Exhibit 4.2
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XXXXXX XXXXXX, INC.
ISSUER
AND
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
Dated as of January 31, 2003
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SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
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XXXXXX XXXXXX, INC.
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318, INCLUSIVE, OF THE
TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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Section 310(a)(1)........................................... 609
(a)(2)...................................................... 609
(a)(3)...................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4)...................................................... Not Applicable
(b)......................................................... 608; 610
Section 311(a).............................................. 613
(b)......................................................... 613
Section 312(a).............................................. 701; 702
(b)......................................................... 702
(c)......................................................... 702
Section 313(a).............................................. 703
(b)......................................................... 703
(c)......................................................... 703
(d)......................................................... 703
Section 314(a).............................................. 704
(a)(4)...................................................... 1004
(b)......................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)...................................................... 102
(c)(2)...................................................... 102
(c)(3)...................................................... Not Applicable
(d)......................................................... Not Applicable
(e)......................................................... 102
Section 315(a).............................................. 601, 603
(b)......................................................... 602
(c)......................................................... 601
(d)......................................................... 601
(e)......................................................... 514
Section 316(a).............................................. 101
(a)(1)(A)................................................... 502; 512
(a)(1)(B)................................................... 513
(a)(2)...................................................... Not Applicable
(b)......................................................... 508
(c)......................................................... 104
Section 317(a)(1)........................................... 503
(a)(2)...................................................... 504
(b)......................................................... 1003
Section 318(a).............................................. 107
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions....................................................1
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions ..........................8
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.........................8
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates..................................9
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and the Company.....................10
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.....................................10
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.............................11
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents......................11
Section 109. Successors and Assigns........................................11
Section 110. Separability Clause...........................................11
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.........................................11
Section 112. Governing Law.................................................12
Section 113. Legal Holidays................................................12
Section 114. Language of Notices, Etc......................................12
Section 115. Interest Limitation...........................................12
Section 116. No Personal Liability of Officers, Directors,
Employees or Shareholders.....................................13
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally...............................................13
Section 202. Form of Face of Security......................................14
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security...................................16
Section 204. Global Securities.............................................21
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate and Authorization...............22
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..........................22
Section 302. Denominations.................................................25
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating................25
Section 304. Temporary Securities..........................................27
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange...........28
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..............29
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved................30
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.........................................31
Section 309. Cancellation..................................................32
Section 310. Computation of Interest.......................................32
Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.................................................32
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.......................33
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Section 402. Application of Trust Money....................................34
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.............................................34
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment............35
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee....................................................36
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..............................36
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Securities.................................................37
Section 506. Application of Money Collected................................37
Section 507. Limitation on Suits...........................................37
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest..........................................38
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................38
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................38
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver..................................39
Section 512. Control by Holders............................................39
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................39
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.........................................40
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities...........................40
Section 602. Notice of Defaults............................................41
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.....................................41
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........42
Section 605. May Hold Securities...........................................43
Section 606. Money Held in Trust...........................................43
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement................................43
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.......................44
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.......................44
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.............44
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor........................45
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...46
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.........47
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent...........................47
ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY
Section 701. The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders..........................................48
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders........49
Section 703. Reports by Trustee............................................49
Section 704. Reports by the Company........................................49
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ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. The Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms......50
Section 802. Successor Substituted.........................................51
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders............51
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders...............52
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures..........................53
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.............................53
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...........................53
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures............53
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest....................53
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency...............................54
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.............54
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default...........................55
Section 1005. Limitations on Liens..........................................55
Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants...................................57
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article......................................57
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.........................57
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.............58
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption..........................................58
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price...................................59
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.........................59
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part...................................59
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article......................................59
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.........60
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.....................60
ARTICLE XIII
DEFEASANCE
Section 1301. Applicability of Article......................................60
Section 1302. Legal Defeasance..............................................61
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance...........................................62
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Section 1304. Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited
for Payment of Securities.....................................64
Section 1305. Repayment to the Company......................................64
Section 1306. Reinstatement.................................................64
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INDENTURE dated as of January 31, 2003, between XXXXXX XXXXXX, INC., a
Kansas corporation (the "Company"), having its principal office at One Xxxxx
Center, Suite 1000, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, and WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Securities"), to be
issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are required to be a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable,
shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof,
as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly, or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to
any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting
principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the date of such
computation;
(4) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words
of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(5) the words "Article" and "Section" refer to an Article and
Section, respectively, of this Indenture.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise,
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in the English language or in
an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on
each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays,
and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is
used or in the financial community of such place.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors or the protection of creditors.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company, or
the executive or any other committee of that board duly authorized to act in
respect thereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Corporate Secretary of the Company, the principal financial officer of the
Company or any other authorized officer of the Company or a Person duly
authorized by any of them, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors
and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment or other
location, means, except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301
with respect to any series of Securities, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that
Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law, executive
order or regulation to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
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"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice
Chairman, the President or a Vice President of the Company, and by the Treasurer
or Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which at the date hereof is 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
"Corporation" includes corporations, associations, partnerships
(general or limited), limited liability companies, joint-stock companies and
business trusts.
"Covenant defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Debt" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Default" means, with respect to a series of Securities, any event
which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to Securities of such series.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
"Definitive Security" means a Security other than a Global Security or
a temporary Security.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary
for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301, until a successor Depositary
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter shall mean or include each Person which is then a Depositary
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, shall be a
collective reference to such Persons.
"Dollar" or "$" means the coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, and any statute successor thereto.
