XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX
AND
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of __________, 199_
Cross-Reference Table*
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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310 (a)(1) 6.9
(a)(2) 6.9
(a)(3) N.A.
(a)(4) N.A.
(a)(5) 6.9
(b) 6.8
(c) N.A.
311 (a) 6.13(a)
(b) 6.13(b)
(c) N.A.
312 (a) 4.1, 4.2(a)
(b) 4.2(b)
(c) 4.2(c)
313 (a) 4.4(a)
(b)(1) 4.4(a)
(b)(2) 4.4(a)
(c) 4.4(a)
(d) 4.4(b)
314 (a)(1) 4.3(a)
(a)(2) 4.3(b)
(a)(3) 4.3(c)
(a)(4) 3.5
(b) N.A.
(c)(1) 11.5
(c)(2) 11.5
(c)(3) N.A.
(d) N.A.
(e) 11.5
(f) N.A.
315 (a) 6.1
(b) 5.11
(c) 6.1
(d) 6.1
(e) 5.12
316 (a) (last sentence) 7.4
(a)(1)(A) 5.9
(a)(1)(B) 5.10
(a)(2) N.A.
(b) 5.7
(c) 5.10
317 (a)(1) 5.2
(a)(2) 5.2
(b) 3.4
318 (a) 11.7
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* This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PARTIES 1
RECITALS 1
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS 1
ARTICLE 2 SECURITIES 9
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally 9
SECTION 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication 9
SECTION 2.3. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series 10
SECTION 2.4. Authentication and Delivery of Securities 12
SECTION 2.5. Execution of Securities 14
SECTION 2.6. Certificate of Authentication 15
SECTION 2.7. Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of
Interest 15
SECTION 2.8. Registration, Transfer and Exchange 16
SECTION 2.9. Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities 19
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof 20
SECTION 2.11. Temporary Securities 20
ARTICLE 3 COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER 21
SECTION 3.1. Payment of Principal and Interest 21
SECTION 3.2. Offices for Payments, etc 22
SECTION 3.3. Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in
Office of Trustee 23
SECTION 3.4. Paying Agents 23
SECTION 3.5. Written Statement to Trustee 24
SECTION 3.6. Limitation on Mortgages and Liens 25
SECTION 3.7. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions 27
ARTICLE 4 SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER
AND THE TRUSTEE 29
SECTION 4.1. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information
as to Names and Addresses of Securityholders 29
SECTION 4.2. Preservation and Disclosure of
Securityholders' Lists 29
SECTION 4.3. Reports by the Issuer 31
SECTION 4.4. Reports by the Trustee 31
ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON
EVENT OF DEFAULT 32
SECTION 5.1. Event of Default Defined; Acceleration
of Maturity; Waiver of Default 32
SECTION 5.2. Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee;
Trustee May Prove Debt 35
SECTION 5.3. Application of Proceeds 38
SECTION 5.4. Suits for Enforcement 39
SECTION 5.5. Restoration of Rights on Abandonment
of Proceedings 40
SECTION 5.6. Limitations on Suits by Securityholders 40
SECTION 5.7. Unconditional Right of Securityholders
to Institute Certain Suits 41
SECTION 5.8. Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay
or Omission Not Waiver of Default 41
SECTION 5.9. Control by Holders of Securities 42
SECTION 5.10. Waiver of Past Defaults 42
SECTION 5.11. Trustee to Give Notice of Default 43
SECTION 5.12. Right of Court to Require Filing of
Undertaking to Pay Costs 43
ARTICLE 6 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE 44
SECTION 6.1. Duties and Responsibilities of the
Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default 44
SECTION 6.2. Certain Rights of the Trustee 46
SECTION 6.3. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals,
Disposition of Securities or Application
of Proceeds Thereof 47
SECTION 6.4. Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities;
Collections, etc 48
SECTION 6.5. Moneys Held by Trustee 48
SECTION 6.6. Compensation and Indemnification of
Trustee and Its Prior Claim 48
SECTION 6.7. Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers'
Certificate, etc 49
SECTION 6.8. Qualification of Trustee 49
SECTION 6.9. Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee 49
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor Trustee 50
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee 52
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business of Trustee 53
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against the Issuer 54
ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS 59
SECTION 7.1. Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders 59
SECTION 7.2. Proof of Execution of Instruments and
of Holding of Securities 59
SECTION 7.3. Holders to be Treated as Owners 59
SECTION 7.4. Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding 60
SECTION 7.5. Right of Revocation of Action Taken 61
ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 61
SECTION 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Securityholders 61
SECTION 8.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent
of Securityholders 63
SECTION 8.3. Effect of Supplemental Indenture 65
SECTION 8.4. Documents to Be Given to Trustee 65
SECTION 8.5. Notation on Securities in Respect of
Supplemental Indentures 65
ARTICLE 9 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE 66
SECTION 9.1. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms 66
SECTION 9.2. Successor Issuer Substituted 66
SECTION 9.3. Opinion of Counsel to Trustee 67
ARTICLE 10 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS 67
SECTION 10.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture 67
SECTION 10.2. Application of Trust Money 68
SECTION 10.3. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government
Obligations 69
SECTION 10.4. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent 70
SECTION 10.5. Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and
Paying Agent Unclaimed for Three Years 71
ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 71
SECTION 11.1. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers
and Directors of Issuer Exempt from
Individual Liability 71
SECTION 11.2. Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit
of Parties and Holders of Securities 71
SECTION 11.3. Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound
by Indenture 72
SECTION 11.4. Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee
and Holders of Securities 72
SECTION 11.5. Officers' Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein 72
SECTION 11.6. Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays 74
SECTION 11.7. Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture
with Trust Indenture Act of 1939 74
SECTION 11.8. New York Law to Govern 74
SECTION 11.9. Counterparts 74
SECTION 11.10. Effect of Headings 74
SECTION 11.11. Securities in a Foreign Currency or
in ECU 74
SECTION 11.12. Judgment Currency 77
ARTICLE 12 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS 78
SECTION 12.1. Applicability of Article 78
SECTION 12.2. Notice of Full and Partial Redemption; Partial
Redemptions 78
SECTION 12.3. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption 79
SECTION 12.4. Exclusion of Certain Securities from
Eligibility for Selection for Redemption 80
SECTION 12.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds 81
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of ___________, 199_ between XXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), and BANK OF MONTREAL
TRUST COMPANY, a New York banking corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, not in its individual
capacity, but solely as Trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to time
of its unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences
of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the "Securities") up
to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be
authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and, to
provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery and
administration thereof, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the
Securities by the holders thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually
covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
respective holders from time to time of the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except
as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly
requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture
supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this
Section. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or the definitions of which in the
Securities Act of 1933 are referred to in the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, including terms defined therein by reference to the Securities Act
of 1933 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise clearly requires), shall have
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the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in
said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture. All
accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and the term "generally accepted accounting
principles" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted
at the time of any computation. The words "herein", "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as
a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the singular.
"Affiliated Corporation" means any corporation which is controlled
by the Issuer but which is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to
the definition of the term "Subsidiary."
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the
Issuer or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act on its
behalf.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions,
certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer to
have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force
and effect, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means, with respect to any Security, a day that is
not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by
law or regulation to be closed (a) in the City of New York or (b) if the
currency in which the Security is denominated is other than Dollars, the
financial center of the country issuing the currency in which the
Security is denominated (which, in the case of ECU, shall be Brussels,
Belgium).
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or if at any time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now
assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing
such duties on such date.
"Consolidated Stockholders' Equity" means, with respect to any
Person as of any date, all amounts that would
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be included under stockholders' equity on a consolidated balance sheet
of such Person determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, excluding the separate component of stockholders'
equity attributable to foreign currency translation adjustments pursuant
to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52 - "Foreign
Currency Translation" or any successor provision or principle of
generally accepted accounting principles.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which
the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular
time, be principally administered, which office of Bank of Montreal
Trust Company at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located
at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, the
Person designated as Depositary by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3
until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary"
shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder,
and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" as
used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the
Depositary with respect to the Global Securities of that series.
"Dollar" 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.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from
time to time by the Council of European Communities.
"European Communities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11.11(b)
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of a
country other than the United States.
"Funded Debt" means any indebtedness for money borrowed, created,
issued, incurred, assumed or guaranteed which would, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting practice, be classified as long-term debt,
but in
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any event including all indebtedness for money borrowed, whether secured
or unsecured, maturing more than one year, or extendible at the option
of the obligor to a date more than one year, after the date of
determination thereof (excluding any amount thereof included in current
liabilities).
"Global Security" means a Security evidencing all or a part of a
series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series in
accordance with Section 2.4, and bearing the legend prescribed in
Section 2.4.
"Holder", "holder of Securities", "Securityholder" or other similar
terms mean the person in whose name such Security is registered in the
security register kept by or on behalf of the Issuer for that purpose in
accordance with the terms hereof.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and
delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so
amended or supplemented or both, and shall include the forms and terms
of particular series of Securities established as contemplated
hereunder.
"Interest" means, when used with respect to non-interest bearing
Securities, interest payable after maturity.
"Issuer" means (except as otherwise provided in Article Six) Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx and, subject to Article Nine, its successors and assigns.
