NABISCO, INC. as the Company and CITIBANK, N.A. as Trustee
EXHIBIT 4.1
NABISCO, INC.
as the Company
as the Company
and
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Trustee
as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY |
||||||
ARTICLE 1 |
||||||
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
||||||
SECTION 1.1 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.2 |
Other Definitions | 8 | ||||
SECTION 1.3 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 8 | ||||
SECTION 1.4 |
Rules of Construction | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 |
||||||
THE SECURITIES |
||||||
SECTION 2.1 |
Form and Dating | 9 | ||||
SECTION 2.2 |
Execution and Authentication | 9 | ||||
SECTION 2.3 |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 11 | ||||
SECTION 2.4 |
Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest | 14 | ||||
SECTION 2.5 |
Registrar and Paying Agent; Agents Generally | 15 | ||||
SECTION 2.6 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 16 | ||||
SECTION 2.7 |
Transfer and Exchange | 17 | ||||
SECTION 2.8 |
Replacement Securities | 20 | ||||
SECTION 2.9 |
Outstanding Securities | 21 | ||||
SECTION 2.10 |
Temporary Securities | 21 | ||||
SECTION 2.11 |
Cancellation | 22 | ||||
SECTION 2.12 |
CUSIP Numbers | 22 | ||||
SECTION 2.13 |
Defaulted Interest | 22 | ||||
SECTION 2.14 |
Series May Include Tranches | 23 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 |
||||||
REDEMPTION |
||||||
SECTION 3.1 |
Applicability of Article | 23 | ||||
SECTION 3.2
|
Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions | 23 |
*Note: | The Table of Contents shall not for any purposes be deemed to be a part of the Indenture. |
i
Page | ||||||
SECTION 3.3 |
Payment of Securities Called for Redemption | 26 | ||||
SECTION 3.4 |
Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption | 27 | ||||
SECTION 3.5 |
Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds | 27 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 |
||||||
COVENANTS |
||||||
SECTION 4.1 |
Payment of Securities | 30 | ||||
SECTION 4.2 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 31 | ||||
SECTION 4.3 |
Negative Pledge | 32 | ||||
SECTION 4.4 |
Certain Sale and Lease-back Transactions | 33 | ||||
SECTION 4.5 |
Funded Debt of Restricted Subsidiaries | 35 | ||||
SECTION 4.6 |
Certificate to Trustee | 35 | ||||
SECTION 4.7 |
Reports by the Company | 36 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 |
||||||
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION |
||||||
SECTION 5.1 |
When Company May Merge, Etc. | 36 | ||||
SECTION 5.2 |
Successor Substituted | 37 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 |
||||||
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
||||||
SECTION 6.1 |
Events of Default | 37 | ||||
SECTION 6.2 |
Acceleration | 38 | ||||
SECTION 6.3 |
Other Remedies | 40 | ||||
SECTION 6.4 |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 40 | ||||
SECTION 6.5 |
Control by Majority | 41 | ||||
SECTION 6.6 |
Limitation on Suits | 41 | ||||
SECTION 6.7 |
Rights of Holders to Receive Payment | 42 | ||||
SECTION 6.8 |
Collection Suit by Trustee | 42 | ||||
SECTION 6.9 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 42 | ||||
SECTION 6.10 |
Application of Proceeds | 43 | ||||
SECTION 6.11 |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 44 | ||||
SECTION 6.12 |
Undertaking for Costs | 44 |
ii
Page | ||||||
SECTION 6.13 |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 44 | ||||
SECTION 6.14 |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 45 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 |
||||||
TRUSTEE |
||||||
SECTION 7.1 |
General | 45 | ||||
SECTION 7.2 |
Certain Rights of Trustee | 45 | ||||
SECTION 7.3 |
Individual Rights of Trustee | 47 | ||||
SECTION 7.4 |
Trustee’s Disclaimer | 48 | ||||
SECTION 7.5 |
Notice of Default | 48 | ||||
SECTION 7.6 |
Reports by Trustee to Holders | 48 | ||||
SECTION 7.7 |
Compensation and Indemnity | 48 | ||||
SECTION 7.8 |
Replacement of Trustee | 49 | ||||
SECTION 7.9 |
Successor Trustee by Xxxxxx, Etc. | 51 | ||||
SECTION 7.10 |
Eligibility | 51 | ||||
SECTION 7.11 |
Money Held in Trust | 51 | ||||
ARTICLE 8 |
||||||
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE |
||||||
SECTION 8.1 |
Defeasance Within One Year of Payment | 51 | ||||
SECTION 8.2 |
Defeasance | 52 | ||||
SECTION 8.3 |
Covenant Defeasance | 54 | ||||
SECTION 8.4 |
Application of Trust Money | 55 | ||||
SECTION 8.5 |
Repayment to Company | 55 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 |
||||||
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS |
||||||
SECTION 9.1 |
Without Consent of Holders | 56 | ||||
SECTION 9.2 |
With Consent of Holders | 56 | ||||
SECTION 9.3 |
Revocation and Effect of Consent | 58 | ||||
SECTION 9.4 |
Notation on or Exchange of Securities | 59 | ||||
SECTION 9.5 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. | 59 | ||||
SECTION 9.6 |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act | 59 |
iii
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE 10 |
||||||
MISCELLANEOUS |
||||||
SECTION 10.1 |
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 | 59 | ||||
SECTION 10.2 |
Notices | 60 | ||||
SECTION 10.3 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 61 | ||||
SECTION 10.4 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 61 | ||||
SECTION 10.5 |
Evidence of Ownership | 62 | ||||
SECTION 10.6 |
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar | 63 | ||||
SECTION 10.7 |
Payment Date Other Than a Business Day | 63 | ||||
SECTION 10.8 |
Governing Law | 63 | ||||
SECTION 10.9 |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 63 | ||||
SECTION 10.10 |
Successors | 63 | ||||
SECTION 10.11 |
Duplicate Originals | 63 | ||||
SECTION 10.12 |
Separability | 63 | ||||
SECTION 10.13 |
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. | 63 | ||||
SECTION 10.14 |
Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt from Individual Liability | 64 | ||||
SECTION 10.15 |
Judgment Currency | 64 | ||||
SIGNATURES |
iv
INDENTURE, dated as of June 5, 1995, between Nabisco, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, as
the Company, and Citibank, N.A., a national association, as Trustee.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the issue from time to time of its 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 1.1 Definitions.
“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, transfer agent or Authenticating Agent.
“Attributable Debt” means, when used in connection with a sale and lease-back transaction
referred to in Section 4.4, on any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the
product of (a) the net proceeds from such sale and lease-back transaction multiplied by (b) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full years of the term of the lease relating to
the property involved in such sale and lease-back transaction (without regard to any options to
renew or extend such term) remaining on the date of the making of such computation and the
denominator of which is the number of full years of the term of such lease measured from the first
day of such term.
