Exhibit 4.1
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST INDENTURE
between
FINANCIAL SECURITY ASSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD.
and
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
Dated as of February 24, 1999
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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET*
Between provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and the
Amended and Restated Indenture dated as of February 24, 1999, between Financial
Security Assurance Holdings Ltd. and First Union National Bank, as Trustee:
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Section of the Act Section of Indenture
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310(a) 6.09
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310(b) 6.08, 6.10
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310(c) Inapplicable
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311(a) 6.13
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311(b) 6.13
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311(c) Inapplicable
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312(a) 4.01
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312(b) 4.02(b)
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312(c) 4.02(c)
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313(a) 4.04(a)
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313(b) 4.04(b)
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313(c) 4.04(b)
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313(d) 4.04(c)
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314(a) 4.03, 3.05
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314(b) Inapplicable
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314(c) 11.05
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314(d) Inapplicable
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314(e) 11.05
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314(f) Inapplicable
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315(a) 6.01
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315(b) 5.11
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315(c) 6.01
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* This Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.
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Section of the Act Section of Indenture
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315(d) 6.01
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315(e) 5.12
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316(a) 5.09, 7.04
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316(b) 5.07
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316(c) 7.02
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317(a) 5.02
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317(b) 3.04(a) and (b)
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318(a) 11.07
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Certain Terms Defined..........................................1
ARTICLE II
Securities
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally................................................6
SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication..........................................6
SECTION 2.03. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series...........................7
SECTION 2.04. Authentication and Delivery of Debt
Securities.............................................10
SECTION 2.05. Execution of Debt Securities..................................11
SECTION 2.06. Certificate of Authentication.................................12
SECTION 2.07. Denomination and Date of Debt Securities;
Payments of Interest...................................12
SECTION 2.08. Registration, Transfer and Exchange...........................13
SECTION 2.09. Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Debt Securities.................................14
SECTION 2.10. Cancelation of Debt Securities; Destruction
Thereof................................................15
SECTION 2.11. Temporary Debt Securities.....................................16
SECTION 2.12. Debt Securities Issuable in the Form of a
Registered Global Security.............................17
ARTICLE III
Covenants of the Issuer
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest.............................19
SECTION 3.02. Offices for Payments, etc.....................................19
SECTION 3.03. Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of
Trustee................................................19
SECTION 3.04. Paying Agents.................................................19
SECTION 3.05. Written Statement to Trustee..................................21
SECTION 3.06. Limitations on Liens..........................................21
SECTION 3.07. Limitations on Disposition of Stock of
Restricted Subsidiaries................................21
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SECTION 3.08. Corporate Existence...........................................22
SECTION 3.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants...................................22
ARTICLE IV
Debt Securityholders' Lists and Reports by the
Issuer and the Trustee
SECTION 4.01. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to
Names and Addresses of Debt
Securityholders........................................22
SECTION 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Debt
Securityholders' Lists.................................23
SECTION 4.03. Reports by the Issuer.........................................25
SECTION 4.04. Reports by the Trustee........................................26
ARTICLE V
Remedies of the Trustee and Debt Securityholders
on Event of Default
SECTION 5.01. Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of
Maturity; Waiver of Default............................26
SECTION 5.02. Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee;
Trustee May Prove Debt.................................31
SECTION 5.03. Application of Proceeds.......................................34
SECTION 5.04. Suits for Enforcement.........................................35
SECTION 5.05. Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of
Proceedings............................................35
SECTION 5.06. Limitations on Suits by Debt
Securityholders........................................36
SECTION 5.07. Unconditional Right of Debt Securityholders
to Institute Certain Suits.............................36
SECTION 5.08. Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or
Omission Not Waiver of Default.........................37
SECTION 5.09. Control by Debt Securityholders...............................37
SECTION 5.10. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................38
SECTION 5.11. Trustee to Give Notice of Default, but May
Withhold in Certain Circumstances......................39
SECTION 5.12. Right of Court to Require Filing of
Undertaking to Pay Costs...............................39
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ARTICLE VI
Concerning the Trustee
SECTION 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee;
During Default; Prior to Default..................40
SECTION 6.02. Certain Rights of the Trustee.................................41
SECTION 6.03. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals,
Disposition of Debt Securities or
Application of Proceeds Thereof........................43
SECTION 6.04. Trustee and Agents May Hold Debt Securities;
Collections, Etc.......................................43
SECTION 6.05. Monies Held by Trustee........................................43
SECTION 6.06. Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee
and Its Prior Claim....................................44
SECTION 6.07. Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers'
Certificate, Etc.......................................44
SECTION 6.08. Qualification of Trustee; Conflicting
Interests..............................................45
SECTION 6.09. Persons Eligible for Appointment as
Trustee................................................45
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor Trustee......................................45
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
Trustee................................................47
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business of Trustee......................49
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
the Issuer.............................................49
ARTICLE VII
Concerning the Debt Securityholders
SECTION 7.01. Evidence of Action Taken by Debt
Securityholders........................................50
SECTION 7.02. Proof of Execution of Instruments And of
Holding of Debt Securities.............................50
SECTION 7.03. Holders to Be Treated as Owners...............................50
SECTION 7.04. Debt Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not
Outstanding............................................51
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SECTION 7.05. Right of Revocation of Action Taken...........................52
ARTICLE VIII
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 8.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Debt Securityholders...................................52
SECTION 8.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Debt
Securityholders........................................54
SECTION 8.03. Effect of Supplemental Indenture..............................55
SECTION 8.04. Documents to Be Given to Trustee..............................56
SECTION 8.05. Notation on Debt Securities in Respect of
Supplemental Indentures................................56
ARTICLE IX
Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance
SECTION 9.01. Covenant Not to Merge, Consolidate, Sell or
Convey Property Except under Certain
Conditions.............................................56
SECTION 9.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.............................57
SECTION 9.03. Opinion of Counsel to Trustee.................................58
ARTICLE X
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture;
Unclaimed Monies
SECTION 10.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.......................58
SECTION 10.02. Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited
for Payment of Debt Securities.........................59
SECTION 10.03. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying
Agent..................................................60
SECTION 10.04. Return of Monies Held by Trustee and Paying
Agent Unclaimed for Three Years........................60
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ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 11.01. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and
Directors of Issuer Exempt from
Individual Liability...................................60
SECTION 11.02. Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit
of Parties and Debt Securityholders....................61
SECTION 11.03. Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by
Indenture..............................................61
SECTION 11.04. Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and
Debt Securityholders...................................61
SECTION 11.05. Officers' Certificate and Opinions of
Counsel; Statements to Be Contained
Therein................................................62
SECTION 11.06. Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and
Holidays...............................................63
SECTION 11.07. Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with
Trust Indenture Act of 1939............................64
SECTION 11.08. New York Law to Govern........................................64
SECTION 11.09. Counterparts..................................................64
SECTION 11.10. Effect of Headings............................................64
ARTICLE XII
Redemption of Debt Securities and Sinking Funds
SECTION 12.01. Applicability of Article......................................64
SECTION 12.02. Notice of Redemption; Partial
Redemptions............................................64
SECTION 12.03. Payment of Debt Securities Called for
Redemption.............................................66
SECTION 12.04. Exclusion of Certain Debt Securities from
Eligibility for Selection for
Redemption.............................................67
SECTION 12.05. Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds..........................67
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ARTICLE XIII
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
SECTION 13.01. Applicability of Article; Issuer's Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.............................................71
SECTION 13.02. Defeasance and Discharge......................................71
SECTION 13.03. Covenant Defeasance...........................................72
SECTION 13.04. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.............................................72
SECTION 13.05. Deposited Monies and U.S. Government
Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions...............................75
SECTION 13.06. Reinstatement.................................................75
Exhibit 1
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST INDENTURE, dated as of
February 24, 1999 between Financial Security Assurance
Holdings Ltd., a New York corporation (the "Issuer"), and
First Union National Bank, a national banking association
(the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to time
of its unsecured debt securities, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be
issued in one or more series (the "Debt Securities") up to such principal amount
or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture, and to provide, among other things, for the authentication,
delivery and administration thereof, the Issuer has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchases
of the Debt Securities by the holders thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee
mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
respective holders from time to time of the Debt Securities as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires)
for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto
shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms
used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or
the definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933 are referred to in the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including terms defined therein by reference to the
Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise clearly requires), shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at
the date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not
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expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and the term "generally accepted
accounting principles" means such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the time of any computation. The words "herein", "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole
and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and
include the plural as well as the singular.
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the
Issuer or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act hereunder.
"Business Day" means, with respect to any Debt Security, a day that
in the city (or in any of the cities, if more than one) in which amounts are
payable, as specified in the form of such Debt Security, is not a day on which
banking institutions are authorized by law or regulation to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or
if on any date after the execution and delivery 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 on such date.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which
the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be
principally administered, which office is, at the date as of which this
Indenture is dated, located at 000 X. Xxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000.
"Debt Security" or "Debt Securities" has the meaning stated in the
first recital of this Indenture, or, as the case may be, Debt Securities that
have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Depositary" means with respect to any Debt Securities issued in the
form of one or more Registered Global Securities, such Person as the Board of
Directors may designate and its successors.
"Dollars" shall mean United States Dollars.
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"Event of Default" means any event or condition specified as such in
Section 5.01.
"Holder", "Holder of Debt Securities", "Debt Securityholder" or
other similar terms mean the registered holder of any Debt Security.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and
delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented or both, and shall include the forms and terms of particular series
of Debt Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"Interest" means, when used with respect to non-interest bearing
Debt Securities, interest payable after maturity.
"Issuer" means Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd., a New
York corporation, and, subject to Article Nine, its successors and assigns.