"Issuer Order" means a written statement, request or order of the
Issuer signed in its name by the chairman of the Board of Directors, any
vice chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer,
the president, any vice president or the treasurer of the Issuer.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the chairman
of the Board of Directors, any vice chairman of the Board of Directors,
the chief executive officer, the president or any vice president and by
the treasurer or any assistant treasurer or the secretary or any
assistant secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. Each
such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section
11.5.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by the
general corporate counsel or such other legal
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counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer. Each such
opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 11.5, if
and to the extent required thereby.
"Original Issue Date" of any Security (or portion thereof) means
the earlier of (a) the date of such Security or (b) the date of any
Security (or portion thereof) for which such Security was issued
(directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or
substitution.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.1.
"Outstanding" (except as otherwise provided in Section 6.8), when
used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.4, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except
(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption
of which moneys or government obligations (as provided for in
Section 10.3) in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in
trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the
Issuer) or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust
by the Issuer for the holders of such Securities (if the Issuer
shall act as its own paying agent), provided that if such
Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the
maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given
as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall
have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall
have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been
paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.9 (except with respect to
any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee
and the Issuer is presented that such Security is held by a person
in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Issuer).
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In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the
amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the
date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the
maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.1.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"principal", whenever used with reference to the Securities or any
Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed to include "and
premium, if any".
"Principal Manufacturing Property" means any manufacturing property
located within the United States (other than its territories or
possessions) and which is owned by the Issuer or any Subsidiary, other
than any such manufacturing property which, in the opinion of the Board
of Directors, is not of material importance to the business conducted by
the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means
any officer within the Corporate Trust Department (or any successor
group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Security" or "Securities" (except as otherwise provided in Section
6.8) has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or,
as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at least a majority of
the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power
to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation, irrespective
of whether
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or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such
corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency, is at the time, directly or indirectly,
owned or controlled by the Issuer or by one or more Subsidiaries
thereof, or by the Issuer and one or more Subsidiaries, provided,
however, that such term shall not include any corporation controlled by
the Issuer (herein referred to as an "Affiliated Corporation") which:
(i) does not transact any substantial portion of its business or
regularly maintain any substantial portion of its operating assets
within the continental limits of the United States;
(ii) is principally engaged in the business of financing
(including, without limitation, the purchase, holding, sale or
discounting of or lending upon any notes, contracts, leases or other
forms of obligations) the sale or lease of merchandise, equipment or
services (a) by the Issuer, (b) by a Subsidiary (whether such sales or
leases have been made before or after the date when such corporation
became a Subsidiary), (c) by another Affiliated Corporation or (d) by
any corporation prior to the time when substantially all its assets have
heretofore been or shall hereafter have been acquired by the Issuer;
(iii) is principally engaged in the business of owning, leasing,
dealing in or developing real property; or
(iv) is principally engaged in the holding of stock in, and/or the
financing of operations of, an Affiliated Corporation.
"Trustee" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall
also include any successor trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act of 1939" (except as otherwise provided in
Sections 8.1 and 8.2) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was originally
executed.
"vice president", when used with respect to the Issuer or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number
or a word or words added before or after the title of "vice president".
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"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of which all of the
outstanding voting stock (other than directors' qualifying shares) is at
the time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Issuer and/or by one or
more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of
securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if
applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such
series, and calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
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ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1. FORMS GENERALLY. The Securities of each series shall
be substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as
shall be established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions (as
set forth in a Board Resolution or, to the extent established pursuant
to rather than set forth in such Board Resolution, an Officers'
Certificate detailing such establishment) or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have imprinted or otherwise
reproduced thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required
to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant
thereto, or with any rules of any securities exchange or to conform to
general usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such
Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.
The definitive Securities may 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 2.2. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. The
Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
By
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Authorized Officer
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SECTION 2.3. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. The aggregate
principal amount of Securities that 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 one or more Board Resolutions of the Board
of Directors and set forth in a Board Resolution, or to the extent
established pursuant to (rather than set forth in) such Board Resolution
in an Officers' Certificate detailing such establishment, and/or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the
initial issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the designation of the Securities of the series (which may be part
of a series of Securities previously issued);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration and
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 2.8, 2.9, 2.11 or 12.3);
(3) any date on which the principal of, and premium, if any, on the
Securities of the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, on which such interest shall be payable and on which a record
shall be taken for the determination of Holders to whom interest is
payable and/or the method by which such rate or rates or date or dates
shall be determined and the basis on which interest shall be calculated
if other than a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the place or places where the principal of, and premium, if any, or
any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable (if other than
as provided in Section 3.2);
(6) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which
and the terms and conditions upon
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which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Issuer, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or repay
Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking
fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and
the price or prices at which and the period or periods within which and
any terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of $1,000
thereafter, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(9) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(10) the currency or currencies or currency unit or currency units in
which the Securities of that series are denominated (including but not
limited to Dollars, any Foreign Currency or ECU) and the aggregate
principal amount of the series which may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration and transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of such series pursuant to this Indenture);
(11) if other than the currency or currencies or currency unit or
currency units in which the Securities of that series are denominated,
the currency or currencies or currency unit or currency units in which
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities of such series shall or may be payable;
(12) if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities of such series are to be payable, at the election of the
Issuer or a holder thereof, in a currency or currencies or currency unit
or currency units other than that in which the Securities are
denominated, the period or periods
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within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may
be made;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or currency unit
or currency units other than that in which the Securities of the series
are denominated, the manner in which such amount shall be determined;
(14) whether the Securities of the series are to be convertible or
exchangeable for other securities of the Issuer or any other Person and
the terms and conditions thereof;
(15) whether any of the Securities of the series will be issuable as
Global Securities;
(16) any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or paying agents,
transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with respect to the
Securities of such series; and
(17) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
SECTION 2.4. AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF SECURITIES. The
Issuer may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Issuer to
the Trustee for authentication together with the applicable documents
referred to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon the order of the
Issuer (contained in the Issuer Order referred to below in this
Section), or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee and
to such recipients as may be specified from time to time by an Issuer
Order. The maturity date, Original Issue Date, interest rate and any
other terms of the Securities of such series shall be determined by or
pursuant to such Issuer Order and procedures. In authenticating such
Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in
conclusively relying upon:
(1) an Issuer Order requesting such authentication and setting forth
delivery instructions
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if the Securities are not to be delivered to the Issuer;
(2) any Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate and/or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.1 and 2.3 by or
pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities were
established;
(3) an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form and terms of the
Securities stating that the form and terms of the Securities have been
established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 and comply with this
Indenture, and covering such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably
request; and
(4) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities have been
established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 and comply with this
Indenture, and
(b) such Securities when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles
(whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and
deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised
by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the
Issuer or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or
board of trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of
directors or trustees or Responsible Officers shall determine that such
action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing
Holders.
If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in the form of one or more
Global Securities, then the Issuer shall
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execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the
Issuer Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one
or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all
of the Securities of such series issued and not yet canceled, (ii) shall
be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered
by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's
instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following
effect: "Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or
another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary."
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 2.3 must, at
the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as
Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable statute or regulation.
SECTION 2.5. EXECUTION OF SECURITIES. The Securities
shall be signed on behalf of the Issuer by the chairman of its Board of
Directors, any vice chairman of its Board of Directors, its chief
executive officer, its president, any vice president or its treasurer.
Such signature may be the manual or facsimile signature of the present
or any future such officers. The seal of the Issuer may be (but need
not be) impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Securities and may be a facsimile thereof. Typographical and other
minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such
signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any
Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of
the Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Security so
signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed
of by the Issuer, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and
delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Security
had not ceased to be such officer of the Issuer; and any Security may be
signed on behalf of the Issuer by such
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persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall
be the proper officers of the Issuer, although at the date of the
execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such an
officer.
SECTION 2.6. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. Only such
Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee
by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed
by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and
that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.7. DENOMINATION AND DATE OF SECURITIES; PAYMENTS
OF INTEREST. The Securities of each series shall be issuable as
registered securities without coupons and in denominations established
as contemplated by Section 2.3 or, if not so established, in
denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof. The Securities of
each series shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise distinguished in
such manner or in accordance with such plan as the officers of the
Issuer executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee
as evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The Securities of each series shall bear interest, if any, from the
date, and such interest shall be payable on the dates, established as
contemplated by Section 2.3.
The person in whose name any Security of any series is
registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a
particular series with respect to any interest payment date for such
series shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on
such interest payment date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of
such Security subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest
payment date, except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default in
the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date for such
series, in which case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the
persons in whose names Outstanding Securities for such series are
registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which
shall be not less than five Business Days prior
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to the date of payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice
given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the holders of Securities
not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date. The term
"record date" as used with respect to any interest payment date (except
a date for payment of defaulted interest) for the Securities of any
series shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the
Securities of such series established as contemplated by Section 2.3.