“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 Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s capital stock or equity, including, without limitation, all Common Stock and Preferred
Stock.
“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.
“Common Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s common stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture,
including, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
2
“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.
“Consolidated Net Worth” means, at any date of determination, the consolidated stockholders’
equity of the Company, as set forth on the then most recently available consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business
of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the
date of this Indenture, located at 000 Xxxx xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration,
“Default” means any Event of Default as defined in Section 6.1 and any event that is, or after
notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“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 2.3 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each
Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary
with respect to the Registered Global Securities of that series.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exempted Debt” means the sum, without duplication, of the following items outstanding as of
the date Exempted Debt is being determined: (i) indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries incurred after the date of this Indenture and secured by liens created or assumed or
permitted to exist pursuant to Section 4.3(b), (ii) Attributable Debt of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of all sale and lease-back transactions with regard to any
Principal Property entered into pursuant to Section 4.4(b) and (iii) Funded Debt of Restricted
Subsidiaries created, assumed or guaranteed pursuant to Section 4.5(b).
“Funded Debt” means all indebtedness for money borrowed, including purchase money
indebtedness, having a maturity of more than one year from the date of its creation
3
or having a maturity of less than one year but by its terms being renewable or extendible, at the
option of the obligor in respect thereof, beyond one year from the date of its creation.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America at the
date of any computation required or permitted hereunder.
“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 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 2.1 and 2.3.
“Officer” means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the board of directors, the
president or chief executive officer, 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 or a vice president
and (ii) by the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the secretary
or any assistant secretary, complying with Section 10.4 and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and include (except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) the statements
provided in Section 10.4.
“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 and complying with Section 10.4. Each
such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and include the statements
provided in Section 10.4, 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.
4
“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 6.2.
“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.
“Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s preferred or preference stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of the
Indenture, including, without limitation, all series and classes of such preferred or preference
stock.
“Principal” of a Security means the principal amount of, and, unless the context
indicates otherwise, includes any premium payable on, the Security.
“Principal Property” means land, land improvements, buildings and associated factory and
laboratory equipment owned or leased pursuant to a capital lease and used by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary primarily for processing, producing, packaging or storing its products, raw
materials, inventories or other materials and supplies and located within the United states of
America and having an acquisition cost plus capitalized improvements in excess of 2% of
Consolidated Net Worth as of the date of such determination, but shall not include any such
property financed through the issuance of tax exempt governmental obligations, or any such property
that has been determined by Board Resolution not to be of material importance to the respective
business conducted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, effective as of the date such
Board Resolution is adopted.
“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
5
accordance with Section 2.2, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.2.
“Registered Security” means any Security
registered on the Security Register (as defined in Section 2.5) .
“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any senior trust officer,
any vice president, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer, or any other officer or
assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the
persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter
is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America and the principal business of which is carried on within the United States
of America which owns or is a lessee pursuant to a capital lease of any Principal Property and in
which the investment of the Company and all its Subsidiaries exceeds 5% of Consolidated Net Worth
as of the date of such determination other than:
(i) each Subsidiary the major part of whose business consists of finance,
banking, credit, leasing, insurance, financial services or other similar operations,
or any combination thereof; and
(ii) each Subsidiary formed or acquired after the date hereof for the purpose
of acquiring the business or assets of another Person and which does not acquire all
or any substantial part of the business or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
provided,
however, that any Subsidiary may be declared a Restricted Subsidiary by
Board Resolution, effective as of the date such Board Resolution is adopted; provided
further, that any such declaration may be rescinded by further Board Resolution, effective as of
the date such further Board Resolution is adopted.
“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.
6
“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 more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of 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 means such
successor.
“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.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in each applicable jurisdiction.
“United
States Bankruptcy Code” means the
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended and as codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended from time to time hereafter, or any successor federal bankruptcy law.
“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.
“Voting Stock” means with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily
having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the
governing body of such Person.
7
“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 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 1.2 Other Definitions. Each of the following terms is defined in the
section set forth opposite such term:
Term | Section | |
Authenticating Agent |
2.2 | |
cash transaction |
7.3 | |
Dollars |
4.2 | |
Event of Default |
6.1 | |
Judgment Currency |
10.15 | |
mandatory sinking fund payment |
3.5 | |
optional sinking fund payment |
3.5 | |
Paying Agent |
2.5 | |
record date |
2.4 | |
Registrar |
2.5 | |
Required Currency |
10.15 | |
Security Register |
2.5 | |
self-liquidating paper |
7.3 | |
sinking fund payment date |
3.5 | |
tranche |
2.14 |
SECTION 1.3 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.
8
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 1.4 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(ii) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;
(iii) “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;
(iv) all references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this
Indenture unless otherwise indicated; and
(v) 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 2.1 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 2.2 Execution and Authentication. Two Officers shall execute the Securities
(other than coupons) for the Company by facsimile or manual signature in the name
9
and on behalf of the Company. The seal of the Company, if any, shall be reproduced on the
Securities. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time
the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.
The Trustee, at the expense of the Company, may appoint an authenticating agent (the
“Authenticating Agent”) to authenticate Securities (other than coupons). 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 (other than coupons) shall not be valid until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent
manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security 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 first 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:
(1) any Board Resolution and/or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.1
and 2.3 by or pursuant to which the forms and
terms of the Securities of that series were
established;
(2) 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 will be
when established in accordance with such
procedures as shall be referred to therein,
established in compliance with this Indenture; and
(3) an Opinion of Counsel substantially to
the effect that the form or forms and terms of the
Securities of such series have been, or will be
when established in accordance with such
procedures as shall be referred to therein,
10
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 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 such other matters as shall be specified therein.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 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 or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.”
SECTION 2.3 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 and each such series shall rank equally and
pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated debt of the Company. 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
2.3,
11
(1) the designation of the Securities of the
series, which shall distinguish the Securities of the
series from the Securities of all other series;
(2) 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);
(3) 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);
(4) 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;
(5) if other than as provided in Section 4.2, 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;
(6) 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;
(7) 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
12
redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(9) if other than the principal amount thereof,
the portion of the principal amount of Securities of
the series which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(10) 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;
(11) 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;
(12) 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), 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;
(13) 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 deducted and, if so, whether the
Company will have the option to redeem such Securities
rather than pay such additional amounts;
13
(14) 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;
(15) any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or
paying agents, transfer agents or the registrar or any
other agents with respect to the Securities of the
series;
(16) 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;
(17) if the Securities of the series are issuable
in whole or in part as one or more Registered Global
Securities, the identity of the Depositary for such
Registered Global Security or Securities;
(18) any other events of default or covenants
with respect to the Securities of the series; and
(19) 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.