"Mortgage" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or
other encumbrance.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the chairman
of the Board of Directors or the president or any managing director and by the
treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Issuer and
delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the statements
provided for in Section 11.05.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or who may be other
counsel satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the
statements provided for in Section 11.05, if and to the extent required hereby.
"Original Issue Date" of any Debt Security (or portion thereof)
means the earlier of (a) the date of such Debt Security or (b) the date of any
Debt Security (or portion thereof) for which such Debt Security was issued
(directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
"Original Issue Discount Debt Security" means any Debt Security that
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a
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declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.01.
"Outstanding", when used with reference to Debt Securities, subject
to the provisions of Section 7.04, means, as of any particular time, all Debt
Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except:
(a) Debt Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancelation;
(b) Debt Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or
redemption of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been
deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than
the Issuer) or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by
the Issuer for the holders of such Debt Securities (if the Issuer shall
act as its own paying agent), provided that if such Debt Securities, or
portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice
of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice;
and
(c) Debt Securities in substitution for which other Debt Securities
shall have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been
paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 2.12 or 12.03
(except with respect to any such Debt Security as to which proof
satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Debt Security is held
by a person in whose hands such Debt Security is a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Issuer).
In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of any or all series have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Debt
Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be
the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of
the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the
maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.01.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Principal" whenever used with reference to the Debt Securities or
any Debt Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed to include "and
premium, if any".
"Registered Global Security" means a Debt Security issued to the
Depositary in accordance with Article Two and bearing the legend prescribed in
Section 2.12.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the chairman of the board of directors, any vice chairman of the board of
directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the chairman of the executive
committee, any vice chairman of the executive committee, the president, any vice
president, the cashier, the secretary, the treasurer, any trust officer, any
assistant trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant cashier,
any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer or
assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means Financial Security Assurance Inc., a
New York corporation, and any successor to all or substantially all of its
business; provided that such successor is a Subsidiary.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer or by one
or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Issuer and one or more other Subsidiaries.
"Trustee" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall also
include any successor trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act of 1939" (except as otherwise provided in
Sections 8.01 and 8.02) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the
date as of which this Indenture was originally executed.
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"Vice President" when used with respect to the Issuer 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 of "vice president".
"Voting Stock" means, with respect to any Subsidiary, stock of any
class or classes (or equivalent interests), if the holders of the stock of such
class or classes (or equivalent interests) are ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of the directors (or Persons
performing similar functions) of such Subsidiary, even though the right so to
vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of Debt
Securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if
applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series, as
calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
ARTICLE II
Securities
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally. The Debt Securities of each series
shall be substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as
shall be established by or authorized in accordance with a resolution of the
Board of Directors 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 Debt Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Debt Securities.
The definitive Debt Securities shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of such Debt Securities.
SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The
Trustee's certificate of authentication
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on all Debt Securities shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein
and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee
by _____________________________________
Authorized Officer
SECTION 2.03. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate
principal amount of Debt Securities which may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall
be established in or in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors
and set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any
series:
(1) the title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Debt Securities of the series from the Debt Securities of
any other series and from any other securities issued by the Issuer);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Debt Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 2.12
or 12.03);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Debt Securities
of the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Debt Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate shall be
determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable, the right,
if any, of the Issuer to defer or extend an interest payment date, and the
record dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable;
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(5) the place or places where the principal and any interest on Debt
Securities of the series shall be payable (if other than as provided in
Section 3.02);
(6) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which
and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer, pursuant to
any sinking fund or otherwise;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or
repay Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or
prices at which and the period or periods within which, the currency or
currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the terms and
conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed,
purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Debt Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(9) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including
currency unit or units) in which the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of the series shall be
payable, or in which the Debt Securities of the series shall be
denominated;
(10) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities and, in
such case, the Depositary with respect to such Registered Global Security
or Securities and the circumstances under which any such Registered Global
Security may be registered for transfer or exchange, or authenticated and
delivered, in the name of a Person other than such Depositary or its
nominee, if other than as set forth in Section 2.12;
(11) the additions, modifications or deletions, if any, in the
Events of Default or covenants of the Issuer set forth herein with respect
to the Debt Securities of such series.
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(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.01 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.02;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of the series may be
determined by reference to an index, formula or other method, including,
without limitation, such method based on (i) currency, currencies or
currency units other than that in which the Debt Securities of such series
are payable, (ii) changes in the price of one or more other securities or
groups or indices of securities or (iii) changes in the prices of one or
more commodities or groups or indices of commodities or any combination of
the foregoing, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and
any commodities, currencies, currency units or indices, value, rate or
price relevant to such determination;
(14) the application, if any, of Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 to
the Debt Securities of any series;
(15) the relative degree, if any, to which the Debt Securities of
the series shall be senior to or be subordinated to other series of Debt
Securities in right of payment, whether such other series of Debt
Securities are Outstanding or not;
(16) the terms of any right to convert or exchange Debt Securities
of the series into or for other securities or property, including (i) the
conversion of or exchange price, (ii) the conversion or exchange period,
(iii) provisions as to whether conversion or exchange will be at the
option of the Holder or the Issuer and (iv) the events requiring an
adjustment to the conversion or exchange price;
(17) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture); and
(18) any trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents
or registrars or any other agents with respect to the Debt Securities of
such series.
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All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in
or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto.
SECTION 2.04. Authentication and Delivery of Debt Securities. At any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Issuer may deliver Debt Securities of any series executed by the Issuer to
the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver such Debt Securities to or upon the written order of the Issuer, signed
by both (a) the chairman of its Board of Directors, or any vice chairman of its
Board of Directors, or its president or any managing director and (b) by its
treasurer or any assistant treasurer or its secretary or any assistant
secretary, without any further action by the Issuer. In authenticating such Debt
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Debt Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(1) a certified copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board
of Directors authorizing the action taken pursuant to the resolution or
resolutions delivered under clause (2) below;
(2) a copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of
Directors relating to such series, in each case certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer;
(3) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;
(4) an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form and terms of the
Debt Securities as required pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03,
respectively and prepared in accordance with Section 11.05;
(5) an Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Section
11.05, which shall state:
(A) that the form or forms and terms of such Debt Securities
have been established by or in accordance with a resolution of the
Board of Directors or by a supplemental indenture as
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permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.03 in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(B) that such Debt Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer;
(C) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution
and delivery by the Issuer of the Debt Securities have been complied
with; and
(D) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and
deliver any Debt Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Issuer or
if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of trustees,
executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or
Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee
to personal liability to existing Holders.
SECTION 2.05. Execution of Debt Securities. The Debt Securities
shall be signed on behalf of the Issuer by both (a) the chairman of its Board of
Directors or any vice chairman of its Board of Directors or its president or any
managing director and (b) its treasurer or any assistant treasurer or its
secretary or any assistant secretary, under its corporate seal which may, but
need not, be attested. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures
of any such officers. The seal of the Issuer may be in the form of a facsimile
thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Debt Securities. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such
reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any Debt Security that has been duly authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee.
In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of the
Debt Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Debt Security so
signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by
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the Issuer, such Debt Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered
or disposed of as though the person who signed such Debt Security had not ceased
to be such officer of the Issuer; and any Debt Security may be signed on behalf
of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such
Debt Security, shall be the proper officers of the Issuer, although at the date
of the execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such an
officer.
SECTION 2.06. Certificate of Authentication. Each Debt Security
shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of
its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon any
Debt Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt
Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.07. Denomination and Date of Debt Securities; Payments of
Interest. The Debt Securities shall be issuable as registered debt securities
without coupons and in denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 2.03. In the absence of any such specification with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable
in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The Debt
Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise distinguished in such
manner or in accordance with such plan as the officers of the Issuer executing
the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced by the
execution and authentication thereof.
Each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication,
shall bear interest, if any, from such date and shall be payable on the dates,
in each case, which shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.03.
The person in whose name any Debt Security of any series is
registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a
particular series with respect to any interest payment date for such series
shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest
payment date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Debt Security
subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date, except if
and to the extent
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the Issuer shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest
payment date for such series, in which case such defaulted interest shall be
paid to the persons in whose names outstanding Debt Securities for such series
are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which shall
be not less than five Business Days prior to the date of payment of such
defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the
Issuer to the holders of Debt Securities not less than 15 days preceding such
subsequent record date. The term "record date" as used with respect to any
interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) shall
mean the date specified as such in the terms of the Debt Securities of any
particular series, or, if no such date is so specified, if such interest payment
date is the first day of a calendar month, the fifteenth day of the next
preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the fifteenth day
of a calendar month, the first day of such calendar month, whether or not such
record date is a Business Day.
SECTION 2.08. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer will
keep at each office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in
Section 3.02 a register or registers in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, it will register, and will register the
transfer of, Debt Securities as provided in this Article. Such register shall be
in written form in the English language or in any other form capable of being
converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times such
register or registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee.
Subject to Section 2.12, upon due presentation for registration of
transfer of any Debt Security of any series at any such office or agency to be
maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.02, the Issuer shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or
transferees a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series in
authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount.
Subject to Section 2.12, any Debt Security or Debt Securities of any
series may be exchanged for a Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same
series in other authorized denominations, in an equal aggregate principal
amount. Debt Securities of any series to be exchanged shall be surrendered at an
office or agency to be maintained by the Issuer for the purpose as provided in
Section 3.02, and
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the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor the Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series which
the Debt Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive,
bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All Debt Securities presented for registration of transfer,
exchange, redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer or the
Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange
or registration of transfer of Debt Securities. No service charge shall be made
for any such transaction.