SECTION 2.8. REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. The
Issuer will keep or cause to be kept at each office or agency to be
maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.2 for each series of
Securities a register or registers in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, it will provide for the registration of
Securities of such series and the registration of transfer of Securities
of such series. Such register shall be in written form in the English
language or in any other form capable of being converted into such form
within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times such register or
registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Security of any series at any such office or agency to be maintained for
the purpose as provided in Section 3.2, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or
transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series, maturity
date, interest rate and Original Issue Date in authorized denominations
for a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder thereof, Securities of any series
(except a Global Security) may be exchanged for a Security or Securities
of such series, maturity date, interest rate and Original Issue Date of
other authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the
Issuer which shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with
Section 3.2 and upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the
charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. All Securities surrendered upon
any exchange or transfer provided for in this Indenture shall be
promptly canceled and destroyed by the Trustee and the
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Trustee will deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Issuer.
All Securities presented for registration of transfer,
exchange, redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer or
the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer
and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service
charge shall be made for any such transaction.
The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a
transfer of (a) any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days
next preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of Securities
of such series to be redeemed or (b) any Securities selected, called or
being called for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of
any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be
redeemed.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.8,
unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in
definitive registered form, a Global Security representing all or a
portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary
or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for any Securities of a series
represented by one or more Global Securities notifies the Issuer that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Securities or
if at any time the Depositary for such Securities shall no longer be
eligible under Section 2.4, the Issuer shall appoint a successor
Depositary with respect to such Securities. If a successor Depositary
for such Securities is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after
the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility,
the Issuer's election pursuant to Section 2.3 that such Securities be
represented by one or more Global Securities shall no longer be
effective and the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee,
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upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate for the authentication and
delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and
deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form without
coupons, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or
Securities representing such Securities in exchange for such Global
Security or Securities.
The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion
determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or
more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a Global
Security or Securities. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate for the authentication
and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate
and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in
any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing
such Securities, in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 with
respect to Securities represented by a Global Security, the Depositary
for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange
in whole or in part for Securities of the same series in definitive
registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuer and such
Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(i) to the Person specified by such Depositary a new
Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations as requested by such Person, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's
beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a
denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the
principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the
aggregate principal amount of Securities authenticated and
delivered pursuant to clause (i) above.
Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in
definitive registered form, in authorized
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denominations, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee.
Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for a Global
Security pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be registered in such names
and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global
Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The
Trustee shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the Persons
in whose names such Securities are so registered.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.9. MUTILATED, DEFACED, DESTROYED, LOST AND
STOLEN SECURITIES. In case any temporary or definitive Security shall
become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in
its discretion may execute, and upon the written request of any officer
of the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new
Security of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and Original
Issue Date, bearing a number or other distinguishing symbol not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and substitution for the
Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for
a substitute Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and
any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as may
be required by them to indemnify and defend and to save each of them
harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security
and of the ownership thereof.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Issuer may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith. In case any Security which has matured or is about
to mature or has been called for redemption in full shall become
mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may
instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment
of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to
the Issuer and
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to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security
or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them harmless,
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall
also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer
or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss
or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security of any series issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such Security
is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual
obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen
Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the
limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Securities shall be held and
owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law,
the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities
and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding
any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with
respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other
securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.10. CANCELLATION OF SECURITIES; DESTRUCTION
THEREOF. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration
of transfer or exchange, or for credit against any payment in respect of a
sinking or analogous fund, if surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or,
if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be canceled by it; and no Securities
shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the
provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall destroy canceled Securities
held by it and deliver a certificate of destruction to the Issuer. If the
Issuer shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate
as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such
Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.11. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the
preparation of definitive Securities for any series, the Issuer may
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
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deliver temporary Securities for such series (printed, lithographed,
typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form satisfactory
to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be issuable
as Securities, of any authorized denomination, and substantially in the
form of the definitive Securities of such series but with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Securities of such series, all as may be determined by the Issuer with
the concurrence of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and
authentication thereof. Temporary Securities may contain such reference
to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every
temporary Security shall be executed by the Issuer and be authenticated
by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without
unreasonable delay the Issuer shall execute and shall furnish definitive
Securities of such series and thereupon temporary Securities of such
series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each
office or agency to be maintained by the Issuer for that purpose
pursuant to Section 3.2, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange for such temporary Securities of such series a like
aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series
of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series, unless otherwise
established pursuant to Section 2.3.
ARTICLE 3
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. The
Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities
that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal
of, and interest on, each of the Securities of such series (together
with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such
Securities) at the place or places, at the respective times and in the
manner provided in such Securities and in this Indenture. The
interest on Securities (together with any additional amounts payable
pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable only to or
upon the written order of the Holders thereof and at the option of the
Issuer may be paid (i) by mailing checks to or upon the written order of
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Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the registry books of
the Issuer or (ii) by wire transfer to bank accounts maintained by such
Holders.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture and the
Securities of any series to the contrary, if the Issuer and a Holder of
any Security so agree or if expressly provided pursuant to Section 2.3,
payments of interest on, and any portion of the principal of, such
Holder's Security (other than interest payable at maturity or on any
redemption or repayment date or the final payment of principal on such
Security) shall be made by the Paying Agent, upon receipt from the
Issuer of the immediately available funds by 11:00 a.m., New York City
time (or such other time as may be agreed to between the Issuer and the
Paying Agent), directly to the Holder of such Security (by Federal funds
wire transfer or otherwise) if the Holder has delivered written
instructions to the Trustee 15 days prior to such payment date
requesting that such payment will be so made and designating the bank
account to which such payments shall be so made and in the case of
payments of principal surrenders the same to the Trustee in exchange for
a Security or Securities aggregating the same principal amount as the
unredeemed principal amount of the Securities surrendered. The Trustee
shall be entitled to rely on the last instruction delivered by the
Holder pursuant to this Section 3.1 unless a new instruction is
delivered 15 days prior to a payment date. The Issuer will indemnify
and hold each of the Trustee and any Paying Agent harmless against any
loss, liability or expense (including attorneys' fees) resulting from
any act or omission to act on the part of the Issuer or any such Holder
in connection with any such agreement or from making any payment in
accordance with any such agreement.
SECTION 3.2. OFFICES FOR PAYMENTS, ETC. The Issuer will
maintain or cause to be maintained in The City of New York, an agency
where the Securities of each series may be presented for payment, an
agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for exchange
as is provided in this Indenture and, if applicable, pursuant to Section
2.3, an agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for
registration of transfer as in this Indenture provided.
The Issuer will maintain or cause to be maintained in The City
of New York, an agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer
in respect of the Securities of any series or this Indenture may be
served. The Issuer will
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give to the Trustee written notice of the location of each such agency
and of any change of location thereof.
In case the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such agency in
The City of New York, or shall fail to give such notice of the location
or of any change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may
be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
The Issuer may from time to time designate one or more
agencies where the Securities of a series may be presented for payment,
where the Securities of that series may be presented for exchange as
provided in this Indenture and pursuant to Section 2.3 and where the
Securities of that series may be presented for registration of transfer
as in this Indenture provided, and the Issuer may from time to time
rescind any such designation, as the Issuer may deem desirable or
expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain the
agencies provided for in the immediately preceding paragraphs. The
Issuer will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any such
designation or rescission thereof.
SECTION 3.3. APPOINTMENT TO FILL A VACANCY IN OFFICE OF
TRUSTEE. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in
the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section
6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with
respect to each series of Securities hereunder.
SECTION 3.4. PAYING AGENTS. Whenever the Issuer shall
appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section,
(a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent
for the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on the
Securities of such series (whether such sums have been paid to it
by the Issuer or by any other obligor on the Securities of such
series) in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities
of such series, or of the Trustee, and
(b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by
the Issuer (or by any other obligor on the Securities of such
series) to make any payment of the
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principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series when
the same shall be due and payable.
The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal
of or interest on the Securities of such series, deposit with the paying
agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming
due, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will
promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect
to the Securities of any Series, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, set
aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or
interest so becoming due. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee
of any failure to take such action.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge with respect to one or more or all series of Securities
hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the
Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer or any
paying agent hereunder, as required by this Section, such sums to be
held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject
to the provisions of Sections 10.4 and 10.5.
SECTION 3.5. WRITTEN STATEMENT TO TRUSTEE. The Issuer
will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year in which the Securities are
first issued, a written statement, signed by two of its officers (which
need not comply with Section 11.5), stating that in the course of the
performance of their duties as officers of the Issuer they would
normally have knowledge of any default by the Issuer in the performance
or fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this
Indenture, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such
default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers
have knowledge and the nature thereof.