SECTION 2.4 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
14
Section 2.3 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.
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 2.3.
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 2.3, 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 2.5 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
15
the name and address of any Agent and any change in the name or address of an Agent. If the
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 2.6 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Not later than 10:00 a.m. New York
City time on each 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
16
this Indenture, and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure to act as
required by this Section.
SECTION 2.7 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 2.5 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 2.3, 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 4.2, 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 2.3, 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 4.2, 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
17
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
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 2.7, 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 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
18
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.
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
2.2 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
2.3 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,
(i) 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
(ii) 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 (i) above.
Registered Securities issued in exchange for a Registered Global Security pursuant to this
Section 2.7 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.
19
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.
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 2.8 Replacement Securities. If a defaced or mutilated Security of any
series is surrendered to the Trustee or if a Holder claims that its Security of any series has been
lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Security of such series and tenor and principal amount bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be
furnished that is sufficient in the judgment of both the Trustee and the Company to protect the
Company, the Trustee and any Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is
replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for its expenses and the expenses of the Trustee
(including without limitation attorneys’ fees and expenses) in replacing a Security. In case any
such mutilated, defaced, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Security instead of issuing a
new Security in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
To the extent permitted by law, the foregoing provisions of this Section are exclusive with
respect to the
20
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Securities.
SECTION 2.9 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 and those described in this Section as not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, 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.
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
21
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
4.2, 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 and destroy all
Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall deliver a
certificate of destruction 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 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 2.3) to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which shall
mean the 15th day next
22
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 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 2.2 (other than the
fourth paragraph thereof) through 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 2.10, 3.1 through 3.5, 4.2, 6.l through 6.14, 8.1
through 8.5 and 9.2, 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 2.3. 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 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 3.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be
applicable to the Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity or to any
sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.
SECTION 3.2 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
23
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, the redemption price, 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.
24
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 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 2.6) 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 3.2 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 3.2
(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 case of a redemption at the
election of the Company prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption, 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 stating that such redemption is not prohibited by such
restriction.
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 multiples equal to the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof. 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.
25
SECTION
3.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of
redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities specified in
such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the
applicable redemption price, 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 7.11 and 8.4, 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 2.4 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.
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
26
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 3.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for
Redemption. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they
are identified by registration and certificate number in a written statement signed by an
authorized officer of the 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 3.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum amount of any sinking
fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a
“mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided
for by the terms of 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 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.
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
27
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 3.2, for redemption on such sinking fund
payment date a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to absorb said cash, as
nearly as
28
may be, and shall (if requested in writing by the Company)
inform the Company of the serial numbers
of the Securities of 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 3.2 (and with
the effect provided in Section 3.3) 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, 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
29
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 6.4 or the Default cured on or
before the sixtieth day preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys shall
thereafter be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this
Section to the redemption of such Securities.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1 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 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
30
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 4.1 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 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 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, 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 Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, located in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, 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 10.2.
The Company will maintain one or more agencies in a city or cities located outside the United
States (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 nor will any
payment be made by transfer to an account in, or by mail to an address in, the United states
unless, pursuant to applicable United States laws and regulations
31
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 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 Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.
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 Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York 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 4.3 Negative Pledge. (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur or suffer to exist any mortgage or pledge, as security for
any indebtedness, on or of any shares of stock, indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted
Subsidiary or any Principal Property of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such shares
of stock, indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary or Principal Property are
owned at the date of this Indenture or hereafter acquired, unless the Company secures or causes
such Restricted Subsidiary to secure the outstanding Securities equally and ratably with all
indebtedness secured by such mortgage or pledge, so long as such indebtedness shall be so secured;
provided, however, that this covenant shall not apply in the case of: (i) the creation of
any mortgage, pledge or other lien on any shares of stock, indebtedness or other obligations of a
Subsidiary or any Principal Property hereafter acquired (including acquisitions by way of merger or
consolidation) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary contemporaneously with such acquisition,
or within 120 days thereafter, to secure or provide for the payment or financing of any part of the
purchase price thereof, or the assumption of any mortgage, pledge or other lien upon any shares of
stock, indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property hereafter
acquired existing at the time of such acquisition, or the acquisition of any shares of stock,
indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property subject to any
mortgage, pledge or other
32
lien without the assumption thereof, provided that every such mortgage, pledge or lien
referred to in this clause (i) shall attach only to the shares of stock, indebtedness or other
obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property so acquired and fixed improvements thereon;
(ii) any mortgage, pledge or other lien on any shares of stock, indebtedness or other obligations
of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property existing at the date of this Indenture; (iii) any
mortgage, pledge or other lien on any shares of stock, indebtedness or other obligations of a
Subsidiary or any Principal Property in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; (iv) any
mortgage, pledge or other lien on any Principal Property being constructed or improved securing
loans to finance such construction or improvements; (v) any mortgage, pledge or other lien on
shares of stock, indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary or any Principal Property
incurred in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt governmental obligations; and (vi) any
renewal of or substitution for any mortgage, pledge or other lien permitted by any of the preceding
clauses (i) through (v), provided, in the case of a mortgage, pledge or other lien
permitted under clause (i), (ii) or (iv), the indebtedness secured is not increased nor the lien
extended to any additional assets.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section, the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary may create or assume liens in addition to those permitted by paragraph (a) of
this Section, and renew, extend or replace such liens, provided that at the time of such
creation, assumption, renewal, extension or replacement, and after giving effect thereto, Exempted
Debt does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Worth.