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"Global Security" means a Security in global form that evidences all or
part of the Securities of any series and is registered in the name of the
Depositary for such Securities or a nominee thereof.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" also shall include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"Interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Issue Date" means with respect to any series of Securities issued
under either Indenture the date on which Securities of that series are initially
issued under that Indenture.
"Lien" means, as to any entity, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security
interest or other encumbrance in or on, or adverse interest or title of any
vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of the entity under
conditional sale or other title retention agreement or capital lease with
respect to, any property or asset of the entity, but excluding agreements to
refrain from granting Liens.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Net Tangible Assts" means the total amount of assets appearing on the
Company's consolidated balance sheet less, without duplication (i) all current
liabilities (excluding any thereof which are extendible or renewable by their
terms or replaceable or refundable pursuant to enforceable commitments at the
option of the obligor thereon without requiring the consent of the obligee to a
time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being
computed and excluding current maturities of long-term debt and preferred
stock); (ii) all reserves for depreciation and other asset valuation reserves
but excluding reserves for deferred federal income taxes arising from
accelerated depreciation or otherwise; (iii) all goodwill, trademarks, trade
names, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangible
assets carried as an asset; and (iv) all appropriate adjustments on account of
minority interests of other Persons holding common stock in any Subsidiary.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(3).
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"Officers' Certificate" of a Person means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and
by the Treasurer or the Secretary, of the Person, or if such Person is a
partnership, of its general partner, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the
officers or such other Persons (as applicable) signing an Officers' Certificate
given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of the Person, or if such Person is a partnership, of its
general partner.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of legal counsel, who may
be an employee of or counsel for the Company, which opinion shall comply with
the provisions of Sections 102 and 103. Such counsel shall be acceptable to the
Trustee, whose acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders
of such Securities; provided, however, that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor has been made;
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect
of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it
that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and
(iv) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1302
and 1303, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance or covenant
defeasance as provided in Article XIII;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (A) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and
payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity
thereof on such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) the principal amount of a
Security denominated in one or more currencies or currency units other than U.S.
dollars shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent of such currencies or currency
units, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301 on the
date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the
case of
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an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent (as so
determined) on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the amount
determined as provided in Clause (A) above) of such Security, and (C) Securities
owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned as described in Clause (C)
above which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right
so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor.
"Pari Passu Debt" means any Debt of the Company, whether outstanding on
the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case
of any particular Debt, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or
pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Debt
shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Securities.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or
rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities
thereof, the original issue date or dates thereof, the redemption provisions, if
any, with respect thereto, and any other terms specified as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the
issuance of such Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means, unless otherwise specifically provided for with respect to such
series as contemplated by Section 301, the office or agency of the Company in
The City of New York and such other place or places where, subject to the
provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and any premium and interest on the
Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section
301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same Debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means any natural gas pipeline, natural gas
distribution system, natural gas gathering system or natural gas storage
facility located in the United States, except any such property that in the
opinion of the Board of Directors is not of material importance to the business
conducted by the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
"Principal Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which owns Principal
Property.
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"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to the principal of any
Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which
more than 50% of the total voting power of the equity interests entitled,
without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof; or any partnership of which more than
50% of the partners' equity interests, considering all partners' equity
interests as a single class, is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or combination thereof.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as otherwise
provided in Section 905; provided, however, that if the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean each Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and
credit is pledged, or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
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States, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States, each of which are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company, means any vice
president of the Company, or when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
vice president of the Trustee.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
or refrain from taking any action under any provision of this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of
the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in
this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and an
Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have
been complied with. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form
of an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by officers of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
Every Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel (except for
certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
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representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company,
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed (either physically or by means of a facsimile
or an electronic transmission, provided that such electronic transmission is
transmitted through the facilities of a Depositary) by such Holders in person or
by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered (either physically or by means of a facsimile or an electronic
transmission, provided that such electronic transmission is transmitted through
the facilities of a Depositary) to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 315 of the
Trust Indenture Act) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made
in the manner provided in this Section.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a
Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or take, by a
proxy or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to
be made, given or taken by Holders, and a Depositary that is a Holder of a
Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of
interests in any such Global Security.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
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The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held
by any Person, and the date of commencement of such Person's holding the same,
shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of
the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration
of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or
more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment
with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.
The Company may set any day as the record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give
or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders of Securities of such series, but the Company shall have no obligation
to do so. With regard to any record date set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date (or
their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to give
or take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after
such record date.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and the Company
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made in writing and actually received
by the Trustee at its office at 0000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000, or at any other address previously furnished in writing by the Trustee,
or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company,
addressed to it at One Xxxxx Center, Suite 1000, 500 Dallas, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000, to the attention of the Corporate Secretary, or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid (if international mail, by
air mail), to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears
in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not
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earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such
notice. 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. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed
shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or
not such Holder actually receives such notice.
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 regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
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 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
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Section 112. Governing Law
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of the Securities of any series which specifically
states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of
Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no
interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 114. Language of Notices, Etc
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.