The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer
of (a) any Debt Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next preceding
the first mailing of notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series to
be redeemed, or (b) any Debt Securities selected, called or being called for
redemption except, in the case of any Debt Security where public notice has been
given that such Debt Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not
so to be redeemed. All Debt Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of
Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt
Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.09. Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt
Securities. In case any temporary or definitive Debt Security of any series
shall become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in
its sole discretion may execute, and upon the written request of any officer of
the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debt Security of
the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange
and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Debt Security, or in lieu of and
substitution for the Debt Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case
the applicant for a substitute Debt Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to
the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to indemnify and defend and to save each
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of them harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debt Security and
of the ownership thereof.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Debt Security, the Issuer 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. In case any Debt
Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for
redemption in full shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Issuer may instead of issuing a substitute Debt Security, pay or
authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case
of a mutilated or defaced Debt Security), if the applicant for such payment
shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or
the Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each
of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the
applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of such Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Debt Security of any series issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such Debt Security is
destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation
of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to all the benefits
of (but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities of
such series duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Debt Securities
shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted
by law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities
and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law
or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the
replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without
their surrender.
SECTION 2.10. Cancelation of Debt Securities; Destruction Thereof.
All Debt Securities surrendered for
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payment, redemption, registration of transfer, for conversion or exchange, or
for credit against any payment in respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if
surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be
delivered to the Trustee for cancelation or, if surrendered to the Trustee,
shall be canceled by it; and no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof
except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The
Trustee shall destroy canceled Debt Securities held by it and deliver a
certificate of destruction to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the
Debt Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Debt Securities unless and
until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancelation.
SECTION 2.11. Temporary Debt Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Debt Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Debt Securities for such series
(printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in
form satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Debt Securities of any series shall
be issuable as registered Debt Securities without coupons, of any authorized
denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Debt Securities of
such series but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Debt Securities, all as may be determined by the
Issuer with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Debt Securities may
contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be
appropriate. Every temporary Debt Security shall be executed by the Issuer and
be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially
the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Debt Securities.
Without unreasonable delay the Issuer shall execute and shall furnish definitive
Debt Securities of such series and thereupon temporary Debt Securities of such
series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or
agency to be maintained by the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.02,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary
Debt Securities of such series a like aggregate principal amount of definitive
Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities of any series shall be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of such series.
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SECTION 2.12. Debt Securities Issuable in the Form of a Registered
Global Security. (a) If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.03 that
the Debt Securities of a series are to be issued in the form of one or more
Registered Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee
shall, in accordance with this Article Two, authenticate and deliver, one or
more Registered Global Securities which (i) shall represent, and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to, the aggregate principal amount of all of the
Debt Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, and (iv) shall bear a
legend substantially to the following effect: "Except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.12 of the Indenture, this Registered Global Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, by the Depositary to a nominee of such
Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another
nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary. Unless this
Registered Global Security is presented by an authorized representative of the
Depositary to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment, and, in the case of any transfer or exchange, any Registered Global
Security issued in exchange therefor is registered in the name of the Depositary
or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of the
Depositary and, in the case of any payment, such payment is made to the
Depositary or the Depositary's nominee, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered
owner hereof has an interest herein."
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.12 or of
Section 2.08, the Registered Global Securities may be transferred, in whole but
not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.08, by the Depositary to a
nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary
or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Issuer or to a nominee of
such successor Depositary.
(c) The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or
regulation.
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(d) If at any time the Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series or if at any time
the Depositary for such series shall no longer be eligible under paragraph (c)
of this Section 2.12, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer
within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such
condition, as the case may be, this Section 2.12 shall no longer be applicable
to the Debt Securities of such series and the Issuer will execute, and the
Trustee will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in
an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Registered
Global Securities of such series then outstanding in exchange for such
Registered Global Securities. In addition, the Issuer may at any time and in its
sole discretion determine that the Debt Securities of any series shall no longer
be represented by Registered Global Securities and that the provisions of this
Section 2.12 shall no longer apply to the Debt Securities of such series. In
such event the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Officers' Certificate evidencing such determination by the Issuer, will
authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in definitive
registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Registered Global
Securities of such series then outstanding in exchange for such Registered
Global Securities. Upon the exchange of the Registered Global Securities for
such Debt Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in
authorized denominations, such Registered Global Securities shall be canceled by
the Trustee. Such Debt Securities in definitive registered form issued in
exchange for the Registered Global Securities pursuant to this Section 2.12(d)
shall be registered in such names and 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 Debt
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered.
(e) As long as the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are
represented by one or more Registered Global Securities, the Issuer shall pay or
cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on, such Registered Global
Securities to the registered holders thereof, or to such Persons as the
registered holders thereof may designate, by
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wire transfer of immediately available funds on the date such payments are due.
ARTICLE III
Covenants of the Issuer
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer will
duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on,
the Debt Securities of each series at the place or places, at the respective
times and in the manner provided in such Debt Securities. Subject to Section
2.12(e), each instalment of interest on the Debt Securities of any series may be
paid by mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written order of
the holders of Debt Securities entitled thereto as they shall appear on the
registry books of the Issuer.
SECTION 3.02. Offices for Payments, etc. So long as any of the Debt
Securities remain outstanding, the Issuer will maintain in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, the following for each series: an office or
agency (a) where the Debt Securities may be presented for payment, (b) where the
Debt Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange
as in this Indenture provided and (c) where notices and demands to or upon the
Issuer in respect of the Debt Securities or of this Indenture may be served. The
Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of any such
office or agency and of any change of location thereof. Unless otherwise
specified in accordance with Section 2.03, the Issuer hereby initially
designates the Trustee's office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000, as the office to be maintained by it for each such purpose. In case the
Issuer shall fail to so designate or maintain any such office or agency or shall
fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location
thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at the
Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 3.03. Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee.
The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of
Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so
that there shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each series of Debt
Securities hereunder.
SECTION 3.04. Paying Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a
paying agent other than the Trustee with
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respect to the Debt Securities of any series, it will cause such paying agent to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section:
(a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent for the
payment of the principal of or interest on the Debt Securities of such
series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer or by any
other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series) in trust for the
benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities of such series or of the
Trustee; and
(b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
Issuer (or by any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series) to
make any payment of the principal of or interest on the Debt Securities of
such series when the same shall be due and payable.
The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or
interest on the Debt Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a
sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and (unless
such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of
any failure to take such action.
If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the
Debt Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or interest on the Debt Securities of such series, set aside,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Debt
Securities of such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so
becoming due. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take
such action.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer
may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with
respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities hereunder, or for any
other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for
any such series by the Issuer or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this
Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained;
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 monies.
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Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Sections 10.03 and 10.04.
SECTION 3.05. Written Statement to Trustee. The Issuer will deliver
to the Trustee on or before May 1 in each year (beginning with May 1, 1999) a
written statement, signed by two of its officers (one of whom shall be the
principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting
officer of the Issuer) as to their knowledge of the Issuer's compliance with all
conditions and covenants under this Indenture (such compliance to be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this
Indenture) and stating that in the course of the performance of their duties as
officers of the Issuer they would normally have knowledge of any default by the
Issuer in the performance or fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or condition
contained in this Indenture, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any
such default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have
knowledge and the nature thereof. This written statement need not comply with
Section 11.05.
SECTION 3.06. Limitations on Liens. So long as Debt Securities are
outstanding, the Issuer will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
directly or indirectly, create, issue, assume, incur or guarantee any
indebtedness for borrowed money which is secured by a Mortgage of any nature on
any of the present or future capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (or any
company, other than the Issuer, having direct or indirect control of any
Restricted Subsidiary) unless the Debt Securities then Outstanding and, if the
Issuer so elects, any other indebtedness of the Issuer ranking at least pari
passu with the Debt Securities, shall be secured equally and ratably with, or
prior to, such other secured debt so long as it is outstanding.
SECTION 3.07. Limitations on Disposition of Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries. So long as Debt Securities are outstanding, the Issuer will not,
and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any shares of capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary except for:
(a) a sale, transfer or other disposition of any capital stock of
any Restricted Subsidiary to a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Issuer or
such Subsidiary;
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(b) a sale, transfer or other disposition of the entire capital
stock of any Restricted Subsidiary for at least fair value (as determined
by the Board of Directors of the Issuer acting in good faith); or
(c) a sale, transfer or other disposition of the capital stock of
any Restricted Subsidiary for at least fair value (as determined by the
Board of Directors of the Issuer acting in good faith) if, after giving
effect thereto, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries would own more than 80% of
the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 3.08. Corporate Existence. The Issuer will do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence.
SECTION 3.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Issuer may omit in
respect of the Debt Securities, in any particular instance, to comply with any
covenants or conditions set forth in Sections 3.06, 3.07 and 3.08, if before or
after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of all series
(voting as a class) either waive such compliance in such instance or generally
waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall
extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent expressly
waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the
Issuer and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE IV
Debt Securityholders' Lists and Reports by the
Issuer and the Trustee
SECTION 4.01. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and
Addresses of Debt Securityholders. (a) The Issuer covenants and agrees that it
will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders of the
Debt Securities of each series:
(i) semiannually and not more than 15 days after each record date
for the payment of interest on such Debt Securities, as hereinabove
specified, as of such
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record date and on dates to be determined pursuant to Section 2.03 for
non-interest bearing securities in each year; and
(ii) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request as of a
date not more than 15 days prior to the time such information is
furnished, provided that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Debt
Security registrar for such series, such list shall not be required to be
furnished.
(b) The Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as Debt Security
Registrar and the Trustee hereby consents to such appointment for each series of
Debt Securities to be issued hereunder.
