
be established
by or pursuant
to one or
more Board
Resolutions
or in one
or more indentures
supplemental
hereto, in
each case
with such
appropriate
insertions,
omissions,
substitutions
and other
variations
as are required
or permitted
by this Indenture
and may
have imprinted
or otherwise
reproduced
thereon such
legend or
legends or
endorsements,
not inconsistent
with the
provisions
of this Indenture,
as may be
required
to comply
with any
law, or with
any rules
of any securities
exchange
or usage,
all as may
be determined
by the officers
executing
such Securities
as evidenced
by their
execution
of the Securities.
Unless otherwise
so established,
Unregistered
Securities
shall have
coupons attached.
Section
2.02. Execution
And Authentication.
Two
Officers shall execute the
Securities and one Officer
shall execute the coupons
appertaining thereto
for the Company by facsimile
or manual signature
in the name and on behalf
of the Company. The seal
of the Company, if any,
shall be reproduced
on the Securities.
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If an Officer whose signature is on a
Security or coupon appertaining thereto no longer holds that office at the time
the Security is authenticated, the Security and such coupon shall nevertheless be
valid.
The Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, may appoint an authenticating agent (the “Authenticating
Agent”) to authenticate Securities. The
Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this
Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
Authenticating Agent.
A Security and the coupons appertaining
thereto shall not be valid until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent manually
signs the certificate of
authentication on the Security or on the Security to which such coupon
appertains by an authorized officer. The signature shall be conclusive evidence
that the Security or the Security to which the coupon appertains has been
authenticated under this
Indenture.
At any time and from time to time after
the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities
of any series having attached thereto appropriate coupons, if any, executed by
the Company to the Trustee for authentication together with the
applicable documents referred to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon the written order
of the Company. In authenticating any Securities of a series, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive
prior to the authentication of any Securities of such series, and (subject to
Article 7) shall be fully protected in relying upon, unless and until such
documents have been superseded or revoked:
(a) any Board Resolution and/or executed supplemental indenture
referred to in Sections 2.01 and 2.03 by or pursuant to which the forms and
terms of the Securities of that series were established;
(b) an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form or
forms and terms of the Securities, stating that the form or forms and
terms of the Securities of such series have been, or, in the case of a Periodic
Offering, will be when established in accordance with such procedures as shall
be referred to therein, established in compliance with this Indenture; and
(c) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to
the effect that the form or forms and terms of the Securities of such series
have been, or, in the case of a Periodic Offering, will be when established in
accordance with such procedures as shall be referred to therein, established in
compliance with this Indenture and that the supplemental indenture, to the
extent applicable, and Securities have been duly authorized and, if executed and
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and duly paid for
by the purchasers thereof on
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the date of such opinion, would be
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and would be valid and binding
obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and
other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, general principles of
equity, and covering such other matters as
shall be specified therein and as shall be reasonably requested by the
Trustee.
The Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture will affect the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under
the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Sections 2.01 and 2.02, if, in connection with a Periodic Offering, all Securities of a series
are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Board Resolution otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01 or the
written order, Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.02
at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such
documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance
of the first Security of such series to be issued.
With respect to Securities of a series offered
in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the
Company of any of such Securities, the forms and terms thereof and the legality,
validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other
documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02, as applicable, in
connection with the first authentication of Securities of such
series.
If the Company shall establish pursuant
to Section 2.03 that the Securities of a series or a portion thereof are
to be issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities, then the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more
Registered Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities of such series issued
in such form and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the
Depositary for such Registered Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such
Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or its
custodian or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions and (iv) shall bear a
legend substantially to the following effect: “Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary
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or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.”
Section
2.03. 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 or pursuant to Board Resolution or
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the initial
issuance of Securities of any series, subject to the last sentence of this
Section 2.03,
(a) the designation of the Securities of the
series, which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from the Securities
of all other
series;
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture and any limitation on the ability of the Company to
increase such aggregate principal amount after the initial issuance of the Securities
of that series (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, or upon
redemption of, other Securities of the series pursuant
hereto);
(c) the date or dates on which the principal of the
Securities of the series is payable (which date or dates may be fixed or
extendible);
(d) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or
variable) per annum at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest,
if any, the date or dates
from which such interest shall accrue, on which such interest shall be payable
and (in the case of Registered Securities) on which a record shall be taken for
the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable and/or the method
by which such rate or rates or date or
dates shall be determined;
(e) if other than as provided in Section
4.02, the place or places where the principal of and any interest on Securities
of the series shall be payable, any Registered Securities of the series
may be surrendered for
exchange, notices, demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
of the series and this Indenture may be served and notice to Holders may be
published;
(f) the right, if any, of the Company to
redeem Securities of the series, in whole or in part, at its option
and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and any
terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be so redeemed,
pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
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(g) the obligation, if any, of the Company
to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory
redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder
thereof and the price or
prices at which and the period or periods within which and any of the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or
repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(h) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(i) if other than the principal amount
thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which
shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(j) if other than the coin or currency in
which the Securities of the series are denominated, the coin or currency in
which payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of the series
shall be payable or if the
amount of payments of principal of and/or interest on the Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index based on a coin or currency
other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated, the
manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(k) if other than the currency of the United
States of America, the currency or currencies, including composite currencies,
in which payment of the Principal of and interest on the Securities of the
series shall be payable,
and the manner in which any such currencies shall be valued against other
currencies in which any other Securities shall be payable;
(l) whether the Securities of the series or
any portion thereof will be issuable as Registered Securities (and if so, whether such Securities will be
issuable as Registered Global Securities) or Unregistered Securities (with or
without coupons) (and if so, whether such Securities will be issued in temporary
or permanent global form), or any combination of the foregoing, any restrictions applicable to the
offer, sale or delivery of Unregistered Securities or the payment of interest
thereon and, if other than as provided herein, the terms upon which Unregistered
Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series and vice
versa;
(m) whether the Securities of the series may
be exchangeable for and/or convertible into the common stock of the Company or
any other security;
(n) whether and under what circumstances the
Company will pay additional amounts on the Securities of the series
held by a person who is not a U.S. person in respect of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge withheld or
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deducted and, if so, whether the
Company will have the
option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such additional
amounts;
(o) if the 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 terms of such
certificates, documents or conditions;
(p) any trustees, depositaries,
authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or the registrar or any other agents with respect to the
Securities of the series;
(q) provisions, if any, for the defeasance
of the Securities of the series (including provisions permitting defeasance of
less than all Securities of the series), which provisions may be in
addition to, in
substitution for, or in modification of (or any combination of the foregoing)
the provisions of Article 8;
(r) if the Securities of the series are
issuable in whole or in part as one or more Registered Global Securities or
Unregistered Securities in
global form, the identity of the Depositary or common Depositary for such
Registered Global Security or Securities or Unregistered Securities in global
form;
(s) any other Events of Default or covenants
with respect to the Securities of the series; and
(t) any other terms of the Securities of the
series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto shall be substantially identical, except
in the case of Registered
Securities as to date and denomination, except in the case of any Periodic
Offering and except as may otherwise be provided by or pursuant to the Board
Resolution referred to above or as set forth in any such indenture supplemental
hereto. All Securities of any one series need
not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent
with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to such Board
Resolution or in any such indenture supplemental hereto and any forms and terms of Securities to be
issued from time to time may be completed and established from time to time
prior to the issuance thereof by procedures described in such Board Resolution
or supplemental indenture.
Unless otherwise expressly
provided with respect to a
series of Securities, the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities
may be increased and additional Securities of such series may be issued up to
the maximum aggregate principal amount authorized with respect to such
series as increased.
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Section
2.04. Denomination
and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. The Securities of each series shall be
issuable as Registered Securities or Unregistered Securities in denominations established as
contemplated by Section 2.03 or, if not so established with respect to
Securities of any series, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof. The Securities of each series shall be numbered, lettered or
otherwise distinguished in such manner or
in accordance with such plan as the Officers of the Company executing the same
may determine, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
Unless otherwise specified with respect
to a series of Securities, each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The Securities of each series shall bear interest, if any, from
the date, and such interest and shall be payable on the dates, established as
contemplated by Section 2.03.
The person in whose name any
Registered Security of any
series is registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a
particular series with respect to any interest payment date for such series
shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest
payment date notwithstanding any transfer
or exchange of such Registered Security subsequent to the record date and prior
to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Company shall
default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which
case the provisions of Section 2.13 shall apply. The term “record
date” as used with respect to any interest
payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) for the
Securities of any series shall mean the date specified as such in the terms
of the Registered Securities of such series established as contemplated by
Section 2.03, or, if no such date is so established, the fifteenth day next
preceding such interest payment date, whether or not such record date is a Business
Day.
Section
2.05. Registrar
and Paying Agent; Agents Generally. The Company shall maintain an office or
agency where Securities may be presented for registration, registration of
transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”), which shall be in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York. The Company shall cause the Registrar to
keep a register of the Registered Securities and of their
registration, transfer and
exchange (the “Security Register”). The Company may have one or more
additional Paying Agents or transfer agents with respect to any
series.
The Company shall enter into an
appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement
the provisions of this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act that relate to such
Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name
and address of any Agent and any change in the name or address of an Agent. If
the
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Company fails to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company may remove any Agent
upon written notice to such Agent and the Trustee; provided that no such removal shall become
effective until (i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Agent to
such Agent as evidenced by an appropriate agency agreement entered into by the
Company and such successor Agent and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the
Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as such Agent until the appointment of a
successor Agent in accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company or
any affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar; provided that neither the Company nor an
affiliate of the Company shall act as Paying Agent in connection with the
defeasance of the Securities or the discharge of this Indenture under Article
8.
The Company initially appoints the
Trustee as Registrar,
Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent. If, at any time, the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Registrar shall make available to the Trustee ten days prior to
each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably
request the names and addresses of the Holders as
they appear in the Security Register.