SECTION 4.4 Certain Sale and Lease-back Transactions. (a) The Company will not,
and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell or transfer, directly or indirectly, except
to the Company or a Restricted subsidiary, any Principal Property as an entirety, or any
substantial portion thereof, with the intention of taking back a lease of such property, except a
lease for a period of three years or less at the end of which it is intended that the use of such
property by the lessee will be discontinued; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell any such Principal Property and lease it back for
a longer period (i) if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 4.3(a), to create a mortgage on the property to be leased securing Funded
Debt in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such sale and lease-back
transaction without equally and ratably securing the outstanding Securities or (ii) if (A) the
Company promptly
33
informs the Trustee of such transaction, (B) the net proceeds of such transaction are at least
equal to the fair value (as determined by Board Resolution of the Company) of such property and (C)
the Company causes an amount equal to the net proceeds of the sale to be applied to the retirement,
within 120 days after receipt of such proceeds, of Funded Debt incurred or assumed by the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary (including the Securities); provided further that, in lieu of
applying all of or any part of such net proceeds to such retirement, the Company may, within 75
days after such sale, deliver or cause to be delivered to the applicable trustee for cancellation
either debentures or notes evidencing Funded Debt of the Company (which may include the Securities)
or of a Restricted Subsidiary previously authenticated and delivered by the applicable trustee, and
not theretofore tendered for sinking fund purposes or called for a sinking fund or otherwise
applied as a credit against an obligation to redeem or retire such notes or debentures, and an
Officers’ Certificate (which shall be delivered to the Trustee and which need not contain the
statements prescribed by Section 10.4) stating that the Company elects to deliver or cause to be
delivered such debentures or notes in lieu of retiring Funded Debt as hereinabove provided. If the
Company shall so deliver debentures or notes to the applicable trustee and the Company shall duly
deliver such Officers’ Certificate, the amount of cash which the Company shall be required to apply
to the retirement of Funded Debt under this Section 4.4(a) shall be reduced by an amount equal to
the aggregate of the then applicable optional redemption prices (not including any optional sinking
fund redemption prices) of such debentures or notes, or, if there are no such redemption prices,
the principal amount of such debentures or notes; provided, that in the case of debentures
or notes which provide for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable
upon a declaration of the maturity thereof, such amount of cash shall be reduced by the amount of
principal of such debentures or notes that would be due and payable as of the date of such
application upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to the terms of the
indenture pursuant to which such debentures or notes were issued.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 4.4, the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary may enter into sale and lease-back transactions in addition to those
permitted by paragraph (a) of this Section 4.4 without any obligation to retire any outstanding
Securities or other Funded Debt, provided that at the time of entering into such sale and
lease-back transactions and after giving effect thereto, Exempted Debt does not exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Worth.
34
SECTION 4.5 Funded Debt of Restricted Subsidiaries. (a) The
Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary;
(A) to create, assume or permit to exist any
Funded Debt other than (i) Funded Debt secured by
a mortgage, pledge or lien which is permitted to
such Restricted Subsidiary under the provisions of
Section 4.3(a), (ii) Funded Debt owed to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) Funded
Debt of a corporation existing at the time it
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) Funded Debt
existing on the date of this Indenture, (v) Funded
Debt created in connection with the issuance of
tax-exempt governmental obligations, and (vi)
renewals, extensions or replacements of the
foregoing; or
(B) to guarantee, directly or indirectly
through any arrangement which is substantially the
equivalent of a guarantee, any Funded Debt except
for (i) guarantees existing on the date of this
Indenture, (ii) guarantees which, on the date of
this Indenture, a Restricted Subsidiary is
obligated to give, (iii) guarantees of Funded Debt
secured by a mortgage, pledge or lien which is
permitted to such Restricted Subsidiary under the
provisions of Section 4.3(a), and (iv) renewals,
extensions or replacements of the foregoing.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 4.5, any Restricted
Subsidiary may create, assume or guarantee Funded Debt in addition to that permitted by paragraph
(a) of this Section 4.5, and renew, extend or replace such Funded Debt, provided that at
the time of such creation, assumption, guarantee, renewal, extension or replacement, and after
giving effect thereto, Exempted Debt does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Worth.
SECTION 4.6 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 10.4) 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.
35
SECTION 4.7 Reports by the Company. The Company covenants to file with the
Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies
of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports which the Company may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION
5.1 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 (as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in one transaction
or a series of related transactions) to, any Person (other than a consolidation with or merger with
or into a Subsidiary or a sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition to a Subsidiary)
or permit any Person to merge with or into the Company unless:
(i) 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 that
acquired or leased such property and assets of the Company shall be a corporation 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 shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating
that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture 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 constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or such successor enforceable against
such entity in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions; and
(ii) an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that immediately after giving effect to
such transaction, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and an opinion of
Counsel as to the matters set forth in Section 5.l(i).
36
SECTION 5.2 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 5.1 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.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1 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;
(d) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall
be commenced against the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary with respect to it or its debts under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other
similar official of it or any substantial part of its
property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding
shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of
60 days; or an order for relief shall be entered
against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under
37
the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect;
(e) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (A)
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, (B) consents to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or for all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (C) effects any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(f) any other Event of Default established
pursuant to Section 2.3 with respect to the Securities
of such series occurs.
SECTION 6.2 Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default described in clauses (a) or
(b) of Section 6.1 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 affected series then
outstanding hereunder (each such series treated as a separate 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
2.3) of all Securities of such affected 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 clauses (c) or (f) of Section 6.1 with respect to the
Securities of one or more but not all series then outstanding, or with respect to the Securities of
all 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 (or,
if the Securities of any such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, the amount thereof
accelerable under this Section) of the Securities of all such affected series then outstanding
hereunder (treated as a single class) by notice in writing to the Company (and to
38
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 2.3) of all
Securities of all such affected 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.
(c) If an Event of Default described in clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.1 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 2.3) 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 2.3) of the
Securities of any series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) shall have been so declared
due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have
been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the 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 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 7.7, 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
39
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 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 6.3 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
6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Sections 6.2, 6.7 and 9.2, 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 6.2) of the
outstanding Securities of all series affected (voting as a single class), by notice to the Trustee,
may waive an existing Default 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 6.1 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,
40
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 6.5 Control by Majority. Subject to Sections 7,1 and 7.2(v), 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 6.2) 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 6.5.
SECTION 6.6 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:
(i) such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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;
(iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(v) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of all such affected series have
41
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 6.7 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 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series in payment of Principal or interest
specified in clause (a) or (b) of
Section 6.1 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 2.3 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 7.7.
SECTION 6.9 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 7.7) 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 Holders, to pay
to the Trustee any amount due to it under Section 7.7. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
42
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 7.7 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
43
unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of such Principal and
interest or Yield to Maturity, without preference or priority of Principal over interest or
Yield to Maturity, or of interest or Yield to Maturity over Principal, or of any installment
of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over
any other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such Principal and accrued
and unpaid interest or Yield to Maturity; and
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 6.7 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 2.8, 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
44
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 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 7.1 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 7.2 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections
315(a) through (d):
(i) 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;
(ii) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate and/or
45
an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to Section 10.4. 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 7.1 and 7.2, 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’ 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;
(iii) 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;
(iv) 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;
(v) 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;
(vi) 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 6.5
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;
46
(vii) 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
(viii) 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 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 7.3 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
47
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 7.4 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 (i) makes any representation as to the validity
or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities and (ii) shall be accountable for the Company’s use
or application of the proceeds from the Securities.
SECTION 7.5 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 such series notice of such Default within 90 days after it occurs (i)
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 (ii) 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 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each May 15,
beginning with May 15, 1996, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder as and to the extent provided in
Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of such May 15, if required by Trust
Indenture Act Section 313(a).
