AGRIUM INC., as Issuer AND Indenture Dated as of [ ], 2006
Exhibit 7.1
AGRIUM INC.,
as Issuer
as Issuer
AND
X. X. XXXXXX TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
as Trustee
Dated as of [ ], 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | 2 | |||||
Section 101. |
Definitions | 2 | ||||
Section 102. |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions | 13 | ||||
Section 103. |
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee | 14 | ||||
Section 104. |
Acts of Holders | 14 | ||||
Section 105. |
Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Corporation | 16 | ||||
Section 106. |
Notice to Holders; Waiver | 17 | ||||
Section 107. |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 18 | ||||
Section 108. |
Successors and Assigns | 18 | ||||
Section 109. |
Separability Clause | 18 | ||||
Section 110. |
Benefits of Indenture | 18 | ||||
Section 111. |
Governing Law | 18 | ||||
Section 112. |
Trust Indenture Legislation Controls | 18 | ||||
Section 113. |
Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities | 18 | ||||
Section 114. |
Conversion of Currency | 19 | ||||
Section 115. |
Currency Equivalent | 20 | ||||
Section 116. |
No Recourse Against Others | 20 | ||||
Section 117. |
Multiple Originals | 21 | ||||
Section 118. |
Legal Holidays | 21 | ||||
Section 119. |
Language | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS | 21 | |||||
Section 201. |
Forms Generally | 21 | ||||
Section 202. |
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication | 22 | ||||
Section 203. |
Securities Issuable in Global Form | 22 | ||||
ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES | 23 | |||||
Section 301. |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 23 | ||||
Section 302. |
Denominations | 27 | ||||
Section 303. |
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating | 27 | ||||
Section 304. |
Temporary Securities | 30 | ||||
Section 305. |
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 32 | ||||
Section 306. |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities | 35 | ||||
Section 307. |
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset | 36 | ||||
Section 308. |
Optional Extension of Stated Maturity | 39 | ||||
Section 309. |
Persons Deemed Owners | 40 | ||||
Section 310. |
Cancellation | 41 | ||||
Section 311. |
Computation of Interest | 41 | ||||
Section 312. |
Currency and Manner of Payments In Respect of Securities | 41 | ||||
Section 313. |
Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent | 45 |
ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 46 | |||||
Section 401. |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 46 | ||||
Section 402. |
Application of Trust Money | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES | 47 | |||||
Section 501. |
Events of Default | 47 | ||||
Section 502. |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 49 | ||||
Section 503. |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Trustee | 51 | ||||
Section 504. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 52 | ||||
Section 505. |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities | 52 | ||||
Section 506. |
Application of Money Collected | 53 | ||||
Section 507. |
Limitation on Suits | 53 | ||||
Section 508. |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest | 54 | ||||
Section 509. |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 54 | ||||
Section 510. |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 54 | ||||
Section 511. |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 54 | ||||
Section 512. |
Control by Holders | 55 | ||||
Section 513. |
Waiver of Past Defaults | 55 | ||||
Section 514. |
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 55 | ||||
Section 515. |
Undertaking for Costs | 56 | ||||
ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE | 56 | |||||
Section 601. |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities | 56 | ||||
Section 602. |
Certain Rights of Trustee | 57 | ||||
Section 603. |
Protection of Trustee | 59 | ||||
Section 604. |
Trustee Not Required to Give Security | 60 | ||||
Section 605. |
No Person Dealing with Trustee Need Enquire | 60 | ||||
Section 606. |
May Hold Securities | 60 | ||||
Section 607. |
Moneys Held in Trust | 60 | ||||
Section 608. |
Conflict of Interest | 60 | ||||
Section 609. |
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility | 61 | ||||
Section 610. |
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 61 | ||||
Section 611. |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. | 63 | ||||
Section 612. |
Merger, Consolidation, Amalgamation or Succession to Business | 64 | ||||
Section 613. |
Appointment of Authenticating Agent | 65 | ||||
Section 614. |
Book Entry Provisions | 66 | ||||
Section 615. |
Compensation and Reimbursement | 66 | ||||
ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND CORPORATION | 67 | |||||
Section 701. |
Access to List of Holders | 67 | ||||
Section 702. |
Communications to Holders | 67 |
ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE | 67 | |||||
Section 801. |
Corporation May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms | 67 | ||||
Section 802. |
Successor Person Substituted | 68 | ||||
Section 803. |
Securities to Be Secured in Certain Events | 68 | ||||
ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 69 | |||||
Section 901. |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders | 69 | ||||
Section 902. |
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders | 70 | ||||
Section 903. |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 71 | ||||
Section 904. |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures | 71 | ||||
Section 905. |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Legislation | 71 | ||||
Section 906. |
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures | 72 | ||||
Section 907. |
Notice of Supplemental Indentures | 72 | ||||
ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS | 72 | |||||
Section 1001. |
Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest | 72 | ||||
Section 1002. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 72 | ||||
Section 1003. |
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust | 74 | ||||
Section 1004. |
Statement as to Compliance | 75 | ||||
Section 1005. |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims | 76 | ||||
Section 1006. |
Maintenance of Properties | 76 | ||||
Section 1007. |
Corporate Existence | 76 | ||||
Section 1008. |
Limitation on Liens | 76 | ||||
Section 1009. |
Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions | 77 | ||||
Section 1010. |
Provision of Financial Information | 78 | ||||
Section 1011. |
Additional Amounts | 79 | ||||
Section 1012. |
Waiver of Certain Covenants | 80 | ||||
ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES | 80 | |||||
Section 1101. |
Applicability of Article | 80 | ||||
Section 1102. |
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee | 80 | ||||
Section 1103. |
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed | 80 | ||||
Section 1104. |
Notice of Redemption | 81 | ||||
Section 1105. |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 82 | ||||
Section 1106. |
Securities Payable on Redemption Date | 82 | ||||
Section 1107. |
Securities Redeemed in Part | 83 | ||||
ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS | 83 | |||||
Section 1201. |
Applicability of Article | 83 | ||||
Section 1202. |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities | 83 | ||||
Section 1203. |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund | 84 | ||||
ARTICLE THIRTEEN REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS | 85 | |||||
Section 1301. |
Applicability of Article | 85 | ||||
Section 1302. |
Repayment of Securities | 85 |
Section 1303. |
Exercise of Option | 85 | ||||
Section 1304. |
When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable | 86 | ||||
Section 1305. |
Securities Repaid in Part | 87 | ||||
ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE | 87 | |||||
Section 1401. |
Corporation’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 87 | ||||
Section 1402. |
Defeasance and Discharge | 87 | ||||
Section 1403. |
Covenant Defeasance | 88 | ||||
Section 1404. |
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance | 88 | ||||
Section 1405. |
Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; | |||||
Other Miscellaneous Provisions | 91 | |||||
Section 1406. |
Reinstatement | 92 | ||||
ARTICLE FIFTEEN MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES | 92 | |||||
Section 1501. |
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called | 92 | ||||
Section 1502. |
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings | 92 | ||||
Section 1503. |
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings | 93 | ||||
Section 1504. |
Quorum; Action | 93 | ||||
Section 1505. |
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings | 95 | ||||
Section 1506. |
Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings | 95 |
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of [ ], 2006,
in accordance with Rule 4d-9 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of [ ], 2006,
in accordance with Rule 4d-9 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
Trust Indenture | ||||
Act Section | Indenture Section | |||
§ 310(a)(1) |
609 | |||
(a)(2) |
609 | |||
§ 316(b) |
508 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture. |
INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], 2006 between AGRIUM INC., a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”),
having its principal office at 00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xx. XX, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, X0X 0X0, and X. X.
XXXXXX TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE CORPORATION
The Corporation has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide
for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes and other evidences of
indebtedness (hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more
series as provided in this Indenture.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder and of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, but
only to the extent applicable under Rule 4d-9 thereof, that are required to be part of this
Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Corporation, in
accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders (as
defined below) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate
benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada, and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles”
with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted in Canada at the date of such computation;
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(3) the words “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Three, are defined in that Article.
“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any specified Person,
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Attributable Debt” means, with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction as of any
particular time, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in the terms of the
lease) of the obligations of the lessee under such lease for net rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended). “Net
rental payments” under any lease for any period means the sum of the rental and other payments
required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, not including, however, any amounts
required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental or additional rental) on
account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments or similar charges.
“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of
the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper, in the English language or in an official
language of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day,
whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each
place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place.
Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the
successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting
the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), as amended, the
United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et. seq., as amended, and any other law of Canada or
any province thereof or the United States or any state thereof relating to bankruptcy, creditors’
rights, insolvency, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors.
“Bearer Security” means any Security except a Registered Security.
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“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Corporation or any
duly authorized committee thereof.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors
and to be in full force and effect on the applicable date of such certification, and delivered to
the Trustee.
“Business Day” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular
location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other location
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Canada” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, Canada (including the provinces thereof), its territories, its possessions and other
areas subject to its jurisdiction.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A., or its successor.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time
after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now
assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total amount of assets (less applicable
reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom (i) all current liabilities
(excluding any current liabilities which are by their terms extendable or renewable at the option
of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof
is being computed), (ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount
and expense and other like intangibles and (iii) appropriate adjustments on account of minority
interests of other Persons holding stock of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries, all as set forth on the
most recent balance sheet of the Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries (but, in any event,
as of a date within 150 days of the date of determination) and computed in accordance with Canadian
generally accepted accounting principles.
“Consolidated Net Worth” means the shareholders’ equity of the Corporation as set
forth on the most recent balance sheet of the Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries (but in
any event within 150 days of the date of determination) and computed in accordance with Canadian
generally accepted accounting principles.
“Common Depositary” has the meaning specified in Section 304. “Conversion
Date” has the meaning specified in Section 312(d).
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“Conversion Event” means the cessation of use of a Foreign Currency both by the
government of the country which issued such Currency and by a central bank or other public
institution of or within the international banking community for the settlement of transactions.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of an affiliate of the Trustee in The City
of New York, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business may be administered,
which office on the date of execution of this Indenture is located at
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 4 New Xxxx Xxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
00000.
“Corporation” means the Person named as the “Corporation” in the first paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Corporation” shall mean such successor Person.
“Corporation Request” or “Corporation Order” means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman, the President, a Vice President, the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation,
and delivered to the Trustee.
“corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
“coupon” means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
“Currency” means any currency or currencies or composite currency issued by the
government of one or more countries or by any recognized confederation or association of such
governments.
“Debt” means, with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of
the assets of such Person and whether or not contingent, (i) every obligation of such Person for
money borrowed, (ii) every obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments, including obligations Incurred in connection with the acquisition of property,
assets or businesses, (iii) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters
of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person, (iv)
every obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or
services (but excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of business which are not overdue or which are being contested in good faith), (v) every
capital lease obligation of such Person determined in accordance with Canadian generally accepted
accounting principles, and (vi) every obligation of the type referred to in the foregoing clauses
(i) through (v) of another Person and all dividends of another Person the payment of which, in
either case, such Person has guaranteed or
secured or is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise.
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“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would
be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
“Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” has the meaning specified to Section 312(g).
“Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” has the meaning specified in Section
312(f).
“Election Date” has the meaning specified in Section 312(h).
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.A., Brussels Office, or its successor as
operator of the Euroclear System.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Date” has the meaning specified in Section 304.
“Exchange Rate Agent” means, with respect to Securities of or within any series,
unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, a New York
clearing house bank, designated pursuant to Section 301 or Section 312.
“Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate” means a tested telex or a certificate setting
forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a
Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 302
in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of such
Market Exchange Rate, sent (in the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by a
Vice President or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation.
“Foreign Currency” means any Currency other than the Dollar.
“Government Obligations” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series
of Securities pursuant to Section 301, securities which are (i) direct obligations of the
government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of a particular series
are payable or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an
agency or instrumentality of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of
such series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
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by such government,
which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of such government payable in such
Currency and are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also
include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any
such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government
Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depositary 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 depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian
in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest or principal of the
Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.
“Holder” means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name a
Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer Security, the bearer
thereof and, in the case of a coupon, the bearer thereof.
“Incur” means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create,
issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, secure, guarantee or otherwise become
liable in respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to
Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, or otherwise, of any Debt or other obligation on
the balance sheet of such Person (and “Incurrence” and “Incurred” shall have meanings correlative
to the foregoing); provided, however, that a change in Canadian generally accepted accounting
principles that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time becoming Debt
shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such Debt.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to
time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one
Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one
or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally
executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the
terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as
contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to
other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or
provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more
indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but
to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
“Indexed Security” means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal
amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount
thereof at original issuance.