Section
2.06. Paying Agent
to Hold Money in Trust. Not later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each due date or, in the case
of Unregistered Securities, 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day prior to the
due date, of any Principal or interest on any Securities, the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds sufficient to
pay such Principal or interest. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee all money held by the
Paying Agent for the payment of Principal of and interest on such Securities and shall promptly notify
the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to
the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance
of any payment default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any
funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money so
paid over to the Trustee. If the Company or any affiliate of the Company acts as
Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of any Principal of or
interest on any Securities, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders
thereof a sum of money sufficient to pay such Principal or interest so becoming
due until such sum of money shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed
of as provided in this Indenture, and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or
failure to act as required by this Section.
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Section
2.07. Transfer
and Exchange. Unregistered
Securities
(except for any
temporary
global Unregistered
Securities)
and coupons
(except for
coupons attached
to any temporary
global Unregistered
Securities)
shall be
transferable
by delivery.
At the option of the Holder thereof,
Registered Securities of any series (other than a Registered Global
Security, except as set
forth below) may be exchanged for a Registered Security or Registered Securities
of such series and tenor having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of such Registered Securities to be
exchanged at the agency of the Company that
shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 2.05 and upon
payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided.
If the Securities of any series are issued in both registered and unregistered form, except as
otherwise established pursuant to Section 2.03, at the option of the Holder
thereof, Unregistered Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of such series and tenor having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of
the Company that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section
4.02, with, in the case of Unregistered Securities that have coupons attached, all unmatured
coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining, and upon
payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided.
At the option of the Holder thereof, if Unregistered Securities of any series, maturity date, interest
rate and original issue date are issued in more than one authorized
denomination, except as otherwise established pursuant to Section 2.03, such
Unregistered Securities may be exchanged for Unregistered Securities of
such series and tenor having authorized
denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such
Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the Company that shall
be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 4.02, with, in the case of Unregistered
Securities that have coupons attached, all unmatured coupons and all matured
coupons in default thereto appertaining, and upon payment, if the Company shall
so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. Registered Securities of any series may not be
exchanged for Unregistered Securities of such series. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Registered Security of a series at the agency of the Company
that shall be maintained for that purpose in accordance with Section 2.05 and
upon payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges
hereinafter provided, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or
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transferees, one or more new Registered
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount.
All Registered Securities presented for
registration of transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall be
duly endorsed by, or be
accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
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 exchange
or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall be made for
any such transaction.
Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section 2.07, unless
and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, a Registered Global Security representing all or a portion of
the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such
Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another
nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for any
Registered Global Securities of any series notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Registered Global
Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such Registered Global Securities shall no longer
be eligible under applicable law, the Company shall appoint a successor
Depositary eligible under applicable law with respect to such Registered Global
Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under applicable law for such Registered Global
Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company
receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will
execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Company’s order for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Registered Securities of such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver
Registered Securities of such series and tenor, in any authorized denominations,
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Registered Global
Securities, in exchange for such Registered Global
Securities.
The Company may at any time and in its
sole discretion and subject to the procedures of the Depositary determine that
any Registered Global Securities of any series shall no longer be maintained in
global form. In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of the Company’s order for the authentication and
delivery of definitive Registered Securities of such series and tenor, will
authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities
of such series and
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tenor in any authorized denominations,
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
Registered Global
Securities, in exchange for such Registered Global
Securities.
Any time the Registered Securities of
any series are not in the form of Registered Global Securities pursuant to the
preceding two paragraphs, the Company agrees to supply the Trustee with a
reasonable supply of
certificated Registered Securities without the legend required by Section 2.02
and the Trustee agrees to hold such Registered Securities in safekeeping until
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
If established by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.03 with respect to any Registered Global Security, the Depositary for
such Registered Global Security may surrender such Registered Global Security in
exchange in whole or in part for Registered Securities of the same series and tenor in definitive
registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such
Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(a) to the Person specified by such Depositary new Registered
Securities of the same series and tenor, of any authorized denominations as
requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Registered
Global Security; and
(b) to such Depositary a new Registered
Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the
principal amount of the surrendered Registered Global Security and the aggregate
principal amount of Registered Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to
clause (a) above.
Registered Securities issued in exchange
for a Registered Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary
for such Registered Global
Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or
otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Company or the Trustee.
The Trustee or such agent shall deliver such Securities to or as
directed by the Persons in whose names such
Securities are so registered.
All Securities issued upon any transfer
or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing
the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such transfer or exchange.
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Notwithstanding anything herein or in
the forms or terms of any Securities to the contrary, none of the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee shall be required to exchange any Unregistered Security
for a Registered Security if such exchange would result in adverse Federal
income tax consequences to the Company (such as, for example, the inability
of the Company to deduct from its income,
as computed for Federal income tax purposes, the interest payable on the
Unregistered Securities) under then applicable United States Federal income tax
laws. The Trustee and any such agent shall be entitled to rely on an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel in
determining such result.
The Registrar shall not be required (i)
to issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any
series for a period of 15 days before a selection of such Securities to be redeemed or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Security selected for redemption in
whole or in part.
Section
2.08. Replacement
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
for such
mutilated
Security
or in exchange
for the
Security
to which
a mutilated
coupon appertains,
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 mutilated
Security
or to the
Security
to which
such mutilated
coupon appertains.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the
Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of
any Security or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to save each of them and any agent of any 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 the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the
Security to 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.
In case any such mutilated,
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, pay such Security or
coupon (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
Security or coupon) if the applicant for such
payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
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security or indemnity as may be required
by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, and in the case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee
and any agent of them of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and the
ownership thereof; provided, however,
that the
Principal of and any
interest on Unregistered Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section
4.02, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
of America.
Upon the issuance of any new Security
under this Section, the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any
series, with its coupons,
if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or in exchange for any mutilated Security, or in exchange for a
Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains,
shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and any such new Security and coupons,
if any, 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.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude
(to the extent lawful) any other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or
coupons.
Section
2.09. Outstanding
Securities. Securities
outstanding
at any time are
all Securities
that have
been authenticated
by the Trustee
except for
those cancelled
by it, those
delivered
to it for
cancellation,
those described
in this Section
as not outstanding
and those
that have
been defeased
pursuant
to Section
8.05.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to
Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless and until the Trustee and the
Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by
a holder in due course.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an affiliate of
the Company) holds on the maturity date or any redemption date or date for
repurchase of the Securities money sufficient to pay Securities payable or to be
redeemed or repurchased on that date, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be
outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.
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A Security does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or one of its affiliates holds such Security, 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, Securities owned by the Company or any affiliate of the Company
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities as to which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Any Securities so owned which are pledged by the
Company, or by any affiliate of the Company, as security for loans or
other obligations, otherwise than to
another such affiliate of the Company, shall be deemed to be outstanding, if the
pledgee is entitled pursuant to the terms of its pledge agreement and is free to
exercise in its or his discretion the right to vote such securities, uncontrolled by the Company or
by any such affiliate.
Section
2.10. Temporary
Securities. Until
definitive
Securities
of any series
are ready
for delivery,
the Company
may prepare
and the Trustee
shall authenticate
temporary
Securities
of such
series.
Temporary
Securities
of any series
shall be
substantially
in the form
of definitive
Securities
of such series
but may have
insertions,
substitutions,
omissions
and other
variations
determined
to be appropriate
by the Officers
executing
the temporary Securities,
as evidenced
by their
execution
of such temporary
Securities.
If temporary
Securities
of any series
are issued,
the Company
will cause
definitive
Securities
of such series
to be prepared
without unreasonable
delay. After
the preparation
of definitive
Securities of any series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of
such series and tenor upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office
or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of such
series and tenor and authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section
2.11.
Cancellation. The
Company at any time
may 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 for cancellation
any Securities previously
authenticated hereunder
which the Company has
not issued and sold.
The Registrar, any transfer
agent and the Paying
Agent shall forward to
the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for
transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee
shall cancel
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and dispose of in accordance with its
customary procedures all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment
or cancellation and shall deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. The
Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid in full
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section
2.12. CUSIP
Numbers. The
Company
in issuing
the Securities may
use “CUSIP” and “CINS” numbers
(if then
generally
in use),
and the
Trustee shall
use CUSIP
numbers or
CINS numbers,
as the case
may be, in
notices
of redemption
or exchange
as a convenience
to Holders
and no representation
shall be
made as to
the correctness
of such numbers
either
as printed
on the Securities
or as contained
in any notice
of redemption
or exchange.
Section
2.13. Defaulted
Interest. If
the Company
defaults
in a payment
of interest
on the Registered
Securities,
it shall
pay, or shall
deposit with
the Paying
Agent money
in immediately
available
funds sufficient
to pay, the
defaulted
interest
plus (to
the extent
lawful) any
interest
payable on
the defaulted
interest
(as may be
specified
in the terms
thereof,
established
pursuant
to Section
2.03) to
the Persons
who are
Holders on
a subsequent
special record
date, which
shall mean
the 15th
day next
preceding
the date
fixed by
the Company
for the
payment of
defaulted
interest,
whether or
not such
day is a
Business
Day. At
least 15
days before
such special
record date,
the
Company shall
mail to each
Holder of
such Registered
Securities
and to the
Trustee a
notice that
states the
special
record date,
the payment
date and
the amount
of defaulted
interest
to be paid.
Section
2.14. Series
May Include
Tranches. A
series of
Securities
may include
one or more
tranches
(each a
“tranche”)
of Securities, including
Securities issued in
a Periodic Offering.
The Securities of different
tranches may have one
or more different terms,
including authentication
dates and public offering
prices,
but all the Securities
within each such tranche
shall have identical
terms, including authentication
date and public offering
price. Notwithstanding
any other provision
of this Indenture, with
respect to Sections
2.02 (other than the
fourth, sixth and seventh
paragraphs thereof)
through 2.04, 2.07,
2.08, 2.10, 3.01 through
3.05, 4.02, 6.01 through
6.14, 8.01 through
8.07, 9.02 and Section
10.07, if any series
of Securities includes
more than one tranche,
all provisions of such
sections applicable
to any
series of Securities
shall be deemed equally
applicable to each
tranche of any series
of Securities in the
same manner as though
originally designated
a series unless otherwise
provided with respect
to such series or tranche
pursuant to Section
2.03. In particular,
and without limiting
the scope of the next
preceding sentence,
any of the provisions
of such sections which
provide for or permit
action to be taken
with respect to a series
of Securities shall
also be deemed to provide
for and permit such
action
to be taken instead
only with respect
to Securities of one
or more tranches within
that series (and such
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provisions shall be deemed satisfied
thereby), even if no comparable action is taken with respect to Securities in the
remaining tranches of that series.