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SECTION 3.6. LIMITATION ON MORTGAGES AND LIENS. The Issuer
shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, create or assume and
shall not cause or permit a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to
create or assume, otherwise than in favor of the Issuer or a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary, any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance upon
any Principal Manufacturing Property or any interest it may have therein
or of or upon any stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, without making effective provision (and the
Issuer covenants that in such case it will make or cause to be made
effective provision) whereby the Securities and any other indebtedness
of the Issuer then entitled thereto shall be secured by such mortgage,
pledge, lien or encumbrance equally and ratably with any and all other
obligations and indebtedness thereby secured, so long as any such other
obligations and indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however,
that the foregoing covenant shall not be applicable to the following:
(a)(i) any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance on any
property hereafter acquired or constructed by the Issuer or a
Subsidiary, or on which property so constructed is located, and created
prior to, contemporaneously with or within 180 days after, such
acquisition or construction or the commencement of commercial operation
of such property to secure or provide for the payment of any part of the
purchase or construction price of such property, or (ii) the acquisition
by the Issuer or a Subsidiary of such property subject to any mortgage,
pledge, or other lien or encumbrance upon such property existing at the
time of acquisition thereof, whether or not assumed by the Issuer or
such Subsidiary, or (iii) any mortgage, pledge, or other lien or
encumbrance existing on the property, shares of stock or indebtedness of
a corporation at the time such corporation shall become a Subsidiary, or
(iv) any conditional sales agreement or other title retention agreement
with respect to any property hereafter acquired or constructed; provided
that the lien of any such mortgage, pledge or other lien does not spread
to property owned prior to such acquisition or construction or to other
property thereafter acquired or constructed other than additions to such
acquired or constructed property and other than property on which
property so constructed is located, and provided, further, that if a
firm commitment from a bank, insurance company or other lender or
investor (not including the Issuer, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the
Issuer) for the financing of the acquisition or construction of property
is made prior to, contemporaneously
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with or within the 180 day period hereinabove referred to, the
applicable mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance shall be deemed to be
permitted by this subsection (a) whether or not created or assumed
within such period;
(b) any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance created
for the sole purpose of extending, renewing or refunding any mortgage,
pledge, lien or encumbrance permitted by subsection (a) of this Section;
provided, however, that the principal amount of indebtedness secured
thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of indebtedness so secured
at the time of such extension, renewal or refunding and that such
extension, renewal or refunding of any mortgage, pledge, lien or
encumbrance shall be limited to all or any part of the same property
that secured the mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance extended,
renewed or refunded;
(c) liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or
levies not then due and delinquent or the validity of which is being
contested in good faith, and against which an adequate reserve has been
established; pledges or deposits to secure public or statutory
obligations or to secure performance in connection with bids or
contracts; materialmen's, mechanics', carrier's, workmen's, repairmen's
or other like liens, or deposits to obtain the release of such liens;
deposits to secure surety, stay, appeal or customs bonds; liens created
by or resulting from any litigation or legal proceeding which is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
licenses or leases or patents, trademarks or trade names; leases and
liens, rights of reverter and other possessory rights of the lessor
thereunder; zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way or other
restrictions on the use of real property or minor irregularities in the
title thereto; and any other liens and encumbrances similar to those
described in this subsection, the existence of which does not, in the
opinion of the Issuer, materially impair the use by the Issuer or a
Subsidiary of the affected property in the operation of the business of
the Issuer or a Subsidiary, or the value of such property for the
purposes of such business;
(d) any contracts for production, research or development with
or for the Government, directly or indirectly, providing for advance,
partial or progress payments on such contracts and for a lien, paramount
to all other liens, upon money advanced or paid pursuant to such
contracts, or upon any material or supplies in connection
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with the performance of such contracts to secure such payments to the
Government; and liens or other evidences of interest in favor of the
Government, paramount to all other liens, on any equipment, tools,
machinery, land or buildings hereafter constructed, installed or
purchased by the Issuer or a Subsidiary primarily for the purpose of
manufacturing or providing any product or performing any development
work, directly or indirectly, for the Government to secure indebtedness
incurred and owing to the Government for the construction, installation
or purchase of such equipment, tools, machinery, land or buildings. For
the purpose of this subsection (d), "Government" shall mean the
Government of the United States of America and any department or agency
thereof;
(e) any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance created
after the date of this Indenture on any property leased to or purchased
by the Issuer or a Subsidiary after that date and securing, directly or
indirectly, obligations issued by a State, a territory or a possession
of the United States, or any political subdivision of any of the
foregoing, or the District of Columbia, to finance the cost of
acquisition or cost of construction of such property, provided that the
interest paid on such obligations is entitled to be excluded from gross
income of the recipient pursuant to Section 103 of the Code (or any
successor to such provision) as in effect at the time of the issuance of
such obligations;
(f) any pledge of notes, chattel mortgages, leases, accounts
receivable, trade acceptances and other paper arising in the ordinary
course of business, out of installment or conditional sales to or by, or
other transactions involving title retention with, distributors, dealers
or other customers, of merchandise, equipment or services; and
(g) any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance not
otherwise permitted under this Section, provided the aggregate amount of
indebtedness secured by all such mortgages, pledges, liens or
encumbrances, together with the aggregate sale price of property
involved in sale and leaseback transactions not otherwise permitted
except under Section 3.7(a) does not exceed the greater of $250,000,000
or 5% of Consolidated Stockholders' Equity.
SECTION 3.7. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, sell or
transfer (except to the Issuer or
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one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, or both) any Principal
Manufacturing Property owned by it on the date of this Indenture with
the intention of taking back a lease of such property other than a lease
for a temporary period (not exceeding 36 months) with the intent that
the use by the Issuer or such Subsidiary of such property will be
discontinued on or before the expiration of such period unless either:
(a) the sum of the aggregate sale price of property involved in
sale and leaseback transactions not otherwise permitted under this
Section plus the aggregate amount of indebtedness secured by all
mortgages, pledges, liens and encumbrances not otherwise permitted
except under Section 3.6(g) does not exceed the greater of $250,000,000
or 5% of Consolidated Stockholders' Equity, or
(b) the Issuer within 120 days after the sale or transfer shall
have been made by the Issuer or by any such Subsidiary applies an amount
equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of the
Principal Manufacturing Property sold and leased back pursuant to such
arrangement or (ii) the fair market value of the Principal Manufacturing
Property sold and leased back at the time of entering into such
arrangement (which may be conclusively determined by the Board of
Directors) to the retirement of the Securities or other Funded Debt of
the Company ranking on a parity with the Securities; provided, that the
amount required to be applied to the retirement of outstanding
Securities or other Funded Debt of the Issuer pursuant to this clause
(b) shall be reduced by (1) the principal amount of any Securities
delivered within 120 days after such sale to the Trustee for retirement
and cancellation, and (2) the principal amount of any other Funded Debt
of the Issuer ranking on a parity with the Securities voluntarily
retired by the Issuer within 120 days after such sale, whether or not
any such retirement of Funded Debt shall be specified as being made
pursuant to this clause (b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
retirement referred to in this clause (b) may be effected by payment at
maturity or pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund payment or any
mandatory prepayment provision.
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ARTICLE 4
SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1. ISSUER TO FURNISH TRUSTEE INFORMATION AS TO
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF SECURITYHOLDERS. The Issuer covenants and agrees
that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the holders of the Securities of each series:
(a) semiannually and not more than 15 days after
each record date for the payment of interest on such
Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of such record date
and on dates to be determined pursuant to Section 2.3 for
non-interest bearing securities in each year, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request
in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of
any such request as of a date not more than 15 days prior to
the time such information is furnished,
provided that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security
registrar for such series, such list shall not be required to be
furnished.
SECTION 4.2. PRESERVATION AND DISCLOSURE OF
SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current
a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and
addresses of the holders of each series of Securities (i) contained in
the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.1 or (ii)
received by it in the capacity of Security registrar for such series, if
so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided
in Section 4.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) In case three or more holders of Securities (hereinafter
referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish
to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a
Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such
application, and such application states that the applicants desire to
communicate with other holders of Securities of a particular series (in
which case the applicants must all
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hold Securities of such series) or with Holders of all Securities with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under such Securities
and such application is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or
other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the
Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such
application, at its election, either
(i) afford to such applicants access to the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this
Section, or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate
number of holders of Securities of such series or all
Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses
appear in the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a)
of this Section, and as to the approximate cost of mailing
to such Securityholders the form of proxy or other
communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford to such applicants
access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request
of such applicants, mail to each Securityholder of such series or all
Securities, as the case may be, whose name and address appears in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section a copy of the form of proxy
or other communication which is specified in such request, with
reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to
be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the
reasonable expenses of mailing; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved
of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
(c) Each and every holder of Securities, by receiving and
holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither
the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee
shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities
in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1 or this Section,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and
that the Trustee shall not be
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held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request
made under subsection (b) of this Section.
SECTION 4.3. REPORTS BY THE ISSUER. The Issuer covenants:
(a) to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after
the Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission,
copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time
by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Issuer may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; if
the Issuer is not required to file information, documents,
or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then to file
with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic
information, documents, and reports which may be required
pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, in respect of a security listed and registered on a
national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time
to time in such rules and regulations;
(b) to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time
to time by the Commission, such additional information,
documents, and reports with respect to compliance by the
Issuer with the conditions and covenants provided for in
this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such
rules and regulations.