Section 115. Interest Limitation
It is the intention of the Company to conform strictly to all
applicable usury laws and any subsequent revisions, repeals or judicial
interpretations thereof. Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated hereby
would be usurious under any applicable law then, in that event, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Securities or this Indenture, it is agreed as
follows: (i) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under
applicable law with respect to a Security shall under no circumstances exceed
the maximum amount allowed by applicable law, and any excess shall be credited
to the principal amount of such Security (or, if the principal amount of such
Security shall have been paid in full, refunded to the Company), to the extent
permitted by applicable law; and (ii) in the event that the maturity of any
Security is accelerated or in the event of any redemption of such Security, then
such consideration that constitutes interest under applicable law may never
include more than the maximum amount allowed by applicable law, and any excess
shall be credited to the principal amount of such Security (or, if the principal
amount of such Security shall be paid in full, refunded to the Company), to the
extent permitted by applicable law. All calculations made to compute the rate of
interest with respect to a Security for the purpose of determining whether such
rate exceeds the maximum amount allowed by applicable law shall be made, to the
extent permitted by such applicable law, by allocating and spreading during the
period of the full stated term of such Security all interest any time contracted
for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Holder or by the Trustee on
behalf of any such Holder in connection therewith so that the amount or rate of
interest charged for any and all periods of time during the term of the Security
does not exceed the maximum amount or rate of interest allowed to be charged by
law during the relevant period of time. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, if
at any time applicable laws shall be changed so
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as to permit a higher rate or amount of interest to be charged than that
permitted prior to such change, then unless prohibited by law, references in
this Indenture or any Security to "applicable law" when used in the context of
determining the maximum interest or rate of interest that can be charged shall
be deemed to refer to such applicable law as so amended to allow the greater
amount or rate of interest.
The right to accelerate maturity of any Security does not include the
right to accelerate any interest which has not otherwise accrued to the date of
such acceleration, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the
continuing accrual after acceleration of interest in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture and such Security. The agreements set forth in this Section are
part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
Section 116. No Personal Liability of Officers, Directors, Employees or
Shareholders
Obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities
hereunder are payable only out of cash flow and assets of the Company. The
Trustee, and each Holder of a Security by its acceptance thereof, will be deemed
to have agreed in this Indenture that no director, officer, employee, or
shareholder, as such, of the Company, the Trustee, or any Affiliate of any of
the foregoing entities shall have any personal liability in respect of the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture or such Securities by reason of
his, her or its status. The agreements set forth in this Section are part of the
consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set
forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable laws or
the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Securities of such series may be listed or traded or of any Depositary therefor
or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of
Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by
an authorized officer or other authorized Person on behalf of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities. Any form of Security approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution
must be acceptable as to form by the Trustee, such acceptance to be evidenced by
the Trustee's authentication of Securities in that form.
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The Definitive 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 Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security
[Insert any legend required by the United States Internal Revenue Code
and the regulations thereunder.]
[If a Global Security,--insert legend required by Section 204 of the
Indenture] [If applicable, insert--UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK
CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,
HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
XXXXXX XXXXXX, INC.
[TITLE OF SECURITY]
NO. U.S.$
[CUSIP No. ]
XXXXXX XXXXXX, INC., a Kansas corporation (herein called the "Company",
which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ___________________,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of _____________________________ United
States Dollars [state other currency] on ______________________ [if the Security
is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert--, and to pay interest thereon
from _____________, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on ______________ and
________________ in each year, commencing _______________, at the rate of ___%
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment
[if applicable, insert--, and at the rate of % per annum on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. [If
applicable, insert -- The amount of interest payable for any period shall be
computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. The amount of
interest payable for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the days elapsed in any partial month.
In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not
a Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made
on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if
made on the date the payment was originally payable. A "Business Day" shall
mean, when used with
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respect to any Place of Payment, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment
are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to close.] The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the _______________ or _______________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the
case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders
of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on
which the Securities of this series may be listed or traded, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, all as
more fully provided in such Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert--The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear
interest at the rate of ___% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such
default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any
such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear
interest at the rate of ___% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such
demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
[If a Global Security, insert--Payment of the principal of [(and
premium, if any)] and [if applicable, insert--any such] interest on this
Security will be made by transfer of immediately available funds to a bank
account in _______________ designated by the Holder in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts [state other currency].]
[If a Definitive Security, insert--Payment of the principal of [(and
premium, if any)] and [if applicable, insert--any such] interest on this
Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in _______________, [in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts] [state other currency] [or subject to any laws or regulations
applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (as provided in the
Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such Paying Agent, at the [main]
offices of _______________ in _______________ and _______________ in
_______________, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may
designate, by [United States Dollar] [state other currency] check drawn on, or
transfer to a [United States Dollar] account maintained by the payee with, a
bank in The City of New York [__________ ] (so long as the applicable Paying
Agent has received proper transfer instructions in writing at least [_____] days
prior to the payment date)] [if applicable, insert--; provided, however, that
payment of interest
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may be made at the option of the Company by [United States Dollar] [state other
currency] check mailed to the addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such
addresses shall appear in the Security Register] [or by transfer to a [United
States Dollar] [state other currency] account maintained by the payee with a
bank in The City of New York [state other Place of Payment] (so long as the
applicable Paying Agent has received proper transfer instructions in writing by
the Record Date prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date)].]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
Dated:__________________
XXXXXX XXXXXX, INC.
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under
an Indenture dated as of January 31, 2003 (the "Indenture"), between the Company
and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of
the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. As provided in the Indenture, the 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, may be subject to
different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the
Indenture provided or permitted. This Security is one of the series designated
on the face hereof [if applicable, insert--, limited in aggregate principal
amount to U.S.$ ].