SECTION 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Debt Securityholders'
Lists. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of
each series of Debt Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it
as provided in Section 4.01 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Debt
Security registrar for such series, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) In case three or more holders of Debt Securities (hereinafter
referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the
Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for
a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such
application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders
of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must all
hold Debt Securities of such series) or with Holders of all Debt Securities with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such Debt Securities and
such application is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall,
within five business days after the receipt of such application, at its
election, either:
(i) afford to such applicants access to the information preserved at
the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection
(a) of this Section; or
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(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders
of Debt Securities of such series or all Debt Securities, as the case may
be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a)
of this Section, and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Debt
Securityholders the form of proxy or other communication, if any,
specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford to such applicants access
to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each Debt Securityholder of such series or all Debt
Securities, as the case may be, whose name and address appears in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section a copy of the form of proxy or
other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable
promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of
payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing,
unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such
applicants and file with the Commission together with a copy of the material to
be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the
Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of
Debt Securities of such series or all Debt Securities, as the case may be, or
would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify
the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing
upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an
order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an
order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find,
after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained
have been met, and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail
copies of such material to all such Debt Securityholders with reasonable
promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender;
otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such
applicants respecting their application.
(c) Each and every holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and
holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer
nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to
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the names and addresses of the holders of Debt Securities in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, regardless of the source from
which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
such subsection (b).
SECTION 4.03. Reports by the Issuer. The Issuer covenants:
(a) to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of
such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to
time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Issuer may be required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but if the Issuer is not required to file
information, documents, or reports pursuant to either of such Sections,
then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of
the supplementary and periodic information, documents, and reports which
may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or in respect of a security listed and registered on a national
securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules
and regulations;
(b) to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents, and reports with respect to compliance
by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants provided for in this
Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations; and
(c) to transmit by mail to the holders of Debt Securities, within 30
days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any
information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required to
be transmitted to such Holders by rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission.
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SECTION 4.04. Reports by the Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after May 1
of each year (beginning with May 1, 1999) the Trustee shall transmit to the Debt
Securityholders, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, a brief report dated as of such May 1 if
required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b) and 313(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Debt Securityholders, be furnished to the Issuer and be filed by
the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Debt Securities of any
applicable series are listed and also with the Commission. The Issuer agrees to
notify the Trustee with respect to any series when and as the Debt Securities of
such series become admitted to trading on any national securities exchange.
ARTICLE V
Remedies of the Trustee and Debt Securityholders
on Event of Default
SECTION 5.01. Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity;
Waiver of Default. "Event of Default" with respect to Debt Securities of any
series wherever used herein, means any one of the following events which shall
have occurred and be continuing (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):
(a) default in the payment of any instalment of interest upon any of
the Debt Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due
and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal on
any of the Debt Securities of such series as and when the same shall
become due and payable either at maturity, upon any redemption, by
declaration or otherwise; or
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(c) default in the payment of any sinking fund instalment as and
when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the Debt
Securities of such series; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Issuer in respect of the Debt Securities of such series
(other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the Debt Securities of
such series a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with), 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 Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying
such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) failure by the Issuer to make any payment at maturity, including
any applicable grace period, in respect of indebtedness, which term as
used herein means obligations (other than the Debt Securities of such
series or non-recourse obligations) of, or guaranteed or assumed by, the
Issuer for borrowed monies or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments ("Indebtedness"), in an amount in excess of
$10,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in any other currency or composite
currency and such failure shall have continued for a period of 10 days
after written notice thereof shall have been given by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Issuer by the Trustee, or
to the Issuer and the Trustee by the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities (treated as
one class) and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(f) default by the Issuer with respect to any Indebtedness, which
default results in the acceleration of Indebtedness in an amount in excess
of $10,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in any other currency or
composite currency without such Indebtedness having been discharged or
such acceleration having been incurred, waived, rescinded or annulled for
a period of 10 days after written notice thereof shall have been given by
registered or certified mail, return receipt
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requested, to the Issuer by the Trustee, or to the Issuer and the Trustee
by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Debt Securities (treated as one class) and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(g) entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law if not
dismissed within 30 days; or
(h) commencement by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of a
voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law; or
(i) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental
indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series
of Debt Securities is issued or in the form of Debt Security for such
series.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above
occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, unless the
principal of all of the Debt Securities of such series shall have already become
due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then
Outstanding hereunder (each such series voting as a separate class) by notice in
writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Debt Securityholders), may
declare the entire principal (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are
Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as
may be specified in the terms of such series) of all Debt Securities of such
series and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due
and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (d) above (if such Event
of Default is with respect to less than all series of Debt Securities then
Outstanding) or clause (i) above (unless otherwise provided in the supplemental
indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of
Debt Securities is issued or in the form of Debt Security for such series)
occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, unless
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the principal of all of the Debt Securities of such series shall have already
become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25%
of the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of all such affected
series then outstanding hereunder (voting as a single class) by notice in
writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Debt Securityholders), may
declare the entire principal (or, if the Debt Securities of any such series are
Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as
may be specified in the terms of such series) of all Debt Securities of all such
affected series and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due
and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (d) (if the Event of
Default under clause (d) is with respect to all series of Debt Securities then
outstanding), (e), (f), (g) or (h) occurs and is continuing, then and in each
and every such case, unless the principal of all the Debt Securities shall have
already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all the Debt Securities then
Outstanding hereunder (treated as one class), by notice in writing to the Issuer
(and to the Trustee if given by Debt Securityholders), may declare the entire
principal (or, if any Debt Securities are Original Issue Discount Debt
Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms
thereof) of all the Debt Securities then outstanding and interest accrued
thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable.
The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that
if, at any time after the principal (or, if the Debt Securities are Original
Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of the Debt Securities of any series (or of all
the Debt Securities, as the case may be) shall have been so declared due and
payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due
shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall
pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
instalments of interest upon all the Debt Securities of such series (or of all
the Debt Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any and all Debt
Securities of such series (or of all the Debt Securities, as the case may be)
which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon
such principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest
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is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue instalments of interest, at the
same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original
Issue Discount Debt Securities) specified in the Debt Securities of such series
(or at the respective rates of interest or Yields to Maturity of all the Debt
Securities, as the case may be) to the date of such payment or deposit) and such
amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee,
its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of negligence
or bad faith, and if any and all Events of Default under the Indenture, other
than the non-payment of the principal of Debt Securities which shall have become
due by acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as
provided herein -- then and in every such case (1) with respect to an Event of
Default described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, the holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series, voting as a
separate class, then outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the
Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to such series and rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences, (2) with respect to an Event of
Default described in clause (d) above (if such Event of Default is with respect
to less than all series of Debt Securities then Outstanding) or clause (i) above
(unless otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture or resolution of the
Board of Directors under which such series of Debt Securities is issued or in
the form of Debt Security for such series), the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of all such affected series
(voting as a single class) then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and
to the Trustee, may waive all such defaults with respect to all such affected
series and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences and (3) with
respect to an Event of Default described in clauses (d) (if such Event of
Default is with respect to all Series of Debt Securities then Outstanding), (e),
(f), (g) and (h), the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debt Securities of all series (voting as a single class) then Outstanding by
written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all such defaults
with respect to all the Debt Securities then Outstanding and rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences. No such waiver or rescission and
annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair
any right consequent thereon.
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For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal
of any Original Issue Discount Debt Securities shall have been accelerated and
declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and after
such declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded and annulled, the
principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Debt Securities shall be
deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal thereof
as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of
such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of
such acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all other amounts
owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue
Discount Debt Securities.
SECTION 5.02. Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May
Prove Debt. The Issuer covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the
payment of any instalment of interest on any of the Debt Securities of any
series when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such default
shall have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall be
made in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the Debt
Securities of any series when the same shall have become due and payable,
whether upon maturity of the Debt Securities of such series or upon any
redemption or by declaration or otherwise--then upon demand of the Trustee, the
Issuer will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Debt
Securities of such series the whole amount that then shall have become due and
payable on all Debt Securities of such series for principal or interest, as the
case may be (with interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue
principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate
of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Debt
Securities) specified in the Debt Securities of such series); and in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and
any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith.
Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the
principal of and interest on the Debt Securities of any series to the registered
holders, whether
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or not the principal of and interest on the Debt Securities of such series be
overdue.
In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon
such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or
in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any
such judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Debt
Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Issuer or other obligor upon such Debt Securities, wherever situated, the monies
adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer or
any other obligor upon the Debt Securities under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the
Issuer or other obligor upon the Debt Securities of any series, or to the
creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee,
irrespective of whether the principal of any Debt 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 pursuant to the provisions of
this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceedings or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of
principal and interest (or, if the Debt Securities of any series are
Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) owing and unpaid
in respect of the Debt Securities of any series, 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 reasonable compensation to
the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their respective agents,
attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee,
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except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Debt
Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer
or other obligor upon the Debt Securities of any series, or to the
creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor;
(b) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on
behalf of the holders of the Debt Securities of any series in any election
of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization,
liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or person
performing similar functions in comparable proceedings; and
(c) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received
with respect to the claims of the Debt Securityholders and of the Trustee
on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or
other similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Debt
Securityholders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that
the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the Debt
Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient
to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee
and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses
and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith and all
other amounts due to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.06.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Debt
Securityholder any plan or reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Debt Securities of any series or the rights of any
Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of
any Debt Securityholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for
the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar person.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture,
or under any of the Debt Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the
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Debt Securities or the production thereof on any trial or other proceedings
relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and
compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective
agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the
Debt Securities in respect of which such action was taken.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders
of the Debt Securities in respect to which such action was taken, and it shall
not be necessary to make any holders of such Debt Securities parties to any such
proceedings.