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“interest” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security, shall be
deemed to mean interest payable after Maturity at the rate prescribed in such Original Issue
Discount Security.
“Interest Payment Date” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Lien” means, with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage, charge,
hypothecation, pledge or other security or encumbrance on such property or assets.
“Market Exchange Rate” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion involving a currency unit on the one
hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant
currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any
Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable
transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign
Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with
normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made
could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks
located in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased
Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless otherwise specified
with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, in the event of the unavailability of any
of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Exchange Rate
Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or
more major banks in New York City, London or another principal market for the Currency in question,
or such other quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise
specified by the Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency
by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such
Currency shall be that upon which a non-resident issuer of securities designated in such Currency
would purchase such Currency in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
“Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of
redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate, which shall comply with this Indenture,
signed by any two of the Chairman, the President, a Vice President, the
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Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the
Corporation, including an employee of the Corporation, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for which money in the necessary amount relating
to payment, redemption or repayment at the option of the Holders has been deposited with
the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Corporation) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and 1403, with
respect to which the Corporation has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as
provided in Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona
fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Corporation;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, (i) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the
amount of principal thereof that would
be (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the
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principal
amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Security is originally issued by the
Corporation as set forth in an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the
principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as
of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above), of
such Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making
such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be
equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise
provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by any
Affiliate of the Corporation or any obligor upon the Securities shall be disregarded and deemed not
to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making
such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect
to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Corporation or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Corporation or such other obligor.
“Paying Agent” means any Person (including the Corporation acting as Paying Agent)
authorized by the Corporation to pay the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any
Securities on behalf of the Corporation.
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or
any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or
instrumentality thereof.
“Place of Payment” means, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any
series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on such
Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and,
for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen coupons appertains, as the case may be.
“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or
in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
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“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the
price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Registered Security” means any Security registered in the Security Register.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the
Registered Securities of or within any series means the date specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 301.
“Repayment Date” means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the
option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to this Indenture.
“Repayment Price” means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the
option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to this Indenture.
“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive
committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice
president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any
assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar
to those performed by any of the above-designated officers, and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the
leasing by the Corporation or any Subsidiary, for a period of more than 12 months, of any real or
personal property with a gross book value (without reduction of any reserve for depreciation) on
the date of determination in excess of $1 million, which property has been or is to be sold or
transferred by the Corporation or such Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.
“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided,
however, that if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture,
“Securities” with respect to this Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series
as to which such Person is not Trustee.
“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings
specified is Section 305.
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“Shareholders’ Equity” means, at any date, the aggregate of the dollar amount of the
outstanding share capital of the Corporation, the amount, without duplication, of any surplus,
whether contributed or capital, and retained earnings, subject to any foreign exchange translation
adjustment, all as set forth in the most recent audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Corporation.
“Significant Subsidiary” of a Person means a Subsidiary of such Person that
constitutes a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered
Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon
representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security
or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable, as such date may be extended
pursuant to the provisions of Section 308.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means (i) any corporation, association, or other business
entity (other than a partnership) more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary
voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or a combination thereof and (ii) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or similar entity more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of
which shall be at the time so owned. For the purposes of this definition, “securities having
ordinary voting power” means securities or other equity interests that ordinarily have voting power
for the election of directors, or persons having management power with respect to the Person,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of securities has such voting power by
reason of any contingency.
“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the United States Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, in force on the date hereof, except as provided in Section 905.
“Trust Indenture Legislation” means, at any time, (i) the provisions of the Canada
Business Corporations Act and regulations thereunder as amended or re-enacted from time to time,
(ii) the provisions of any other applicable statute of Canada or any province thereof and (iii) the
provisions of the TIA and regulations thereunder, but only to the extent applicable under Rule 4d-9
under the TIA, in each case relating to trust indentures and to the rights, duties, and obligations
of trustees under trust indentures and of corporations issuing debt obligations under trust
indentures to the extent that such provisions are at such time in force and applicable to this
Indenture.
“Trustee” means the Persons named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each
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Person who is then a trustee
hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
“United States” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Xxxxxxx 000, xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx (including the states and the District of
Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
“Valuation Date” has the meaning specified in Section 312(c).
“Vice President” when used with respect to the Corporation or the Trustee, means any
vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the
title “vice president”.
“Yield to Maturity” means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a
Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and
as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield
computation principles.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by
the Corporation to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the
Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with which
constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if
any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided
for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 1004) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read and
understood such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
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informed opinion as to whether or not
such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such covenant or
condition has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several
matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is
not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or
several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Corporation may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by counsel, unless
such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates
to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers
of the Corporation stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Corporation, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two of more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all
series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly
appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this
Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and
evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in
person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such
series duly
called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of such
instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Corporation. Such instrument or instruments and
any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing
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such instrument or instruments or so voting at any
such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent,
or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Corporation, if made in the manner
provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 1506.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgements of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution
of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be
proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and
the date of holding the same shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the
date of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a
certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary,
wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing
that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to
it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or
affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed
by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Corporation may assume that such ownership
of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date
issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, (2) such Bearer Security is produced to
the Trustee by some other Person, (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The principal amount
and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(e) If the Corporation shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the
Corporation may, at its option, by or pursuant to Board
Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to
give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
but the Corporation shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding Section 316(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act, such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant
to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to
the first solicitation of Holders generally in
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connection therewith and not later than the
date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after
such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record
date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the
requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and
for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date;
provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record
date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and
the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be
done by the Trustee or the Corporation in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Corporation. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other documents provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Corporation shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if in writing and delivered, mailed (first-class postage prepaid) or sent
by facsimile to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, N.A., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Institutional Trust
Services, Facsimile No., (000) 000-0000 or
(b) the Corporation by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and delivered,
mailed (first-class postage prepaid) or sent by facsimile to the Corporation addressed to
it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Corporation, Attention: Corporate Secretary, Facsimile No., (000) 000-0000.
Any delivery made or facsimile sent on a day other than a Business Day, or after 3:00 p.m.
(New York City time) on a Business Day, shall be deemed to be received on the next following
Business Day. Anything mailed shall not be deemed to have been given until it is actually
received. The Corporation may from time to time notify the Trustee of a change in address or
facsimile number which thereafter, until changed by like
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notice, shall be the address or facsimile
number of the Corporation for all purposes of this Indenture.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice of
any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the Corporation or the Trustee, such notice shall
be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each such holder affected by such event, at his address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered
Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice
so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer
Securities given as provided. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall
be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually
receives such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders of Registered
Securities when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture,
then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be
sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Bearer
Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if
published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city or cities as
may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to
be not earlier than the earliest date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of the first
such publication.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized
Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to
Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer
Securities as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to
such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by publication to
Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall
affect the sufficiency of
such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of any
notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted
under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in
an official language of the country of publication.
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Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
Section 108. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture
by the Corporation shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 109. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in any
Security or coupon shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 110. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or
coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any
Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar and their successors hereunder and
the Holders of Securities or coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Indenture.
Section 111. Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities and coupons shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York. To the extent
applicable, this Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Legislation that are
required to be part of this Indenture and shall be governed by such provisions.
Section 112. Trust Indenture Legislation Controls. Each of the Corporation and the
Trustee agrees to comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Legislation, to the extent
applicable, in connection with
this Indenture and any action to be taken hereunder. If and to the extent that any provision
of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any mandatory requirement of the Trust
Indenture Legislation, such mandatory requirement shall prevail.
Section 113. Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities. By
the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Corporation (i) irrevocably designates and
appoints CT Corporation System, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, as the Corporation’s
authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or
relating to the Securities or this Indenture that may be instituted in any federal or state court
in the City of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee
(whether in its individual capacity or in its capacity as Trustee hereunder), (ii) submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (iii) agrees
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that service of process upon CT Corporation System and written notice of said service to the Corporation
(mailed or delivered to its Corporate Secretary at its principal office in Calgary, Alberta,
Canada), shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Corporation in any
such suit or proceeding. The Corporation further agrees to take any and all action, including the
execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue
such designation and appointment of CT Corporation System in full force and effect so long as any
of the Securities shall be outstanding.
To the extent that the Corporation has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction
of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to
judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its
property, the Corporation hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations
under this Indenture and the Securities, to the extent permitted by law.
Section 114. Conversion of Currency. The Corporation covenants and agrees that the
following provisions shall apply to conversion of currency in the case of the Securities and this
Indenture:
(a) (i) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of,
any court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (the
“Judgment Currency”) an amount due or contingently due under the Securities of any series
and this Indenture (the “Required Currency”), then the conversion shall be made at the rate
of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given or
the order of enforcement is made, as the case may be (unless a court shall otherwise
determine).
(ii) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day
before the day on which the judgment is given or an order of
endorsement is made, as the case may be (or such other date as a court shall
determine), and the date of receipt of the amount due, the Corporation shall pay such
additional (or, as the case may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may be necessary so
that the amount paid in the judgment currency when converted at the rate of exchange
prevailing on the date of receipt will produce the amount in the Required Currency
originally due.
(b) In the event of the winding-up of the Corporation at any time while any amount or
damages owing under the Securities and this Indenture, or any judgment or order rendered in
respect thereof, shall remain outstanding, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold the
Holders of Securities and the Trustee harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting
from any variation in rates of exchange between (1) the date as of which the equivalent of
the amount in the Required Currency (other than under this Subsection (b)) is calculated
for the purposes of such winding-up and (2) the final date for the filing of proofs of
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claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of this Subsection (b) the final date for the
filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of the Corporation shall be the date fixed by
the liquidator or otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable law as
being the latest practicable date as at which liabilities of the Corporation may be
ascertained for such winding-up prior to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect
thereto.
(c) The obligations contained in Subsections (a)(ii) and (b) of this Section shall
constitute separate and independent obligations of the Corporation from its other
obligations under the Securities and this Indenture, shall give rise to separate and
independent causes of action against the Corporation, shall apply irrespective of any
waiver or extension granted by any Holder or Trustee from time to time and shall continue
in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of any proof
of claim in the winding-up of the Corporation for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts
due hereunder (other than under Subsection (b) above) or under any such judgment or order.
Any such deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the
Holders or the Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or evidence of any actual loss
shall be required by the Corporation or its liquidator. In the case of Subsection (b)
above, the amount of such deficiency shall not be deemed to be reduced by any variation in
rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any liquidating
distribution.
(d) The term “rate(s) of exchange” shall mean the rate of exchange quoted by
The Bank of Nova Scotia, or such other Canadian chartered bank as may be designated in
writing by the Corporation to the Trustee from time to time, at its central foreign
exchange desk in its main office in Toronto at 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on the relevant
date for purchases of the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency and includes any
premiums and costs of exchange payable.
Section 115. Currency Equivalent. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, for purposes of the construction of the
terms of this Indenture or of the Securities, in the event that any amount is stated herein in the
currency of one nation (the “First Currency”), as of any date such amount shall also be deemed to
represent the amount in the currency of any other relevant nation (the “Other Currency”) which is
required to purchase such amount in the First Currency at the rate of exchange quoted by The Bank
of Nova Scotia, or such other Canadian chartered bank as may be designated in writing by the
Corporation to the Trustee from time to time, at its central foreign exchange desk in its main
office in Toronto at 12:00 noon (Toronto time) on the date of determination.
Section 116. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or
shareholder, as such, of the Corporation shall not have any liability for any obligations of the
Corporation under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security,
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each Holder shall waive and
release all such liability. Such waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the
issue of the Securities.
Section 117. Multiple 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. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
Section 118. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date, sinking fund payment date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
or of any Security or coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or
principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as
if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or sinking fund payment date, or at the
Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 119. Language. Les parties aux présentes ont exigé que la présente convention
ainsi que tous les documents et avis qui s’y rattachent et/ou qui en découleront soient rédigés et
exécutés en langue anglaise. The parties hereto have required that this Indenture and all
documents and notices related thereto be drafted and executed in English.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally. The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and
the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons shall be in substantially the
forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required
to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined
by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities or coupons. If the forms of Securities or coupons of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall
be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Corporation Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or coupons. Any portion of the text of any Security
may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the
Security.
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Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Securities in bearer form shall
have interest coupons attached.