SECTION 7.7 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 upon
48
request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the Trustee. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s
agents, counsel and other persons not regularly in its employ.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any loss or
liability or expense incurred by it without negligence or bad faith on its 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
itself against or investigating any claim or liability and of complying with any process served
upon it or any of its officers in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers
or duties under this Indenture and the Securities.
To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.7, 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. If the Trustee renders services and
incurs expenses following an Event of Default under Section 6.1(d) or Section 6.1(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 7.8 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 7.8.
49
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 7.10 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 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 the next
succeeding paragraph of this Section 7.8 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.
A successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall deliver a written
acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after the
delivery of such written acceptance, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, (i) the
retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee in respect of the Securities of
such series to the successor Trustee, (ii) the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee in
respect of the Securities of such series shall become effective and (iii) the successor Trustee
shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee in respect of the Securities of such
series under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder
of Securities of such series.
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
50
Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the preceding paragraph.
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 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION
7.9 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 7.10 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 7.11 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 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
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.1 Defeasance Within One Year of Payment. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section 8.1, the Company may terminate its obligations under the Securities of any series and
this Indenture with respect to Securities of such series if:
51
(i) all Securities of such series previously authenticated and delivered
(other than destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Securities of such series that have been
replaced or Securities of such series that are paid pursuant to Section 4.1 or Securities of
such series for whose payment money or securities have theretofore been held in trust and
thereafter repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 8.5) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation and the Company has paid all sums payable by it hereunder; or
(ii) (A) the Securities of such series mature within one year or all of them are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
giving the notice of redemption, (B) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the
Trustee, as trust funds solely for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities for that
purpose, money or U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof sufficient (unless
such funds consist solely of money, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee), without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay Principal of and interest on the
Securities of such series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and to pay all
other sums payable by it hereunder, and (C) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that all conditions precedent
provided for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with.
With respect to the foregoing clause (i), only the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 in
respect of the Securities of such series shall survive. With respect to the foregoing clause (ii),
only the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.2 through 2.12, 4.2, 7.7, 7.8 and 8.5 in respect of
the Securities of such series shall survive until such Securities of such series are no longer
outstanding. Thereafter, only the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.7 and 8.5 in respect of the
Securities of such series shall survive. After any such irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon
request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s obligations under the
Securities of such series and this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series except
for those surviving obligations specified above.
SECTION 8.2 Defeasance. Except as provided below, the Company will be deemed to
have paid and will be
52
discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Securities of any series and the
provisions of this Indenture will 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); provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(A) the Company has irrevocably deposited in
trust with the Trustee as trust funds solely for the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such
series, for payment of the Principal of and interest on
the Securities of such series, money or U.S. Government
Obligations or a combination thereof sufficient (unless
such funds consist solely of money, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee) without consideration
of any reinvestment and after payment of all federal,
state and local taxes or other charges and assessments
in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, to pay and
discharge the Principal of and accrued interest on the
outstanding Securities of such series to maturity or
earlier redemption (irrevocably provided for under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee), as the case
may be;
(B) such deposit will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this
Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which it is
bound;
(C) no Default with respect to the Securities of
such series shall have occurred and be continuing on
the date of such deposit;
(D) the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee (1) either (x) a ruling directed to the Trustee
received from the Internal Revenue Service to the
effect that the Holders of the 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 8.2
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 or (y) an Opinion of Counsel to the
same effect as the ruling described in clause (x) above
and (2) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of the Securities of such series have a valid
security interest in the trust funds subject to no
prior liens under the UCC; and
53
(E) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein
relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section 8.2 of the Securities of such
series have been complied with.
The Company’s obligations in Sections 2.2 through 2.12, 4.2, 7.7, 7.8 and 8.5 with respect to
the Securities of such series shall survive until such Securities are no longer outstanding.
Thereafter, only the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.7 and 8.5 shall survive.
SECTION 8.3 Covenant Defeasance. The Company may omit to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in Sections 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5 (or any other specific covenant
relating to such series provided for in a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture pursuant to
Section 2.3 which may by its terms be defeased pursuant to this Section 8.3), and such omission
shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default under clauses (c) or (f) of Section 6.1, with respect
to the outstanding Securities of a series if:
(i) the Company has irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee as trust funds
solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, for payment of the
Principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, money or U.S.
Government Obligations or a combination thereof in an amount sufficient (unless such funds
consist solely of money, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee)
without consideration of any reinvestment and after payment of all federal, state and local
taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, to pay
and discharge the Principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such series to
maturity or earlier redemption (irrevocably provided for under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee), as the case may be;
(ii) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a
default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(iii) no Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred
and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
54
(iv) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that (A) the Holders of the Securities of such series have a valid security interest
in the trust funds subject to no prior liens under the UCC and (B) such Holders will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit
and covenant defeasance 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
(v) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, in each case stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating
to the covenant defeasance contemplated by this Section 8.3 of the Securities of such
series have been complied with.
SECTION 8.4 Application of Trust Money. Subject to Section 8.5, the Trustee or
Paying Agent shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to
Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3, as the case may be, in respect of the Securities of any series and shall
apply the deposited money and the proceeds from deposited U.S. Government Obligations in accordance
with the Securities of such series and this Indenture to the payment of Principal of and interest
on the Securities of such series; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law.
SECTION 8.5 Repayment to Company. Subject to Sections 7.7, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3, the
Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate any money held by them at any time and not required to make payments
hereunder and thereupon shall be relieved from all liability with respect to such money. The
Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any money held by them
and required to make payments hereunder under this Indenture that remains unclaimed for two years;
provided that the Trustee or such Paying Agent before being required to make any payment
may cause to be published at the expense of the Company 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 in an Authorized Newspaper in
London or mail to each Holder entitled to such money at such Xxxxxx’s address (as set forth in the
Security Register) notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein
(which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing) any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be
55
repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to such money must look to
the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable law designates another Person,
and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.1 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:
(1) 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;
(2) to comply with Article 5;
(3) to comply with any requirements of the
Commission in connection with the qualification of this
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(4) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder with respect
to the Securities of any or all series by a successor Trustee;
(5) 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 2.3;
(6) to provide for uncertificated or Unregistered
Securities and to make all appropriate changes for such
purpose; and
(7) to make any change that does not materially
and adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
SECTION 9.2 With Consent of Holders. Subject to Sections 6.4 and 6.7, 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 affected by such supplemental indenture (all such
series voting as one class), and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of all series affected thereby (all such series voting as one class) by written notice
to
56
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 9.2, without the consent of each Holder
affected thereby, an amendment or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.4, may not:
(i) extend the stated maturity of the Principal of, or any sinking fund obligation or
any installment of interest on, such Holder’s Security, or reduce the Principal amount
thereof or the rate of interest thereon (including any amount in respect of original issue
discount), or any premium payable with respect thereto, or adversely affect the rights of
such Holder under any mandatory redemption or repurchase provision or any right of
redemption or repurchase at the option of such Holder, or reduce the amount of the
Principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2 or the amount thereof provable
in bankruptcy, or change any place of payment where, or the currency in which, any Security
or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the due date therefor;
(ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of outstanding Securities of the
relevant series the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental
indenture, for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain Defaults and their consequences provided for in this Indenture;
(iii) waive a Default in the payment of Principal of or interest on any Security of
such Holder; or
(iv) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.2, except to increase any such
percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected
thereby.