SECTION 5.03. Application of Proceeds. Any monies collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of any series shall be applied in
the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such monies on account of principal or interest, upon
presentation of the several Debt Securities in respect of which monies have been
collected and stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing
Debt Securities of such series in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the
presented Debt Securities of like series if only partially paid, or upon
surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses applicable to such
series in respect of which monies have been collected, including
reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and
their respective agents and attorneys and of all expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith, and all other
amounts due to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section
6.06;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Debt Securities of such series
in respect of which monies have been collected shall not have become and
be then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the Debt Securities
of such series in default in the order of
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the maturity of the instalments of such interest, with interest (to the
extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the
overdue instalments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest
or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Debt
Securities) specified in such Debt Securities, such payments to be made
ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or
preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Debt Securities of such series
in respect of which monies have been collected shall have become and shall
be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and
unpaid upon all the Debt Securities of such series for principal and
interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent
that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue
installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield
to Maturity in the case of Original Issue Discount Debt Securities)
specified in the Debt Securities of such series; and in case such monies
shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid
upon the Debt Securities of such series, then to the payment of such
principal and interest or yield to maturity, without preference or
priority of principal over interest or yield to maturity, or of interest
or yield to maturity over principal, or of any instalment of interest over
any other instalment of interest, or of any Debt Security of such series
over any other Debt Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of
such principal and accrued and unpaid interest or yield to maturity; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or
any other person lawfully entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.04. Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of Default has
occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted in this Indenture or to
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enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this
Indenture or by law.
SECTION 5.05. Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this
Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any
reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in
every such case the Issuer and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to
their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers
of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Debt Securityholders shall continue as though
no such proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 5.06. Limitations on Suits by Debt Securityholders. No
holder of any Debt Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by
availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any action or
proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written
notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and
unless also the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding shall have made written
request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in its own name
as trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any
such action or proceeding and no direction inconsistent with such written
request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.09; it being
understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder
of every Debt Security with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that
no one or more Holders of Debt Securities of any series shall have any right in
any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture
to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of Debt
Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any
other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
Holders of Debt Securities of the
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applicable series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section, each and every Debt Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to
such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 5.07. Unconditional Right of Debt Securityholders to
Institute Certain Suits. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture
and any provision of any Debt Security, the right of any Holder of any Debt
Security to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Debt
Security on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Debt Security,
or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 5.08. Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver of Default. Except as provided in Section 5.06, no right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Debt Securityholders 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.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Debt Securityholder to
exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and
continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or shall be
construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein; and, subject to Section 5.06, every power and remedy given by this
Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Debt Securityholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Debt Securityholders.
SECTION 5.09. Control by Debt Securityholders. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of each series
affected (with each series voting as a separate class) at the time outstanding
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 Debt Securities of such
series by this Indenture; provided that such direction shall not be
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otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this Indenture and
provided further that (subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02) the
Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the
Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall determine that the action or proceeding
so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its
board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors
or responsible officers of the Trustee shall determine that the action or
proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or if
the Trustee in good faith shall so determine that the actions or forebearances
specified in or pursuant to such direction would be unduly prejudicial to the
interests of Holders of the Debt Securities of all series so affected not
joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that (subject to
Sections 6.01 and 6.02) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or
not such actions or forebearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in
its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not
inconsistent with such direction or directions by Debt Securityholders.
SECTION 5.10. Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of
the acceleration of the maturity of the Debt Securities of any series as
provided in Section 5.01, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Debt Securities of such series at the time Outstanding may on
behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities of such series waive any past
default or Event of Default described in clause (c) of Section 5.01 (or, in the
case of an Event of Default specified in clause (d) of Section 5.01 which
relates to less than all series of Debt Securities then Outstanding, the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then
Outstanding affected thereby (voting as single class)) or in clause (i) of
Section 5.01 (unless otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture or
resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Debt Securities
is issued or in the form of Debt Security for such series) may waive any such
default or Event of Default, or, in the case of an Event of Default specified in
clause (d) (if the Event of Default under clause (d) relates to all series of
Debt Securities then outstanding), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of Section 5.01 the
Holders of Debt Securities of a majority in principal amount of all the Debt
Securities then Outstanding (voting as one class) may waive any such default or
Event of
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Default, and its consequences, except a default in respect of a covenant or
provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Debt Security affected. In the case of any such waiver, the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series shall
be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be
deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, and not to have occurred
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 5.11. Trustee to Give Notice of Default, but May Withhold in
Certain Circumstances. The Trustee shall transmit to the Debt Securityholders of
any series, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the registry
books, notice by mail of all defaults which have occurred with respect to such
series, such notice to be transmitted within 90 days after the occurrence
thereof, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such
notice (the term "default" or "defaults" for the purposes of this Section being
hereby defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default); provided that, except in the
case of default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the
Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee,
or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or responsible officers of the
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Debt Securityholders of such series.
SECTION 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay
Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt Security
by his 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
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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 any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Debt Securityholder or group of Debt
Securityholders of any series holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series, or, in the
case of any suit relating to or arising under clause (d) of Section 5.01 (if the
suit relates to Debt Securities of more than one but less than all series) or
under clause (i) of Section 5.01 (unless otherwise provided in the supplemental
indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of
Debt Securities is issued or in the form of Debt Security for such series), 10%
in aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities outstanding affected thereby,
or in the case of any suit relating to or arising under clause (d) (if the suit
under clause (d) relates to all the Debt Securities then outstanding), (e), (f),
(g) or (h) of Section 5.01, 10% in aggregate principal amount of all Debt
Securities Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Debt Securityholder for
the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Debt
Security on or after the due date expressed in such Debt Security.
ARTICLE VI
Concerning the Trustee
SECTION 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During
Default; Prior to Default. With respect to the Holders of any series of Debt
Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of
Default with respect to the Debt Securities of a particular series and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred with respect
to such series, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with
respect to the Debt Securities of a series has occurred (which has not been
cured or waived) the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
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No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own wilful misconduct, except that:
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to
the Debt Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all
such Events of Default with respect to such series which may have
occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to
the Debt Securities of any Series shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as
are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of
any such statements, certificates or opinions which by any 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 the requirements of this Indenture;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(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 the
direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 5.09 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.
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None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable ground for believing that the
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 6.02. Certain Rights of the Trustee. Subject to Section
6.01:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers' Certificate or any
other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate (unless
other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and
any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee
by a copy thereof certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of
the Issuer;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any advice or opinion
of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it
hereunder in good faith in reliance on such advice or opinion of counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Debt Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture, unless such Debt Securityholders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
by it in good faith and believed by it
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to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Indenture;
(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and
after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, the Trustee shall
not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture,
note, coupon, security, or other paper or document unless requested in
writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debt Securities of all series affected then
Outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the
Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it
in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the
terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity
against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the
reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the
Issuer or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor trustee, shall be
repaid by the Issuer upon demand; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys not regularly in its employ and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent
or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
SECTION 6.03. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of
Debt Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained
herein and in the Debt Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Debt Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application
by the Issuer of any of the Debt Securities or of the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.04. Trustee and Agents May Hold Debt Securities;
Collections, Etc. The Trustee or any agent of
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the Issuer or the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become
the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities with the same rights it would have if it
were not the Trustee or such agent and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, if
operative, may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive, collect, hold and
retain collections from the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were
not the Trustee or such agent.
SECTION 6.05. Monies Held by Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
Section 10.04 hereof, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used or
applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they
were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of
the Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any
monies received by it hereunder.
SECTION 6.06. Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its
Prior Claim. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to
time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust) and the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or
reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf
of it in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of
all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ) except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee
for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred
without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the trusts hereunder
and its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against or investigating any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations
of the Issuer under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior
claim to that of the Debt
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Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Debt
Securities, and the Debt Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior
claim.
SECTION 6.07. Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers' Certificate,
Etc. Subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, whenever in the administration of the
trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a
matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established
by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in
the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full
warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
SECTION 6.08. Qualification of Trustee; Conflicting Interests. If
the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee shall, if so required by the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign, to
the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and this Indenture.
SECTION 6.09. Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee. The
Trustee for each series of Debt Securities hereunder shall at all times be a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any State or the District of Columbia having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and which is authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers and is subject to supervision or examination by
Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of
this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. The Issuer may not, nor may any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with
the Issuer, serve as Trustee. In
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case 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 specified in Section 6.10. So long as any Debt Securities
are outstanding, there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
Trustee. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at
any time resign with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities by
giving written notice of resignation to the Issuer and by mailing notice thereof
by first-class mail to Holders of the applicable series of Debt Securities at
their last addresses as they shall appear on the Debt Security register. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee or trustees with respect to the applicable series by written
instrument in duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one
copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one
copy to the successor trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have
been so appointed with respect to any series and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning
trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee, or any Debt Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of the applicable series for at least six
months may, subject to the provisions of Section 5.12, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a
successor trustee, provided that for purposes of this Section 6.10, a court in
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, shall be considered a court of competent
jurisdiction. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may
deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) If at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect to any series of
Debt Securities after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any
Debt Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security or
Debt Securities of such series for at least six months; or
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(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Issuer or by any Debt Securityholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to
any series of Debt Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver or liquidator 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, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the
applicable series of Debt Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such
series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the President
or the Board of Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or,
subject to the provisions of Section 5.12, any Debt Securityholder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series for at
least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court
may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debt Securities of each series at the time outstanding may at any time remove
the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of such series and appoint a
successor trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series by
delivering to the Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and
to the Issuer the evidence provided for in Section 7.01 of the action in that
regard taken by the Debt Securityholders.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to any
series of Debt Securities and any appointment of a successor trustee with
respect to such series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
as provided in Section 6.11.
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SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee. Any
successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute and
deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series shall become
effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and obligations
with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as trustee for such series hereunder; but, nevertheless, on the
written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon payment of its
charges then unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to Section 10.04,
pay over to the successor trustee all monies at the time held by it hereunder
and shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. Upon request of any
such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in
writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall,
nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property or funds held or collected
by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of
Section 6.06.