The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of
the Corporation executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or
coupons.
A Form of Security is attached as Exhibit A hereto, but a Security may be in any other form
approved by the Board of Directors in any Board Resolution pursuant to Section 301.
Section 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. Subject to Section 611,
the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
“This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
X. X. XXXXXX TRUST COMPANY, N.A., | ||||||
as Trustee | ||||||
By | ||||||
“Authorized Officer” |
Section 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form. If Securities of or within a series
are issuable in global form, as specified or contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding
clause (8) of Section 301, any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of
such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time
be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to
reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by such
Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Corporation Order to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if
applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global
form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Corporation Order.
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The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by
a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Corporation and the
Corporation delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with an Officers’
Certificate (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby,
together with the Officers’ Certificate contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on any Security in
permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 309 and except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, the Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation and the Trustee shall
treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent
global Security: (i) in the case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of
such permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent global
Security in bearer form, Euroclear or Clearstream.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series and, except as otherwise provided herein,
each such series shall be unsecured and shall rank pari passu with each other and with all other
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation.
There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted
by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303, set forth in, or determined in the
manner provided in, an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as
applicable (each of which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (17) below), if
so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Corporation with respect to unissued
Securities of such series and set forth in such Securities of such series when issued from time to
time):
(1) the specific designation of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other series of Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for
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Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or
1305);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined or
extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from
which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be
determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any
Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and
the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the place or places, if any, other than the Corporate Trust Office, where the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on Securities of the series shall
be payable, any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange and, if different than
the location specified in Section 105, the place or places where notices or demands to or
upon the Corporation in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be
served;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in
which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation, if the Corporation is to have that
option;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem, repay or purchase Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a
Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the
Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall
be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series shall be issuable and, if
other than the denomination of $5,000, the denomination or denominations in which any
Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(9) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying
Agent;
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(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount
of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(11) if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable
or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions
applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions
of Section 312;
(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any, on) or
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without
limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and
the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(13) whether the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Corporation or a Holder
thereof, in a Currency other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated
to be payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election Date), and the
terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of
determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are denominated
or stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities are to be so payable, in
each case in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section
312;
(14) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(15) any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of
Article Fourteen that shall be applicable to the Securities of the series;
(16) any provisions granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series
upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;
(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or
covenants of the Corporation with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such
Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set
forth herein;
(18) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered Securities,
Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the
offer, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities, whether any Securities of the series are to
be issuable initially in temporary global form and
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whether any Securities of the series are
to be issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether
beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Security may exchange such
interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than
in the manner provided in Section 305, whether Registered Securities of the series may be
exchanged for Bearer Securities of the series (if permitted by applicable laws and
regulations), whether Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of the series, and the circumstances under which and the place or places where
such exchanges may be made and if Securities of the series are to be issuable in global
form, the identity of any initial depositary therefor;
(19) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any temporary global
Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the
date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;
(20) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security
of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the
coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the
manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment
Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 304;
(21) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon
original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt
of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form
and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(22) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants,
the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(23) whether and under what circumstances the Corporation will pay additional amounts
on the Securities of the series in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge
and, if so, whether the Corporation will have the option to redeem such Securities rather
than pay such additional amounts (and the terms of any such option); and
(24) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations on such
rights and preferences) relating to the series (which terms shall not be
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inconsistent with the requirements of Trust Indenture Legislation or the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such
series shall be substantially identical except, in the case of Registered Securities, as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution
(subject to Section 303) and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture
supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and,
unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such
series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 302. Denominations. All Securities shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in
the absence of any such provisions, the Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered
Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and the Bearer Securities of such Series,
other than the Bearer Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be
issuable in a denomination of $5,000.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by any two of the
Chairman, the President, a Vice President, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or
an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. The signature of any of these officers on
the Securities or coupons may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future
such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at
any time the proper officers of the Corporation shall bind the Corporation, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Corporation may deliver Securities of any series together with any coupon appertaining thereto,
executed by the Corporation to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Corporation Order
for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such
Corporation Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that, in
connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to
any location in the United States
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or Canada; provided, further, however, that, unless otherwise
specified with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may
be delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such
Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit X-x to this
Indenture, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier of the date on which such Bearer
Security is delivered and the date on which any temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for
such Bearer Security in accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture. If
any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security, then, for purposes of this
Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original
issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall be
deemed to be delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest
in such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not
authenticate
and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have
been detached and canceled. If not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time
and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit,
such Corporation Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such
Securities and determining terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate,
maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue.
In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:
(a) that the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) that the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when
completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Corporation to the
Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Corporation in the
manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar
laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights,
to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall
conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities and any coupons;
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(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the
Corporation of such Securities, any coupons and of the supplemental indentures, if any,
have been complied with and that authentication and delivery of such Securities and any
coupons and the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture, if any, by the
Trustee will not violate the terms of this Indenture;
(e) that the Corporation has the corporate power to issue such Securities and any
coupons, and has duly taken all necessary corporate action with respect to such issuance;
and
(f) that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons will not contravene the
articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Corporation or result in any violation of any
of the terms or provisions of any law or regulation applicable to
the issuance of such Securities or of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement known
to such Counsel by which the Corporation is bound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding two paragraphs, if not all
the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the
Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Corporation Order and
Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs prior to or at the
time of issuance of each Security, but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of
issuance of the first Security of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any such Securities if the issue
of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Each Registered Security shall be dated as of the date of its authentication and each Bearer
Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section 301.
No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of
an authorized officer thereof, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and
is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security
shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Corporation,
and the Corporation shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 310 together with an Officers’ Certificate (which need not comply with Section 102 and need
not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and
sold by the Corporation, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be
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deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities
of any series, the Corporation may execute, and upon Corporation Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of
the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form or, if authorized,
in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of
Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in
accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Securities of any series
are issued, the Corporation will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series, upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Corporation in
a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation
of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto), the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered
in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; provided, further, however, that a definitive
Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance
with the conditions set forth in Section 303. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any such temporary global
Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London office of a
depositary or common depositary (the “Common Depositary”), for the benefit of Euroclear and
Clearstream, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or
to such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified in, or determined
pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global Security (the “Exchange Date”), the Corporation
shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Corporation. On or after the
Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the
Trustee, as the Corporation’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to
time in part, for definitive Securities without charge and the Trustee shall
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authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of
like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be exchanged. The definitive
Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in bearer
form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any
combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination thereof
is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, upon such presentation by the Common
Depositary, such temporary global Security is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date
or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary global Security
held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent
date and signed by Clearstream, as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its
account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth in
Exhibit B-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section
301); provided, further, however, that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange
for a portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section
303.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the interest of a beneficial
owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global Security shall be exchanged for definitive
Securities of the same series and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder
instructs Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf and
delivers to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate in the form set forth in
Exhibit X-x to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section
301), dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall
be available from the offices of Euroclear and Clearstream, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent
appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such
temporary global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners
of such temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear
the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not
take delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or Clearstream.
Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary
global Security shall be delivered only outside the United States and Canada.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any series shall
in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of
the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary global Security
on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable
Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date upon
delivery by Euroclear and Clearstream to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form
set forth in Exhibit B-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to
Section 301), for
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credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the
respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security
on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case
may be, a certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to such Exchange Date in the form set forth in Exhibit X-x to this Indenture (or in such
other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the
certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this Section and of the third
paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the interests of the Persons who are the beneficial
owners of the temporary global Security with respect to which such certification was made will be
exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange Date or
the date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date, without further act or deed
by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, no
payments of principal or interest owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary
global Security will be made unless and until such interest in such temporary global
Security shall have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so
received by Euroclear and Clearstream and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the
Trustee immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order
to be repaid to the Corporation in accordance with Section 1003.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Corporation
shall cause to be kept at the corporate trust office of the Trustee a register for each series of
Securities (the registers maintained in the corporate trust office of the Trustee and in any other
office or agency of the Corporation in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively
referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Corporation shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of
transfers of Registered Securities. The Security Register shall be in written form or any other
form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable
times, the Security Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby
initially appointed as security registrar (the “Security Registrar”) for the purpose of registering
Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the
office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Corporation shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more
Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other
Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Corporation shall
execute, and the Trustee shall
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authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series
of Securities as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for
Registered Securities.
If (but only if) expressly permitted in or pursuant to the applicable Board Resolution and
(subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officers’ Certificate, or in any indenture
supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer
Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any
authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the
Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all
matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer
Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or
coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are
accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Corporation in an amount equal to the face amount
of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived
by the Corporation and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they
may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a
payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment;
provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by
coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or
agency located outside the United States and Canada. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a
Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange
for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at such
office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office
or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted Interest,
as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment,
as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer
Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Corporation shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If any
beneficial owner of an interest in the permanent
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global Security of any series is entitled to
exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of
another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided
that any applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have been given, then
without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest
may be so exchanged, the Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner’s interest in
such permanent global Security, executed by the Corporation. On or after the earliest date on
which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global Security shall be surrendered by
the Common Depositary or such other depositary as shall be specified in the Corporation Order with
respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Corporation’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in
whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall
authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal
aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations
and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global Security to be exchanged which, unless
the Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered
Securities, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities
or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner
thereof; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the
relevant Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among those
selected for redemption; provided, further, however, that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange
for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location
in the United States or Canada. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a
permanent global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange
occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency
on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and the opening of business
at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest
or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the
Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Corporation, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Corporation or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or
be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in
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form satisfactory to the Corporation and the
Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 306, 1107 or 1305 not involving any
transfer.
The Corporation shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
day of the selection for redemption of Securities of that series under Section 1103 or 1203 and
ending at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered
Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption and (B) if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of
the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series are also
issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice
of redemption, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part, (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such Bearer
Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor; provided that
such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the
option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated
Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining thereto is surrendered to the Trustee,
the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
replacement Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining
to the surrendered Security, or, in case any such mutilated Security or coupon has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Corporation in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new
Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered
Security, pay such Security or coupon.
If there shall be delivered to the Corporation and to the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii) such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Corporation or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Corporation shall execute and upon Corporation Order
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security
or in exchange for the Security for which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all
appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a replacement Security of the same series and
of
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like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with
coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, or, in case
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Corporation in its discretion may, instead of issuing a replacement Security, with
coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such
Security or coupon.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Security under this Section, the Corporation may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees, and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith.
Every replacement Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this
Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for a Security to which a
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute a contractual obligation of the
Corporation, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled
to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities
of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities or coupons.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset.
(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any
series of Securities, interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
Person, in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or
agency of the Corporation maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided,
however, that each installment of interest on any Registered Security may, at the
Corporation’s option, be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon
the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 309, to the address of
such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account
maintained by the payee located in the United States or Canada.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any
series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a Bearer
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Security, by transfer to an
account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States and Canada.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every permanent global Security will
provide that interest, if any, payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to each of
Euroclear and Clearstream with respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for
its account by the Common Depositary, for the purpose of permitting each of Euroclear and
Clearstream, to credit the interest received by it in respect of such permanent global Security to
the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted
interest and, if applicable, interest on such
defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the rate specified in the Securities of such
series (such defaulted interest and, if applicable, interest thereon herein collectively called
“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid by the Corporation, at its election in each case, as provided in
clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Corporation may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Corporation shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security
of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the
Corporation shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 3l2(e)) equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the
date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10
days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the
receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Corporation of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at
the expense of the Corporation, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given in the manner
provided in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
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Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose name the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Corporation may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice
given by the Corporation to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made applicable to any series of
Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as
may be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such
series may be reset by the Corporation on the date or dates specified on the face of such
Security (each an “Optional Reset Date”). The Corporation may exercise such option
with respect to such Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not
more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for such Security. Not later than 40
days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided
for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice (the “Reset Notice”)
indicating whether the Corporation has elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or
spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i) such
new interest rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the
provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the
next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated
Maturity Date of such Security (each such period a “Subsequent Interest Period”),
including the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which and the price or
prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Corporation may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used
to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an
interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate
(or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of such Security. Such
notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or the
spread or spread multiplier
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used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an
Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered
such Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next
succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread
multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Corporation of
the principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an
Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for
repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except
that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the
Holder may, by written
notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the
tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered
under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other
Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried
by such other Security.