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
57
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 9.2 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 9.2 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.
SECTION 9.3 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
10 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
58
Securities unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 9.2.
In case of an amendment or waiver of the type described in clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 9.2,
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
9.4 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
9.5 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 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. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Trustee
shall sign such amendment, supplement or waiver if the same does not adversely affect the rights of
the Trustee. 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 9.6 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 10.1 Trust Indenture Act of 1939. This Indenture shall incorporate and be
governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to
59
be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 10.2 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:
Nabisco, Inc.
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
if to the Trustee:
Citibank, N.A.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company or the Trustee by written notice to the other may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
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
60
the manner provided in this Section 10.2, 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 10.3 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:
(i) 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
(ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 10.4 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or
opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture
shall include:
(i) a statement that each person signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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
(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such person, such
condition or covenant
61
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 10.5 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 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,
62
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 10.6 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 10.7 Payment Date Other Than a Business Day. 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 10.8 Governing Law. The laws of the State of New York shall govern this
Indenture and the Securities.
SECTION 10.9 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 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.
63
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
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.
64
SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the date first written above.
(SEAL) | NABISCO, INC. | |||||
Attest: | as the Company | |||||
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Assistant Secretary | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |||||
(SEAL) | CITIBANK, N.A. | |||||
Attest: | as Trustee | |||||
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | ||||||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |||||
Title: | Senior Trust Officer | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Vice President |
65
STATE OF NEW YORK
|
) | |||||
) | ||||||
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
|
) |
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this 2nd day of June, 1995,
personally appeared Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Vice President and Treasurer of Nabisco,
Inc., a New Jersey corporation, known to me (or proved to me by introduction upon
the oath of a person known to me) to be the person and officer whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he/she executed
the same as the act of such corporation for the purposes and consideration herein
expressed and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 2ND DAY OF JUNE, 1995.
(SEAL)
/s/ So-Ok Xxx | ||||
NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW YORK | ||||
Print Name: So-Ok Xxx Commission Expires: January 18, 1996 |
||||
STATE OF NEW YORK
|
) | |||||
) | ||||||
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
|
) |
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this 1st day of June,
1995, personally appeared Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Vice President of Citibank, N.A., a
national association, known to me (or proved to me by introduction upon the oath of
a person known to me) to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same as the
act of such trust for the purposes and consideration herein expressed and in the
capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 1ST DAY OF JUNE, 1995.
(SEAL) |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW YORK | ||||
Print Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Commission Expires: July 26, 1995 |
66
NABISCO, INC.
as the Company
as the Company
and
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Trustee
as Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 5, 1995
(Supplemental to Indenture Dated as of June 5, 1995)
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of June 5, 1995 between Nabisco, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”) and Citibank, N.A., a national association, as
Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered an Indenture dated as of June 5, 1995 (hereinafter
called the “Original Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee providing for the issue from
time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series
(hereinafter called the “Securities”); and
WHEREAS, Section 9.1(5) of the Original Indenture provides that the Original Indenture may be
amended without the consent of the holders of the Securities in order to establish the form or
forms or terms of Securities of any series or of the coupons appertaining to such Securities
pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Original Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a
valid and binding instrument in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Original Indenture
have been satisfied.
NOW, THEREFORE, this First Supplemental Indenture
WITNESSETH:
That in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein
contained, and in order to provide for payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and
1
interest on all of the Securities, according to their tenor, the Company and the Trustee
hereby covenant and agree:
SECTION 1. For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used and
not defined herein that are defined in the Original Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Original Indenture.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 of the Original Indenture, the Company shall
issue the following series of Securities, the form of each Security of each series to be
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibits A1 through A13:
(a) A series of notes under the Original
Indenture designated as the 8.30% Notes due April 15, 1999 (the “8.30% Notes”). The series of
8.30% Notes will be limited to $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount and will mature on April 15,
1999. The 8.30% Notes will be issuable in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
Each 8.30% Note will bear interest from April 15, 1995 at the rate of 8.30% per annum, payable
semi-annually (to holders of record at the close of business on the April 1 or October l
immediately preceding the interest payment date) on April 15 and October 15 of each year beginning
October 15, 1995. The 8.30% Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
maturity. The 8.30% Notes will be issued as Registered Securities only and all or a
2
portion of the 8.30% Notes may be issued as one or more Registered Global Securities for which the
Depositary will be the Depository Trust Company.
(b) A series of notes under the Original
Indenture designated as the 8⅝% Sinking Fund Debentures due March 15, 2017 (the “8⅝% Sinking
Fund Debentures”). The series of 8⅝% Sinking Fund Debentures will be limited to $440,650,000
aggregate principal amount and will mature on March 15, 2017. The 8⅝% Sinking Fund Debentures
will be issuable in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. Each 8⅝% Sinking Fund
Debenture will bear interest from March 15, 1995 at the rate of 8⅝% per annum payable semi-annually
(to holders of record at the close of business on the March 1 or September l immediately preceding
the interest payment date) on March 15 and September 15 of each year beginning September 15, 1995,
The 8⅝% Sinking Fund Debentures will be redeemable at the option of the Company at any time, in
whole or in part, upon 30 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (which are expressed in
percentages of principal amount), in each case together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption:
3
If redeemed during the 12 months | ||||
beginning March 15, | ||||
1995 |
105.175 | |||
1996 |
104.744 | |||
1997 |
104.313 | |||
1998 |
103.881 | |||
1999 |
103.450 | |||
2000 |
103.019 | |||
2001 |
102.588 | |||
2002 |
102.156 | |||
2003 |
101.725 | |||
2004 |
101.294 | |||
2005 |
100.863 | |||
2006 |
100.431 | |||
2007 and thereafter |
100.000 |
provided, however, that no such optional redemption may be effected prior to March 15,
1997 directly or indirectly from, or in anticipation of, monies borrowed by or for the account
of the Company or any Subsidiary at an interest cost (calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice) of less than 8.75% per annum.