ARTICLE
3
REDEMPTION
Section
3.01.
Applicability of Article. The
provisions of this Article
shall be
applicable to the Securities
of any series which
are redeemable before
their maturity
or to any sinking fund
for the retirement
of Securities of a series
except as otherwise
specified as contemplated
by Section 2.03 for
Securities of such series.
Section
3.02. Notice of
Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of redemption to the Holders of Registered Securities of any
series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Company shall
be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage
prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such
Holders of Registered Securities of such series at their last addresses as they
shall appear upon the registry books. Notice of redemption to the Holders of
Unregistered Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part who have filed their names
and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust
Indenture Act, shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption, by first
class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption, to such Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the
Trustee (and, in the case of any such notice given by the Company, the Trustee
shall make such information available to the Company for such purpose). Notice of redemption to all other
Holders of Unregistered Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in
part shall be published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York or
with respect to any Security the interest on which is based on the offered quotations in the
interbank Eurodollar market for dollar deposits in an Authorized Newspaper in
London, in each case, once in each of three successive calendar weeks, the first
publication to be not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption.
Any notice which is mailed or published in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any
Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security
of such series.
The notice of redemption to each such
Holder shall specify the
principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder to be
redeemed, the CUSIP numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, the date fixed for
redemption,
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the redemption price, or if not then
ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof, the place or places of
payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such
Securities and, in the case of Securities with coupons attached
thereto, of all coupons
appertaining thereto maturing after the date fixed for redemption, that such
redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking fund, or both, if
such be the case, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be
paid as specified in such notice and that
on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be
redeemed will cease to accrue. In case any Security of a series is to be
redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon
surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series and
tenor in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be
issued.
The notice of redemption of Securities
of any series to be redeemed at the option of the 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.
On or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the redemption date or, in the
case of Unregistered Securities, on or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on
the Business Day prior to the redemption date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in this Section, the Company will deposit with the
Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or, if the Company is acting as its
own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section
2.06) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities of such
series so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption price, together
with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If all of the
outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company will deliver to the Trustee at least 10
days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given to
Holders pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 3.02 (or such shorter
period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee) an Officers’ Certificate stating that all such Securities
are to be redeemed. If less than all the outstanding Securities of a series are
to be redeemed, the Company will deliver to the Trustee at least 15 days prior
to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given to Holders pursuant to the first
paragraph of this Section 3.02 (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to
the Trustee) an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any
redemption of Securities (a) prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the
Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of any
notice of redemption to Holders pursuant to this Section, an
Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with
such restriction or condition.
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If less than all the Securities of a
series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, pro rata, by lot or in such
manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, Securities of such series to be redeemed in whole or in
part. Securities may be redeemed in part in principal amounts equal to
authorized denominations for Securities of such series. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities of such series
selected for redemption and, in the case
of any Securities of such series selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the
context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities 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
3.03. Payment
Of Securities
Called For
Redemption.
If
notice of redemption
has been given as above
provided, the Securities
or portions of Securities
specified in such notice
shall become due and
payable on the date and
at the place stated in
such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together
with
interest accrued to the
date fixed for redemption,
and on and after such
date (unless the Company
shall default in the
payment of such Securities
at the redemption price,
together with interest
accrued to such date)
interest on the Securities
or portions
of Securities so called
for redemption shall
cease to accrue, and
the unmatured coupons,
if any, appertaining
thereto shall be void
and, except as provided
in Sections 7.12 and
8.02, such Securities
shall cease from and
after the date fixed
for redemption
to be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture,
and the Holders thereof
shall have no right in
respect of such Securities
except the right to receive
the redemption price
thereof and unpaid interest
to the date fixed for
redemption. On presentation and
surrender of such Securities
at a place of payment
specified in said notice,
together with all coupons,
if any, appertaining
thereto maturing after
the date fixed for redemption,
said Securities or the
specified portions thereof
shall be paid and redeemed
by the Company at the
applicable redemption
price, together with
interest accrued thereon
to the date fixed for
redemption; provided
that payment of interest
becoming due on or prior
to the date fixed for
redemption shall be payable
in the case of Securities
with coupons attached
thereto, to the Holders
of the coupons for such
interest upon surrender
thereof, and in the
case of Registered Securities,
to the Holders of such
Registered Securities
registered as such on
the relevant record date
subject to the
terms and provisions
of Sections 2.04 and
2.13 hereof.
If any Security called for redemption
shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall,
until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for
redemption at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security) borne by such Security.
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If any Security with coupons attached
thereto is surrendered for
redemption and is not accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the
date fixed for redemption, the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may
be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be furnished to each of them
such security or indemnity as they may require to save
each of them harmless.
Upon presentation of any Security of any
series redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof, at
the expense of the Company,
a new Security or Securities of such series and tenor (with any unmatured
coupons attached), of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
Section
3.04. Exclusion
of
Certain
Securities
from Eligibility
for Selection for
Redemption. Securities
shall be
excluded
from eligibility
for selection
for redemption
if they
are identified
by registration
and certificate
number in
a written
statement
signed by
an authorized
officer
of the
Company
and delivered
to the Trustee
at least
40 days
prior to
the last
date on
which notice
of redemption
may be given
as being
owned of
record and
beneficially
by, and
not pledged
or hypothecated
by, either
(a) the
Company
or (b)
an entity
specifically
identified
in such
written
statement
as directly
or indirectly
controlling
or controlled
by or under
direct
or indirect
common control
with the
Company.
Section
3.05. Mandatory
and Optional
Sinking Funds. The
minimum amount
of any sinking
fund payment
provided for
by the terms
of Securities
of any series
is herein
referred to
as a “mandatory
sinking fund
payment”,
and any payment
in excess
of such minimum
amount provided
for by the
terms of the
Securities
of any series
is herein
referred to
as an
“optional
sinking fund payment”.
The date on which a sinking
fund payment is to be
made is herein referred
to as the “sinking
fund payment date”.
In lieu of making all or any part of any
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the Company may at its
option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series theretofore
purchased or otherwise acquired (except through a mandatory sinking fund
payment) by the Company or receive credit for Securities of such series
(not previously so credited) theretofore
purchased or otherwise acquired (except as aforesaid) by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.11, (b) receive
credit for optional sinking fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section, or
(c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited)
redeemed by the Company at the option of the Company pursuant to the terms of
such Securities or through any optional sinking fund payment. Securities so delivered or credited
shall be received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption
price specified in such Securities.
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On or before the sixtieth day next
preceding each sinking fund
payment date for any series, or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to
the Trustee, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate (a) specifying the portion
of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and the
portion to be satisfied by credit of specified Securities of such series and the
basis for such credit, (b) stating that none of the specified Securities of such
series has theretofore been so credited, (c) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or
Events of Default with respect to such series have occurred (which have not been
waived or cured) and are continuing and (d) stating whether or not the Company
intends to exercise its right to make an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such
series and, if so, specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund payment
which the Company intends to pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. Any Securities of such series to be credited and required to be delivered to the
Trustee in order for the Company to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid
which have not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for
cancellation pursuant to Section 2.11 to the Trustee with such Officers’ Certificate (or reasonably promptly
thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such Officers’ Certificate shall be irrevocable and
upon its receipt by the Trustee the Company shall become unconditionally
obligated to make all the cash payments or delivery of Securities therein referred
to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure
of the Company, on or before any such sixtieth day, to deliver such
Officer’s Certificate and Securities specified
in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default
but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable election of the
Company (i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the
next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to
deliver or credit Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the
Company will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series
as provided in this Section.
If the sinking fund payment or
payments (mandatory or
optional or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment
date plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash
shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request
with respect to the Securities of any
series), such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment
date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking fund
redemption price thereof together with accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption. If such
amount shall be $50,000 (or such lesser sum) or less and the Company makes no
such request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $50,000 (or
such lesser sum) is available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 3.02, for
redemption on such sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal amount of
Securities of such series to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall
(if requested in writing by the Company) inform the Company of the serial numbers of the Securities
of
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such series (or portions thereof) so
selected. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for redemption under
this Section if they are identified by registration and certificate
number in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee at
least 60 days prior to the sinking fund payment date as being owned of record
and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the
Company or (b) an entity specifically
identified in such Officers’ Certificate as directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company. The Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company (or
the Company, if it shall so request the
Trustee in writing) shall cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such
series to be given in substantially the manner provided in Section 3.02 (and
with the effect provided in Section 3.03) for the redemption of Securities of such series in part at
the option of the Company. The amount of any sinking fund payments not so
applied or allocated to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be
added to the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such payment, shall be
applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking
fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the Securities of any particular
series (or earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are not held for the payment or
redemption of particular Securities of such series shall be applied, together
with other moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of
the Principal of, and interest on, the Securities of such series at maturity.
On or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each sinking fund payment date
or, in the case of Unregistered Securities, 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the
Business Day prior to the sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to
the Trustee in cash or
shall otherwise provide for the payment of all interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on the next following sinking
fund payment date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to
be redeemed any Securities
of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of
Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund during the
continuance of a Default in payment of interest on such Securities or of any
Event of Default except that, where the mailing of notice of redemption of
any Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or
cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall have received from
the Company a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking
fund for such series at the time when any such Default or Event of Default shall
occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund, shall, during the
continuance of such Default or Event of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article 6
and held for the payment of all such Securities. In case such Event of Default
shall have been waived as provided in Section 6.04 or the Default cured on or
before the sixtieth day preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year,
such
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moneys shall thereafter be applied on
the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this Section to
the redemption of such Securities.
ARTICLE
4
COVENANTS
Section
4.01. Payment
of Securities. The
Company shall
pay the Principal
of and interest
on the Securities
on the dates
and in the
manner provided
in the Securities
and this
Indenture.