If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the Debt
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor
trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any
applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to
confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor
trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series as to which the
predecessor trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
predecessor trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a
trust or trusts under separate indentures.
No successor trustee with respect to any series of Debt Securities
shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time of
such acceptance such
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successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible under the provisions of Section
6.09.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided
in this Section 6.11, the Issuer shall mail notice thereof by first-class mail
to the Holders of Debt Securities of any series for which such successor trustee
is acting as trustee at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Debt
Security register. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially
contemporaneous with the resignation, then the notice called for by the
preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section 6.10.
If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be mailed at the expense of the Issuer.
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business of Trustee. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such
corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 6.08 and eligible
under the provisions of Section 6.09, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to
the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Debt Securities of any series
shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the
Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee
and deliver such Debt Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any
of the Debt Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any
successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Debt Securities either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and
in all such cases such certificate shall have the full force which it is
anywhere in the Debt Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided
that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided that the right to adopt
the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or to authenticate
Debt Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor
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trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Issuer (or any
other obligor upon the Debt Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 to the extent provided therein.
ARTICLE VII
Concerning the Debt Securityholders
SECTION 7.01. Evidence of Action Taken by Debt Securityholders. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a specified percentage
in principal amount of the Debt Securityholders of any or all series may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such specified percentage of Debt Securityholders in person or
by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02) conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Article.
SECTION 7.02. Proof of Execution of Instruments And of Holding of
Debt Securities. Subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, the execution of any
instrument by a Debt Securityholder or his agent or proxy may be proved in
accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by
the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The
holding of Debt Securities shall be proved by the Debt Security register or by a
certificate of the registrar thereof.
Unless the Issuer determines otherwise, the record date for purposes
of determining the identity of Debt Securityholders of any series entitled to
consent to any action referred to in Section 7.01 shall be 30 days prior to the
first solicitation of such consent. After such record
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date, notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, with respect to Debt
Securities of any series, only Debt Securityholders of Debt Securities of such
series of record on such record date shall be entitled to so give such consent
or revoke such consent.
SECTION 7.03. Holders to Be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the person
in whose name any Debt Security shall be registered upon the Debt Security
register for such series as the absolute owner of such Debt Security (whether or
not such Debt Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or
on account of the principal of and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture,
interest on such Debt Security and for all other purposes; and neither the
Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any such
person, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums
so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable
upon any such Debt Security.
SECTION 7.04. Debt Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not
Outstanding. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate
principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of any or all series have
concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Debt
Securities which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Debt
Securities with respect to which such determination is being made or by any
person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the Debt
Securities with respect to which such determination is being made shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver only Debt
Securities which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt
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 Debt Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any
person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the
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Debt Securities. In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel
shall be full protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in
accordance with such advice. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall
furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and identifying
all Debt Securities, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for
the account of any of the above-described persons; and, subject to Sections 6.01
and 6.02, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate as
conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Debt
Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination.
SECTION 7.05. Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time prior
to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 7.01,
of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Debt Securities of any or all series, as the case may
be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a
Debt Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included
among the serial numbers of the Debt Securities the Holders of which have
consented to such action may, by filing written notice at the Corporate Trust
Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action
so far as concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken
by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Debt Security and of any
Debt Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of
whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Debt
Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Debt Securities of any or all series, as the case may
be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be
conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all the
Debt Securities affected by such action.
ARTICLE VIII
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 8.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Debt
Securityholders. The Issuer and the Trustee may from time to time and at any
time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall
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conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the
date of the execution thereof) for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee
as security for the Debt Securities of one or more series any property or
assets;
(b) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Issuer,
or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation
of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Issuer pursuant to
Article Nine;
(c) to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions as the Issuer and the Trustee shall
consider to be for the protection of the Holders of Debt Securities, and
to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in
any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an
Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several
remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided that in
respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or
provision such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period
of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that
allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate
enforcement upon such an Event of Default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may limit the
right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debt Securities of such series to waive such an Event of Default;
(d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective
or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture; or to make such other provisions in regard to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture or under any
supplemental indenture as the Issuer may deem necessary or desirable and
which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Debt
Securities;
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(e) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series
as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.03, and to provide for the issuance
under this Indenture of Debt Securities in coupon form (including Debt
Securities registrable as to principal only) and to provide for
exchangeability of such Debt Securities with Debt Securities issued
hereunder in fully registered form, and to make all appropriate changes
for such purpose; and
(f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Debt 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 6.11.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the
conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder,
but the Trustee 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.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the Debt
Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of
Section 8.02.
SECTION 8.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Debt
Securityholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article Seven) of
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debt Securities at the time Outstanding of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Issuer and the Trustee may,
from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date of execution thereof) for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the
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Debt Securities of such series; provided, that no such supplemental indenture
shall (a) extend the final maturity of any Debt Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof or reduce
the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Debt Security that
would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 5.01 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section
5.02, or impair or affect the right of any Debt Securityholder to institute suit
for the payment thereof or, if the Debt Securities provide therefor, any right
of repayment at the option of the Debt Securityholder without the consent of the
Holder of each Debt Security so affected or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage
of Debt Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is
required for any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders
of each Debt Security so affected.
Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors certified by the secretary or an assistant
secretary of the Issuer authorizing the execution of any such supplemental
indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Debt Securityholders as aforesaid and other documents, if any, required by
Section 7.01, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which
case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Debt
Securityholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Issuer
shall mail a notice thereof by first class mail to the Holders of Debt
Securities of each series affected thereby at their addresses as they shall
appear on the Debt Security registry books of the Issuer, setting forth in
general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the
Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall
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not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture.
SECTION 8.03. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture
shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and
the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of Debt
Securities of each series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined,
exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications
and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental
indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this
Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 8.04. Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee, subject
to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02, may receive an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article 8 complies with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 8.05. Notation on Debt Securities in Respect of Supplemental
Indentures. Debt Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series as
to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action
taken at any such meeting. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new
Debt Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Issuer,
authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Debt Securities
of such series then outstanding.
ARTICLE IX
Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance
SECTION 9.01. Covenant Not to Merge, Consolidate, Sell or Convey
Property Except under Certain Conditions. So long as Debt Securities are
outstanding, the Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or
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convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(a) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Issuer is merged or which purchases or acquires by conveyance or transfer,
or which leases, the properties and assets of the Issuer as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety, shall be a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia;
(b) upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance,
the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on all the Debt Securities, according to their tenor, and the due
and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Issuer,
shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form
to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the corporation
formed by such consolidation, or into which the Issuer shall have been
merged, or which shall have acquired such property; and
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 9.02. Successor Corporation Substituted. In case of any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and following such an assumption by
the successor corporation, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Issuer, with the same effect as if it had been named herein.
Such successor corporation may cause to be signed, and may issue
either in its own name or in the name of the Issuer prior to such succession any
or all of the Debt Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order
of such successor corporation, instead of the Issuer, and subject to all the
terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee
shall authenticate and shall deliver any Debt Securities which previously shall
have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Issuer to the Trustee for
authentication,
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and any Debt Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause
to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All of the Debt
Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Indenture as the Debt Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Debt
Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance
such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Debt Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
In the event of any such sale or conveyance (other than a conveyance
by way of lease) the Issuer or any successor corporation which shall theretofore
have become such in the manner described in this Article shall be discharged
from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Debt Securities
and may be liquidated and dissolved.
SECTION 9.03. Opinion of Counsel to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to
the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or
conveyance, and any such assumption, and any such liquidation or dissolution,
complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
ARTICLE X
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture;
Unclaimed Monies
SECTION 10.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. If at any
time (a) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal of and
interest on all the Debt Securities of any series outstanding hereunder (other
than Debt Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09) as and when the same shall
have become due and payable, or (b) the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Trustee for cancelation all Debt Securities of any series theretofore
authenticated (other than any Debt Securities of such series which shall have
been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as
provided in
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Section 2.09) or (c) (i) all the Debt Securities of such series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancelation shall have become due and payable, or
are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called
for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption, and (ii) the Issuer shall have
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds
the entire amount in cash (other than monies repaid by the Trustee or any paying
agent to the Issuer in accordance with Section 10.04) or direct obligations of
the United States of America, backed by its full faith and credit, maturing as
to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure the
availability of cash sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Debt
Securities of such series (other than any Debt Securities of such series which
shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 2.09) not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancelation, including principal and interest due or to become due to such date
of maturity as the case may be, and if, in any such case, the Issuer shall also
pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer with
respect to Debt Securities of such series, then this Indenture shall cease to be
of further effect with respect to Debt Securities of such series (except as to
(i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, and the Issuer's right of
optional redemption, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or
stolen Debt Securities, (iii) rights of holders to receive payments of principal
thereof and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor (but
not upon acceleration), and remaining rights of the holders to receive mandatory
sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights, if any, of holders of Debt
Securities to convert or exchange Debt Securities, (v) the rights, obligations
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (vi) the rights of the Debt
Securityholders of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them), and the
Trustee, on demand of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging this
Indenture with respect to such series; provided that the rights of Holders of
the Debt Securities to receive amounts in respect of principal of and interest
on the Debt Securities held by them shall not be delayed longer than required by
then-applicable mandatory rules or
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policies of any securities exchange upon which the Debt Securities are listed.
The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter
reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for any services
thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with
this Indenture or the Debt Securities of such series.
SECTION 10.02. Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment
of Debt Securities. Subject to Section 10.04, all monies deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it to
the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Issuer
acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular Debt
Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such monies
have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon
for principal and interest; but such monies need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 10.03. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
Debt Securities of any series, all monies then held by any paying agent under
the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Debt Securities
shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and
thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such monies.