(c) to transmit by mail to the holders of Securities
such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to subsections
(a) and (b) of this Section as may be required to be
transmitted to such Holders by rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
SECTION 4.4. REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE. (a) Within 60 days
after each September 30, beginning with the first September 30 following
the first issuance of
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Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to the
Securityholders of each series a brief report dated as of such reporting
date that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, if such a report is required pursuant to Section 313(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The Trustee also shall comply with Section
313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The Trustee shall also
transmit all reports as required by Section 313(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, be furnished to the Issuer and be filed
by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Securities of any
applicable series are listed and also with the Commission. The Issuer
agrees to notify the Trustee with respect to any series when and as the
Securities of such series become admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1. EVENT OF DEFAULT DEFINED; ACCELERATION OF
MATURITY; WAIVER OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default" with respect to
Securities of any series wherever used herein, means each one of the
following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever
the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation
of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any installment of
interest upon any of the Securities of such series as and
when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance
of such default for a period of 30 days;
(b) default in the payment of all or any part of the
principal of, or premium (if any) on, any of the Securities
of such series as and when the same shall become due and
payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration
or otherwise;
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(c) default in the payment of any sinking fund
installment as and when the same shall become due and
payable by the terms of the Securities of such series;
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any
covenant or warranty of the Issuer in respect of the
Securities of such series (other than a covenant or warranty
in respect of the Securities of such series a default in
whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this
Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer
by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of
Default" hereunder;
(e) a court having jurisdiction in the premises
shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Issuer in an involuntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of
the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and
such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for
a period of 60 consecutive days;
(f) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law,
or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or
sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer or for any
substantial part of its property, or make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided in a
supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board
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of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or in
the form of Security for such series.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every
such case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series
shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series then Outstanding hereunder by notice in
writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders),
may declare the entire principal (or, if the Securities of such series
are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) of all
Securities of such series and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to
be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same
shall become immediately due and payable.
The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the
condition that if, at any time after the principal (or, if the
Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of the Securities of
any series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any
judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been
obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall pay or
shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest upon all the Securities of such series and the
principal of any and all Securities of such series which shall have
become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such
principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest,
at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the
case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities
of such series, to the date of such payment or deposit) and such amount
as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee,
its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all reasonable advances made, by the Trustee
except as a result of negligence or bad faith, and if any and all Events
of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Securities of that
series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of
that series which shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been
cured, waived or otherwise
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remedied as provided herein -- then and in every such case the holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of
such series then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the
Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to such series and rescind
and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or
rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent
default or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the
principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been
accelerated and declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions
hereof, then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration
has been rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original
Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder,
to be such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable
as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the
principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such
acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all other
amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such
Original Issue Discount Securities.
SECTION 5.2. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS BY TRUSTEE;
TRUSTEE MAY PROVE DEBT. The Issuer covenants that in case (a) default
shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest on any of
the Securities of any series when such interest shall have become due
and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30
days or (b) default shall be made in the payment of all or any part of
the principal of any of the Securities of any series when the same shall
have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of
such series or upon any redemption or by declaration or otherwise, then
in either such case, upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such
series the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on
all Securities of such series for principal or interest, as the case may
be (with interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue principal
and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at the same rate as
the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series); and in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collection,
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including reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and any
expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee
and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad
faith.
In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action
or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due
and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment
or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree
against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities and collect in
the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other
obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the
Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities under Title 11 of the
United States Code or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer
or its property or such other obligor, or in case of any other
comparable judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor
upon the Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of
the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether
the principal of any Securities shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceedings or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the
whole amount of principal and interest (or, if the
Securities of any series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of such series) owing and unpaid in
respect of the Securities of any series, and to file such
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any
claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each
predecessor
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Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and
for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred,
and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and
of the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings
relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities
of any series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer
or such other obligor,
(b) unless prohibited by applicable law and
regulations, to vote on behalf of the holders of the
Securities of any series in any election of a trustee or a
standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation
or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or person
performing similar functions in comparable proceedings, and
(c) to collect and receive any moneys or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to
distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims
of the Securityholders and of the Trustee on their behalf;
and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other
similar official is hereby authorized by each of the
Securityholders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in the
event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the
Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor
Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel,
and all reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and
all reasonable advances made, by the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad
faith and all other amounts due to the Trustee or any
predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Securityholder any plan or reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the
rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding
except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in
bankruptcy or similar person.
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All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the Securities of any series, may be enforced
by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities of such
series or the production thereof on any trial or other proceedings
relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust,
and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of reasonable
expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each
predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be
for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities in respect of
which such action was taken.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any
proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this
Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be
held to represent all the holders of the Securities in respect to which
such action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders
of such Securities parties to any such proceedings.
SECTION 5.3. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. Any moneys
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of any
series shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates
fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on
account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the several
Securities in respect of which monies have been collected and stamping
(or otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing Securities of such
series in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the presented
Securities of like series if only partially paid, or upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses applicable
to such series in respect of which monies have been
collected, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee
and each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and
attorneys and of all reasonable expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all reasonable advances made, by the Trustee
and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of
negligence or bad faith, and all other amounts due to the
Trustees or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6;
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SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such
series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall
not have become and be then due and payable, to the payment
of interest on the Securities of such series in default in
the order of the maturity of the installments of such
interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest
has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue
installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in such Securities, such
payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto,
without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities of such
series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall
have become and shall be then due and payable, to the
payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all
the Securities of such series for principal and interest,
with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent
that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon
overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the
rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the
Securities of such series; and in case such moneys shall be
insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and
unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the
payment of such principal and interest or Yield to Maturity,
without preference or priority of principal over interest or
Yield to Maturity, or of interest or Yield to Maturity over
principal, or of any installment of interest over any other
installment of interest, or of any Security of such series
over any other Security of such series, ratably to the
aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest
or Yield to Maturity; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the
Issuer or any other person lawfully entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.4. SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT. In case an Event of
Default has occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee
may in its discretion (but shall not
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be obligated to) proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it
by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the
Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such
rights, either at law in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether
for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in
this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this
Indenture or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the
Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
SECTION 5.5. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS ON ABANDONMENT OF
PROCEEDINGS. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any
right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined
adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Issuer and the
Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and
rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Issuer, the
Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 5.6. LIMITATIONS ON SUITS BY SECURITYHOLDERS. No
holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or
by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any action
or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or
under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have
given to the Trustee written notice of default and of the continuance
thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such
series then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee
to institute such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities
to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee for 60 days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed
to institute any such action or proceeding and no direction inconsistent
with any such action or proceeding and no direction inconsistent with
such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 5.9; it being understood and intended, and being expressly
covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security with every other
taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more
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Holders of Securities of any series shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to
affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of
Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference
to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and
common benefit of all Holders of Securities of the applicable series.
For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section,
each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such
relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 5.7. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF SECURITYHOLDERS TO
INSTITUTE CERTAIN SUITS. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture and any provision of any Security, the right of any Holder of
any Security to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such
Security on or after the respective due dates expressed in such
Security, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.8. POWERS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; DELAY OR
OMISSION NOT WAIVER OF DEFAULT. Except as otherwise provided in Section
5.6 and with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced
or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last sentence of Section
2.9, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee
or to the holders of Securities is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity
or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of
Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of
Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such
right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 5.6, every
power and remedy given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to
the holders of Securities may be exercised
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from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the holders of Securities.
SECTION 5.9. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
any series at the time Outstanding shall have the right to direct the
time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by this
Indenture; provided that such direction shall not be otherwise than in
accordance with law and the provisions of this Indenture and provided
further that (subject to the provisions of Section 6.1) the Trustee
shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the
Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall determine that the action or
proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in
good faith by its board of directors, the executive committee, or a
trust committee of directors or responsible officers of the Trustee
shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve
the Trustee in personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall
so determine that the actions or forebearances specified in or pursuant
to such direction would be unduly prejudicial to the interests of
Holders of the Securities of any series not joining in the giving of
said direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 6.1) the
Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or
forebearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the
Trustee in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the
Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction or directions
by Securityholders.
SECTION 5.10. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. Prior to the
declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of any
series as provided in Section 5.1, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time
Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such
series waive any past default or Event of Default described in clause
(d), (e), (f) or (g) of Section 5.1 with respect to such series and its
consequences except a default in respect of a covenant or provision
hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Security affected. In the case of any such waiver, the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series
shall be restored to their former positions and
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rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be
deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, and not to
have occurred for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
The Issuer may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or
take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, or to vote on any action, authorized or
permitted to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series
under Section 5.9 or this Section. If not set by the Issuer prior to
the first solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such series made by
any Person in respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such
vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such action or vote
shall be the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list of
Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 4.1) prior to such
first solicitation or vote, as the case may be. With regard to any
record date for action to be taken by the Holders of one or more series
of Securities, only the Holders of Securities of such series on such
date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to give or
take, or vote on, the relevant action.
SECTION 5.11. TRUSTEE TO GIVE NOTICE OF DEFAUlt. The
Trustee shall, within ninety days after the occurrence of a default with
respect to the Securities of any series, give notice of all defaults
with respect to that series actually known to a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee to all Holders of then Outstanding Securities of that
series, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as
they shall appear in the registry books, unless in each case such
defaults shall have been cured before the mailing or publication of such
notice (the term "defaults" for the purpose of this Section being hereby
defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default).
SECTION 5.12. RIGHT OF COURT TO REQUIRE FILING OF
UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS. All parties to this Indenture
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agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall
be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require,
in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant
in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that
such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall
not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted
by any Securityholder or group of Securityholders of any series holding
in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities Outstanding of such series, or to any suit instituted by any
Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or
interest on any Security on or after the due date expressed in such
Security.