The interest
on Securities
with coupons
attached (together
with any additional
amounts payable
pursuant
to the terms
of such Securities)
shall be payable
only upon
presentation
and surrender
of the several
coupons for
such interest
installments
as are evidenced
thereby as
they severally
mature. The
interest on any
temporary
Unregistered
Securities
(together
with any additional
amounts payable
pursuant to
the terms
of such Securities)
shall be paid,
as to the
installments
of interest
evidenced
by coupons
attached thereto,
if any, only
upon presentation
and surrender
thereof, and,
as to the
other installments
of interest,
if any, only
upon presentation
of such Unregistered
Securities
for notation
thereon of
the payment
of such interest.
The interest
on Registered
Securities
(together
with any additional
amounts payable
pursuant to
the terms
of such Securities)
shall be payable
only to the
Holders thereof
(subject to
Section 2.04)
and at the
option of
the Company
may be paid
by mailing
checks for
such interest
payable to
or upon the
written order
of such Holders
at their
last addresses
as they appear
on the Security
Register of
the Company.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this
Indenture and the Securities of any series to the contrary, if the Company and a
Holder of any Registered Security so agree, payments of interest on, and any portion of the
Principal of, such Xxxxxx’s Registered Security (other than
interest payable at maturity or on any redemption or repayment date or the final
payment of Principal on such Security) shall be made by the Paying Agent, upon
receipt from the Company of immediately
available funds by 11:00 A.M., New York City time (or such other time as may be
agreed to between the Company and the Paying Agent), directly to the Holder of
such Security (by Federal funds wire transfer or otherwise) if the Holder has delivered written
instructions to the Trustee 15 days prior to such payment date requesting that
such payment will be so made and designating the bank account to which such
payments shall be so made and in the case of payments of Principal, surrenders the same to the Trustee in
exchange for a Security or Securities aggregating the same principal amount as
the unredeemed principal amount of the Securities surrendered. The Trustee shall
be entitled to rely on the last instruction delivered by the Holder pursuant to this Section
4.01 unless a new instruction is delivered 15 days prior to a payment date. The
Company will indemnify and hold each of the Trustee and any Paying Agent
harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) resulting from any act or
omission to act on
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the part of the Company or any such
Holder in connection with any such agreement or from making any payment in
accordance with any such
agreement.
The Company shall pay interest on
overdue Principal, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the
extent lawful, at the rate per annum specified in the
Securities.
Section
4.02. Maintenance
of Office
or Agency. The
Company will maintain
in the United
States of
America,
an office
or agency
where Securities
may be surrendered
for registration
of transfer
or exchange
or for presentation
for payment
and where
notices and
demands to
or upon the
Company in
respect of
the Securities
and
this Indenture
may be served.
The Company
hereby initially
designates
the ,
located
in
, as such office or agency
of the Company. 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 address of the Trustee
set forth in Section
10.02.
The Company will maintain one or more
agencies in a city or cities located outside the United States of America
(including any city in which such an agency is required to be maintained under
the rules of any stock exchange on which the Securities of any series
are listed) where the Unregistered Securities, if any, of each series and
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto may be presented for payment. No payment
on any Unregistered Security or coupon will be made upon presentation of such Unregistered Security or
coupon at an agency of the Company within the United States of America nor will
any payment be made by transfer to an account in, or by mail to an address in,
the United States of America unless, pursuant to applicable United States laws and regulations
then in effect, such payment can be made without adverse tax consequences to the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if full payment in United States Dollars
(“Dollars”) at each agency maintained by the
Company outside the United
States of America for payment on such Unregistered Securities or coupons
appertaining thereto is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or
other similar restrictions, payments in Dollars of Unregistered Securities of
any series and coupons appertaining thereto
which are payable in Dollars may be made at an agency of the Company maintained
in the United States of America.
The Company may also from time to time
designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of any series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any
manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the
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United States of America for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
Section
4.03.
Securityholders’ Lists.
The
Company will furnish
or cause to
be furnished to the Trustee
a list in such form
as the Trustee may reasonably
require of the names
and addresses of the
holders of the Securities
pursuant to Section 312
of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 (a) semi-annually
not more than 15 days
after each record date
for the payment of semi-annual
interest on the Securities,
as hereinabove specified,
as of such record date,
and (b) at such other
times as the Trustee
may request in writing,
within thirty days after
receipt by the Company
of any such request
as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to
the time such information
is furnished.
Section
4.04. Certificate
to Trustee. The
Company
will
furnish to
the Trustee
annually,
on or before
a date
not more
than four
months after
the end
of its fiscal
year (which,
on the date
hereof,
is a calendar
year), a
brief certificate
(which need
not contain
the statements
required
by Section
10.04) from its
principal
executive,
financial
or accounting
officer
as to his
or her knowledge
of the compliance
of the Company
with all
conditions
and covenants
under this
Indenture
(such compliance
to be determined
without
regard to
any period
of grace
or requirement
of notice
provided
under this
Indenture)
which certificate
shall comply
with the
requirements
of the Trust
Indenture
Act.
Section
4.05. Reports
by the Company. The
Company covenants
to file with
the Trustee,
within 15
days after
the Company
files the
same
with the
Commission,
copies of
the annual
reports and
of the information,
documents,
and other
reports which
the Company
may be required
to file with
the Commission
pursuant to
Section 13
or Section
15(d) of the
Exchange
Act.
Section
4.06. Additional
Amounts.
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
and at least 10 days
prior to each date of
payment of Principal
of or interest
on the Securities of
that series if there
has been a change with
respect to the matters
set forth in the below-
mentioned Officers’ Certificate,
the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee and the
principal paying agent,
if other than the Trustee,
an Officers’ Certificate
instructing the Trustee
and such paying agent
whether such payment
of Principal of or interest
on the Securities of
that series shall be
made to Holders of the
Securities of that
series without withholding
or deduction for or
on account
of any tax, assessment
or other governmental
charge described in
the Securities of that
series. If any such
withholding or deduction
shall be required, then
such Officers’ Certificate
shall specify by country
the amount, if any,
required to be withheld or
deducted on such payments
to such Holders and
shall certify the fact
that
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additional amounts will be payable and
the amounts so payable to each Holder, and the Company shall pay to
the Trustee or such paying
agent the additional amounts required to be paid by this Section. 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.
Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context,
the payment of the Principal of or interest or any other amounts on, or in
respect of, any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of the payment of additional amounts provided by the terms of such
series established hereby or pursuant hereto 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 provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding the payment
of additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is
not made.
ARTICLE
5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section
5.01. When
Company May
Merge, Etc. The
Company shall
not consolidate
with, merge
with
or into, or
sell, convey,
transfer,
lease or
otherwise
dispose of
all or substantially
all of its
property and
assets (in
one transaction
or a series
of related
transactions)
to, any Person
unless either
(x) the Company
shall be the
continuing
Person or (y)
the Person
(if other
than the
Company) formed
by such consolidation
or into which
the Company
is merged
or to which
properties
and assets
of the Company
shall be sold,
conveyed,
transferred
or leased
shall be a
Person organized
and validly
existing under
the laws of
the United
States of
America or
any jurisdiction
thereof and
shall expressly
assume, by
a supplemental
indenture,
executed and
delivered
to the Trustee,
all of the
obligations
of the Company
on all of
the Securities
and under
this Indenture and
the Company
in the case
of clauses
(x) and (y)
shall have
delivered
to the Trustee
(A) an Opinion
of Counsel
stating that
such consolidation,
merger or
sale, conveyance,
transfer or
lease and
such supplemental
indenture
(if any) complies
with this
provision
and that all
conditions
precedent
provided
for herein
relating to
such transaction
have been
complied with
and that
such supplemental
indenture
(if any) constitutes
the legal,
valid and
binding obligation
of the Company
and such successor
enforceable against
such entity
in accordance
with its
terms, subject
to customary
exceptions
and (B) an
Officers’ Certificate
to the effect
that immediately
after giving
effect to
such transaction,
no Default
shall have
occurred
and be continuing.
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Section
5.02. Successor
Substituted. Upon
any consolidation
or merger, or
any sale,
conveyance,
transfer,
lease or
other disposition
of all or
substantially
all of the
property
and assets
of the Company
in accordance
with Section
5.01 of this
Indenture,
the successor
Person formed
by such
consolidation
or into which
the Company
is merged
or to which
such sale,
conveyance,
transfer,
lease or
other disposition
is made shall
succeed to,
and be substituted
for, and
may exercise
every right
and power
of, the
Company under
this Indenture
with the
same effect
as if such
successor
Person had
been named
as the Company
herein and
thereafter
the predecessor
Person,
except in
the case
of a lease,
shall be
relieved
of all
obligations
and covenants
under this
Indenture
and the Securities.
ARTICLE
6
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section
6.01. Events
of Default. An
“Event
of Default” shall
occur with respect
to the Securities of
any series if:
(a) the Company defaults in the
payment of the Principal of
any Security of such series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity,
upon acceleration, redemption or mandatory repurchase, including as a sinking
fund installment, or otherwise;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment of
interest on any Security of
such series when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues
for a period of 30 days;
(c) the Company defaults in the performance
of or breaches any other covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture
with respect to any
Security of such series or in the Securities of such series and such default or
breach continues for a period of 30 consecutive days after written notice to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of 25%
or more in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of all series affected thereby specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;
(d) a court having jurisdiction in the
premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the
Company or for any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up
or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed
and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
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(e) the Company (i) commences a voluntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any
such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of the Company or for all or substantially all of the property and
assets of the Company or (iii) effects any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(f) any other Event of Default established
pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to the Securities of such series
occurs.
Section
6.02.