SECTION 10.04. Return of Monies Held by Trustee and Paying Agent
Unclaimed for Three Years. Any monies deposited with or paid to the Trustee or
any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Debt
Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed for three years
after the date upon which such principal or interest shall have become due and
payable, shall, upon the written request of the Issuer and unless otherwise
required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed
property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee for such series or such
paying agent, and the Holder of the Debt Security of such series shall, unless
otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or
unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment
which such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee
or any paying agent with respect to such monies shall thereupon cease.
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ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 11.01. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors
of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any Debt
Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against
any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future stockholder,
officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly
or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or
constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal
or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived
and released by the acceptance of the Debt Securities by the holders thereof and
as part of the consideration for the issue of the Debt Securities.
SECTION 11.02. Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of
Parties and Debt Securityholders. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt
Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any
person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors
and the Holders of the Debt Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained,
all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties
hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Debt Securities.
SECTION 11.03. Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture
contained by or in behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 11.04. Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Debt
Securityholders. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture
is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders
of Debt Securities to or on the Issuer may be given or served by being sent by
registered mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed
(until another address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to
Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: General Counsel. Any notice, direction, request or demand
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by the Issuer or any Debt Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed
to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made at
the Corporate Trust Office.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled
thereto, at his last address as it appears in the Debt Security register. In any
case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this
Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular
mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer and Debt
Securityholders 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 a sufficient giving of such
notice.
SECTION 11.05. Officers' Certificate and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein. Upon any application or demand by the Issuer
to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture,
the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that
all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture 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 have been complied with,
except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to
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compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other
than pursuant to Section 3.05) shall include (a) a statement that the person
making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) 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, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer
may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, information with respect to which is in the
possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of or
representations by an officer or officers of the Issuer, unless such counsel
knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect
to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that
the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or
of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel, as the
case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or
opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public
accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is
independent.
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SECTION 11.06. Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If
the date of maturity of interest on or principal of the Debt Securities of any
series or the date fixed for redemption or repayment of any such Debt Security
shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal need not be
made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the
same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for
redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.
SECTION 11.07. Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust
Indenture Act of 1939. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture
limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another
provision (an "incorporated provision") included in this Indenture by operation
of, Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, such
imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 11.08. New York Law to Govern. This Indenture and each Debt
Security shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New
York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
such State, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.
SECTION 11.09. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.10. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect
the construction hereof.
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ARTICLE XII
Redemption of Debt Securities and Sinking Funds
SECTION 12.01. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series which are
redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.03 for Debt Securities of such series.
SECTION 12.02. Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of
redemption to the Holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed as a
whole or in part at the option of the Issuer shall be given by mailing notice of
such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 20 days and not
more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Debt
Securities of such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the
registry books. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice
to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption as a
whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of any other Debt Security of such series.
The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify the
principal amount of each Debt Security of such series held by such Holder to be
redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price, the place or
places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of
such Debt Securities, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or
optional sinking fund, or both, or any other redemption provision as the case
may be, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as
specified in such notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or on
the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. In case any Debt
Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only the notice of redemption
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall
state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Debt Security, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
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The notice of redemption of Debt Securities of any series to be
redeemed at the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the
Issuer's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.
At least one Business Day prior to the redemption date specified in
the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will
deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer is
acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 3.04) an amount of monies sufficient to redeem on the
redemption date all the Debt Securities of such series so called for redemption
at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date
fixed for redemption. If less than all the outstanding Debt Securities of a
series are to be redeemed, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at least 35
days prior to the date fixed for redemption an Officers' Certificate stating the
aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities to be redeemed.
If less than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair,
Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed in whole or in part. Debt
Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any multiple thereof. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Debt Securities of
such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities of
such series selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities of any
series shall relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed
only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt Security which
has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 12.03. Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption. If
notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Debt Securities or
portions of Debt Securities specified in such notice shall become due and
payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the
payment of such Debt Securities at the redemption price, together with interest
accrued to said date) interest on the Debt
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Securities or portions of Debt Securities so called for redemption shall cease
to accrue and, except as provided in Sections 6.05 and 10.04, such Debt
Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be
entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and the Holders
thereof shall have no right in respect of such Debt Securities except the right
to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed
for redemption. On presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities at a place
of payment specified in said notice, said Debt Securities or the specified
portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for
redemption; provided that any semiannual payment of interest becoming due on the
date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Debt
Securities registered as such on the relevant record date subject to the terms
and provisions of Section 2.04 hereof.
If any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly
provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount Debt
Security) borne by the Debt Security.
Upon presentation of any Debt Security redeemed in part only, the
Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the
order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Debt Security
or Debt Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Debt Security so presented.
SECTION 12.04. Exclusion of Certain Debt Securities from Eligibility
for Selection for Redemption. Debt Securities shall be excluded from eligibility
for selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and
certificate number in a written statement signed by an authorized officer of the
Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at least 40 days prior to the last date on
which notice of redemption may be given as being owned of record and
beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by, either (a) the Issuer or
(b) an entity specifically identified in such written statement directly or
indirectly controlling or under direct or indirect common control with the
Issuer.
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SECTION 12.05. Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum
amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt 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 Debt
Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund
payment". The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made is herein
referred to as the "sinking fund payment date".
In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to any series of Debt Securities in cash, the Issuer may at
its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of such series theretofore
purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the
mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Debt Securities of
such series (not previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise
acquired (except as aforesaid) by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for
cancelation pursuant to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit for optional sinking
fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section, (c)
receive credit for Debt Securities of such series (not previously so credited)
redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption provision contained in
the terms of such series, or (d) receive credit for Debt Securities which have
been converted or exchanged. Debt Securities so delivered or credited shall be
received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption price
specified in such Debt Securities.
On or before the forty-fifth day next preceding each sinking fund
payment date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee a written
statement (which need not contain the statements required by Section 11.05)
signed by an authorized officer of the Issuer (a) specifying the portion of the
mandatory sinking fund payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and the
portion to be satisfied by credit of Debt Securities of such series, (b) stating
that none of the Debt Securities of such series has theretofore been so
credited, (c) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or Events of
Default with respect to such series have occurred (which have not been waived or
cured) and are continuing and (d) stating whether or not the Issuer intends to
exercise its right to make an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such
series and, if so, specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund payment
which the Issuer intends to pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date.
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With respect to any sinking fund payment date, any Debt Securities
of such series to be credited and required to be delivered to the Trustee in
order for the Issuer to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid which have
not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancelation
pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee on or prior to the thirty-fifth day
preceding such sinking fund payment date (or reasonably promptly thereafter if
acceptable to the Trustee). Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such
thirty-fifth day, to deliver any such Debt Securities shall not constitute a
default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable election
of the Issuer, and the Issuer shall become unconditionally obligated, to pay in
cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date that portion of the
mandatory sinking fund payment due on such date that would have been satisfied
by the delivery of such Debt Securities.
Such written statement shall, except as provided in the next
preceding paragraph, be irrevocable and upon its receipt by the Trustee the
Issuer shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash payments
therein referred to, if any, on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date.
Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such forty-fifth day, to deliver such
written statement shall not constitute a default but shall constitute, in and as
of such date, the irrevocable election of the Issuer (i) that the mandatory
sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or
credit Debt Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the
Issuer will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series as
provided in this Section.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or
both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus
any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash shall
exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Issuer shall so request) with respect to
the Debt Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the
next succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Debt Securities
of such series at the sinking fund redemption price together with accrued
interest to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $50,000 or
less and the Issuer makes no such request then it shall be carried over until a
sum in excess of $50,000 is available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner
provided in Section
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12.02, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal
amount of Debt Securities of such series to absorb said cash, as nearly as may
be, and shall (if requested in writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the
serial numbers of the Debt Securities of such series (or portions thereof) so
selected. Debt Securities of any series which are (a) owned by the Issuer or an
entity known by the Trustee to be directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer, as
shown by the Debt Security register, and not known to the Trustee to have been
pledged or hypothecated by the Issuer or any such entity or (b) identified in an
Officers' Certificate at least 30 days prior to the sinking fund payment date as
being beneficially owned by, and not pledged or hypothecated by, the Issuer or
an entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Issuer shall be excluded from Debt Securities
of such series eligible for selection for redemption. The Trustee, in the name
and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it shall so request the
Trustee in writing) shall cause notice of redemption of the Debt Securities of
such series to be given in substantially the manner provided in Section 12.02
(and with the effect provided in Section 12.03) for the redemption of Debt
Securities of such series in part at the option of the Issuer. The amount of any
sinking fund payments not so applied or allocated to the redemption of Debt
Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment
for such series and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund monies held on the
stated maturity date of the Debt Securities of any particular series (or
earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are not held for the payment or
redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be applied,
together with other monies, if necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to the
payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Debt Securities of such series
at maturity.
On each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall pay to the
Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the payment of all interest
accrued to such sinking fund payment date on Debt Securities to be redeemed on
such sinking fund payment date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any Debt
Securities of a series with sinking fund monies or mail any notice of redemption
of Debt Securities
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for such series by operation of the sinking fund during the continuance of a
default in payment of interest on such Debt Securities or of any Event of
Default except that, where the mailing of notice of redemption of any Debt
Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or cause
to be redeemed such Debt Securities, provided that it shall have received from
the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except as aforesaid, any monies
in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event
of Default shall occur, and any monies thereafter paid into the sinking fund,
shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be deemed to
have been collected under Article Five and held for the payment of all such Debt
Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in
Section 5.10 or the default cured on or before the forty-fifth day preceding the
sinking fund payment date in any year, such monies shall thereafter be applied
on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this Section
to the redemption of such Debt Securities.