Section 308. Optional Extension of Stated Maturity. The provisions of this Section
308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such
modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The
Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the option of the Corporation for
the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an “Extension Period”)
up to but not beyond the date (the “Final Maturity”) set forth on the face of such
Security. The Corporation may exercise such option with respect to any Security by notifying the
Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such
Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the “Original Stated Maturity”).
If the Corporation exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in
Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original Stated
Maturity a notice (the “Extension Notice”) indicating (i) the election of the Corporation
to extend the Stated Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate applicable to
the Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period.
Upon the Trustee’s transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of such Security shall
be extended automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the
next paragraph, such Security will have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such
Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
such Security, the Corporation may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the
Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in
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Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate
to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to
which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest rate.
If the Corporation extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder will have the option to
elect repayment of such Security by the Corporation on the Original Stated Maturity at a price
equal to the principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to
obtain repayment on the Original Stated Maturity once the Corporation has extended the Maturity
thereof, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the
option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at
least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the
Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may by
written notice
to the Trustee revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day
before the Original Stated Maturity.
Section 309. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security
for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of
such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any,
on) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Corporation, the Trustee or
any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The
Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee may treat the bearer of
any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon
for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupons be overdue, and none of the Corporation, the
Trustee or any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Corporation, the Trustee, Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing herein shall
prevent the Corporation, the Trustee, or any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee, from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a
Holder, with respect to such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of
beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such global Security.
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Section 310. Cancellation. All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment,
redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or for
credit against any current or future sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities and coupons so delivered to the
Trustee shall be promptly canceled by it. The Corporation shall deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Corporation
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person
for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder
which the Corporation has not issued
and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities
held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures
and certification of their disposal delivered to the Corporation unless by Corporation Order the
Corporation shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it.
Section 311. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 301 with respect to any Securities, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. For the purposes of
disclosure under the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest to which interest
calculated under a Security for any period in any calendar year (the “calculation period”)
is equivalent, is the rate payable under a Security in respect of the calculation period multiplied
by a fraction the numerator of which is the actual number of days in such calendar year and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the calculation period.
Section 312. Currency and Manner of Payments In Respect of Securities.
(a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301,
with respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided
for in subsection (b) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for
in subsection (b) below, and with respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except as
provided in subsection (d) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and
interest, if any, on any Registered Security or Bearer Security of such series will be made
in the Currency in which such Registered Security or Bearer Security, as the case may be,
is payable. The provisions of this Section 312 may be modified or superseded with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Registered
Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to subsection (d) and
(e) below, to receive payments of principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest, if
any, on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for
such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election with signature guarantees and
in the applicable form established pursuant
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to Section 301, not later than the close of
business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a
Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain
in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or
such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change
must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately
preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment
date and no such change of election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any
Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred
or with respect to which the Corporation has deposited funds pursuant to Article Four or
with respect to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Corporation or a notice
of option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such transferee). Any Holder
of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the
Trustee not later than the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid
the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in
Section 312(a). The Trustee shall notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable
after the Election Date of the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for
which Holders have made such written election.
(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the election referred to in
subsection (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301, then, unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, not later than the fourth Business Day after the
Election Date for each payment date for Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange
Rate Agent will deliver to the Corporation a written notice specifying, in the Currency in
which Registered Securities of such series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on the Registered Securities
to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts in such Currency so payable in
respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities of
such series shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in subsection (b)
above. If the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to
Section 301 and if at least one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, on the second Business Day preceding such payment date
the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities an
Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign Currency payments
to be made on such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 the
Dollar or Foreign Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have
elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the
Corporation on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third
Business Day (the “Valuation Date”) immediately preceding each payment date, and such
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determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency in which any of
the Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for
pursuant to subsection (b) above, then, with respect to each date for the payment of
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if any,
on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency occurring
after the last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the “Conversion Date”), the
Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. Unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar amount to be paid by the Corporation to the
Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities with
respect to such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency other than a
currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency
unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the
Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided in subsection (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Holder of a Registered
Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as
provided in subsection (b) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such
elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would
have been made in the absence of such election; and if a Conversion Event occurs with
respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such
election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in subsection (d) above.
(f) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” shall be determined by the
Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting
the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion
Date.
(g) The “Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” shall be determined by the Exchange
Rate Agent and, subject to the provisions of subsection (h) below, shall be the sum of each
amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars
at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect
to each payment.
(h) For purposes of this Section 312 the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
A “Component Currency” shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date,
was a component currency of the relevant currency unit.
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A “Specified Amount” of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of
such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant
currency unit on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any
Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of
such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the
Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency,
the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an
amount in
such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such
consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall
thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component
Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or
more currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by
amounts of such two or more currencies, having an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at the
Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar Equivalent value
of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate
immediately before such division and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and
such currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If, after the Conversion Date of
the relevant currency unit, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to
above in this definition of “Specified Amount”) occurs with respect to any
Component Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation
Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating
the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market
Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.
“Election Date” shall mean the date for any series of Registered Securities as
specified pursuant to clause (13) of Section 301 by which the written election referred to
in Subsection (b) above may be made.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of
the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and
changes in the Specified Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the
Corporation, the Trustee and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable in the relevant
Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Corporation and the
Trustee of any such decision or determination.
In the event that the Corporation determines in good faith that a Conversion Event has
occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Corporation will immediately give written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter
give notice in the manner provided for in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the
Conversion Date. In the event the Corporation so determines that a Conversion Event has occurred
with respect to any currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Corporation
will immediately give written notice thereof to
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the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the
Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided for in Section 106 to the
affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component
Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event the Corporation determines in good faith that any
subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount
above has occurred, the Corporation will similarly give written notice to the Trustee and the
Exchange Rate Agent.
The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information
received by it from the Corporation and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have any
duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information independent of the
Corporation or the Exchange Rate Agent.
Section 313. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent.
(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the
Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may
be payable in a Currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other
provision of this Indenture, then the Corporation will maintain with respect to each such
series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Corporation
will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at
the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301 for the purpose of determining
the applicable rate of exchange.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a successor
Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a written instrument
delivered to the Corporation and the Trustee.
(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange Rate Agent for any cause with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Corporation, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents
with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, at
any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities of any
particular series that are originally issued by the Corporation on the same date and that
are initially denominated and/or payable in the same Currency).
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon
Corporation Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except
as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series
herein expressly provided for) and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when:
(a) either
(1) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and
all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing
after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided
in Xxxxxxx 000, (xx) Securities and coupons of such series which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and
maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as
provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons of such series for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the Corporation and thereafter
repaid to the Corporation, as provided in Section 1003 have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all Securities of such series and, in the case of clause (i) or (ii)
below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Corporation, are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the
giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Corporation,
and the Corporation, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust for the purpose an amount, in the Currency in which the
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Securities of such
series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal
(and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(b) the Corporation has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by
the Corporation; and
(c) the Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Corporation to the Trustee under Section 603, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 613 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (2) of Subsection (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402
and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last
paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be
held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons
and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the
Corporation acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled
thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been
deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein with
respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for
such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation
of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation
of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest or Additional Amounts on any Security of
that series, or any related coupon, when such interest or coupon becomes due and payable,
and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
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(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms
of the Securities of that series and Article Twelve; or
(4) breach or default in the performance of any covenant or agreement of the
Corporation in this Indenture which affects or is applicable to the Securities of that
series (other than a default in the performance, or breach of a covenant or warranty which
is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section), and continuance of such default or
breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail,
to the Corporation by the Trustee or to the Corporation and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of all series affected
thereby a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
(5) acceleration of or any failure to pay at final maturity any Debt of the
Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation in an aggregate amount in excess of the
greater of $50 million or 5% of Shareholders’ Equity;
(6) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
adjudging the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary of the Corporation a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary
of the Corporation under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or appointing a receiver, interim
receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary of the Corporation or of
any substantial part of the property of the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary of
the Corporation, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed
and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(7) the commencement by the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary of the
Corporation of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or of any
other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to
the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Corporation or any Significant
Subsidiary of the Corporation in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Bankruptcy Law or any other applicable federal, provincial or state law or the commencement
of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable
Bankruptcy Law or any other applicable federal, provincial or state law, or the consent by
it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver,
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interim
receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary of the Corporation or of
any substantial part of the property of the Corporation or any
Significant Subsidiary, of the Corporation, or the making by it of an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of
Default described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of Section 501 with respect to Securities of any series
at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may
declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of that series) of all of the Outstanding Securities of that series and all interest thereon
to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee if
given by Holders), and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default described in clause (4) or (8) of Section 501 occurs and is continuing with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders
of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected
thereby (as one class) may declare the principal amount (or, if any such Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of those Securities) of all the Outstanding Securities of all such affected
series and all interest thereon to be due and payable immediately, by notice in writing to the
Corporation (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration the same
shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (5), (6) or
(7) of Section 501 occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of
not less than 25% in principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding (as a class) may
declare the principal amount (or, if any such Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities or
Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that
series) of all of the Outstanding Securities and all interest thereon to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Corporation (and to the Trustee if given by the
Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified portion thereof) shall
become immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing the Trustee shall, within 30 days
after it becomes aware of the occurrence of such Event of Default, give notice of such Event of
Default to the Holders of the Securities of all series then Outstanding affected thereby in the
manner provided in Section 106, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case of
Events of Default described in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 501, the Trustee shall not be
required to give such notice if the Trustee in good faith shall have decided that the withholding
of such notice is in the best interests of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series
affected thereby and shall have so advised the
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Corporation in writing. Where a notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default has been
given to the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series pursuant to the preceding
sentence and the Event of Default is thereafter cured, the Trustee shall give notice that the Event
of Default is no longer continuing to the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series within
30 days after it becomes aware that the Event of Default has been cured.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series (or
of all series, as the case may be) has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as
the case maybe), by written notice to the Corporation and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Corporation has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in
the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)):
(A) all overdue interest on all Outstanding Securities of that series (or of
all series, as the case may be) and any related coupons,
(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Outstanding
Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which has become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid
principal (and premium, if any) at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities,
(C) interest on overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in
such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or of all series,
as the case may be), other than the non-payment of amounts of principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or interest on Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be)
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of a declaration of acceleration in
respect of the Securities because of an Event of Default specified
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in Section 501(5) shall have occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration
shall be automatically annulled if the Debt that is the subject of such Event of Default has
been discharged or the holders thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect
of such Debt, and written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have
been given to the Trustee by the Corporation and countersigned by the holders of such Debt or a
trustee, fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration
in respect of the Securities, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30-day period
which has not been cured or waived during such period.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by the Trustee.
The Corporation covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest or Additional
Amounts on any Security and any related coupon when such interest or Additional Amounts
become due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at the Maturity thereof.
then the Corporation will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities and coupons, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities
and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, and interest on any overdue principal
(and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Corporation fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its
own name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Corporation or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Corporation or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (or of all series, as the case
may be) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series (or of all series, as the
case may be) by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce
any other proper remedy.
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Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any
receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Corporation or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Corporation or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Corporation for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or
interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any),
or such portion of the principal amount of any series of Original Issue Discount Securities
or Indexed Securities as may be specified in the terms of such series, and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may
be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to
the Holders, to pay to the Trustee all amounts due to it hereunder including, without limitation,
the costs, charges, expenses, advances and compensation to the Trustee in or about the execution of
its trust, or otherwise in relation hereto, with interest thereon as herein provided.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. Any rights
of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the
production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
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Section 506. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any)
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST, To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee including, without limitations,
the costs, charges, expenses, advances and compensation to the Trustee in or about the execution of
its trust, or otherwise in relation hereto, with interest thereon as herein provided;
SECOND, To the payment of all amounts due the Holders of the Securities in respect of
the costs, charges, expenses, advances incurred in connection with enforcing their rights
hereunder;
THIRD, To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and interest on the Securities and coupons in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
FOURTH, The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Outstanding Security of any series
or any related coupons shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of all series affected by such Event of Default (determined as provided in Section 502 and
as one class), shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against
the costs, expenses and liabilities to be Incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority or more in
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principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such Event of Default (determined as
provided in Section 502 and as one class);
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatsoever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such affected
series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or
to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal
and ratable benefit of all Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such affected series.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security
shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided herein
(including, if applicable, Article Fourteen) and in such Security, of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and (subject to Section 307) interest on, such Security or payment of such
coupon on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of
redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has
instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding
has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee
or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding,
the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and coupons shall be restored, severally
and respectively, to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons
in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of
any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of
Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default
or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Holders may be exercised from
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time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by
the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by an Event of Default (determined as
provided in Section 502 and as one class) shall have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such affected series,
provided that in each case
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in personal liability
or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such affected series
not consenting.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series with respect to
which a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (as one class) may, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Outstanding Securities of such affected series, waive any past Default and its
consequences, except a Default
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest
on any Security or any related coupon, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
affected series.