ARTICLE 6
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE;
DURING DEFAULT; PRIOR TO DEFAULT. With respect to the Holders of any
series of Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a
particular series and after the curing or waiving of all Events of
Default which may have occurred with respect to such series, undertakes
to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default actually known to
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of a
series has occurred (which has not been cured or waived) the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise,
as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that
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(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of any series and after the
curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect
to such series which may have occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
Series shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee
shall not be liable except for the performance
of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the
part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming
to the requirements of this Indenture; but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions
which by any provision hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty only to examine
the same on their face to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
in accordance with the direction of the holders pursuant to
Section 5.9 relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
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to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Trustee, under this Indenture.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if, in its opinion, there shall
be reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
SECTION 6.2. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE. Subject to
Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, Officers' Certificate or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, security or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the
Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by
an Officers' Certificate (unless other evidence in respect
thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the
Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the Issuer;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel (at the
expense of the Issuer) who may be counsel to the Issuer and
any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted to be taken by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of
Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this
Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the
Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such
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Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action
taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to
be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
hereunder and after the curing or waiving of all Events of
Default, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
appraisal, bond, debenture, note, security, or other paper
or document unless requested in writing so to do by the
holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of all series affected then
outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Trustee, the Trustee may require
indemnity satisfactory to it against such expenses or
liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable
expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the
Issuer or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor
trustee, shall be repaid by the Issuer upon demand; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys not regularly
in its employ and the Trustee shall not be responsible for
any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent
or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
SECTION 6.3. TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS,
DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES OR APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS THEREOF. The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
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Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of
the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall
not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of
the Securities or of the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.4. TRUSTEE AND AGENTS MAY HOLD SECURITIES;
COLLECTIONS, ETC. The Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were
not the Trustee or such agent and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, if
operative, may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive, collect, hold
and retain collections from the Issuer with the same rights it would
have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.
SECTION 6.5. MONEYS HELD BY TRUSTEE. Subject to the
provisions of Section 10.5 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee
shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for
the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by mandatory provisions
of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee
shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by it
hereunder.
SECTION 6.6. COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
AND ITS PRIOR CLAIM. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the
Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to,
reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of
law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and
the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in
connection with this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and
other persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and agents for, and to hold
it, its officers, directors, employees and agents harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on
its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this
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Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including
the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any
claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under
this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall
constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Such additional
indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular
Securities, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior
claim.
SECTION 6.7. RIGHT OF TRUSTEE TO RELY ON OFFICERS'
CERTIFICATE, ETC. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever in the
administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be provided or established prior to
taking or suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter
(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence or bad faith on the
part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively provided and
established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and
such certificate, in the absence of gross negligence or bad faith on the
part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture
upon the faith thereof.
SECTION 6.8. QUALIFICATION OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee is
subject to Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 regarding
disqualification of a trustee upon acquiring any conflicting interest.
In determining whether the Trustee has a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to Securities of any
series, there shall be excluded (a) this Indenture with respect to
Securities of any series other than such series and (b) the Indenture
dated as of March 29, 1996 pursuant to which the 12% Senior Notes due
2003 of the Issuer are outstanding.
SECTION 6.9. PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT AS TRUSTEE.
The Trustee for each series of Securities hereunder shall at all times
be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or of any state or the District of Columbia (or
a
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Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission) having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and which is authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and is subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, state or District of Columbia
authority. Such corporation or Person shall have a place of business in
The City of New York if there be such a corporation or Person in such
location willing to act upon reasonable and customary terms and
conditions. If such corporation or Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or
Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set
forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Such
corporation or Person shall not be and shall represent that it is not an
obligor on the Securities or a person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such obligor.
In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.10. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees
hereafter appointed, may at any time resign with respect to one or more
or all series of Securities by giving written notice of resignation to
the Issuer and, if required by applicable law or regulations, by mailing
notice of such resignation to the Holders of then Outstanding Securities
of each series affected at their addresses as they shall appear on the
registry books. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer
shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees with respect to
the applicable series by written instrument in duplicate, executed by
authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor
trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so
appointed with respect to any series and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the
resigning trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of the applicable
series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section
5.12, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any such court for the appointment of a
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successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any,
as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions
of Section 6.8 with respect to any series of Securities after
written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of
such series for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder;
or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with
respect to any series of Securities, or shall be adjudged a
bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver or liquidator of the Trustee
or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall
take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation;
then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect
to the applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee
for such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order
of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the
successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 5.12, any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or
Securities of such series for at least six months may on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such
court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper
and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of each series at the time outstanding may at
any time remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series
and appoint a successor
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trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by delivering to
the Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the
Issuer the evidence provided for in Section 7.1 of the action in that
regard taken by the Securityholders.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect
to any series and any appointment of a successor trustee with respect to
such series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee
as provided in Section 6.11.
(e) The retiring Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or
omissions of any successor Trustee hereunder.
(f) Upon appointment of any successor Trustee, all fees,
charges and expenses of the retiring Trustee shall be paid.
SECTION 6.11. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEE. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10
shall execute and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee
an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee with respect to all or
any applicable series shall become effective and such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such series
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
trustee for such series hereunder; but, nevertheless, on the written
request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon payment of its
charges then unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to
Section 10.5, pay over to the successor trustee all moneys at the time
held by it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument which,
subject to Section 6.6, need not include an indemnity by the Issuer,
transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties
and obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer
shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such
rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless,
retain a prior claim upon all property or funds held or collected by
such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the
provisions of Section 6.6.
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If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the
predecessor Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the
Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an
indenture supplemental hereto which shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series as to which the predecessor Trustee is not
retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee, and
shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such
trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such trustee shall
be trustee of a trust or trusts under separate indentures.
No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities
shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under
the provisions of Section 6.8 and eligible under the provisions of
Section 6.9.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as
provided in this Section 6.11, the Issuer shall mail notice thereof to
the Holders of Securities of each series affected, by mailing such
notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the
registry books. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially
contemporaneous with the resignation, then the notice called for by the
preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section
6.10. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor
trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
Issuer.
SECTION 6.12. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR
SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS OF TRUSTEE. Any corporation into which the
Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee and all other appointments hereunder; provided,
that such corporation shall be
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qualified under the provisions of Section 6.8 and eligible under the
provisions of Section 6.9 without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall
succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities of
any series shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such
successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor Trustee and deliver such Securities so authenticated;
and, in case at that time any of the Securities of any series shall not
have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate
such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in
the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such
certificate shall have the full force which it has anywhere in the
Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided that the
certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, that the right to adopt
the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to
authenticate Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor
Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger,
conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 6.13. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST
THE ISSUER. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this
Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor, directly or
indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Issuer within three months
prior to a default, as defined in subsection (c) of this Section, or
subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such default shall
be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for
the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders of the Securities
and the Holders of other indenture securities (as defined in this
Section):
(1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the
amount due and owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of
principal or interest, effected after the beginning of such three
months' period and valid as against the Issuer and its other
creditors, except any such reduction resulting from the receipt or
disposition of any property described in subsection (a)(2) of this
Section, or from the exercise of any right of set-off which the
Trustee could have exercised if a petition in bankruptcy had been
filed by or against the Issuer upon the date of such default; and
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(2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any
claim as such creditor, either as security therefor, or in
satisfaction or composition thereof, or otherwise, after the
beginning of such three months' period, or an amount equal to the
proceeds of any such property, if disposed of, subject, however,
to the rights, if any, of the Issuer and its other creditors in
such property or such proceeds.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of
the Trustee:
(A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on
account of any such claim by any person (other than the Issuer)
who is liable thereon, (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of
any such claim by the Trustee to a third person, and (iii)
distributions made in cash, securities or other property in
respect of claims filed against the Issuer in bankruptcy or
receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to
Title 11 of the United States Code or applicable state law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property
held by it as security for any such claim, if such property was so
held prior to the beginning of such three months' period;
(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the
extent of the claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held
by it as security for any such claim, if such claim was created
after the beginning of such three months' period and such property
was received as security therefor simultaneously with the creation
thereof, and if the Trustee shall sustain the burden of proving
that at the time such property was so received the Trustee had no
reasonable cause to believe that a default as defined in
subsection (c) of this Section would occur within three months; or
(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in
paragraph (B) or (C), against the release of any property held as
security for such claim as provided in such paragraph (B) or (C),
as the case may be, to the extent of the fair value of such
property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property
substituted after the beginning of such three
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months' period for property held as security at the time of such
substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the property
released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the
extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created
in renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or
refunding any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such
claim shall have the same status as such pre-existing claim.
If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and
property held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be
apportioned between the Trustee, the Securityholders and the Holders of
other indenture securities in such manner that the Trustee, such
Securityholders and the Holders of other indenture securities realize,
as a result of payments from such special account and payments of
dividends on claims filed against the Issuer in bankruptcy or
receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to Title 11
of the United States Code or applicable state law, the same percentage
of their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the
Trustee anything on account of the receipt by it from the Issuer of the
funds and property in such special account and before crediting to the
respective claims of the Trustee, such Securityholders and the Holders
of other indenture securities dividends on claims filed against the
Issuer in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
reorganization pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code or
applicable state law, but after crediting thereon receipts on account of
the indebtedness represented by their respective claims from all sources
other than from such dividends and from the funds and property so held
in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any
claim, the term "dividends" shall include any distribution with respect
to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
reorganization pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code or
applicable state law, whether such distribution is made in cash,
securities or other property, but shall not include any such
distribution with respect to the secured portion, if any, of such claim.