The 8⅝% Sinking Fund Debentures will be subject to the following mandatory sinking
fund obligations:
(i) The mandatory sinking fund payment per annum will be $25,000,000 (which will
be applied to the payment of the 8⅝% Sinking Fund Debentures at 100% of the principal
amount thereof) together with accrued interest to the date fixed for payment. The
mandatory sinking fund payment will be made on each March 15 from March 15, 1998 to
March 15, 2016 inclusive.
(ii) The Company will have the non-cumulative right to make optional sinking
fund payments in each year set forth above of up to an additional $25,000,000.
(iii) The Company will have the right to deliver 8⅝% Sinking Fund Debentures
in lieu of cash to satisfy any mandatory sinking fund payment or optional sinking fund
payment in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Original Indenture.
4
The 8⅝% Sinking Fund Debentures will be issued as Registered Securities only and all or a
portion of the 8⅝% Sinking Fund Debentures may be issued as one or more Registered Global
Securities for which the Depositary will be the Depository Trust Company.
The Company will consummate by December 15, 2002 an offer for all then outstanding 8⅝% Sinking
Fund Debentures. Such offer will be made in cash at a price equal to the principal amount of such
debentures plus accrued and unpaid interest as of the date of consummation of the offer. The
Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws in making and consummating
such offer.
(c) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 8% Notes due January 15,
2000 (the “8% Notes”). The series of 8% Notes will be limited to $750,000,000 aggregate principal
amount and will mature on January 15, 2000. The 8% Notes will be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 or integral multiples thereof. Each 8% Note will bear interest from January 15, 1995 at the
rate of 8% per annum, payable semi-annually (to holders of record at the close of business on the
January 1 or July 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date) on January 15 and July 15 of
each year beginning July 15, 1995. The 8% Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the
Company prior to maturity. The 8% Notes will be issued only as Registered Global Securities,
without coupons, held by the
5
Depositary, which will be the Depository Trust Company, and will not be issued in definitive
registered form except pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Original Indenture.
(d) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 6.80% Notes due September
1, 2001 (the “6.80% Notes”). The series of 6.80% Notes will be limited to $100,000,000 aggregate
principal amount and will mature on September l, 2001. The 6.80% Notes will be issuable in
denominations of $100,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000.
Each 6.80% Note will bear interest from March 1, 1995 at the rate of 6.80% per annum, payable
semi-annually (to holders of record at the close of business on the day 15 calendar days
immediately preceding the interest payment date) on March 1 and September 1 of each year beginning
September l, 1995.
The 6.80% Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity. The
holder of any 6.80% Note, at the holder’s option, may require the Company to repay such Note in
whole or in part in increments of $1,000 on September 2, 1997 at a repayment rate equal to 100% of
the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest to such date. Such holder must
exercise its right to repayment on or after June 3, 1997 but not later than August 2, 1997. In
order for such a 6.80% Note to be repaid, the Paying Agent must receive, at its principal corporate
trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
6
of New York, at least 15 days but not more than 30 days prior to the repayment date (i) the 6.80%
Note with the form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of the Note duly completed
or (ii) a telegram, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities
exchange, or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust
company in the United States setting forth the name of the holder of the Note, the principal amount
of the Note, the principal amount of the Note to be repaid, the certificate number of the Note, a
statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a guarantee that the
Note to be repaid, together with the duly completed form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on
the reverse of the Note, will be received by the Paying Agent not later than the fifth Business Day
after the date of such telegram, facsimile transmission or letter; provided,
however, that such telegram, facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if
such Note and form duly completed are received by the Paying Agent by such fifth Business Day.
Exercise of the repayment option by the holder of a 6.80% Note will be irrevocable. In the event
that the repayment option is exercised by the holder of a 6.80% Note for less than the entire
principal amount of the Note, a new Note or Notes for the amount of the unpaid portion of such Note
shall be issued in the name of the holder of the Note upon its cancellation; provided that
the principal amount of such
7
Note remaining outstanding after repayment must be an authorized denomination. As long as the
6.80% Notes remain Registered Global Securities, the Depositary or its nominee will be the holder
of such Note and, therefore, will be the only entity that can exercise or designate a proxy to
exercise a right to repayment with respect to a particular Note.
The 6.80% Notes will be issued only as Registered Global Securities, without coupons, held by
the Depositary, which will be the Depository Trust Company, and will not be issued in definitive
registered form except pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Original Indenture.
(e) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 6.11% Notes due August 19, 1996 (the “6.11% Notes”). The series of
6.11% Notes will be limited to $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount and will mature on August 19,
1996. The 6.11% Notes will be issuable in denominations of $100,000 or any amount in excess
thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Each 6.11% Note will bear interest from February
1, 1995 at the rate of 6.11% per annum, payable semi-annually (to holders of record at the close of
business on the day 15 calendar days immediately preceding the interest payment date) on February 1
and August 1 of each year beginning August 1, 1995. The 6.11% Notes will not be redeemable at the
option of the Company prior to maturity. The 6.11% Notes will be issued only as Registered Global
Securities, without coupons, held
8
by the Depositary, which will be the Depository Trust Company, and will not be issued in
definitive registered form except pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Original Indenture.
(f) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 6.88% Notes due January 28, 1997 (the “6.88% Notes”). The series of
6.88% Notes will be limited to $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount and will mature on January 28,
1997. The 6.88% Notes will be issuable in denominations of $100,000 or any amount in excess
thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Each 6.88% Note will bear interest from February
1, 1995 at the rate of 6.88% per annum, payable semi-annually (to holders of record at the close of
business on the day 15 calendar days immediately preceding the interest payment date) on February 1
and August 1 of each year beginning August 1, 1995. The 6.88% Notes will not be redeemable at the
option of the Company prior to maturity. The 6.88% Notes will be issued only as Registered Global
Securities, without coupons, held by the Depositary, which will be the Depository Trust Company,
and will not be issued in definitive registered form except pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Original
Indenture.
(g) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 6.77% Notes due August 11, 1997 (the “6.77% Notes”). The series of
6.77% Notes will be limited to $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount and will
9
mature on August 11, 1997. The 6.77% Notes will be issuable in denominations of $100,000 or any
amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Each 6.77% Note will bear
interest from February 1, 1995 at the rate of 6.77% per annum, payable semi-annually (to holders of
records at the close of business on the day 15 calendar days immediately preceding the interest
payment date) on February 1 and August l of each year beginning August l, 1995. The 6.77% Notes
will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity. The 6.77% Notes will be
issued only as Registered Global Securities, without coupons, held by the Depositary, which will be
the Depository Trust Company, and will not be issued in definitive registered form except pursuant
to Section 2.7 of the Original Indenture.