Acceleration. (a)
If an Event of Default
other than as described
in clauses (d) or (e)
of Section 6.01 with
respect to the Securities
of any series then outstanding
occurs and is continuing,
then, and in each and
every such case, except
for any series of Securities
the principal of which shall
have already become due
and payable, either
the Trustee or the Holders
of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities
of any such series then
outstanding hereunder
(all such series voting
together as a single
class) by notice in
writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee
if given by Securityholders),
may declare the entire
principal (or, if the
Securities of any such
series are Original Issue
Discount Securities,
such portion of the
principal amount as may
be specified in the terms
of such series established
pursuant to Section
2.03) of all Securities
of such series, and the
interest accrued thereon,
if any, to be due and
payable immediately,
and upon any such declaration
the same shall become
immediately due and
payable.
(b)
If an
Event of Default described
in clause (d) or (e)
of Section 6.01 occurs
and is continuing, then
the principal amount
(or, if any Securities
are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion
of the principal as may
be specified in the terms
thereof established
pursuant to Section
2.03) of all the Securities
then outstanding and
interest accrued thereon,
if any, shall be and
become immediately due
and payable, without
any notice or other
action by any Holder
or the Trustee, to the
full extent permitted by
applicable law.
The foregoing provisions, however, are
subject to the condition that if, at any time after the principal (or, if the
Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
as may be specified in the terms thereof established pursuant to Section 2.03)
of the Securities of any series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be)
shall have been so declared or become due and payable, and before any judgment
or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter
provided, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities
of each such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any and all
Securities of each such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be)
which shall have become
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due otherwise than by acceleration (with
interest upon such
principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate as the
rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) specified in the Securities of each such
series to the date of such payment or deposit) and such amount as shall be
sufficient to cover all amounts owing the Trustee under Section 7.07, and if any
and all Events of Default under the Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of
Securities which shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been cured,
waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein, then and in every such case the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the then outstanding Securities of all such
series that have been accelerated (voting as a single class), by written notice
to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to all
such series (or with respect to all the Securities, as the case may be) and rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and
annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair
any right consequent thereon.
For all purposes under this
Indenture, if a portion of
the principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been
accelerated and declared or become due and payable pursuant to the provisions
hereof, then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been
rescinded and annulled, the principal
amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed, for all
purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due
and payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as
shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with
interest, if any, thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall
constitute payment in full of such Original Issue Discount
Securities.
Section
6.03. Other
Remedies. If
a payment
default or
an Event
of Default
with respect
to the Securities
of any series
occurs and
is continuing,
the Trustee
may pursue,
in its own
name or
as trustee
of an express
trust, any
available
remedy by
proceeding
at
law
or in equity to collect
the payment of Principal
of and interest on the
Securities of such series
or to enforce the performance
of any provision of the
Securities of such series
or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding
even if it does not possess
any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding.
Section
6.04. Waiver
of Past Defaults. Subject
to Sections
6.02, 6.07
and 9.02,
the Holders
of at least
a majority
in principal
amount (or,
if the Securities
are Original Issue
Discount
Securities,
such portion
of the principal
as is then
accelerable
under Section
6.02) of
the outstanding
Securities
of all series
affected
(voting as
a single
class), by
notice to
the Trustee,
may waive
an existing
Default
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or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment
of Principal of or interest on any Security as specified in clauses (a) or (b)
of Section 6.01 or in
respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of
such series 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 thereto.
Section
6.05. Control
by Majority. Subject
to Sections
7.01 and 7.02(e), the
Holders of
at least a
majority in
aggregate
principal
amount (or,
if any Securities
are Original
Issue Discount
Securities,
such portion
of the principal
as is then
accelerable
under Section
6.02) of the
outstanding
Securities
of all series
affected (voting
as a single
class) may
direct the
time, method
and place
of conducting
any proceeding
for any remedy
available
to the Trustee
or exercising
any trust
or power conferred
on the Trustee
with respect
to the Securities
of such series
by this Indenture;
provided,
that the Trustee
may refuse
to follow
any direction
that conflicts
with law or
this Indenture,
that may
involve the
Trustee in
personal liability
or that the
Trustee
determines
in good faith
may be unduly
prejudicial
to the rights
of Holders
not joining
in the giving
of such direction;
and provided
further, that
the Trustee
may take any
other action
it deems
proper that
is not inconsistent
with any directions
received
from Holders
of Securities
pursuant
to this Section
6.05.
Section
6.06. Limitation
on Suits. No
Holder of
any Security
of any series
may institute
any proceeding,
judicial
or otherwise,
with respect
to this Indenture
or the Securities
of such
series, or
for the
appointment
of a receiver
or trustee,
or for any
other remedy
hereunder,
unless:
(a) such Holder has previously given to the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such series;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
of outstanding Securities of all such series affected shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liabilities
or expenses to be incurred in compliance with such request;
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(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(e) during such 60-day period, the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all
such affected series have
not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such written
request.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to
prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority
over such other Holder.
Section
6.07. Rights
of Holders to Receive
Payment. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this
Indenture, the right
of any Holder of a Security
to receive payment of
Principal of or interest,
if any, on such Holder’s
Security on or after
the respective due dates expressed
on such Security, or
to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such
payment on or after
such respective dates,
shall not be impaired
or affected without the
consent of such Holder.
Section
6.08. Collection
Suit by Trustee. If
an Event
of Default with r espect
to the Securities of
any series in payment
of Principal or interest
specified in clause (a)
or (b) of Section 6.01
occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee may recover
judgment in its own name
and as trustee of an
express trust against
the Company
for the whole amount
(or such portion thereof
as specified in the terms
established pursuant
to Section 2.03 of Original
Issue Discount Securities)
of Principal of, and
accrued interest remaining
unpaid on, together with
interest on overdue Principal
of, and,
to the extent that payment
of such interest is
lawful, interest on overdue
installments of interest
on, the Securities of
such series, in each
case at the rate or Yield
to Maturity (in the
case of Original Issue
Discount Securities)
specified in such Securities,
and such further amount
as shall be sufficient
to cover all amounts
owing the Trustee under
Section 7.07.
Section
6.09. Trustee
May File
Proofs of
Claim. The
Trustee may
file such
proofs of
claim and
other papers
or documents
as may be
necessary
or advisable
in order to
have the
claims of
the Trustee
(including
any claim
for amounts
due the Trustee
under Section
7.07) and
the Holders
allowed in
any judicial
proceedings
relative to
the Company
(or any other
obligor on
the Securities),
its creditors
or its property
and shall
be entitled
and empowered
to collect
and receive
any moneys,
securities
or other
property payable
or deliverable
upon conversion
or exchange
of the Securities
or upon 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
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Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it under Section 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
empower the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Holder, any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
Section
6.10. Application
of Proceeds. Any
moneys collected
by the Trustee
pursuant
to this Article
in respect
of the Securities
of any series
shall be
applied in
the following
order at
the date
or dates
fixed by
the Trustee
and, in case
of the distribution
of such moneys
on account
of Principal
or interest,
upon presentation
of the several
Securities
and coupons
appertaining
to such Securities
in respect
of which
moneys have
been collected
and noting
thereon the
payment,
or issuing Securities
of such series
and tenor
in reduced
principal
amounts in
exchange
for the presented
Securities
of such
series and
tenor if
only partially
paid, or
upon surrender
thereof if
fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due
the Trustee under Section
7.07 applicable to the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have
been collected;
SECOND: In case the principal of the
Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall
not have become and be then due and payable, to the payment of interest on
the Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of the
installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest
has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the
rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to
the persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the
Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall
have become and shall be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole
amount then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for Principal and interest,
with interest upon the overdue Principal, and (to the extent that such interest
has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the
same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) specified in the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys
shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the
Securities of such series, then to the payment of such Principal and interest or Yield to
Maturity, without preference or priority of Principal over interest or Yield to
Maturity, or of
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interest or Yield to Maturity over
Principal, or of any installment of interest over any other
installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other
Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such Principal and accrued
and unpaid interest or Yield to Maturity; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the
Company or any other person lawfully entitled thereto.
Section
6.11. Restoration
of Rights
and Remedies. If
the Trustee
or any Holder
has instituted
any proceeding
to enforce
any right
or remedy
under this
Indenture and
such proceeding
has been
discontinued
or abandoned
for any reason,
or has been
determined
adversely
to the Trustee
or to such
Holder, then,
and in every
such case,
subject to
any determination
in such proceeding,
the Company,
the Trustee
and the Holders
shall be restored
to their former
positions
hereunder
and thereafter
all rights
and remedies
of the Company,
Trustee and
the Holders
shall continue
as though
no such proceeding
had been
instituted.
Section
6.12. Undertaking
for Costs. In
any suit
for the
enforcement
of any
right or
remedy under
this Indenture
or in any
suit against
the Trustee
for any action
taken or
omitted by
it as Trustee,
in either
case in respect
to the Securities
of any series,
a court may
require
any party
litigant
in such suit
(other
than the
Trustee)
to file an
undertaking
to pay the
costs of
the suit,
and the court
may assess
reasonable
costs, including
reasonable
attorneys’ fees,
against any
party litigant
(other than
the Trustee)
in the suit
having due
regard to
the merits
and good
faith of
the claims
or defenses
made by
the party
litigant.
This Section
6.12 does
not apply
to a suit
by a Holder
pursuant
to Section
6.07, a suit
instituted
by the Trustee
or a suit
by Holders
of more than
10% in principal
amount of
the outstanding Securities
of such
series.
Section
6.13. Rights
and Remedies
Cumulative. Except
as otherwise provided
with respect
to the replacement
or payment
of mutilated,
destroyed,
lost or wrongfully
taken Securities
in Section
2.08, no right
or remedy
herein conferred
upon or reserved
to the Trustee
or to the
Holders is
intended to
be exclusive
of any other
right or remedy,
and every
right and
remedy shall,
to the extent
permitted
by law, be
cumulative
and in addition
to every other
right and
remedy given
hereunder or
now or hereafter
existing at
law or in
equity or
otherwise.
The assertion
or employment
of any right
or remedy
hereunder,
or otherwise,
shall not
prevent the
concurrent
assertion
or employment
of any other
appropriate
right or remedy.
Section
6.14.
Delay
or Omission not Waiver. No
delay or omission of
the Trustee
or of any Holder 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
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by this Article 6 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.
ARTICLE
7
TRUSTEE
Section
7.01.