The court in which such bankruptcy, receivership or proceeding for
reorganization is pending shall have jurisdiction (i) to apportion
between the Trustee, such Securityholders and the Holders of other
indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of this
paragraph, the funds and property held in such special account and the
proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in
part, to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration in
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determining the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee,
such Securityholders and the Holders of other indenture securities with
respect to their respective claims, in which event it shall not be
necessary to liquidate or to appraise the value of any securities or
other property held in such special account or as security for any such
claim, or to make a specific allocation of such distributions as between
the secured and unsecured portions of such claims, or otherwise to apply
the provisions of this paragraph as a mathematical formula.
Any Trustee who has resigned or been removed after the
beginning of such three months' period shall be subject to the
provisions of this subsection (a) as though such resignation or removal
had not occurred. If any Trustee has resigned or been removed prior to
the beginning of such three months' period, it shall be subject to the
provisions of this subsection (a) if and only if the following
conditions exist:
(i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim which
would have given rise to the obligation to account, if such
Trustee had continued as trustee, occurred after the beginning of
such three months' period; and
(ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim
occurred within three months after such resignation or removal.
(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of
subsection (a) of this Section a creditor relationship arising from
(1) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued
under any indenture, or any security or securities having a
maturity of one year or more at the time of acquisition by the
Trustee;
(2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy
court of competent jurisdiction or by this Indenture for the
purpose of preserving any property which shall at any time be
subject to the lien of this Indenture or of discharging tax liens
or other prior liens or encumbrances thereon, if notice of such
advance and of the circumstances surrounding the making thereof is
given to the Securityholders at the time and in the manner
provided in this Indenture;
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(3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business
in the capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent,
registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or
other similar capacity;
(4) an indebtedness created as a result of services
rendered or premises rented or an indebtedness created as a result
of goods or securities sold in a cash transaction as defined in
subsection (c)(3) of this Section;
(5) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a
corporation organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the
Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a
creditor of the Issuer; or
(6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation
of any drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which
fall within the classification of self-liquidating paper as
defined in subsection (c)(4) of this Section.
(c) As used in this Section:
(1) the term "default" shall mean any failure to make
payment in full of the principal of or interest upon any of the
Securities or upon the other indenture securities when and as such
principal or interest becomes due and payable;
(2) the term "other indenture securities" shall mean
securities upon which the Issuer is an obligor (as defined in the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939) outstanding under any other indenture
(i) under which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains
provisions substantially similar to the provisions of subsection
(a) of this Section, and (iii) under which a default existing at
the time of the apportionment of the funds and property held in
said special account;
(3) the term "cash transaction" shall mean any transaction
in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within
seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency
or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and
payable upon demand;
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(4) the term "self-liquidating paper" shall mean any
draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made,
drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Issuer for the purpose of
financing the purchase, processing, manufacture, shipment, storage
or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by
documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon the
goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising
from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously
constituting the security, provided the security is received by
the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor
relationship with the Issuer arising from the making, drawing,
negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange,
acceptance or obligation; and
(5) the term "Issuer" shall mean any obligor upon the
Securities.
ARTICLE 7
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1. EVIDENCE OF ACTION TAKEN BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a
specified percentage in principal amount of the Securityholders of any
or all series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such specified
percentage of Securityholders in person or by agent duly appointed in
writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action
shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2) conclusive in favor of
the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this
Article.
SECTION 7.2. PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS AND OF
HOLDING OF SECURITIES. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the execution
of any instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy may be
proved by the Security register or by a certificate of the Security
registrar.
SECTION 7.3. HOLDERS TO BE TREATED AS OWNERS. The
Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
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Trustee may deem and treat the person in whose name any Security shall
be registered upon the Security register for such series as the absolute
owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue
and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon)
for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal
of and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, interest on such
Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Issuer nor the
Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any such
person, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum
or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for
moneys payable upon any such Security.
SECTION 7.4. SECURITIES OWNED BY ISSUER DEEMED NOT
OUTSTANDING. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all
series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this
Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Issuer or any other obligor
on the Securities with respect to which such determination is being made
or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other
obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination is
being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the
purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any
such direction, consent or waiver only Securities which the Trustee
knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer
or any other obligor on the Securities by delivering to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to such effect. In case of
a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall be full
protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in accordance
with such advice. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish
to the Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and identifying
all Securities, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or
for the account of any of the above-described persons;
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and, subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Trustee shall be entitled to
accept such Officers' Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts
therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein
are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
SECTION 7.5. RIGHT OF REVOCATION OF ACTION TAKEN. At any
time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided
in Section 7.1, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all
series, as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action, any Holder of a Security the serial number of which is
shown by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the
Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by
filing written notice at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of
holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action so far as
concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by
the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of
any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective
of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such
Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as
the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such
action shall be conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and
the Holders of all the Securities affected by such action.
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS. The Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its
Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any
time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which
shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date of the execution thereof) for one or more of the
following purposes:
(a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the
Trustee as security for the Securities of one or more series any
property or assets;
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(b) to evidence the succession of another corporation to
the Issuer, or successive successions, and the assumption by the
successor corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations
of the Issuer pursuant to Article Nine;
(c) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by
more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
6.11;
(d) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit
of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities stating that such covenants are expressly being
included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;
(e) to add any additional Events of Default with respect
to all or any series of Securities (and, if such Event of Default
is applicable to less than all series of Securities, specifying
the series to which such Event of Default is applicable);
(f) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which
may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
contained herein or in any supplemental indenture; or to make such
other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture or under any supplemental indenture as the Board of
Directors may deem necessary or desirable and which, in the
opinion of the Board of Directors, shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of the Securities;
(g) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall
become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any
series created prior to the execution of such supplemental
indenture which is adversely affected by such change in or
elimination of such provision; and
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(h) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 2.3.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer in
the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained
and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge
of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of
this Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any
of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the
provisions of Section 8.2.
SECTION 8.2. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article
Seven) of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series affected
by such supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Issuer, when
authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee
may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date of execution
thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of the Securities of each such series; provided, that no such
supplemental indenture shall (a) extend the final maturity of any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or
extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount
payable on redemption thereof, or make the principal thereof (including
any amount in respect of original issue discount), or interest or
premium thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that provided
in the Securities or in accordance with the terms thereof, or reduce the
amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that
would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.1 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy
pursuant to Section 5.2, or impair or affect the right of any
Securityholder to institute suit for the
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payment thereof or, if the Securities provide therefor, any right of
repayment at the option of the Securityholder without the consent of the
Holder of each Security so affected, or (b) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of
which is required for any such supplemental indenture, without the
consent of the Holders of each Security so affected.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any
covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been
included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of
Securities, or which modifies the rights of Holders of Securities of
such series, with respect to such covenant or provision, shall be deemed
not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of
Securities of any other series.
Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the Issuer authorizing the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence
of the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid and other documents, if
any, required by Section 7.1, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in
the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental
indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its
discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental
indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Securityholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section,
the Issuer shall mail a notice thereof to the Holders of then
Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby, by mailing a
notice thereof by first-class mail to such Holders at their addresses as
they shall appear on the Security register. Any failure of the Issuer
to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any
way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental Indenture.
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SECTION 8.3. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions
hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended
in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the
Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of Securities of each series
affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced
hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments,
and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture
shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this
Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 8.4. DOCUMENTS TO BE GIVEN TO TRUSTEE. The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may receive
an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article 8 complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 8.5. NOTATION ON SECURITIES IN RESPECT OF
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Securities of any series authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in form approved by
the Trustee upon advice of counsel for such series as to any matter
provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action taken at
any such meeting. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new
Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of
the Trustee (as to form) and the Board of Directors (as to form and
substance), to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Issuer, authenticated by
the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of such series
then outstanding.
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ARTICLE 9
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 9.1. ISSUER MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN
TERMS. The Issuer covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with
any other corporation or sell or convey all or substantially all of its
assets to any Person, unless (i) either the Issuer shall be the
continuing corporation, or the successor corporation or the Person which
acquires by sale or conveyance substantially all the assets of the
Issuer (if other than the Issuer) shall be a corporation or entity
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof and shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and interest, if any, on all the Securities, according to
their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all
of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or
observed by the Issuer, by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the
Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation or
entity, and (ii) the Issuer or such successor corporation or entity, as
the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or
consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, be in default in the
performance of any such covenant or condition.
SECTION 9.2. SUCCESSOR ISSUER SUBSTITUTED. In case of any
such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and following such an
assumption by the successor corporation, such successor corporation
shall succeed to and be substituted for the Issuer, with the same effect
as if it had been named herein. Such successor corporation may cause to
be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the
Issuer prior to such succession any or all of the Securities issuable
hereunder, which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Issuer
and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor
corporation instead of the Issuer and subject to all the terms,
conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee
shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities, which previously
shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Issuer to
the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities, which such successor
corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee for that purpose. All of the Securities so issued, shall in all
respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as
the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the
terms of this
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Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date
of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or
conveyance such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance)
may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be
appropriate.