[If applicable, insert--The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by mail, [if
applicable, insert--(1) on in any year commencing with the year __________ and
ending with the year ______ through operation of the sinking
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fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal
amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert--on or after ______, ______
], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If
redeemed [if applicable, insert--on or before ______, ___%, and if redeemed]
during the 12-month period beginning _______________ of the years indicated,
YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE YEAR REDEMPTION PRICE
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert--(whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert--The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by mail, (1) on
_______________ in any year commencing with the year ______ and ending with the
year ______ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the
Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below,
and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert--on or after __________], as a whole
or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for
redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed
during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
REDEMPTION PRICE FOR REDEMPTION PRICE FOR
REDEMPTION THROUGH REDEMPTION OTHERWISE
OPERATION OF THE SINKING THAN THROUGH OPERATION
YEAR FUND OF THE SINKING FUND
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert--The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on __________ in each year beginning with the year ______ and
ending with the year ______ of [if applicable,--not less than $__________
("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $__________ aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or
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redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable,--mandatory]
sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable,--
mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if
applicable,--in the inverse order in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption in part of any kind,
insert--In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security
or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof
will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert--The Securities of this series are not
redeemable prior to Stated Maturity.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert--If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert--If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to--insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (1) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable,
and (2) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest, all of the
Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of not less than the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of all series to be affected (voting as one
class). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all
affected series (voting as one class), on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as
therein provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of
any series then Outstanding to waive past defaults under the Indenture with
respect to such series and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
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the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event
of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or [any
premium or] interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder, alter or impair
the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of and [any premium and] interest on this Security at the times,
place(s) and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except for
Section 115 of the Indenture (which limits interest to the maximum amount
permissible by law), the provisions of which are incorporated herein by
reference.
[If a Global Security, insert--This Global Security or portion hereof
may not be exchanged for Definitive Securities of this series except in the
limited circumstances provided in the Indenture.
The holders of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be
entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Securities except as
described in the Indenture and will not be considered the Holders thereof for
any purpose under the Indenture.]
[If a Definitive Security, insert--As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security
is registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in [if
applicable, insert -- any place where the principal of and any premium and
interest on this Security are payable] [if applicable, insert-- The City of New
York [, or, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the
right of the Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the
designation of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of ______ in _____
and in ______ or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may
designate]], duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.]
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of U.S.$ [state other currency] and any
integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor
of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
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No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities
thereunder, including this Security, are payable only out of cash flow and
assets of the Company. The Trustee, and each Holder of a Security by its
acceptance hereof, will be deemed to have agreed in the Indenture that no
director, officer, employee, or shareholder, as such, of the Company, the
Trustee, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing entities shall have any
personal liability in respect of the obligations of the Company under the
Indenture or such Securities by reason of his, her or its status.
The Indenture contains provisions that relieve the Company from the
obligation to comply with certain restrictive covenants in the Indenture and for
satisfaction and discharge at any time of the entire indebtedness upon
compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
[If a Definitive Security, insert as a separate page--
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _____________________________________ (Please Print or
Typewrite Name and Address of Assignee) the within instrument of XXXXXX XXXXXX,
INC., and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________
Attorney to transfer said instrument on the books of the within-named Company,
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Please Insert Social Security or
Other Identifying Number of Assignee:
Dated: _______________________________ ___________________________(Signature)
Signature Guarantee:
(Participant in a Recognized Signature
Guaranty Medallion Program)
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.]
Section 204. Global Securities
Every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear
a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO
SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES
DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED
UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF,
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING,
EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in the form
of one or more Global Securities, as contemplated by Section 301, then,
notwithstanding Clause (9) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, any
Global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such
series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon
and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced or increased, as the case may be, to reflect
exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any
reduction or increase in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented
thereby shall be made in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person
or Persons as shall be specified therein or in a Company Order. Subject to the
provisions of Sections 303, 304 and 305, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver
any Global Security in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or
Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. Any instructions
by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global
Security shall be in a Company Order (which need not comply with Section 102 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel).
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any
Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was never issued and
sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global Security
together with a Company Order (which need not comply with Section 102 and need
not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction or
increase, as the case may be, in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence
of Section 303.
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Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate and Authorization
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
As Trustee
By: ____________________________________
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution (and, subject to Section 303,
to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth in a Board
Resolution, in an Officers' Certificate or Company Order setting forth, or
determining the manner of, such establishment) or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any
series,
(1) the form and title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the Securities will be issued and
on which the principal of, and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series
is payable or the method of determination thereof;
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(5) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which
the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of
determination thereof, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue,
or the method of determination thereof, the Interest Payment Dates on which any
such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of
Section 1002, the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of the
series shall be payable, Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for
exchange and notices, and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
(7) the period or periods, if any, within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series
may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise,
if the Company is to have that option;
(8) the obligation, if any, and the option, if any, of the
Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any
sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event
or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of
the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant
to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(10) whether payment of principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be without deduction for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges paid by Holders of the series;
(11) the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment
of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series
shall be denominated, payable, redeemable or purchasable if other than the
currency of the United States of America and the manner of determining the
equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for purposes
of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
(12) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(13) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a
Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or
those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies
or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and
interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be
payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which
such election is to be made;
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(14) the right, if any, of the Company to defer payments of
interest by extending the interest payment periods and specify the duration of
such extension, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
payable and whether and under what circumstances additional interest on amounts
deferred shall be payable;
(15) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or
provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504 or the method of determination
thereof;
(16) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the series
shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities (and whether in temporary or permanent global form) and, in such
case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global
Securities and any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 305 in
which any such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and
exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such
transfer may be registered;
(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the
Events of Default set forth in Section 501 or the covenants of the Company set
forth in Article X pertaining to the Securities of the series;
(18) if and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of
the series may be converted into or exchanged for securities, which may include,
without limitation, capital stock, of any class or series of the Company or any
other issuer;
(19) If the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index, including, but not limited to an index based on a currency or currencies
other than that in which the Securities of that series are payable, or any other
type of index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(20) if other than as provided in Sections 1302 and 1303, the
terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such series of
Securities may be defeased or discharged;
(21) if other than the Trustee, the identity of any other
trustee, the Security Registrar and any Paying Agent;
(22) any restrictions or other provisions with respect to the
transfer or exchange of the Securities; and
(23) any other terms of the Securities of the series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 901(4)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to the Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate referred to above or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto.