General. The
duties and responsibilities
of the Trustee shall be
as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act and as
set forth herein. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no provision
of
this
Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any
financial liability
in the performance of
any of its duties hereunder,
or in the exercise of
any of its rights or
powers, unless it receives
indemnity satisfactory
to it against any loss,
liability or expense.
Whether or not therein
expressly so provided,
every provision of this
Indenture relating to
the conduct or affecting
the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee
shall be subject to the
provisions
of this Article 7.
Section
7.02. Certain
Rights of
Trustee. Subject
to Trust Indenture
Act Sections
315(a) through
(d):
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel (or both),
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 person or
persons. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
(b) before the Trustee acts or refrains from
acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate and/or an Opinion of
Counsel, which shall conform to Section 10.04 and shall cover such other matters
as the Trustee may reasonably request. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion. Subject to
Sections 7.01 and 7.02, whenever in the administration of the trusts of this
Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking or suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other
evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by an Officers’
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Certificate delivered to the Trustee,
and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of
the Trustee, shall be full
warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof;
(c) the Trustee may act through its
attorneys and agents not regularly in its employ and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or
negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care;
(d) any request, direction, order or demand
of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers’ Certificate (unless other evidence
in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to
the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation
to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with
such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized
or within its rights or powers or for any action it takes or omits to take in accordance with the direction
of the Holders in accordance with Section 6.05 relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Indenture;
(g) 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;
and
(h) prior to the occurrence of an Event of
Default hereunder and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution,
certificate, Officers’ Certificate, Opinion of Counsel, Board
Resolution, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, or other
paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
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the Securities of all series affected
then outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee
of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making
of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured
to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition
to proceeding.
Section
7.03. Individual
Rights of
Trustee. The
Trustee, in
its individual or
any other
capacity,
may become
the owner
or
pledgee of
Securities
and may otherwise
deal with
the Company
or its Affiliates
with the
same rights
it would have
if it were
not the Trustee.
Any Agent
may do the
same with
like rights.
However, the
Trustee is
subject to
Trust Indenture
Act Sections
310(b)
and 311. For
purposes of
Trust Indenture
Act Section
311(b)(4)
and (6), the
following
terms shall
mean:
(a) “cash
transaction” means 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; and
(b) “self-liquidating
paper” means any draft, bill of exchange,
acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the
Company for the purpose of
financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, 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 arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or
incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or
obligation.
Section
7.04. Trustee's
Disclaimer. The
recitals
contained
herein and
in the
Securities
(except the
Trustee’s
certificate
of authentication)
shall be
taken as
statements
of the
Company
and not
of the Trustee
and the
Trustee
assumes
no responsibility
for the
correctness
of the same.
Neither
the Trustee
nor any
of its agents
(a) makes
any representation
as to the
validity
or adequacy
of this
Indenture or
the Securities
and (b)
shall be
accountable
for the
Company’s
use or application
of the proceeds
from the
Securities.
Section
7.05. Notice
of Default. If
any Default
with respect
to the Securities
of any series
occurs and
is continuing
and if such
Default
is known to
the actual
knowledge
of a Responsible
Officer with
the Corporate
Trust Department
of the Trustee,
the Trustee
shall give
to each Holder
of Securities
of
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such series notice of such Default within 90 days after it
occurs (a) if any Unregistered Securities of such series are then outstanding,
to the Holders thereof, by publication at least once in an Authorized Newspaper
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in
London and (b) to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and to
the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless such
Default shall have been cured or waived before the mailing or publication of such notice;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the
Principal of or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in
the interests of the Holders.
Section
7.06. Reports
by Trustee
to Holders. The
Trustee shall
transmit to
Holders such
reports concerning
the Trustee
and its actions
under this
Indenture
as may be
required pursuant
to
the
Trust Indenture Act at
the times and in the
manner provided pursuant
thereto. If required
by Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trustee shall, within
60 days after each May
15 following the date
of this Indenture, deliver
to Holders a brief report,
dated as of such May
15, which complies with
the provisions of such
Section 313(a).
A copy of each such report shall, at the
time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock
exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the
Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are
listed on any stock exchange.
Section
7.07. Compensation
and Indemnity. The
Company
shall pay
to the
Trustee such
compensation
as shall
be agreed
upon in
writing
from time
to time
for its
services.
The compensation
of the Trustee
shall not
be limited
by any law
on compensation
of a Trustee
of an express
trust. The
Company
shall reimburse
the Trustee
and any
predecessor
Trustee
upon request
for all
reasonable
out-of-pocket
expenses,
disbursements
and advances
incurred
or made
by the
Trustee
or such
predecessor
Trustee.
Such expenses
shall include
the reasonable
compensation
and expenses
of the
Trustee’s
or such
predecessor
Trustee’s
agents,
counsel
and other
persons
not regularly
in their
employ.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee
and any predecessor Trustee for, and hold them harmless against, any loss or
liability or expense incurred by them without negligence or bad faith on their
part arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture and the
Securities or the issuance of the Securities or of series thereof or the trusts
hereunder and the performance of duties under this Indenture and the
Securities, including the costs and expenses of
defending themselves against or investigating any claim or liability and of
complying with any process served upon them or any of their
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officers in connection with the exercise or performance
of any of their powers or duties under this Indenture and the
Securities.
To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section
7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or
property held or collected
by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in
trust to pay Principal of, and interest on particular
Securities.
The obligations of the Company under
this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay
or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder
and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the rejection or termination of this
Indenture under bankruptcy law. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior
claim to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular
Securities or coupons, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior
claim. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under
applicable law, if the Trustee renders services and incurs expenses following an Event of Default under
Section 6.01(d) or Section 6.01(e) hereof, the parties hereto and the holders by
their acceptance of the Securities hereby agree that such expenses are intended
to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law.
Section
7.08. Replacement
of Trustee. A
resignation
or removal
of the Trustee
as Trustee
with respect
to the Securities
of any series
and appointment
of a successor
Trustee as
Trustee with
respect
to the Securities
of any series
shall become
effective
only upon
the successor
Trustee’s
acceptance
of appointment
as provided
in this
Section
7.08.
The Trustee may resign as Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series at any time by so notifying the Company
in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee as Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series by so notifying the Trustee in writing
and may appoint a successor Trustee with respect thereto with the consent of the Company. The Company may
remove the Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series if:
(i) the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.11 of this Indenture; (ii)
the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent; (iii) a receiver or other public officer takes
charge of the Trustee or its property; or (iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of
acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed as
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series for any reason, the Company shall
promptly appoint
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a successor Trustee with respect
thereto. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series may
appoint a successor Trustee in respect of such Securities to replace the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series does not deliver its written acceptance required by Section 7.09 within
30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee,
the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of
such series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect thereto.
The Company shall give notice of any
resignation and any removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and
each appointment of a successor Trustee in respect of the Securities of such
series to all Holders of Securities of such series. Each notice shall include
the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Notwithstanding replacement of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series pursuant to this Section
7.08 and Section 7.09, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall
continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section
7.09. Acceptance
of Appointment
by Successor. In
case of the appointment
hereunder
of a successor
Trustee with
respect to
all Securities,
every such
successor
Trustee so
appointed
shall execute,
acknowledge
and deliver
to the Company
and to the
retiring
Trustee an
instrument
accepting
such appointment,
and thereupon
the resignation
or removal
of the retiring
Trustee shall
become effective
and such
successor
Trustee,
without
any further
act, deed
or conveyance,
shall become
vested with
all the
rights,
powers, trusts
and duties
of the retiring
Trustee;
but, on the
request of
the Company
or the successor
Trustee,
such retiring
Trustee shall,
upon payment
of its charges
and subject
to the lien
provided
for in Section
7.07, execute
and deliver
an instrument
transferring
to such successor
Trustee
all the rights,
powers and
trusts of
the retiring
Trustee and
shall duly
assign,
transfer
and deliver
to such successor
Trustee all
property
and money
held by
such retiring
Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company,
the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and 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
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retiring with respect to all Securities,
shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to
confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not
retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add
to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it
being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts
hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and
delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities
of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on
request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor
Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers
and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case
may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its
appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall
be eligible under this
Article and qualified under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
Section
7.10. Successor
Trustee By Xxxxxx, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts
into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another
corporation or national banking association, the resulting, surviving or
transferee corporation or national banking association without any further act
shall be the successor Trustee with the same effect as if the successor Trustee
had been named as the Trustee
herein.
Section
7.11.
Eligibility. This
Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Trust
Indenture Act Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition.
Section
7.12. Money
Held in Trust. The
Trustee shall
not be liable
for interest
on any money
received by
it except
as the Trustee
may agree
in writing
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with the Company. Money held in trust by
the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law and except for money held in trust under Article 8 of this
Indenture.
ARTICLE
8
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
Section
8.01. Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture. If at any time (a) the Company shall have paid or caused to
be paid the Principal of and interest on all the Securities of any series
outstanding hereunder (other than Securities of such series
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.08) as and when the same shall have become due and
payable, or (b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of any
series theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities of such series which
shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 2.08) or (c) (i) all the securities of such series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or
are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called
for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption, and (ii) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in cash
(other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Company in accordance with
Section 8.04) or U.S. Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and
interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure (without consideration
of the reinvestment of such interest) the availability of cash, or a combination thereof, sufficient
to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series (other than
any Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.08) not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due or to
become due on or prior to such date of maturity or redemption as the case may
be, and if, in any such case, the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to Securities of such series, then this
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to Securities of such
series (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of securities of such
series, and the Company’s right of optional redemption, if any,
(ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities,
(iii) rights of holders to receive payments of principal thereof and
interest thereon, upon the original stated due
dates therefor (but not upon acceleration) and remaining rights of the holders
to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights, obligations
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (v) the rights of the Securityholders of such series
as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited
with
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the Trustee payable to all or any of
them), and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect
to such series; provided, that the rights of Holders of the
Securities to receive amounts in respect of Principal of and interest on the
Securities held by them shall not be delayed longer than required by
then-applicable mandatory rules or policies of any securities exchange
upon which the Securities are listed. The
Company agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter
reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for any services
thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the
Securities of such series.