Upon any such waiver, any such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Corporation covenants (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the Corporation (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly
waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or
impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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Section 515. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each
Holder of any Security or coupon by acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of
such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section
shall not apply to (i) any suit instituted by the Corporation, (ii) any suit instituted by the
Trustee; (iii) any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, of the Securities of any
series holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
such series, or, in the case of any suit relating to or arising under clause (4) or (8) of Section
501 (if the suit relates to the Securities of more than one but less than all series then
Outstanding), 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding and affected
thereby, or, in the case of any suit relating to or arising under clause (4) or (8) of Section 501
(if the suit relates to all the Securities then Outstanding) or clause (5), (6) or (7) of Section
501, 10% in aggregate principal amount of all Securities then Outstanding or (iv) any suit
instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest (including interest evidenced by a coupon) on any Security on or after the Stated
Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon or, in the case of redemption,
on or after the Redemption Date.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(1) The Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
(2) The Trustee, in exercising its powers and discharging its duties prescribed or
conferred by this Indenture, shall
(a) act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the
Holders of Securities issued hereunder, and
(b) exercise the care, diligence and skill of a reasonably prudent trustee.
(3) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee, in the exercise of its
rights and duties hereunder, may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished
to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any
such certificates or opinions which by any
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provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to and comply with the requirements of this
Indenture.
(4) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from the
duties imposed on it in Sections 601(2) and (3) or from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(a) this Section shall not be construed to limit the effect of Sections
601(1), (2) and (3);
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with an appropriate direction
of the Holders pursuant to Section 512 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; and
(d) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise Incur any personal financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights
or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(5) Whether or not herein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture
relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, Officers’ Certificate or other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any order, request or direction of the Corporation mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Corporation Request or Corporation Order
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and any resolution of
the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate, including
(i) as evidence of the truth of any statements of fact, and (ii) to the effect that any
particular dealing or transaction or step or thing is, in the opinion of the Officers so
certifying, expedient, as evidence that it is expedient; provided that the Trustee may in
its sole discretion require from the Corporation or otherwise further evidence or
information before acting or relying on such certificate;
(d) the Trustee may employ or retain such agents, counsel and other assistants as it
may reasonably require for the proper discharge of its duties hereunder and may pay
reasonable remuneration for all services performed for it;
(e) the Trustee may, in relation to this Indenture, act on the opinion or advice of or
on information obtained from any counsel, notary, valuer, surveyor, engineer, broker,
auctioneer, accountant or other expert, whether retained by the Trustee or by the
Corporation or otherwise;
(f) 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;
(g) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant
to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered and furnished to the Trustee
funds for the purpose and reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be Incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(h) the Trustee shall not be required to take notice of any default under this
Indenture, other than payment of any moneys required by any provision of this Indenture to
be paid to it, unless and until notified in writing of such default, which notice shall
clearly set out the default desired to be brought to the attention of the Trustee;
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
any series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default which may have
occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order,
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xxxx, xxxxxxxxx, note, coupon, other evidence
of indebtedness or other paper or document or any investigation of the books and records of
the Corporation (but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine
the books, records and premises of the Corporation, personally or by agent or attorney),
unless requested to do so by the Act of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of such affected series then Outstanding; provided, however, that
the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be Incurred by it in the making of such investigation; and
(j) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys, and the Trustee
shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 603. Protection of Trustee. By way of supplement to the provisions of any law
for the time being relating to trustees, it is expressly declared and agreed as follows:
(a) the recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Corporation, and
neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be liable for or assume any
responsibility for their correctness;
(b) the Trustee makes no representations as to, and shall not be liable for, the
validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons;
(c) neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use
or application by the Corporation of any of the Securities or coupons or of the proceeds
thereof;
(d) nothing herein contained shall impose any obligation on the Trustee to see or to
require evidence of registration or filing (or renewals thereof) of this Indenture or any
instrument ancillary or supplemental hereto;
(e) the Trustee shall not be bound to give any notice of the execution hereof;
(f) the Trustee shall not Incur any liability or responsibility whatsoever or be in
any way responsible for the consequence of any breach on the part of the Corporation of any
of the covenants herein contained or of any act of the agents or servants of the
Corporation; and
(g) the Corporation shall indemnify the Trustee (including its directors, officers and
employees) for, and hold it harmless against, any loss,
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liability or expense Incurred
without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
Section 604. Trustee Not Required to Give Security. The Trustee shall not be required
to give security for the execution of the trusts or its conduct or administration hereunder.
Section 605. No Person Dealing with Trustee Need Enquire. No person dealing with the
Trustee shall be concerned to enquire whether the powers that the Trustee is purporting to exercise
have become exercisable, or whether any money remains due upon the Securities or to see to the
application of any money paid to the Trustee.
Section 606. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying
Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Corporation, in its individual or in any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of the Securities or coupons and, subject to
Section 608, may otherwise deal with the Corporation with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent, and
without being liable to account for any profit made thereby.
Section 607. Moneys Held in Trust. Any money held by the Trustee, which under the
trusts of this Indenture may be invested, shall be invested and reinvested by the Trustee, in
accordance with a Corporation Order, in its name or under its control in any securities in which
trustees are, by the laws of the Province of Alberta, authorized to invest. Pending such
investment, such money shall be placed by the Trustee on deposit at interest at the then current
rate in a Canadian chartered bank or trust company.
Section 608. Conflict of Interest.
(1) The Trustee represents to the Corporation that, at the time of the execution and
delivery hereof, no material conflict of interest exists between the Trustee’s role as a
fiduciary hereunder and the Trustee’s role in any other capacity and agrees that in the
event of a material conflict of interest arising hereafter it will, within 90 days after
becoming aware that a material conflict of interest exists, either eliminate the same or
resign its trust hereunder.
(2) If, notwithstanding Section 608(1), the Trustee has a material conflict of
interest, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, of the security interest (if
any) constituted by or under this Indenture and of the Securities of any series issued
hereunder shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of the existence of
such material conflict of interest.
(3) If the Trustee contravenes Section 608(1), the Corporation or any Holder of
Securities of any series affected thereby may apply to the Court of
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Queen’s Bench in the
Province of Alberta for an order that the Trustee be replaced, and such court may make an
order on such terms as it thinks fit.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. For each series of Securities
issued hereunder, there shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder which shall be (i) a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject
to supervision or examination by United States Federal or State authority, or (ii) a corporation or
other Person organized and doing business under the laws of any other government which is permitted
to act as Trustee pursuant to any rule, regulation or order of the Commission, authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by an
authority of such government, or a political subdivision thereof, substantially equivalent to the
supervision or examination applicable to an institution described in clause (i) above, in each case
under clauses (i) and (ii) having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and an
office, which may be an office of an affiliate of the Trustee, in The City of New York, provided
that there shall be such a corporation or other Person in such location willing to act upon
customary and reasonable terms. If such corporation or other Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital
and surplus of such corporation or other Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Corporation
nor any Affiliate of the Corporation shall serve as Trustee. If at any time the Trustee shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(1) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
(2) The Trustee may resign its trust and be discharged from all further duties and
liabilities hereunder at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving to the Corporation three months’ notice in writing or such shorter notice as the
Corporation may accept as sufficient. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 90 days
after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may apply to the
Court of Queen’s Bench in the Province of Alberta for an order for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(3) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any
series by the Act of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
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of the Securities of such series then Outstanding delivered to the Trustee and to the Corporation.
(4) If any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608(1) with respect to the
Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Corporation or by
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at
least six months; or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Corporation or by any such Holder; or
(c) the Trustee shall be dissolved, shall become incapable of acting or shall
become or be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;
then, in any such case (i) the Corporation by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any or all series, as appropriate, or (ii) subject to Section 610, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of an affected series for at least six months
may, on behalf of such Holder and all other Holders similarly situated, apply to the Court of
Queen’s Bench in the Province of Alberta for an order for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(5) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a
vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee for any cause, with respect to the
Securities of one or more series, the Corporation, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of such series and
shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after
such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then
Outstanding delivered to the Corporation and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by
the Corporation with respect to the Securities of such series. If no successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Corporation or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on
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behalf of such Holder and all other Holders similarly situated, apply to the Court of
Queen’s Bench in the Province of Alberta for any order for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(6) The Corporation shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series (i) if any Bearer Securities of any
affected series are then Outstanding, to the Holders thereof by publication of such notice
at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Canada, if required and, if required, The City
of New York, and, if required, the United Kingdom and, if required, Luxembourg, (ii) if any
Bearer Securities of any affected series are then Outstanding, to the Holders thereof who
have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee by mailing such notice to such
Holders at such addresses (and the Trustee shall make such addresses available to the
Corporation for such purpose) and (iii) if any Registered Securities of any affected series
are then Outstanding, to the Holders thereof by mailing such notice to such Holders at
their addresses as they shall appear on the
Security Register. If the Corporation shall fail to give such notice within 10 days
after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause
such notice to be given at the expense of the Corporation. Each notice shall include the
name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address
of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(1) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series, each successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Corporation and to the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee with respect to such applicable series of the Securities shall become effective and
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested
with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to such
applicable series; but, on the request of the Corporation or the successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its fees and expenses then unpaid, execute,
acknowledge and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all such
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
(2) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but less than all) series, the Corporation, the retiring Trustee
and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto in which each successor
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which shall (i) contain such provisions as shall
be deemed
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necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor
Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of each series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,
(ii) if the retiring Trustee shall not be retiring with respect to the Securities of all
series, contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of the series as to which the retiring Trustee shall not be retiring shall
continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee and (iii) add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture to the extent necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture (except as specifically provided for
therein) shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust
or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and
delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein, and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of
each series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, and such retiring
Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to each successor Trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(3) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Corporation shall execute any and
all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to subsection (1) or (2) of this Section, as
the case may be.
(4) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Consolidation, Amalgamation or Succession to Business. Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or
amalgamated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or amalgamation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, or any corporation or
association to which all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the successor of
the Trustee hereunder without any further act, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or instrument or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as
though such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
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Section 613. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of the Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of, and subject to the direction of, the Trustee to
authenticate the Securities of such series, including Securities issued upon original issue,
exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306; and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid
and obligatory for all purposes as though authenticated by the Trustee. Wherever reference is made
in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of the Securities of any series by the Trustee
or to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by such Authenticating Agent for such series
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by such Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Corporation
and shall at all times be either (i) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under
such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority or (ii) a
corporation or other Person organized and doing business under the laws of Canada or any province
thereof or England or Luxembourg, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having
a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or
examination by governmental authority of its jurisdiction of incorporation and organization. If
such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to
the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any
time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated or amalgamated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion,
consolidation or amalgamation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust
business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor to such Authenticating Agent with
respect to all series of the Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent.
Any Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the
Trustee and to the Corporation. The Trustee may at any time terminate the appointment of any
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the
Corporation. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such termination, or in case at any
time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee may appoint a
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successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the
Corporation and shall, at the expense of the Corporation, provide notice of such appointment to all
Holders of the Securities affected thereby in the manner provided in Section 610 with respect to
the appointment of a successor Trustee. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as though originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No
successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this
Section.
The Corporation agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services hereunder.
Section 614. Book-Entry Provisions. In the event that Securities are issued in book-entry form with a securities depositary:
(a) the Trustee may deal with such depositary as the authorized representative of the
Holders;
(b) the rights of the Holders shall be exercised only through such depositary and
shall be limited to those established by law and agreement between the Holders and such
depositary and/or direct participants of such depositary;
(c) such depositary will make book-entry transfers among the direct participants of
such depositary and will receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on
the Securities to such direct participants; and
(d) the direct participants of such depositary shall have no rights under this
Indenture under or with respect to any of the Securities held on their behalf by such
depositary, and such depositary may be treated by the Trustee and its agents, employees,
officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Securities for all purposes whatsoever.