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Any such Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate referred to above
with respect to Securities of any series filed with the Trustee on or before the
initial issuance of the Securities of such series shall be incorporated herein
by reference with respect to Securities of such series and shall thereafter be
deemed to be a part of the Indenture for all purposes relating to Securities of
such series as fully as if such Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate were
set forth herein in full.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time
and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of
the Holders, for increases in the aggregate principal amount of such series of
Securities and issuances of additional Securities of such series or for the
establishment of additional terms with respect to the Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by an authorized officer or other authorized person of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for determining,
the terms of the series.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering,
such Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate may provide general terms for
Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of
particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order, or
that such terms shall be determined by the Company, or one or more of the
Company's agents designated in an Officers' Certificate, in accordance with a
Company Order.
Section 302. Denominations
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to
the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the
Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, President or any Vice President of the Company and need not be
attested. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual
or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
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such Securities; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities
from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without
limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from
the Company or its duly authorized agents, thereafter promptly confirmed in
writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a
Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first
authentication of Securities of such series. If the form or terms of the
Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, in
addition to any Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required to be
furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 102, and (subject to Section 601)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) the form and terms (or the manner of determining the terms)
of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as
permitted by Section 201, that such form or forms have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of
Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms
have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic
Offering, will be, established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic
Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel (which
conditions are reasonably acceptable to the Trustee); and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, which conditions are reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles and entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, equally and
ratably with all other Securities, if any, of such Series Outstanding; and
(4) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request;
and, if the authentication and delivery relates to a new series of Securities
created by an indenture supplemental hereto, also stating that all conditions
precedent to the execution of the supplemental indenture with respect to that
series of Securities have been complied with, the Company has the power to
execute and deliver any such supplemental indenture and has taken all necessary
action for those purposes and any such supplemental indenture has been executed
and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement of
remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium or other laws and legal principles affecting creditors'
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general equitable
principles, whether applied in an action at law or in equity).
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If such form or forms or terms have been so established, the Trustee
shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a
manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel or
Board Resolution or supplemental indenture otherwise required pursuant to such
preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security
of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication
upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
With respect to Securities of a series not to be originally issued at
one time, the Trustee may rely upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other
documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as
applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such
series and any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Company that as of the date of such request,
the statements made in the Officers' Certificate shall be true and correct as if
made on such date.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309 for all
purposes of this Indenture, such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities
Pending the preparation of Definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon receipt of the documents required by Section 303,
together with a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the Definitive Securities of like series in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced
by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause Definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of
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Definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series
shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of
the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company
maintained pursuant to Section 1002 for the purpose of exchanges of Securities
of such series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
Definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as Definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
The Company shall cause to be kept at an office or agency of the
Security Registrar in The City of New York a register (the register maintained
in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of
Payment being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The
Company shall, prior to the issuance of any Securities hereunder, appoint the
Trustee as the initial "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided and its Corporate
Trust Office which, at the date hereof, is located at 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000, as the initial office or agency in The City of
New York where the Security Register will be maintained. The Company may at any
time replace such Security Registrar, change such office or agency or act as its
own Security Registrar. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any change of the Security Registrar or of the location of such
office or agency. At all reasonable times the Security Register shall be
available for inspection by the Trustee.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section
1002 for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Global
Security) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which
the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
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instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall be required (1) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series (or of any series
and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption
of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (2) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, no Global Security may be
transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name
of, any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or any nominee
thereof, and no such transfer may be registered, except as provided in this
paragraph. Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration or
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security shall be a
Global Security, except as provided in this paragraph. If (1) (A) the Depositary
for a Global Security notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Security or ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, and (B) a successor Depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days, (2) an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing with respect to the Securities of such series and the Security
Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to issue certificated
securities in lieu of all or a portion of the Global Securities of such series
(in which case the Company shall deliver certificated securities within 30 days
of such request) or (3) the Company determines in its sole discretion that
Securities of a series issued in global form shall no longer be represented by a
Global Security, then such Global Security may be exchanged by such Depositary
for Definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination and
of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, registered in the names of, and
the transfer of such Global Security or portion thereof may be registered to,
such Persons as such Depositary shall direct.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, together with
such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to
save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall
execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (1) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (2)
such security or indemnity as
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may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
Outstanding. If, after the delivery of such new Security, a bona fide purchaser
of the original Security in lieu of which such new Security was issued presents
for payment or registration such original Security, the Trustee shall be
entitled to recover such new Security from the party to whom it was delivered or
any party taking therefrom, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled
to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any
loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Company and the Trustee in
connection therewith.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in exchange for
any mutilated Security or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that
series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable,
and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities)
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are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be
not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of
the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the
Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to
the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which
such Securities may be listed or traded, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305,
each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security, shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
For each series of Securities, the Company shall, prior to 10:30 a.m.
(New York City time) on each payment date for principal and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, deposit with the Trustee money in immediately available funds
sufficient to make cash payments due on the applicable payment date.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, prior to due presentment of a Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as
the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of
and any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) any interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is
overdue, and neither the
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Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its
behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of
beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Section 309. Cancellation
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may
deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company
has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the
Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedures, and
the Trustee shall thereafter deliver to the Company a certificate with respect
to such disposition.