Section
8.02. Application
by Trustee
of Funds Deposited
for Payment
of Securities.
Subject
to Section 8.04, all
moneys (including U.S.
Government Obligations
and the proceeds thereof)
deposited
with the Trustee pursuant
to Section 8.01, Section
8.05 or Section 8.06
shall be held in trust
and applied by it to
the payment, either
directly or through
any paying agent to
the Holders of the
particular Securities
of such series for the
payment or redemption
of which such moneys
have been deposited
with the Trustee, of
all sums due and to
become due thereon for
Principal and interest;
but such money need
not be segregated from
other funds except
to the extent required
by law.
Section
8.03.
Repayment
of Moneys Held by Paying
Agent. In
connection with
the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture
with respect to Securities
of any series, all moneys
then held by any paying
agent under the provisions
of this Indenture with
respect to such series
of Securities
shall, upon demand
of the Company, be repaid
to it or paid to the
Trustee and thereupon
such paying agent shall
be released from all
further liability with
respect to such moneys.
Section
8.04. Return of
Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two
Years. Any moneys
deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the
Principal of or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but
remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such Principal or interest shall have become
due and payable, shall, upon the written request of the Company and unless
otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or
unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company by the Trustee for such series or such paying
agent, and the Holder of the Security of such series shall, unless otherwise
required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed
property laws, thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such Holder may be entitled
to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent with respect to
such moneys shall thereupon cease.
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Section
8.05. Defeasance
and Discharge
of Indenture. The
Company shall
be deemed
to have
paid and
shall be
discharged
from any
and all
obligations
in respect
of the Securities
of any
series,
on the 123rd
day after
the deposit
referred
to in clause
(i) hereof
has been
made, and
the provisions
of this
Indenture
shall no
longer
be in effect
with respect
to the Securities
of such
series (and
the Trustee,
at the
expense
of the Company,
shall execute
proper instruments
acknowledging
the same),
except as
to: (a)
rights of
registration
of transfer
and exchange,
and the
Company’s
right of
optional
redemption,
(b) substitution
of apparently
mutilated,
defaced,
destroyed,
lost or
stolen
Securities,
(c) rights
of holders
to receive
payments
of principal
thereof
and interest
thereon,
upon the
original stated
due dates
therefor
(but not
upon acceleration),
(d) the
rights,
obligations
and immunities
of the
Trustee
hereunder
and (e)
the rights
of the
Securityholders
of such
series
as beneficiaries
hereof
with respect
to the
property
so deposited
with the Trustee
payable
to all
or any
of them;
provided
that the
following
conditions
shall have
been satisfied:
(i) with reference to this provision the
Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee (or
another qualifying trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.11)
as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, (A)
money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and
principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not
later than one day before the due date of any payment referred to in subclause
(x) or (y) of this clause (i) money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of
a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge
without consideration of the reinvestment of such interest and after payment of all federal, state
and local taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by
the Trustee (x) the principal of, premium, if any, and each installment of
interest on the outstanding Securities of such series on the due dates thereof and (y) any mandatory
sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Securities of such
series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with
the terms of Securities of such series and the Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series;
(ii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee
(A) either (x) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of Securities of
such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of the
Company’s exercise of its option under this
Section 8.05 and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in
the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such
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deposit, defeasance and discharge had
not occurred, which Opinion of Counsel must be based upon a ruling of the
Internal Revenue Service to the same effect or a change in applicable federal
income tax law or related treasury regulations after the date of this
Indenture or (y) a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal
Revenue Service to the same effect as the aforementioned Opinion of Counsel and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the creation of the defeasance trust does not violate the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and after the passage of 123 days following the
deposit, the trust fund will not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor and Creditor Law;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such
deposit on a pro forma basis, no Event of Default, or event that after the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default,
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period
ending on the 123rd day after the date of such deposit, and such deposit shall
not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is
bound;
(iv) if at such time the Securities of such
series are listed on a national securities exchange, the Company has delivered
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Securities of such
series will not be delisted
as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge;
(v) the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge under
this Section have been
complied with; and
(vi) if the Securities of such series are to
be redeemed prior to the final maturity thereof (other than from mandatory
sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall
have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made.
Section
8.06. Defeasance
of Certain
Obligations. The
Company may omit
to comply
with any term,
provision
or condition
set forth
in, and this
Indenture
will no longer be
in effect
with respect
to, any covenant
established
pursuant to
Section 2.03(r)
and clause
(c) (with
respect to
any covenants
established
pursuant to
Section 2.03(r))
and clause
(f) of Section
6.01 shall
be deemed
not to be
an Event of
Default with
respect
to Securities
of any series,
if
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(a) with reference to this Section 8.06, the
Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee (or
another qualifying trustee satisfying the requirements of Section
7.11) as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series
and the Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, (i) money in an amount or (ii) U.S.
Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in
respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not later than one
day before the due dates thereof or earlier redemption (irrevocably provided for under agreements
satisfactory to the Trustee), as the case may be, of any payment referred to in
subclause (x) or (y) of this clause (a) money in an amount, or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge without consideration of the reinvestment of such
interest and after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges and assessments in respect
thereof payable by the Trustee (x) the principal of, premium, if any, and each
installment of interest on the outstanding Securities of such series on the due
date thereof or earlier redemption (irrevocably provided for under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee), as the case may be, and (y) any mandatory sinking fund payments or
analogous payments applicable to the Securities of such series and the Indenture
with respect to the Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and
payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and of Securities of such
series and the Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series;
(b) the Company has delivered to the Trustee
(i) an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that Holders of Securities of such series will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the
Company’s exercise of its option under this
Section 8.06 and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had
not occurred and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the creation of
the defeasance trust does not violate the Investment Company Act of 1940 and after the passage of
123 days following the deposit, the trust fund will not be subject to the effect
of Section 547 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or Section 15 of the New York Debtor
and Creditor Law;
(c) immediately after giving effect
to such deposit on a pro
forma basis, no Event of Default, or event that after the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and
be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on
the 123rd day after the date of such
deposit, and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;
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(d) if at such time the Securities of such
series are listed on a national securities exchange, the Company has delivered
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Securities of such
series will not be delisted
as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge; and
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance under this
Section have been complied
with.
Section
8.07.
Reinstatement. If
the Trustee or paying
agent is unable to apply
any monies or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance
with Article 8 by reason
of any legal proceeding
or by reason of any
order or judgment of
any court or governmental
authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application,
the Company’s
obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities
shall be revived and
reinstated as though
no deposit had occurred
pursuant to this Article
until such time as the
Trustee or paying agent
is permitted to apply
all such monies or U.S.
Government Obligations
in accordance with Article
8; provided,
however,
that if the Company
has made any payment
of Principal of or
interest on any Securities because
of the reinstatement
of its obligations,
the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of
such Securities to
receive such payment
from the monies or
U.S. Government Obligations
held by the Trustee
or paying agent.
Section
8.08. Indemnity.
The
Company shall pay and
indemnify the Trustee
(or other qualifying
trustee, collectively
for purposes of this
Section 8.08 and Section
8.02, the
“Trustee”)
against any tax, fee
or other charge, imposed
on or assessed against
the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to
Section 8.01, 8.05 or
8.06 or the principal
or interest received
in respect thereof other
than any such tax, fee
or other charge which
by law is for the account
of the Holders of the
Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto.
Section
8.09.
Excess
Funds. Anything
in this Article 8 to
the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver
or pay to the Company
from time to time upon
request of the Company,
any money or U.S. Government
Obligations (or other
property and any
proceeds therefrom)
held by it as provided
in Section 8.01, 8.05
or 8.06 which, in the
opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of
Independent Public Accountants
expressed in a written
certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee,
are in excess of the
amount thereof which
would then be required
to be deposited to effect
a discharge or defeasance,
as applicable, in accordance
with this Article 8.
Section
8.10. Qualifying
Trustee. Any
trustee
appointed
pursuant
to Section
8.05 or 8.06
for the purpose
of
holding
money or
U.S. Government
Obligations
deposited
pursuant
to such
Sections
shall be
appointed
under an
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agreement in form acceptable to the
Trustee and shall provide to the Trustee a certificate, upon which certificate
the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions
precedent provided for herein to the related defeasance have been complied with.
In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any acts or omissions of said trustee.
ARTICLE
9
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS
AND WAIVERS
Section
9.01. Without
Consent of
Holders. The
Company and
the Trustee may
amend or supplement
this Indenture
or the Securities
of any series
without notice
to or the
consent of
any Holder:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency in this Indenture; provided that such amendments or supplements
shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of the
Holders;
(b) to comply with Article
5;
(c) to comply with any requirements of the
Commission in connection
with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(d) to evidence and provide for the
acceptance of appointment hereunder with respect to the Securities of any or all
series by a successor Trustee 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 7.09;
(e) to establish the form or forms or
terms of Securities of any
series or of the coupons appertaining to such Securities as permitted by Section
2.03;
(f) to provide for uncertificated or
Unregistered Securities and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose;
and
(g) to make any change that does not materially and adversely affect the
rights of any Holder.
Section
9.02. With
Consent of
Holders. Subject
to Sections
6.04 and 6.07, without
prior notice
to any Holders,
the Company
and the Trustee
may amend
this Indenture
and the Securities
of any series
with the written
consent of
the Holders
of a majority
in principal
amount of
the outstanding
Securities
of all series
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affected by such amendment (all such
series voting together as a
single class), and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby (all such series voting
together as a single class) by written notice to the Trustee may waive future
compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or
the Securities of such series.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 9.02, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, an amendment
or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may
not:
(a) change the stated maturity of the
Principal of, or any sinking fund obligation or any installment of interest on,
such Xxxxxx’s Security,
(b) reduce the Principal amount thereof or
the rate of interest thereon (including any amount in respect of original
issue
discount);
(c) reduce the above stated percentage of
outstanding Securities the consent of whose holders is necessary to modify or
amend the Indenture with respect to the Securities of the relevant series;
and
(d) reduce the percentage in principal
amount of outstanding
Securities of the relevant series the consent of whose Holders is required for
any supplemental indenture or for any waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain Defaults and their consequences provided
for in this Indenture.