Section 615. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Corporation agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law
in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); and
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances Incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND CORPORATION
Section 701. Access to List of Holders. A Holder may, upon payment to the Trustee of
a reasonable fee, require the Trustee to furnish within 10 days after receiving the affidavit or
statutory declaration referred to below, a list setting out (i) the name and address of every
Holder of Registered Securities, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities owned
by each such Holder, and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding,
each as shown on the records of the Trustee on the day that the affidavit or statutory declaration is
delivered to the Trustee. The affidavit or statutory declaration, as the case may be, shall
contain (i) the name and address of the Holder, (ii) where the applicant is a corporation, its name
and address for service, and (iii) a statement that the list will not be used except in connection
with an effort to influence the voting of the Holders of Securities, an offer to acquire
Securities, or any other matter relating to the Securities or the affairs of the Corporation. Where
the Holder is a corporation, the affidavit or statutory declaration shall be made by a director or
officer of the corporation.
Section 702. Communications to Holders. The rights of Holders to communicate with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Legislation.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Corporation and
the Trustee that neither the Corporation nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be
held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of
Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Legislation.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, MERGER,
CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. Corporation May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. The
Corporation shall not amalgamate or consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey,
transfer or lease or permit one or more of its Significant Subsidiaries to convey, transfer or
lease, all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries,
on a consolidated basis, to any Person, unless:
(1) either the Corporation is the continuing corporation or such corporation or Person
assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Corporation under this
Indenture and the Securities;
(2) immediately after the transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall exist;
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(3) the surviving corporation or such Person is a corporation, partnership or trust
organized and validly existing under the laws of Canada or any province thereof or of the
United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; and
(4) the Corporation or such Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Person Substituted. Upon any amalgamation or consolidation by
the Corporation with or merger by the Corporation into any other corporation or any conveyance,
transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Corporation and
its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, to any Person in accordance with Section 801, the
successor Person formed by such amalgamation or consolidation or into which the Corporation is
merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Corporation under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Corporation herein, and in the event of
any such conveyance or transfer, the Corporation (which term shall for this purpose mean the Person
named as the “Corporation” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Person which
shall theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 801), except in the case of a
lease, shall be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities
and the coupons and may be dissolved and liquidated.
Section 803. Securities to Be Secured in Certain Events. If, upon any amalgamation or
consolidation of the Corporation with or merger of the Corporation into any other corporation, or
upon any conveyance, lease or transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, to any Person in accordance with
Section 801, any of the properties and assets of the Corporation or one or more of its Significant
Subsidiaries would thereupon become subject to any Lien, then unless such Lien could be created
pursuant to Section 1008 without equally and ratably securing the Securities, the Corporation,
prior to or simultaneously with such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance, lease or
transfer, shall secure the Securities Outstanding hereunder (together with, if the Corporation
shall so determine, any other indebtedness of the Corporation now existing or hereafter created
which is not subordinate to the Securities) equally and ratably with (or prior to) the indebtedness
which upon such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease or transfer is to become
secured by such Lien, or will cause such Securities to be so secured; provided that, for the
purpose of providing such equal and ratable security, the principal amount of Original Issue
Discount Securities and Indexed Securities shall mean that amount which would at the time of making
such effective provision be due and payable pursuant to Section 502 and the terms of such Original
Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities upon a declaration of acceleration of the
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Maturity thereof, and the extent of such equal and ratable security shall be adjusted, to the extent
permitted by law, as and when said amount changes over time pursuant to the terms of such Original
Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent
of any Holders, the Corporation, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Corporation and the assumption
by any such successor of the covenants of the Corporation contained herein and in the
Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Corporation for the benefit of the Holders of all
or any series of Securities and any related coupons (and if such covenants are to be for
the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are being
included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Corporation; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default
are being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer
Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on
the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer
Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations
or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; provided that
any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of
any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture; provided that any
such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security
Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture
which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 803 or 1008 or
otherwise; or
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(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the
requirements of Section 611; or
(9) close this Indenture with respect to the authentication and delivery of additional
series of Securities, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series and any
related coupons in any material respect; or
(10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities
pursuant to Sections 1401, 1402 and 1403; provided that any such action shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or
any other series of Securities in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of all series
affected by such supplemental indenture (as one class), by Act of such Holders delivered to the
Corporation and the Trustee, the Corporation, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Indenture which affect such series of Securities or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of such series of Securities under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of
such series,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on,
any Security of such series, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest
thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the principal amount
of an Original Issue Discount Security of such series that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount
thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or adversely affect any right of
repayment at the option of any Holder of any Security of such series, or change any Place
of Payment where, or the Currency in which, any Security of such series or any premium or
the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right
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to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption
or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series required for any such supplemental indenture, for any waiver of compliance with
certain provisions of this Indenture which affect such series or certain defaults
applicable to such series hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture,
or reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or voting with respect to Securities
of such series, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1013, except
to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture which affect such series cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series.
Any such supplemental indenture adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, or modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series, shall not affect the rights under this Indenture of the
Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the
additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance
therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes;
and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Legislation. Every supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Legislation as then in effect.
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Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any
series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the
Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Corporation shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee
and the Corporation, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Corporation and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities
of such series.
Section 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures. Promptly after the execution by the
Corporation and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section
902, the Corporation shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security
affected, in the manner provided for in Section 106, setting forth in general terms the substance
of such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest. The Corporation
covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities and any related
coupons that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and
interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities, any
coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest installments due on Bearer
Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the
several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. If the Securities of a series are
issuable only as Registered Securities, the Corporation will maintain in each Place of Payment for
any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Corporation will maintain (A)
in The City of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of
that series may be surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the
Corporation in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where
Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered
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for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise); (B) subject to any laws
or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside
the United States and Canada, an office or agency where Securities of that series and related
coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that, if the Securities of
that series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and Canada and such
stock exchange shall so require, the Corporation will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of
that series in any required city located outside the United States and Canada so long as the
Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations
applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States and
Canada an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Corporation in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served.
The Corporation 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 Corporation shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof,
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of any series and the related coupons may be
presented and surrendered for payment at the offices specified in the Security, in London, and the
Corporation hereby appoints the same as its agents to receive such respective presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, no payment
of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the
Corporation in the United States or Canada or by check mailed to any address in the United States
or Canada or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States or
Canada; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on any Bearer Security shall be made at the
office of the Paying Agent in The City of New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full
amount of such principal, premium or interest, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies
outside the United States maintained for such purpose by the Corporation in accordance with this
Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Corporation may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies
where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such
purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Corporation of its obligation to maintain
an office or agency in accordance with
the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The
Corporation will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. Unless
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otherwise specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to a series of
Securities, the Corporation hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities
the office or agency of the Corporation in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, and initially appoints the
Trustee at its corporate trust office as Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to receive all
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so
long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii)
may be payable in a Currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other
provision of this Indenture, then the Corporation will maintain with respect to each such series of
Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.
The Corporation agrees that it will pay the Trustee reasonable remuneration for its services
hereunder and will repay to the Trustee on demand all expenditures or advances whatever which the
Trustee may reasonably make or Incur in and about the execution of the trusts hereby created, and
such money shall be payable out of any funds coming into the possession of the Trustee in priority
to any Securities or coupons. The said remuneration shall continue to be payable until the trusts
hereof shall be finally wound up and whether or not the trusts hereof shall be in the course of
administration by or under the direction of a court.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Corporation
shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities and any
related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any, on)
or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series
and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 3l2(e)) sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Corporation shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities and
any related coupons, it will, prior to or on each due date of the principal of (and premium, if
any, on) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the
Currency described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if
any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Corporation will cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) for any series of
Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such
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Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) and interest on Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Corporation in the making of any
payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on the Securities of such
series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent.
The Corporation may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Corporation Order direct any Paying Agent to
pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Corporation or such Paying Agent, such sums to be
held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Corporation or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
Except as provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent, or then held by the Corporation, in trust for the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security of any series, or any coupon appertaining
thereto, and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or
interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Corporation on Corporation Request, or (if
then held by the Corporation) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security
or coupon shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Corporation for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Corporation as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided,
however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Corporation cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not
be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining will be repaid to the Corporation.
Section 1004. Statement as to Compliance. The Corporation will deliver to the
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her
knowledge of the
Corporation’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes
of this Section 1004, such compliance shall be
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determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
Section 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Corporation will pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all
material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Corporation or any
Subsidiary of the Corporation or upon the income, profits or property of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary of the Corporation, and (2) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies
which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon any property of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
of the Corporation; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties. The Corporation will cause all of its and
its Subsidiaries’ properties to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order
and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs,
renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the
Corporation may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section
shall prevent or restrict the sale, abandonment or other disposition of any of such properties if
such action is, in the judgment of the Corporation, desirable in the conduct of the business of the
Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
Section 1007. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article Eight, the Corporation will do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence and the rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Corporation and
its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to preserve any
such right or franchise if the Corporation shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Corporation.
Section 1008. Limitation on Liens. The Corporation will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary of the Corporation to, Incur any Debt if such Debt is secured by a mortgage, pledge,
security interest or lien (a “mortgage” or “mortgages”) upon any assets of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary of the Corporation, without in any such case effectively providing that the Securities
shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Debt; provided, however, that the
foregoing restrictions shall not apply to: (a) mortgages existing on the
date the Securities are originally issued or mortgages provided for under the terms of
agreements existing on such date; (b) mortgages on any property acquired or constructed by the
Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation after the date of this Indenture that are created
or assumed contemporaneously with or within 180 days after such acquisition or construction to
secure or provide for the payment of all or part of the purchase price or cost of construction
thereof (or to
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secure any Debt Incurred by the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation for
the purpose of financing all or a part of the purchase price or cost of construction thereof or of
improvements thereon); (c) existing mortgages on property acquired (including mortgages on any
property acquired from a Person that is consolidated or amalgamated with or merged with or into the
Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation) or mortgages outstanding at the time any Person
becomes a Subsidiary of the Corporation that are not Incurred in connection with such entity
becoming a Subsidiary of the Corporation; (d) mortgages in favor of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary of the Corporation; (e) mortgages on any property in favor of domestic or foreign
governmental bodies to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract
or statute; (f) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements), in whole or in part, of any mortgage referred to in any foregoing clause (a), (b),
(c), (d) or (e) provided, however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not
exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or
replacement, together with the reasonable costs related to such extension, renewal or replacement,
and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property
that secured the mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property);
and (g) any mortgage which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions; provided,
however, that the aggregate principal amount of the Debt so secured, together with the aggregate
principal amount of other Debt secured by mortgages then outstanding (excluding Debt secured by
mortgages permitted under the foregoing exceptions) and the Attributable Debt in respect of all
Sale/Leaseback Transactions entered into after the date of this Indenture (not including
Attributable Debt in respect of any such Sale/Leaseback Transactions the proceeds of which are
applied to the prepayment of outstanding Securities or other Debt of the Corporation as set forth
below under Section 1009) would not then exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 1009. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions. The Corporation will not,
and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Corporation to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction
with any Person (other than the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation) unless:
(1) at the time of entering into such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, the Corporation or
such Subsidiary would be entitled to Incur Debt, in a principal amount equal to the
Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, secured by a mortgage on
a property subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, pursuant to Section 1008 without
equally and ratably securing the Securities pursuant to such provisions;
(2) after the date on which Securities are first issued and within a period commencing
six months prior to the consummation of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and ending six
months after the consummation thereof, the Corporation or such Subsidiary shall have
expended for property used or to be used in the ordinary course of business of the
Corporation or such Subsidiary (including amounts expended for additions, expansions,
alterations,
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repairs and improvements thereto) an amount equal to all or a portion of the
net proceeds of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, and the Corporation shall have elected to
designate such amount as a credit against such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (with any such
amount not being so designated to be applied as set forth in clause (3) below); or
(3) during the 12-month period after the effective date of such Sale/Leaseback
Transaction, the Corporation shall have applied to the voluntary defeasance or retirement
of Securities or any Debt of the Corporation (other than Securities or Debt that is held by
the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation or Debt of the Corporation that is
subordinate in right of payment to the Securities) an amount equal to the net proceeds of
the sale or transfer of the property leased in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, which
amount shall not be less than the fair value of such property at the time of entering into
such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (adjusted to reflect any amount expended by the Corporation
as set forth in clause (2) above), less an amount equal to the principal amount of such
Securities and Debt voluntarily defeased or retired by the Corporation within such 12-month
period and not designated as a credit against any other Sale/Leaseback Transaction entered
into by the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation during such period.