Section 310. Computation of Interest
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and interest on
the Securities of each series for any partial period shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the number of days elapsed
in any partial month.
Section 311. CUSIP Numbers
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (in addition to
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities), and, if so, the
Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such "CUSIP" numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such "CUSIP" numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee
of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
with respect to Securities of any series (except as to any surviving rights of
registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities herein expressly
provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
with respect to such Securities, when
(1) either
(A) all such Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) such Securities which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii)
such Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable,
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
this purpose an amount of money in the currency or currency units in which such
Securities are payable sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity
or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such Securities; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to such Securities have been complied with.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to Securities of any series, (i) the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 614 and the right of the Trustee to resign under Section 610
shall survive, and (ii) if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the
Company and/or the Trustee under Sections 402, 606, 701 and 1002 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of
that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any term, covenant
or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a term, covenant or
warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this
Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that
series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after
there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law (A) commences a voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of any
order for relief against it in an
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involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property, or (D) makes a general assignment for
the benefit of its creditors; or
(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company in an
involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or
substantially all of its property, or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
(6) any other Event of Default provided as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to Securities of that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee
or Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of (or, if any of the
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms
thereof) all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately,
by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders),
and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall
become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel;
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(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any
Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues
for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company, or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company, or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company, or any
other obligor upon the Securities, their property or their creditors, the
Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have claims of Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such
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judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to
the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided,
however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' or
other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment
has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected
Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or
dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or
property on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation
of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal
of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture
or a Security, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
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(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered and, if requested,
provided to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer and, if requested, provision of security or indemnity has
failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Sections 305
and 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed
in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and Holders shall be
restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and Holders shall continue as
though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein
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conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to Holders is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders
Subject to the provisions of Section 603, Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series;
provided, however, that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Indenture;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall
have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee
in personal liability or would otherwise be contrary to applicable law.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series may on behalf of Holders of all the Securities of such
series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except
(1) a continuing default in the payment of the principal of or
any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or
(2) a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
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Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided, however, that neither this Section nor the Trust
Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an
undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Trustee,
in any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the
aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series to which the suit relates, or in any suit instituted by any Holder for
the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturity expressed by
such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the
Redemption Date).
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with
respect to any series of Securities,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series, and no implied covenants or obligations shall read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may,
with respect to Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of
any such 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) In case an Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise with
respect to the Securities of such series such rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as
a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
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(c) No provisions 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 willful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect
of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a responsible officer, unless it shall be proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) 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 or a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series 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 with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision
of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults
If a Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Trustee shall, within 90 days after it occurs, transmit, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
notice of all uncured or unwaived Defaults known to it; provided, however, that,
except in the case of a Default in payment on the Securities of any series, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding the notice if and so long as the board
of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or
responsible officers of the Trustee determine in good faith that withholding
such notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of such series;
provided, further, however, that, in the case of any default or breach of the
character specified in Section 501(3) with respect to the Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after
the occurrence thereof.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
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document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties;
(2) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company
Order (or in the case of a Periodic Offering, as agreed in procedures set forth
in a Company Order pursuant to Section 303) and any resolution of the Board of
Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice
of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with
such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but
the Trustee, in its discretion, may, without obligation to do so, make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder; and
(8) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers'
Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers
authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture,
which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an
Officers' Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee or any
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Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. Neither
the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent makes any representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(2) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel),
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its
negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith
on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the
Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and
advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder.
Without limiting any rights available to the Trustee under applicable
law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 501(4) or Section 501(5), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law.
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The provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture and the defeasance of the Securities.
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
There shall at all times be one or more Trustees hereunder with respect
to the Securities of each series, at least one of which shall be a Person that
is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a
combined capital and surplus required by the Trust Indenture Act. If such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of a supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of
this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have
been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
removal, the removed Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
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(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any
such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (A) the Company, acting
pursuant to the authority of a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with
respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and
the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders
of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
(1) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the
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successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(2) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company,
the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (A) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (B)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(C) 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 as co-trustees of
the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, but, on request of the Company, or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(3) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section, as the case may be.
(4) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at
the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case
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any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities
so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company,
or any other obligor upon the Securities, the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company or any such other obligor.
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent
The Trustee (upon notice to the Company) may appoint an Authenticating
Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued upon original issue (in accordance with procedures acceptable to
the Trustee) and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption
thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate agency or corporate trust business of such Authenticating Agent,
shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or such Authenticating
Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the
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Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination,
or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
Except with respect to an Authenticating Agent appointed at the request
of the Company, the Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time
to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
As Trustee
Date: _____________________________ By: __________________________________
As Authenticating Agent
By: __________________________________
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY
Section 701. The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than each Interest Payment Date in
each year, a list for each series of Securities, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of
such series as of the preceding Regular Record Date, and
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(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time
such list is furnished;
provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security
Registrar for Securities of a series, no such list need be furnished with
respect to such series of Securities.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant
to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
The rights of the Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of Holders made pursuant
to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee
As promptly as practicable after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to July 15 in each
year, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of May 15
that complies with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall
comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b). Prior to delivery to the
Holders, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company a copy of any report it
delivers to Holders pursuant to this Section 703.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 704. Reports by the Company
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and
of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the
Company with the conditions and
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covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules
and regulations; and
(3) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with
the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required
to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as
may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. The Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to, any Person, unless:
(1) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or
which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an
entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory
to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium
and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every
other covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or
observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and
treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a
Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the
Company or such Subsidiary at the time of 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 happened and be continuing;
(3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such
conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would become
subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance
which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company or such successor
Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary
effectively to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all
indebtedness secured thereby; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply
with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to such transaction have been complied with.