ARTICLE XIII
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
SECTION 13.01. Applicability of Article; Issuer's Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If pursuant to Section 2.03 provision is made
for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Debt Securities of a series under
Section 13.02 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Debt Securities of a series
under Section 13.03, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the
case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article Thirteen, shall
be applicable to the Debt Securities of such series, and the Issuer may at its
option elect at any time, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, to
have either Section 13.02 (if applicable) or Section 13.03 (if applicable) be
applied to the outstanding Debt Securities of such series upon compliance with
the conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 13.02. Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer's exercise
of the above option applicable to this Section, the Issuer shall be deemed to
have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions precedent set
forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such
defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have
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paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under
such Debt Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Debt Securities are
concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, 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 Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to receive, solely from
the trust fund described in Section 13.04 as more fully set forth in such
section, payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Debt Securities when such payments are due, (b) the Issuer's obligations with
respect to such Debt Securities under Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 3.02, 3.04 and
6.06 and such obligations as shall be ancillary thereto, (c) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties, immunities and other provisions in respect of the Trustee
hereunder, (d) the Issuer's obligations, if any, with respect to a conversion or
exchange of Debt Securities and (e) this Article Thirteen. Subject to compliance
with this Article Thirteen, the Issuer may exercise its option under this
Section 13.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section
13.03 with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.
SECTION 13.03. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuer's exercise of
the above option applicable to this Section, the Issuer shall be released from
its obligations under Section 3.06 and Section 3.07 (hereinafter, "covenant
defeasance"). For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with
respect to the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, the Issuer may omit
to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such Section whether directly or indirectly by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any
reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other
document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Debt Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
SECTION 13.04. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The
following shall be the conditions precedent to the application of either Section
13.02 or Section 13.03 to the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series:
(a) the Issuer shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another
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trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.09 who shall agree to
comply with the provisions of this Article Thirteen 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 Debt Securities, (i) monies in an amount, or (ii)
U.S. Government Obligations 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,
monies in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, sufficient, without
reinvestment, 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,
the principal of and interest on the outstanding Debt Securities of such
series on the maturity of such principal or interest. Before such a
deposit the Issuer may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
the redemption of Debt Securities at a future date or dates in accordance
with Article Twelve, which shall be given effect in applying the
foregoing. For this purpose, "U.S. Government Obligations" means
securities that are (A) direct obligations of the United States of America
for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (B)
obligations of any Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation
by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable
or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include
a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any
such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or
interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for
the account of the holder of such depository receipt, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest
on the
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U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
(b) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time
or both would become an Event of Default with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing (i) on the
date of such deposit or (ii) insofar as Subsections 5.01(g) and 5.01(h)
are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 121st day after
the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day following the
expiration of the longest preference period applicable to the Issuer in
respect of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not
be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(c) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (i) cause the
Trustee for the Debt Securities to have a conflicting interest for
purposes of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect to any securities
of the Issuer or (ii) result in the trust arising from such deposit to
constitute, unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(d) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or
any other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by
which it is bound.
(e) In the case of an election under Section 13.02, the Issuer shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the
Issuer has received from the United States Internal Revenue Service (the
"IRS") a private letter ruling, (ii) there has been published by the IRS a
general revenue ruling, or (iii) since the date of this Indenture there
has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law or the
interpretation thereof, in each case to the effect that, and based thereon
such opinion shall confirm that, the holders of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and
at the same time as would have been the case if such defeasance had not
occurred.
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(f) In the case of an election under Section 13.03, the Issuer shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of the Outstanding Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant
defeasance and will be subject to 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.
(g) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in
compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may
be imposed by the Issuer in connection therewith pursuant to Section 2.01.
(h) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section
13.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 (as the case may be)
have been complied with.
SECTION 13.05. Deposited Monies and U.S. Government Obligations to
Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of
Section 10.04, all monies and U.S. Government Obligations (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee -
collectively, for purposes of this Section 13.05, the "Trustee") pursuant to
Section 13.04 in respect of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall
be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions
of such Debt Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any paying agent (but not including the Issuer acting as its own paying
agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Debt Securities, of
all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and interest, but
such monies need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.
The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the monies or U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.04 or the principal and interest
received in respect thereof.
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Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the written request of the
Issuer any monies or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in
Section 13.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant
defeasance.
SECTION 13.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the paying agent is
unable to apply any monies in accordance with Section 13.05 by reason of any
order or judgment or any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer's obligations under
the Debt Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Thirteen until such time as the
Trustee or paying agent is permitted to apply all such monies in accordance with
Section 13.05; provided that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of
any such Debt Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the
Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Debt Securities
to receive such payment from the monies held by the Trustee or the paying agent.
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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 date first written above.
FINANCIAL SECURITY ASSURANCE
HOLDINGS LTD.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
[CORPORATE SEAL]
Attest:
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Secretary
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
[CORPORATE SEAL]
Attest:
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Exhibit 1
[FORM OF FACE OF DEBT SECURITY]
This is a Registered Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee
of Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"). Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture, this Registered Global Security may
be transferred, in whole but not in part, by DTC to another nominee of DTC or by
a nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any nominee of
DTC to a successor to DTC or to a nominee of such successor to DTC. Unless this
Registered Global Security is presented by an authorized representative of DTC
to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment,
and, in the case of any transfer or exchange, any Registered Global Security
issued in exchange therefor is registered in the name of DTC or such other name
as requested by an authorized representative of DTC and, in the case of any
payment, such payment is made to DTC or DTC's nominee, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since
the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
No.
Cusip No.
Debt Securities ,
$ principal amount each
FINANCIAL SECURITY ASSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD.
% Debt Security due 2098
Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd., a New York
corporation (the "Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede &
Co. or registered assigns, at the office or agency of the Issuer in the Borough
of Manhattan, the City of New York, the principal sum of
on , in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest,
of each year, commencing , on said principal sum at said office or
agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title
of this Debt Security from the , as the
case may be, next preceding the date of this Debt Security to which interest has
been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in
which case from the date of
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this Debt Security, or unless no interest has been paid on these Debt
Securities, in which case from , until payment of said principal sum has
been made or duly provided for; provided that payment of interest may be
made at the option of the Issuer by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the security register and
provided further that if the Issuer shall default in the payment of interest due
on such , then this Debt Security shall
bear interest from the next preceding
, to which interest has been paid or,
if no interest has been paid on these Debt Securities, from . The
interest so payable on any will, subject to certain exceptions provided
in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid to the person in
whose name this Debt Security is registered at the close of business on
the , as the case may be, next preceding .
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Debt Security
set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Debt Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by
the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd. has
caused this instrument to be signed by facsimile by its duly authorized officers
and has caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or
imprinted hereon.
Dated:
FINANCIAL SECURITY ASSURANCE
HOLDINGS LTD.,
by
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Name:
Title:
by
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Name:
Title:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, as
Trustee,
by
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Authorized Officer
[FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBT SECURITY]
FINANCIAL SECURITY ASSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD.
% Debt Security due
This Debt Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures,
notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter
called the "Debt Securities") of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or
to be issued under and pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Indenture
dated as of February 24, 1999 (herein called the "Indenture"), duly executed and
delivered by the Issuer to First Union National Bank, as Trustee (herein called
the "Trustee"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the
Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more
series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal
amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different
rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be
subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may
otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided. This Debt Security is one of a
series designated as the % Debt Securities due of the Issuer,
limited in aggregate principal amount to $ .
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, with
respect to the % Debt Securities due shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such
declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the
Trustee, (a) without the consent of the Holders, to execute certain supplemental
indentures and (b) with the consent of the Holders of more than 50% in aggregate
principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time Outstanding (as defined in
the Indenture) of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as
in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the
rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities of each such series;
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provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the
final maturity of any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or
any premium thereon, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of any
interest thereon, or impair or affect the rights of any Holder to institute suit
for the payment thereof, without the consent of the Holder of each Debt Security
so affected or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities, the
consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture,
without the consent of the Holder of each Debt Security affected. It is also
provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of
Default regarding the Debt Securities of any series, prior to any declaration
accelerating the maturity of such Debt Securities, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount Outstanding of the Debt Securities of such series
(or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all or certain series
of the Debt Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities
of such series (or all or certain series of the Debt Securities, as the case may
be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences. The
preceding sentence shall not, however, apply to a default in the payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Debt Securities. Any
such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Debt Security (unless revoked as
provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders and owners of this Debt Security and any Debt Securities
which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether
or not any notation thereof is made upon this Debt Security or such other Debt
Securities.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debt
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and
interest on this Debt Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the
rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Debt Securities are issuable in registered form without coupons
in denominations of $ and any multiples of $ at the office or agency of the
Issuer in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and in the manner and
subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of
any service charge Debt Securities may be exchanged for a like aggregate
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principal amount of Debt Securities of other authorized denominations.
The Debt Securities may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer
without premium or penalty, as a whole, or from time to time in part, on any
date on or after and prior to maturity, upon mailing a notice of such
redemption not less than 20 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption to the Holders of Debt Securities at their last registered addresses,
all as further provided in the Indenture, at the following redemption prices
(expressed in percentages of the principal amount) together in each case with
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption:
If redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning
Year Percentage Year Percentage
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Debt
Security at the office or agency of the Issuer in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of authorized
denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the
Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge
imposed in connection therewith.
The Issuer, the Trustee and any authorized agent of the Issuer or
the Trustee may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute
owner of this Debt Security (whether or not this Debt Security shall be overdue
and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the
purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and
premium, if any, and, subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest
hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor
any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
of the Issuer in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any
Debt Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented
thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or
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director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor corporation, either
directly or through the Issuer or any successor corporation, under any rule of
law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment
or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being
expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue hereof.
Terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the
respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.