Section 1010. Provision of Financial Information. The Corporation shall file with the
Trustee and transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Registrar, within 15 days after it files them with the Commission, copies of its annual report and
the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
the Commission may by rule and regulation prescribe) which the Corporation is required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding that the
Corporation may not be required to remain subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided
for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission, the Corporation shall continue to file with the Commission and provide to the Trustee
and Holders (a) within 140 days after the end of each fiscal year, annual reports on Form 20-F or
40-F as applicable (or any successor form), containing the information required to be contained
therein (or required in such successor form); and (b) within 60 days after the end of each of the
first three fiscal quarter of each fiscal year, reports on Form 6-K (or any successor form),
containing the information which, regardless of applicable requirements shall, at a minimum,
contain such information required to be provided in quarterly
reports under the laws of Canada or any province thereof to security holders of a corporation
with securities listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange, whether or not the Corporation has any of its
securities so listed. Each of such reports will be prepared in accordance with Canadian disclosure
requirements and generally accepted accounting principles, provided, however, that the Corporation
shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the Commission if the Commission does not
permit such filings.
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Section 1011. Additional Amounts. All payments made by the Corporation under or with
respect to the Securities will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for
or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental
charge imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Government of Canada or of any province or
territory thereof or by any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax (hereinafter
“Taxes”), unless the Corporation is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the
interpretation or administration thereof. If the Corporation is so required to withhold or deduct
any amount for or on account of Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the
Securities, the Corporation will pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be
necessary so that the net amount received by each Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such
withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount the Holder would have received if such
Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable with
respect to a payment made to a Holder (such Holder, an “Excluded Holder”) (i) with which the
Corporation does not deal at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) at
the time of making such payment, or (ii) which is subject to such Taxes by reason of its being
connected with Canada or any province or any territory thereof otherwise than by the mere holding
of Securities or the receipt of payments thereunder. The Corporation will also (i) make such
withholding or deduction and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant
authority in accordance with applicable law. The Corporation will furnish to the Holder of the
Securities, within 30 days after the date the payment of any taxes is due pursuant to applicable
law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Corporation. The Corporation
will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder (other than an Excluded Holder) and upon written
request reimburse each such Holder for the amount of (i) any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by
such Holder as a result of payments made under or with respect to the Securities, (ii) any
liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
and (iii) any Taxes imposed with respect to any reimbursement under (i) or (ii), but excluding any
such Taxes on such Holder’s net income.
At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the
Securities is due and payable, if the Corporation will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with
respect to such payment, the Corporation will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and will set
forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to
Holders on the payment date. Wherever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the
payment of principal (and premium, if
any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to a Security, such mention
shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such
context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
The obligations of the Corporation under this Section 1011 shall survive the termination of
this Indenture and the payment of all amounts under or with respect to the Securities.
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Section 1012. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Corporation may, with respect to any
series of Securities, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or
condition which affects such series set forth in Section 803 or Sections 1005 to 1010, inclusive,
if the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of all
series affected by such noncompliance (as one class), by Act of such Holders, waive such compliance
in such instance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or
affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Corporation and the duties of the Trustee to
Holders of Securities of such series in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall
remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable
before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with the terms of such Securities
and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in
accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Corporation
to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Corporation, the Corporation shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Corporation (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of
such series to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall
enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1103. In the case of
any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided
in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Corporation shall furnish the
Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the
Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall
deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the
principal of Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall
reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of such series established pursuant to Section 301.
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The Trustee shall promptly notify the Corporation in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or
is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 106 not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (together with accrued interest,
if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106) will become due and
payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities, together in the case of Bearer
Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption
Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series,
if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent
to the Redemption Date or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted
from the Redemption Price unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Corporation, the
Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished, and
(8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered
Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be
exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on
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such Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Corporation, on
which such exchanges may be made.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Corporation shall be
given by the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Corporation.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any Redemption Date, the
Corporation shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Corporation is acting
as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and
accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been
given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 3l2(d) and 312(e)) (together
with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the
Corporation shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for
such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent
provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance
with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the
Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Corporation at the Redemption Price, together
with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of
interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable only at an office or
agency located outside the United States and Canada (except as otherwise provided in Section
1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and
surrender of coupons for such interest; provided, further, however, that installments of interest
on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as
such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant
coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the
Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender
of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Corporation and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any
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Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or
any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from
the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided,
however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located
outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) set forth in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only
in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a
Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Corporation or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by,
or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the
Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article. Retirements of Securities of any series pursuant to any sinking fund shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of
such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as
an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in
Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any
series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. Subject to
Section 1203, in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect
to any Securities of a series in cash, the Corporation may at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee
Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) theretofore
purchased or otherwise acquired by the
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Corporation together in the case of any Bearer Securities of
such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and/or (2) receive credit for the
principal amount of Securities of such series which have been previously delivered to the Trustee
by the Corporation or for Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the election
of the Corporation pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted
optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of the same series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series; provided, however, that such Securities have not been
previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the
Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of
the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 60 days prior
to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Corporation will deliver to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and
except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) and the portion thereof,
if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202 (which Securities will, if not previously delivered, accompany such certificate) and
whether the Corporation intends to exercise its right to
make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate
shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Corporation shall be obligated to make the cash
payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. In the case of the failure of the Corporation to deliver such certificate, the
sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be
paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities
subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Securities as
provided in Section 1202 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any,
with respect to such series.
Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the
Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section
1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of
the Corporation in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1106 and 1107.
Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Corporation shall pay to the Trustee or a Paying
Agent (or, if the Corporation is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) in cash a sum equal to any
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interest that will accrue to the date fixed
for redemption of Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date
pursuant to this Section 1203.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking fund for any series of Securities, if
at any time the amount of cash to be paid into such sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking
fund payment date, together with any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or
payments for such series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the Trustee, unless requested
by the Corporation, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the redemption of Securities of
such series through the operation of the sinking fund. Any such unused balance of moneys deposited
in such sinking fund shall be added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash
on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Corporation, shall be
applied at any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities of such series, by public or
private purchase, in the open market or otherwise, at a purchase price for such Securities
(excluding accrued interest and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any Paying Agent
will be reimbursed by the Corporation) not in excess of the principal amount thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1301. Applicability of Article. Repayment of Securities of any series before
their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms
of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in
accordance with this Article.
Section 1302. Repayment of Securities. Securities of any series subject to repayment
in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided to the
terms of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with
interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of
such Securities. The Corporation covenants that, on or before the Repayment Date, it will deposit
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Corporation is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b),
312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the
Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, and (except if the Repayment Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as
the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
Section 1303. Exercise of Option. Securities of any series subject to repayment at
the option of the Holders thereof will contain an “Option to Elect Repayment” form on the reverse
of such Securities. To be repaid at the option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such
repayment, with the “Option to Elect
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Repayment” form on the reverse of such Security duly completed
by the Holder (or by the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the
Corporation at the Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such
other place or places or which the Corporation shall from time to time notify the Holders of such
Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date. If less
than the entire principal amount of such Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of
such Security, the principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum
denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security
or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of such Security
surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified. The principal amount of any Security
providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if, following
such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum
authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part.
Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the
option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable
unless waived by the Corporation.
Section 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable. If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof
shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms
of such Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall
become due and payable and shall be paid by the Corporation on the Repayment Date therein
specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Corporation shall default in the
payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were
interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such Interest appertaining to any
Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon
surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together with all
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment Date, the principal amount of
such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Corporation, together with accrued interest, if
any, to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
the Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
and Canada (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of such coupons; provided, further, however,
that, in the case of Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity
is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant
coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the
amount payable therefor as provided in Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such
missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the
Corporation and the Trustee if there be
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furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may
require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of
which a deduction shall have been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be
entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and Canada (except
as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall not be so repaid upon
surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to such
Repayment Date) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
Section 1305. Securities Repaid in Part. Upon surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only, the
Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security, without service charge and at the expense of the Corporation, a new Registered Security
or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such
Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1401. Corporation’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, the
provisions of this Article Fourteen shall apply to each series of Securities, and the Corporation
may, at its option, effect defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 1402,
or covenant defeasance of or within a series under Section 1403 in accordance with the terms of
such Securities and in accordance with this Article.
Section 1402. Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Corporation’s exercise of the above
option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the
Corporation shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such
Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404
are satisfied (hereinafter, “defeasance”). For this purpose, such defeasance means that
the Corporation shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by
such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons, which shall thereafter be deemed to be
“Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture
referred to in clauses (A), (B) and (C) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations
under such
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Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and any
related coupons are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1404
and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) and interest on such Securities and any related coupons when such payments are due, (B)
the Corporation’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002,
1003 and 1012, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and
(D) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Corporation may
exercise its option under this Section 1402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under
Section 1403 with respect to such Securities and any related coupons.
Section 1403. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Corporation’s exercise of the above
option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the
Corporation shall be released from its obligations under Section 803 and Sections 1005 through
1011, and, if specified pursuant to Section 301, its obligations under any other covenant, with
respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on and after the date the conditions
set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and such
Securities and any related coupons shall thereafter be deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the
purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences
of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding”
for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with
respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons, the Corporation may omit to comply
with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any
such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in
any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of
Default under Section 501(4) or Section 501(8) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as
specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any related coupons shall
be unaffected thereby.
Section 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be
the conditions to application of either Section 1402 or Section 1403 to any Outstanding Securities
of or within a series and any related coupons:
(1) The Corporation shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree
to comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in
trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any related
coupons, (A) an amount (in such Currency in which such Securities and any related coupons
are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity), or (B) Government Obligations
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applicable to such Securities (determined on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities are
then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of
principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not
later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal (including any premium)
and interest, if any, under such Securities and any related coupons, money in an amount, or
(C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) and interest on such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the Stated
Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such, principal (and premium, if any) or
installment or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments
applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the day on which such
payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities and any related coupons; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably
instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to said
payments with respect to such Securities and any related coupons. Before such a deposit,
the Corporation may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 1102 hereof, a notice
of its election to redeem all or any portion of such Outstanding Securities at a future
date in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and Article Eleven
hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given,
shall be given effect in applying the foregoing.
(2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any related
coupons shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as
paragraphs (6) and (7) of Section 501 are concerned, at any time during the period ending
on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition
shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(3) The Corporation is not an “insolvent person” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy
and Insolvency Act (Canada) on the date of such deposit or at any time during the period
ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this
condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(4) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall 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 Corporation is a party or by which it is bound.
(5) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Corporation shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States stating that (x) the
Corporation has received from, or there has been published by, the
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Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in
the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
related coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax
purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on
the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such defeasance had not occurred.
(6) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the Corporation shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States to the effect that the
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons will not recognize income,
gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance
and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(7) The Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in Canada or a
ruling from The Canada Revenue Agency to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian
federal, provincial or territorial income tax or other tax purposes as a result of such
defeasance as covenant defeasance and will be subject to Canadian federal or provincial
income tax and other tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case had such defeasance not occurred (and for the purposes of such
opinion, such Canadian counsel shall assume that Holders of the Securities include Holders
who are not resident in Canada).
(8) The Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that the deposit made by the Corporation pursuant to its election under Section
1402 or 1403 was not made by the Corporation with the intent of preferring the Holders over
other creditors of the Corporation or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding creditors of the Corporation or others.
(9) The Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such deposit shall not cause the Trustee or the trust so created to be subject to the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
(10) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such defeasance or covenant
defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms,
conditions or limitations in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(11) The Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
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precedent provided for relating to
either the defeasance under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403 (as
the case may be) have been complied with.
Section 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to
Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1405, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section
1404 in respect of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons shall be held in trust and
applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any related
coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including
the Corporation acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of
such Securities and any related coupons of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to Section 301, if, after a
deposit referred to in Section 1404(1) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of
which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 312(b) or the terms
of such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to
Section 1404(1) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs as
contemplated in Section 312(d) or 312(e) or by the terms of any Security in respect of which the
deposit pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security
and any related coupons shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied
through the payment of the principal of (premium, if any, on), and interest, if any, on such
Security as they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as
specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect
of such Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such
election or Conversion Event based on the applicable Market Exchange Rate for such Currency in
effect on the third Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion
Event, for such Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.
The Corporation shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related
coupons.
Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver
or pay to the Corporation from time to time upon Corporation Request any money or Government
Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404
which, in the opinion of a nationally
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recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by
the Corporation expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this article.