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Section 802. Successor Substituted
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties
and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with
Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company herein and thereafter, except in the case
of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and coupons and may liquidate
and dissolve.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities, the Company and the
Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of
the following purposes:
(1) to secure any of such Securities or to allow any guarantor to
guarantee Securities of any series;
(2) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company
under this Indenture and the Securities and the assumption by such successor
Person of the obligations of the Company hereunder;
(3) to add covenants and Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of such Securities or to surrender any right or
power conferred by this Indenture upon the Company or to make any change that
does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder in any
material respect;
(4) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall become
effective only after there are no such Securities of any series entitled to the
benefit of such provision outstanding;
(5) to establish the forms or terms of the Securities of any
series issued hereunder;
(6) to cure any ambiguity or correct any defect or inconsistency
in this Indenture;
(7) to evidence the acceptance of appointment by a successor
Trustee with respect to one or more series of Securities or otherwise;
(8) to qualify this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
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(9) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to
certificated securities;
(10) to supplement any provisions of this Indenture necessary to
permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities,
provided that such action does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of such series or any other series; and
(11) to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the Securities may be
listed or traded.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected by such
supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Company and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of, this Indenture, or modifying in any manner the rights of Holders
of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided that the Company and
the Trustee may not, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest, if any, on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or premium, if any, on or the rate of interest thereon
or alter the method of computation of interest;
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Securities
required for any such supplemental indenture or for any waiver provided for in
this Indenture;
(3) change the Company's obligation to maintain an office or
agency for payment of Securities and the other matters specified herein;
(4) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Security; or
(5) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to
the execution of supplemental indentures with the consent of Holders of
Securities which are discussed in this Section or modify any provisions relating
to the waiver by Holders of Securities of past defaults and covenants, except to
increase any required percentage or to provide that other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee shall enter into any supplemental indenture which does not adversely
affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee's own rights, duties
or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. Failure to make a
notation or issue a new Security shall not affect the validity and effect of any
amendment, supplement or waiver.
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.
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Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities as
contemplated by Section 301, the Company hereby initially designates as the
Place of Payment for each series of Securities The City of New York, and
initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent at its Corporate Trust Office as
the Company's office or agency for each such purpose in such city.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall at any time act as
Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the
Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium
and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of
or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a
Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure
so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) hold all sums held by it for
the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of
as herein provided; (2) give the
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Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series; and (3)
during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying
Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for
the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of
any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium
or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the state which escheat
laws control and the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be discharged from such
trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the state which escheat laws control for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be paid to the state whose escheat laws control.
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 150 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer or
signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of
any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to
any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
Section 1005. Limitations on Liens
The Company shall not, nor shall the Company permit any Subsidiary to,
issue, assume or guarantee any debt for money borrowed (any such debt being
referred to in this Section as "Debt"), if such Debt is secured by a mortgage,
pledge, security interest or lien (any mortgage, pledge, security interest or
lien being referred to in this Section as a "mortgage" or "mortgages") upon any
Principal Property of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary or upon any shares
of stock or indebtedness of any Principal Subsidiary (whether such Principal
Property, shares or indebtedness is now owned or hereafter acquired) without in
any such case effectively providing,
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concurrently with the issuance assumption or guarantee of such Debt, that the
Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other
indebtedness of or guaranteed by the Company or such Principal Subsidiary
ranking equally with the Securities then outstanding and existing or thereafter
created) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Debt;
provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:
(1) mortgages on any property acquired, constructed or improved
by the Company or any Principal Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture
which are created or assumed contemporaneously with, or within 180 days after,
such acquisition (or in the case of property constructed or improved, after the
completion and commencement of commercial operation of such property, whichever
is later) to secure or provide for the payment of any part of the purchase price
or cost of such construction or improvement; it being understood that if a
commitment for such a financing is obtained prior to or within such 180-day
period, the applicable mortgage shall be deemed to be included in this clause
(1) whether or not such mortgage is created within such 180-day period; provided
that in the case of such construction or improvement the mortgage shall not
apply to any property theretofore owned by the Company or any Subsidiary other
than theretofore unimproved real property on which the property so constructed,
or the improvement is located;
(2) mortgages on any property existing at the time of the
acquisition thereof (including mortgages on any property acquired from a Person
which is consolidated with or merged with or into the Company or a Subsidiary)
and mortgages outstanding at the time any corporation becomes a Subsidiary;
(3) mortgages in favor of the Company or any Principal
Subsidiary;
(4) mortgages in favor of the United States, any State thereof,
any foreign country or any department, agency or instrumentality or political
subdivision of any such jurisdiction, to secure partial, progress, advance or
other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness
incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or
the cost of constructing or improving the property subject to such mortgages,
including, without limitation, mortgages to secure Debt of the pollution control
or industrial revenue bond type; and
(5) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive
extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any mortgage
referred to in any of the foregoing clauses (1) to (4), inclusive; provided,
however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the
principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or
replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to
all or part of the property that secured the mortgage so extended, renewed or
replaced (plus improvements on such property).
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Company
and any Subsidiary may issue, assume or guarantee secured Debt, which would
otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions, in an aggregate amount
which, together with all other such Debt, does not exceed 10% of Net Tangible
Assets, as shown on a consolidated balance sheet, as of a date
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not more than 90 days prior to the proposed transaction, prepared by the Company
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1002 through 1005 with
respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all affected series (voting as one class) shall, by Act of such
Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall
extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations
of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term,
provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
A waiver which changes or eliminates any term, provision or condition
of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of
one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such term, provision or
condition, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the
Holders of Securities of any other series.