(h) A
series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 6.75%
Notes due August 11, 1997 (the “6.75% Notes”). The
series of 6.75% Notes will be limited to $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount and will mature on
August 11, 1997. The 6.75% Notes will be issuable in denominations of $100,000 or any amount in
excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Each 6.75% Note will bear interest from
February 1, 1995 at the rate of 6.75% per annum, payable semi-annually (to holders of record at the
close of business on the day 15 calendar days immediately preceding the interest payment date) on
February 1 and August 1 of each year beginning August 1, 1995. The
10
6.75% Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity. The 6.75% Notes
will be issued only as Registered Global Securities, without coupons, held by the Depositary, which
will be the Depository Trust Company, and will not be issued in definitive registered form except
pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Original Indenture.
(i) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 7.20% Notes due January 22, 1998 (the “7.20% Notes”). The series of
7.20% Notes will be limited to $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount and the 7.20% Notes will
mature on January 22, 1998. The 7.20% Notes will be issuable in denominations of $100,000 or any
amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Each 7.20% Note will bear
interest from February 1, 1995 at the rate of 7.20% per annum, payable semi-annually (to holders of
record at the close of business on the day 15 calendar days immediately preceding the interest
payment date) on February 1 and August 1 of each year beginning August 1, 1995. The 7.20% Notes
will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity. The 7.20% Notes will be
issued only as Registered Global Securities, without coupons, held by the Depositary, which will be
the Depository Trust Company, and will not be issued in definitive registered form except pursuant
to Section 2.7 of the Original Indenture.
11
(j) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 7.64% Notes due August 1, 2001 (the “7.64% Notes”). The series of
7.64% Notes will be limited to $1,500,000 aggregate principal amount and the 7.64% Notes will
mature on August 1, 2001. The 7.64% Notes will be issuable in denominations of $100,000 or any
amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Each 7.64% Note will bear
interest from February 1, 1995 at the rate of 7.64% per annum, payable semi-annually (to holders of
record at the close of business on the day 15 calendar days immediately preceding the interest
payment date) on February 1 and August 1 of each year beginning August l, 1995. The 7.64% Notes
will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to maturity. The 7.64% Notes will be
issued only as Registered Global Securities, without coupons, held by the Depositary, which will be
the Depository Trust Company, and will not be issued in definitive registered form except pursuant
to Section 2.7 of the Original Indenture.
(k) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 7.375% Notes due August 1, 2001 (the “7.375% Notes”). The series of
7.375% Notes will be limited to $2,500,000 aggregate principal amount and will mature on August 1,
2001. The 7.375% Notes will be issuable in denominations of $100,000 or any amount in excess
thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Each 7.375% Note will bear interest from February
1, 1995 at the rate of
12
7.375% per annum, payable semi-annually (to holders of record at the close of business on the day
15 calendar days immediately preceding the interest payment date) on February 1 and August 1 of
each year beginning August 1, 1995. The 7.375% Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the
company prior to maturity. The 7.375% Notes will be issued only as Registered Global Securities,
without coupons, held by the Depositary, which will be the Depository Trust Company, and will not
be issued in definitive registered form except pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Original Indenture.
(l) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 7.63% Notes due August 13, 2001 (the “7.63% Notes”). The series of
7.63% Notes will be limited to $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount and will mature on August 13,
2001. The 7.63% Notes will be issuable in denominations of $100,000 or any amount in excess
thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000. Each 7.63% Note will bear interest from February
1, 1995 at the rate of 7.63% per annum, payable semi-annually (to holders of record at the close of
business on the day 15 calendar days immediately preceding the interest payment date) on February 1
and August 1 of each year beginning August 1, 1995. The 7.63% Notes will not be redeemable at the
option of the Company prior to maturity. The 7.63% Notes will be issued only as Registered Global
Securities, without coupons, held by the Depositary, which will be the Depository Trust
13
Company, and will not be issued in definitive registered form except pursuant to Section 2.7
of the Original Indenture.
(m) A series of notes under the Original Indenture designated as the 7.86% Notes due
September 4, 2001 (the “7.86% Notes”). The series of 7.86% Notes will be limited to $5,000,000
aggregate principal amount and will mature on September 4, 2001. The 7.86% Notes will be issuable
in denominations of $100,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of
$1,000. Each 7.86% Note will bear interest from February 1, 1995 at the rate of 7.86% per annum,
payable semi-annually (to holders of record at the close of business on the day 15 calendar days
immediately preceding the interest payment date) on February 1 and August 1 of each year beginning
August 1, 1995. The 7.86% Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to
maturity. The 7.63% Notes will be issued only as Registered Global Securities, without coupons,
held by the Depositary, which will be the Depository Trust Company, and will not be issued in
definitive registered form except pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Original Indenture.
SECTION 3. Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, is intended
or shall be construed to confer upon or give to any person or corporation, other than the parties
hereto and the holders of the Securities any right, remedy or claim under or by
14
reason of this First Supplemental Indenture or any covenant, stipulation, promise or agreement
contained herein; all the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements contained herein being
for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors, and the holders from
time to time of the Securities.
SECTION 4. This First Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Original Indenture for
all purposes and every holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered
under the Original Indenture shall be bound hereby. The Original Indenture as supplemented by this
First Supplemental Indenture is hereby in all respects ratified and
confirmed.
SECTION 5. The Trustee, for itself and its successor or successors, accepts the trust of the
Original Indenture as amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform the same,
but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Original Indenture, including the terms and
provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee, which terms
and provisions shall in like manner define and limit its liabilities and responsibilities in the
performance of the trust created by the Original Indenture, and, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and
the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations
as to the
15
validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture other than as to the validity of its
execution and delivery by the Trustee.
SECTION 6. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
16
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to
be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
(SEAL) Attest: |
NABISCO, INC. as the Company |
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
|
||
Title: Assistant Secretary |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |||
(SEAL) Attest: |
CITIBANK, N.A. as Trustee |
|
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx |
||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx Title: Senior Trust Officer |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
17
STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK |
) ) ) |
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this 2nd day of June, 1995, personally appeared
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Vice President and Treasurer of Nabisco, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, known
to me (or proved to me by introduction upon the oath of a person known to me) to be the person and
officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he/she
executed the same as the act of such corporation for the purposes and consideration herein
expressed and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 2ND DAY OF JUNE, 1995.
(SEAL)
/s/ So-Ok Xxx | ||||
NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW YORK | ||||
Print Name: So-Ok Xxx Commission Expires: January 18, 1996 |
STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK |
) ) ) |
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this 1st day of June, 1995, personally appeared
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Vice President of Citibank, N.A., a national association, known to me (or
proved to me by introduction upon the oath of a person known to me) to be the person and officer
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he/she executed
the same as the act of such trust for the purposes and consideration herein expressed and in the
capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 1ST DAY OF JUNE, 1995.
(SEAL)
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW YORK | ||||
Print Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Commission Expires: July 26, 1995 |
||||
18