Section 1406. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section
1405 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Corporation’s obligations under
this Indenture and such Securities and any related coupons shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 1402 or 1403, as the case may be, until such
time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section
1405; provided, however, that if the Corporation makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or interest on any such Security or any related coupon following the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities
and any related coupons to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. A meeting of the Holders of
the Securities of one or more series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to
the provisions of this Article for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to give any notice to the Corporation or to the Trustee, to give any directions to
the Trustee, to consent to the waiving of any Event of Default hereunder and the
consequences thereof or to take any other action authorized to be taken by the Holders of
the Securities of such series pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Five;
(b) to remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series pursuant to the provisions of Article Six;
(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
pursuant to the provisions of Section 902; or
(d) to take any other action required or permitted to be taken by or on behalf of the
Holders of any specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
such series under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.
Section 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
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(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time and at such place in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada or in such other place as the Trustee
shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series,
setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action
proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided for in Section
106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Corporation, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the
Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such
series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not
have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt
of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided
herein, then the Corporation or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount
above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada or in such other place as the Trustee may approve for such meeting and may
call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a)
of this Section.
Section 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings. To be entitled to vote at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more
Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as
proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder
of Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Person entitled to vote at such meeting and their
counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel, and any representatives of the
Corporation and its counsel.
Section 1504. Quorum; Action. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders
of Securities of such series; provided, however, that, if any action is to be taken at such meeting
with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the
Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within
30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the
request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may
be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned
meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as
determined by the
chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
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adjourned meeting. Notice of the
reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1502(a), except that
such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting
is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall state
expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Subject to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum the
Persons entitled to vote 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities at the time shall
constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or
adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section
902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the
Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly
reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of
not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such
series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1504, if any action is to be taken at
a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly
provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount
of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and one or more
additional series acting as one class:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series that vote in
favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action shall be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or
taken under this Indenture.
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Section 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such
reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of
a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the
appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes,
the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to
vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the
holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by
having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust
company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer
Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies,
regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in
Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of the
meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Corporation or by Holders of
Securities as provided in Section 1502(b), in which case the Corporation or the Holders of
Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner
appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the
meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled
to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series held
or represented by him (determined as specified in the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 101); provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in
respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the
meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote,
except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section
1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to
vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further
notice.
Section 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of
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Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial
numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the
meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting
their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least
in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be
prepared by the Secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or
more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable, Section 1504.
Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of
the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Corporation, and another to the Trustee to
be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
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This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and
their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year
first above written.
AGRIUM INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
[Seal]
Attest: |
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X. X. XXXXXX TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee |
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Attest: |
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Authorized Officer |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SECURITY
[Unless
this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Corporation (as defined below) or its agent
for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the
name of Cede & Co. or such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and
any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL in as much as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered
form, this certificate may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a
nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.]
% [Debenture] [Note] [due] [Due]
No. | $ |
CUSIP:
Agrium Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Canada (herein called the
“Corporation”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]*, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of *$
( DOLLARS) on [date
and year], at the office or agency of the Corporation referred to below, and to pay interest
thereon on [date and year] and semi-annually thereafter, on [date] and [date] in each year,
commencing [date and year],** or from the most recent Interest Payment Date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of ___% per annum, until
* | Include if Securities are to be issued in global form. At the time of this writing, DTC will not accept global securities with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $500,000,000. If the aggregate principal amount of your offering exceeds this amount, use more than one global security. | |
** | Insert date from which interest is to accrue or, if the Securities are to be sold “flat,” the closing date of the offering. |
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the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for, and (to the extent lawful) to pay on demand
interest on any overdue interest at the rate borne by the Securities from the date on which such
overdue interest becomes payable to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest, which shall be the [date] or [date] (whether or not a Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record
Date, and such defaulted interest, and (to the extent lawful) interest on such defaulted interest
at the rate borne by the Securities, may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the further
provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by
manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.
Dated:
AGRIUM INC. |
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By: | ||||
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Authorized Signature |
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
X. X. XXXXXX TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee |
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By: | ||||
Authorized Officer | ||||
[AUTHENTICATING AGENT]
By: |
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Authorized Signature |
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[Form of Reverse]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Corporation designated as
its ___% [Debentures] [Notes] [due] [Due] (hereinafter referred to as the
“Securities”), limited (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture referred to below) in
aggregate principal amount to $[___,000,000], which may be issued under an indenture (hereinafter
referred to as the “Indenture”) dated as of [ ], 2006 between the Corporation
and X. X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Corporation, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. [This Security is a global Security representing $[___,___,000]
aggregate principal amount [at maturity]* of the
Securities.]**
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on this Security will be
made at the office or agency of the Corporation maintained for that purpose in New York, New York
or at such other office or agency of the Corporation as may be maintained for such purpose, in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the
option of the Corporation (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear on the Security Register or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the
payee located in the United States.
[The Securities are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice,
at any time after [date and year], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Corporation[, at a
Redemption Price equal to the percentage of the principal amount set forth below if redeemed during
the 12-month period beginning [date], of the years indicated:
Redemption | Redemption | |||||
Year | Price | Year | Price | |||
% | % | |||||
% | % | |||||
% | % |
and thereafter] at 100% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption
with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.]
* | Include if a discount security. | |
** | Include in a global security. |
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[The Securities will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation, at
any time at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of their principal amount and (ii)
the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon
discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, plus ___basis points, plus in each case accrued
interest to the date of redemption.]
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal
to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption
date.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the
remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection
and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt
securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.
“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers selected
by the Corporation.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (A) the
average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the
highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if we are unable to obtain
three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by us, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to us by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m. New York time on the third
business day preceding such redemption date.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated plus four others or their affiliates which are primary U.S. Government securities
dealers and their respective successors, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing Reference
Treasury Dealers shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a
“Primary Treasury Dealer’’), we shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
This Security will also be subject to redemption as a whole, but not in part, at the option of
the Corporation at any time at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued
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interest to the Redemption Date in the event the Corporation has become or would become
obligated to pay any Additional Amounts as a result of certain changes affecting Canadian
withholding taxes, on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the
Securities.
[The Securities are also subject to redemption on [date] in each year commencing in [year]
through the operation of a sinking fund, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal
amount, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.
The sinking fund provides for the [mandatory] redemption on [date] in each year beginning with the
year [year] of
$ aggregate principal amount of Securities. [In addition, the
Corporation may, at its option, elect to redeem up to an additional $
aggregate principal amount of Securities on any such date.] Securities acquired or redeemed by the
Corporation (other than through operation of the sinking fund) may be credited against subsequent
[mandatory] sinking fund payments.]*
[The Securities are subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof on [Repayment
Date(s)] at a Repayment Price equal to ___% of the principal amount, together with accrued
interest to the Repayment Date, all as provided in the Indenture. To be repaid at the option of the
Holder, this Security, with the “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed by the Holder
hereof (or the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Corporation
at its office or agency maintained for that purpose in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx not earlier than 45
days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date. Exercise of such option by the Holder of
this Security shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Corporation.]**
In the case of any redemption [repayment] of Securities, interest installments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date [Repayment Date] will be payable to the Holders of
such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Date referred to on the face hereof. Securities (or portions thereof) for whose
redemption [repayment] provision is made in accordance with the Indenture shall cease to bear
interest from and after the Redemption Date [Repayment Date].
In the event of redemption [repayment] of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities for the unredeemed [unpaid] portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities may
be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
* | Include if the Securities are subject to a sinking fund. | |
** | Include if the Securities are subject to repayment at the option of the Holders. |
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The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of
the Corporation on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related Defaults and
Events of Default, upon compliance by the Corporation, with certain conditions set forth therein,
which provisions apply to this Security.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Corporation and the rights of the Holders
under the Indenture at any time by the Corporation and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities, to waive compliance by the Corporation with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or
on behalf of the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon
all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer
hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to
pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on this Security at the times, place,
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registerable on the Security Register of the Corporation, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Corporation
maintained for such purpose in Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Security Registrar
duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount,
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to the time of due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the Trustee
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may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Corporation, the Trustee nor any
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Interest on this Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest which is
equivalent to the rate payable hereunder is the rate payable multiplied by the actual number of
days in the year and divided by 360.
*[If at any time, (i) the Depositary notified the Corporation that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the Depositary shall no longer be registered
or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable
statute or regulation and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 days
after the Corporation received such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be,
[or] (ii) the Corporation determines that the Securities shall no longer be represented by a global
Security or Securities [or (iii) any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing], then
in such event the Corporation will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver Securities
in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange for this Security. Such Securities in
definitive registered form shall be registered in such names and issued in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants
or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons
in whose names such Securities are so registered.]
The Indenture and this Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
* | Include for global security. |
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Corporation to repay the within
Security [(or the portion thereof specified below)], pursuant to its terms, on the “Repayment Date”
first occurring after the date of receipt of the within Security as specified below, at a Repayment
Price equal to ___% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest to the
Repayment Date, to the undersigned at:
(Please Print or Type Name and Address of the Undersigned.)
For this Option to Elect Repayment to be effective, this Security with the Option to Elect
Repayment duly completed must be received not earlier than 45 days prior to the Repayment Date and
not later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date by the Corporation at its office or agency in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repaid, specify the
portion thereof (which shall be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) which is to be repaid:
$
If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repaid, specify the
denomination(s) of the Security(ies) to be issued for the unpaid amount ($1,000 or any integral
multiple of $1,000): $ .
Dated:
[Note: The signature to this Option to Elect
Repayment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within Security in
every particular without alterations or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.]
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ASSIGNMENT FORM*
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
[INSERT ASSIGNEE’S SOC. SEC. INS. OR TAX ID NO.]
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip or postal code) | ||
and irrevocably appoint |
||
agent | ||||
to transfer this Security on the books of the Corporation. The agent may substitute another to act for him. | ||||
Dated: |
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
(Signature must be guaranteed by a commercial
bank or trust company, by a member or members’
organization of The New York Stock Exchange or by
another eligible guarantor institution as defined
in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934)
* | Omit if a global security |
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EXHIBIT B
FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT X-x
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR
TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR
TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered]
of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof, and except as set forth below, the
above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned by person(s) that are not
citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any
estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless
of its source (“United States persons(s)”), (ii) are owned by United States person(s) that
are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(l)(iv) are herein referred to as
“financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United
States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial
institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the
date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b) each such United States financial institution hereby
agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise Agrium Inc. or its agent that
such financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of
the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or
(iii) are owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during
the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial
institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or
(ii)),this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Securities
for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the
United States.
As used herein, “United States” means the United States of America (including the
states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions (including Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands) and other
areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you
intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned Securities held by you for our
account in accordance with your operating procedures if any
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applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such
notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to [U.S.$] of such interest in the
above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not able to certify and as to which we
understand an exchange for an interest in a permanent global security or an exchange for and
delivery of definitive Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made
until we do so certify.
We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with certain tax legislation
in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in
connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to
produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day
prior to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the
relevant Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
prior to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the
relevant Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
[Name of Person Making Certification] | ||
(Authorized Signatory) | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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XXXXXXX X-0
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND
CLEARSTREAM IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A
PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN
INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CLEARSTREAM IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A
PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN
INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered]
of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that based solely on written certifications that we have received in
writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from each of the persons appearing in our
records as persons entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our “Member
Organizations”) substantially in the form attached hereto,
as of the date hereof, [U.S.$] ______
principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by person(s) that are not citizens
or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or
trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its
source (“United States person(s)”), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a)
foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in
U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as “financial
institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s)
who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and
who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and
in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through
its agent, that we may advise Agrium Inc. or its agent that such financial institution will comply
with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial
institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States
Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, to the further effect, that financial
institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii))
have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or
indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States.
As used herein, “United States” means the United States of America (including the
states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions (including Puerto Rico, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands) and other
areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for exchange (or, if
relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the temporary global Security representing the
above-captioned Securities excepted in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations
and (ii) as of the date hereof we have not received
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any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made
by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied upon
as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain tax legislation
in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in
connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to
produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
[To be dated no earlier than the Exchange
Date or the relevant Interest Payment Date
occurring prior to the Exchange Date,
as applicable]
Date or the relevant Interest Payment Date
occurring prior to the Exchange Date,
as applicable]
[EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.A., | ||
BRUSSELS OFFICE, as Operator of the Euroclear System] | ||
[CLEARSTREAM] |
By | ||||
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