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series)
in accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company
of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, not less than
35 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the
Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be
redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (1) prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (2) pursuant to an election of the
Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such
Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
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Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed
(unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, on a pro rata
basis or by any other method which the Trustee deems fair and appropriate and
which complies with any securities exchange or other applicable requirements for
redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal
amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail (if
international mail, by air mail), postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to
be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series and
of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of
partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular
Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become
due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and that interest thereon
will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.
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Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price
On or prior to 10:30 a.m. New York City Time on any Redemption Date,
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption
Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date)
accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in
the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
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The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series,
the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as
provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series.
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption), and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such
Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the
Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to
be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities have
not been previously so credited, and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking
fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon
such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense
of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been
duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE XIII
DEFEASANCE
Section 1301. Applicability of Article
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to each series of
Securities except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series.
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Section 1302. Legal Defeasance
In addition to discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Section 401, the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on
all the Securities of such a series on the 91st day after the date of the
deposit referred to in Clause (1) below, and the provisions of this Indenture
with respect to the Securities of such series shall no longer be in effect
(except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities
of such series and the Company's right of optional redemption, if any, (ii)
substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (iii) rights of
Holders of Securities to receive payments of principal thereof and interest
thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor or on the specified
redemption dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and remaining rights of
the holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights,
obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and the Company's
obligations in connection therewith (including, but not limited to, Section
607), (v) the rights, if any, to convert or exchange the Securities of such
series, (vi) the rights of Holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries
hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all
or any of them, and (vii) the obligations of the Company under Section 1002),
and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon a Company Request,
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same, if the conditions set forth
below are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"):
(1) The Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, for the purposes of making
the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefit of Holders of the Securities of such series (A) cash in
an amount, or (B) in the case of any series of Securities the payments on which
may only be made in legal coin or currency of the United States, U.S. Government
Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such
amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or (C) a combination thereof,
certified to be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay (i) the principal and interest and premium, if
any, on all Securities of such series on each date that such principal, interest
or premium, if any, is due and payable or on any Redemption Date established
pursuant to Clause (3) below, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments on
the dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series;
(2) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel based on the fact that (A) the Company has received from, or there has
been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (B) since the date
hereof, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in
either case to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, Holders of
the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and
discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in
the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if such
deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;
(3) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity
(other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice
of such redemption shall
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have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made;
(4) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit;
(5) Such defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all
Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act);
(6) Such defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(7) Such defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from
such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be
registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder; and
(8) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this provision
have been complied with.
For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company and any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire debt represented by the Securities of such series, which
shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of Section
1304 and the rights and obligations referred to in Clauses (i) through (vii),
inclusive, of the first paragraph of this Section, and to have satisfied all its
other obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture insofar
as the Securities of such series are concerned.
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance
The Company and any other obligor shall be released on the 91st day
after the date of the deposit referred to in Clause (1) below from its
obligations under Sections 704, 801 and 1005 with respect to the Securities of
any series on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and the Securities of such series shall
thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, waiver, consent or declaration or
other action or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in
connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed Outstanding for
all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means
that, with respect to the Securities of such series, the Company 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 such Section or by reason of any
reference in such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document
and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of
Default under Section 501, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and the Securities of such
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series shall be unaffected thereby. The following shall be the conditions to
application of this Section 1303:
(1) The Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee 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 Holders of the Securities of such series, (A) cash in an
amount, or (B) in the case of any series of Securities the payments on which may
only be made in legal coin or currency of the United States, U.S. Government
Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such
amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or (C) a combination thereof,
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay (i) the principal and interest and premium, if any, on all
Securities of such series on each date that such principal, interest or premium,
if any, is due and payable or on any Redemption Date established pursuant to
Clause (2) below, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments on the day on
which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and the Securities of such series;
(2) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity
(other than from mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice
of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made;
(3) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit;
(4) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel which shall confirm that Holders of the Securities of such series will
not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result
of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income
tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same time as would have
been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred;
(5) Such covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have
a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming
all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act);
(6) Such covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(7) Such covenant defeasance shall not result in the trust
arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be
registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder; and
(8) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent
provided for relating to the covenant defeasance contemplated by this provision
have been complied with.
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Section 1304. Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of
Securities
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
moneys or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 1302 or 1303 (and all funds earned on such moneys or U.S. Government
Obligations) shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent), to Holders of the particular Securities of such series for the
payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee,
of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such
money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law. Subject to Sections 1302 and 1303, the Trustee shall promptly pay to the
Company upon Company Order any moneys held by it at any time, which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of
the amounts required to effect the defeasance with respect to the Outstanding
Securities in question.
Section 1305. Repayment to the Company
The Trustee and any Paying Agent promptly shall pay or return to the
Company upon Company Request any money and U.S. Government Obligations held by
them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of and
any interest on the Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government
Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303, which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of
the amounts required to effect the defeasance with respect to the Outstanding
Securities in question.
The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall apply to any
money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains
unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Securities for which
money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section
1302 or 1303.
Section 1306. Reinstatement
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.
S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities of the
applicable series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to this Indenture until such time as the Trustee or the Paying
Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U. S. Government Obligations in
accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company has made
any payment of principal of or interest on any Securities of such series because
of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the
rights of Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or
U.S. Government Obligations 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 in multiple counterparts, each of which so executed shall be
deemed to be an original, but all of which shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument, all as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXX, INC.
By: /s/ C. Park Shaper
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Name: C. Park Shaper
Title: Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