A supplemental indenture which changes
or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has
expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of Holders of Securities of such series
with respect to such covenant or provision, shall be deemed not to affect the
rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series or
of the coupons appertaining to such Securities.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of any
Holder under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed
amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement
or waiver under this
Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall give to the Holders affected
thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. The
Company will mail supplemental indentures to Holders upon request. Any failure
of the Company to mail such notice, or
any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity
of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
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Section
9.03.
Revocation
and Effect of Consent. Until
an amendment or waiver
becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder
is a continuing consent
by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of
a Security or portion
of a Security that evidences
the same debt as the
Security of the
consenting Holder,
even if notation of
the consent is not made
on any Security. However,
any such Holder or
subsequent Holder may
revoke the consent as
to its Security or
portion of its Security.
Such revocation shall
be effective only if
the Trustee receives
the notice of revocation
before the date the
amendment, supplement
or waiver becomes effective.
An amendment, supplement
or waiver shall become
effective with respect
to any Securities affected
thereby on receipt by
the Trustee of written
consents from
the requisite Holders
of outstanding Securities
affected thereby.
The Company may, but shall not be
obligated to, fix a record date (which may be not less than five nor more than
60 days prior to the solicitation of consents) for the purpose of
determining the Holders of
the Securities of any series affected entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the
immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were such Holders at such
record date (or their duly designated proxies)
and only those Persons shall be entitled to consent to such amendment,
supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not
such Persons continue to be such Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or
effective for more than 90 days after such record date.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver
becomes effective with respect to the Securities of any series affected thereby,
it shall bind every Holder of such Securities unless it is of the type described in
any of clauses (a) through (d) of Section 9.02. In case of an amendment or
waiver of the type described in clauses (a) through (d) of Section 9.02, the
amendment or waiver shall bind each such Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of
a Security that evidences the same indebtedness as the Security of the
consenting Holder.
Section
9.04. Notation
on or Exchange
of Securities. If
an amendment, supplement
or waiver
changes the
terms of
any Security, the
Trustee may
require the
Holder thereof
to deliver
it to the
Trustee. The
Trustee may
place an appropriate
notation on
the Security
about the
changed terms
and return
it to the
Holder and
the Trustee
may place
an appropriate
notation on
any Security
of such
series thereafter
authenticated.
Alternatively,
if the Company
or the Trustee
so determines,
the Company
in exchange
for the Security
shall issue
and the Trustee
shall authenticate
a new Security
of the same
series and
tenor that
reflects the
changed terms.
Section
9.05. Trustee
to Sign Amendments,
Etc. The
Trustee shall
be entitled
to receive,
and shall
be fully
protected
in relying
upon, an Opinion
of Counsel
stating that
the execution
of any amendment,
supplement
or waiver
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authorized pursuant to this Article 9 is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture, stating that all requisite consents
have been obtained or that no consents are required and stating that such
supplemental indenture
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to customary
exceptions. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any such
amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.
Section
9.06. Conformity
with Trust
Indenture
Act. Every
supplemental indenture
executed pursuant
to this Article
9 shall conform
to the requirements of
the Trust
Indenture
Act as then
in effect.
ARTICLE
10
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
10.01. Trust
Indenture
Act of 1939. This
Indenture
shall incorporate
and be governed
by the provisions
of the Trust
Indenture
Act that are
required to
be part of
and to govern
indentures
qualified
under the
Trust Indenture
Act.
Section
10.02.
Notices. Any
notice or communication
shall be sufficiently
given if written and
(a) if delivered in
person when received
or (b) if mailed by first
class mail 5 days after
mailing, or (c)
as between the Company
and the Trustee if sent
by facsimile transmission,
when transmission is
confirmed, in each case
addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
New York, NY 10022
Telecopy:
Attention:
if to the Trustee:
The Company or the Trustee by written
notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for
subsequent notices or communications.
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Any notice or communication shall be sufficiently
given to Holders of any Unregistered Securities, by publication at least once in
an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York, or with respect to any Security
the interest on which is based on the offered quotations in the interbank Eurodollar market for
dollar deposits at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London, and by
mailing to the Holders thereof who have filed their names and addresses with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act at such addresses as were so
furnished to the Trustee and to Holders of Registered Securities by mailing to
such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register.
Notice mailed shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed. Copies of any such
communication or notice to a Holder shall also be mailed to the Trustee and each
Agent at the same time.
Failure to mail a notice or
communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency
with respect to other
Holders. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, if a notice or
communication is mailed in the manner provided in this Section 10.02, it is duly
given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Where this Indenture provides for
notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee,
but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case it shall be impracticable to
give notice as herein contemplated, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
Section
10.03. Certificate
and Opinion
as to Conditions
Precedent. Upon any
request or
application
by the Company
to the Trustee
to take any
action under
this Indenture,
the Company
shall furnish
to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the
opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with;
and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied
with.
Section
10.04. Statements
Required
in Certificate
or Opinion. Each certificate
or opinion
with respect
to compliance
with a condition
or covenant
provided
for in this
Indenture
(other than
the certificate
required by
Section 4.04)
shall include:
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(a) a statement that each person signing
such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and
scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion
contained in such certificate or opinion is based;
(c) a statement that, in the
opinion of each such
person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the
opinion of each
such person, such condition or covenant
has been complied with; provided, however, that, with respect to matters of fact,
an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public
officials.
Section
10.05. Evidence
of
Ownership. The
Company, the Trustee
and any
agent of the Company
or the Trustee may deem
and treat the Holder
of any Unregistered Security
and the Holder of any
coupon as the absolute
owner of such Unregistered
Security or coupon (whether
or not such Unregistered
Security or coupon shall
be overdue) for the purpose
of receiving payment
thereof or on account
thereof and for all other
purposes, and neither
the Company, the Trustee,
nor any agent of the
Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by
any notice to
the contrary. The fact
of the holding by any
Holder of an Unregistered
Security, and the identifying
number of such Security
and the date of his holding
the same, may be proved
by the production of
such Security or by a
certificate executed
by any trust company,
bank, banker or recognized
securities dealer wherever
situated satisfactory
to the Trustee, if such
certificate shall be
deemed by the Trustee
to be satisfactory. Each
such certificate shall
be dated and shall state
that on the date thereof
a Security
bearing a specified identifying
number was deposited
with or exhibited to
such trust company, bank,
banker or recognized
securities dealer by
the person named in such
certificate. Any such
certificate may be issued
in respect of one or
more Unregistered
Securities specified
therein. The holding
by the person named in
any such certificate
of any Unregistered
Securities specified
therein shall be presumed
to continue for a period
of one year from the
date of such certificate
unless at the time of
any determination
of such holding (1) another
certificate bearing
a later date issued in
respect of the same Securities
shall be produced or
(2) the Security specified
in such certificate shall
be produced by some
other Person, or (3)
the Security specified
in such
certificate shall have
ceased to be outstanding.
Subject to Article 7,
the fact and date of
the execution of any
such instrument and
the amount and numbers
of Securities held by
the Person so executing
such instrument may also
be proven in accordance
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with such reasonable rules and
regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in any other manner which the
Trustee may deem sufficient.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent
of the Company or the
Trustee may deem and treat the person in whose name any Registered Security
shall be registered upon the Security Register for such series as the absolute
owner of such Registered Security (whether or not such Registered Security shall
be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or
on account of the Principal of and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture,
interest on such Registered Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
Section
10.06. Rules
by Trustee,
Paying Agent
or Registrar. The
Trustee may
make reasonable
rules for
action by
or
at a meeting of Holders.
The Paying Agent or
Registrar may make reasonable
rules for its functions.
Section
10.07. Payment
Date Other
Than a Business
Day. Except
as otherwise
provided with
respect to
a series
of Securities,
if any date
for payment
of Principal
or interest
on any Security
shall not
be a Business
Day at any
place of payment,
then payment
of Principal
of or interest
on such Security,
as the case
may be, need
not be made
on such date,
but may be
made on the
next succeeding
Business Day
at any
place of payment
with the same
force and
effect as
if made on
such date
and no interest
shall accrue
in respect
of such payment
for the period
from and after
such date.
Section
10.08. Governing
Law. The
laws of the
State of New
York shall govern
this Indenture
and the
Securities.
Section
10.09. No
Adverse Interpretation
of Other Agreements. This Indenture
may not be
used to interpret
another indenture
or loan or
debt agreement
of the Company
or any Subsidiary
of the Company.
Any such indenture
or agreement
may not be
used to interpret
this Indenture.
Section
10.10.
Successors. All
agreements of the Company
in this Indenture
and the Securities shall
bind its successors.
All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture
shall bind its successors.
Section
10.11. Duplicate
Originals. The
parties may sign any
number of copies
of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be
an original, but all
of them together represent
the same agreement.
Section
10.12.
Separability. In
case any provision in
this Indenture or in the
Securities shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable,
the validity, legality
and
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enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section
10.13. Table
of Contents,
Headings,
Etc. The
Table of Contents and
headings of
the Articles
and Sections
of this Indenture
have been
inserted for
convenience
of reference
only, are
not to be
considered
a part hereof
and shall
in no way
modify or
restrict
any of the
terms and
provisions
hereof.
Section
10.14.
Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt from
Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon
any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, or in
any Security or any coupons appertaining thereto, or because of any indebtedness
evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such or against any
past, present or future stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, of the Company or
of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under
any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of
any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being
expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities and the
coupons appertaining thereto by the holders thereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities and the coupons
appertaining thereto.
Section
10.15. Judgment
Currency. The Company
agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the Principal of or interest on the
Securities of any series (the “Required
Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment
will be rendered (the “Judgment
Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be
the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in
The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day
on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a
Business Day, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate of exchange used shall be the
rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could
purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment
Currency on the Business Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its
obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i)
shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to
any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other
than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery
shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the
Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an
alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the
Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall
fall
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short of the full amount of the Required
Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment
being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written
above.
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