In the event of any such sale or conveyance (other than a
conveyance by way of lease) the Issuer or any successor corporation
which shall theretofore have become such in the manner described in this
Article shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under
this Indenture and the Securities and may be liquidated and dissolved.
SECTION 9.3. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO TRUSTEE. The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may receive an
Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Section 11.5, as
conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or
conveyance, and any such assumption, and any such liquidation or
dissolution, complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any
series of Securities (except as to any surviving rights of conversion or
transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for
herein or in the form of Security for such series), and the Trustee, on
demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
as to such series, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of that series theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced
or paid as provided in Section 2.9, and (ii) Securities of such series
for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the
Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section
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3.4) have been delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities of that series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(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 Issuer,
and the Issuer, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
the purpose an amount, which shall be immediately due and payable,
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee canceled or for
cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
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 Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to the Securities of such
series; and
(3) the Issuer 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 the Securities of such series have
been complied with.
SECTION 10.2. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY. All money deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.1 or Section 10.3 shall be held
in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
series of Securities in respect of which it was deposited and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest
for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but
such money need not be
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segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 10.3. DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF FUNDS OR GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS. Unless pursuant to Section 2.3 provision is made that this
Section 10.3 shall not be applicable to the Securities of any series, at
the Issuer's option, either (a) the Issuer shall be deemed to have been
Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to any
series of Securities after the applicable conditions set forth below
have been satisfied or (b) the Issuer shall cease to be under any
obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in
Sections 3.6 and 3.7 (and any other Sections applicable to such
Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 2.3 to be subject to
this provision) with respect to any series of Securities at any time
after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:
(1) the Issuer shall have deposited or caused to be
deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series (i) money
in an amount, or (ii) the equivalent in securities of the
government which issued the currency in which the Securities of
such series are denominated or securities issued by government
agencies backed by the full faith and credit of such government,
which through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later
than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an
amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the
opinion (with respect to (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory
sinking fund payments) and any premium of, interest on and any
repurchase obligations with respect to the outstanding securities
of such series on the dates such installments of interest or
principal or repurchase obligations are due;
(2) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit)
which with notice or lapse of time would become an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; and
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(3) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel, from counsel who is not an employee of the
Issuer but which may be outside general counsel to the Issuer, to
the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as
a result of the Issuer's exercise of its option under this Section
10.3 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 option had not been exercised, and, in the case
of Securities being Discharged, such opinion shall be based upon
at least one of the following authorities (issued, enacted or
promulgated after the date of this Indenture), substantially on
point and to the foregoing effect: (i) a public ruling of the
Internal Revenue Service, (ii) a private ruling of the Internal
Revenue Service issued to the Issuer with respect to the
Securities, (iii) a provision of the Internal Revenue Code, or
(iv) a final regulation promulgated by the Department of the
Treasury.
The term "Discharged" means that the Issuer shall be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by,
and obligations under, the Securities of such series and to have
satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the
Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same),
except (A) the rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from
the trust fund described in Subsection (1) above, payment of the
principal and any premium of and any interest on such Securities
when such payments are due; (B) the Issuer's obligations with
respect to such Securities under Sections 2.8, 2.9, 3.2, 3.4, 6.6
and 10.2; and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including, without
limitation, its rights under Section 6.6 hereunder).
SECTION 10.4. REPAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENT.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to Securities of any series, all moneys then held by any paying
agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series
of Securities shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid
to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be
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released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
SECTION 10.5. RETURN OF MONEYS HELD BY TRUSTEE AND PAYING
AGENT UNCLAIMED FOR THREE YEARS. Any moneys deposited with or paid to
the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or
interest on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining
unclaimed for three years after the date upon which such principal or
interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written
request of the Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory
provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law
(as advised by counsel, pursuant to Section 6.2), be repaid to the
Issuer by the Trustee for such series or such paying agent, and the
Holder of the Security of such series shall, unless otherwise required
by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed
property laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which
such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee
or any paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1. INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS OF ISSUER EXEMPT FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY. No recourse under
or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced
thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any
past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of
the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or
any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional
provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or
equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly
waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders
thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the
Securities.
SECTION 11.2. PROVISIONS OF INDENTURE FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT
OF PARTIES AND HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. Nothing in this Indenture or in
the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give
to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and
their successors and the Holders of the Securities any legal or
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equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any
covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and
provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their
successors and of the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 11.3. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF ISSUER BOUND BY
INDENTURE. All the covenants, stipulations promises and agreements in
this Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Issuer shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 11.4. NOTICES AND DEMANDS ON ISSUER, TRUSTEE AND
HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. Any notice or demand which by any provision of
this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the
Trustee or by the Holders of Securities to or on the Issuer may be given
or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except
as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another
address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Township Line and Union Meeting Roads, Blue Bell,
Pennsylvania 19424, Attention: General Counsel. Any notice, direction,
request or demand by the Issuer or any holder of Securities to or upon
the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for
all purposes, if given or made at the Corporate Trust Office.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in
regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the
Issuer when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any
provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer shall be deemed to be a
sufficient giving of such notice.
SECTION 11.5. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS OF
COUNSEL; STATEMENTS TO BE CONTAINED THEREIN. Upon any application or
demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any of the
provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for
in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied
with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to
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compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture
shall include (a) a statement that the person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) a brief statement as to
the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the
statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or
not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been
complied with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the
Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such
officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion
may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any
certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, information with respect to which is in the
possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of
or representations by an officer or officers of the Issuer, unless such
counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate,
statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the
Issuer or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an
accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless
such officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters
upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public
accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such
firm is independent.
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SECTION 11.6. PAYMENTS DUE ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND
HOLIDAYS. If the date of maturity of interest, if any, on or principal
of the Securities of any series or the date fixed for redemption or
repayment of any such Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment
of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made
on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no
interest shall accrue for the period after such date.
SECTION 11.7. CONFLICT OF ANY PROVISION OF INDENTURE WITH
TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939. If and to the extent that any provision of
this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision
included in this Indenture which is required to be included herein by
any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, such required provision shall control.
SECTION 11.8. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. This Indenture and
each Security shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the
state of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of such state, except as may otherwise be required by
mandatory provisions of law.
SECTION 11.9. COUNTERPARTS. This Indenture may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original; but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 11.10. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 11.11. SECURITIES IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY OR IN ECU.
(a) Whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by
the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of
Securities of all series at the time outstanding and, at such time,
there are outstanding Securities of any series which are denominated in
a currency or currencies or currency unit or currency units other than
Dollars, then the principal amount of Securities of such series which
shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action
shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such
principal amount based on (i) in the case of Securities
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denominated in a foreign currency, the Market Exchange Rate in effect on
the date on which such action is to be taken (the "Determination Date")
or (ii) in the case of Securities denominated in ECU, the Official ECU
Exchange Rate (or, if ECU ceases to be used both (a) within the European
Monetary System and (b) for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions of or within the European Communities, then based on the
Dollar Equivalent of the ECU) on the Determination Date. The provisions
of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent number of
votes to which each securityholder or proxy shall be entitled in respect
of Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than Dollars
in connection with any vote taken by holders of Securities pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture.
(b) For the purposes of this Section 11.11, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
"Component Currency" means any currency which, on the
Conversion Date, was a component currency of the ECU.
"Conversion Date" means the last date on which ECU was
used either (i) within the European Monetary System or (ii)
for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of
or within the European Communities.
"Dollar Equivalent of the ECU" means the amount, as
calculated by the Trustee on each Determination Date, equal
to the sum obtained by adding together the results obtained
by converting the Specified Amount of each Component
Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the
Determination Date for such Component Currency.
"European Communities" means the European Economic
Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the
European Atomic Energy Community.
"Market Exchange Rate" shall mean for any currency the
noon Dollar buying rate for that currency for cable
transfers quoted in New York City on the Determination Date
as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York. If such rates are not available for any
reason with respect to one or more currencies for which an
exchange rate is required, the Trustee
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shall use without liability on its part, such quotation of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent
available date, or if such quotation is unavailable,
quotations from Citibank, N.A., or if unavailable, any other
bank with combined assets of at least $500 million in New
York City or in the country of issue of the currency in
question, or such other quotations as the Issuer shall deem
appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the Trustee, if
there is more than one market for dealing in any currency by
reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the
market to be used in respect of such currency shall be that
upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in
such currency would purchase such currency in order to make
payments in respect of such securities, as advised by the
Issuer.
"Official ECU Exchange Rate" applicable to any currency
with respect to any payment to be made hereunder means the
exchange rate between the ECU and such currency reported by
the Commission of the European Communities (currently based
on the rates in effect at 2:30 p.m., Brussels time, on the
relevant exchange markets) or if such exchange rate ceases
to be so reported, then such exchange rate shall be
determined by the Trustee using, without liability on its
part, quotations from Citibank, N.A., or if unavailable, any
other bank with combined assets of at least $500 million in
New York City or if such quotation is unavailable, such
other quotations as the Issuer shall deem appropriate, on
the applicable Determination Date.
"Specified Amount" of a Component Currency means the
number of units or fractions thereof which such Component
Currency represented in the ECU on the Conversion Date. If
after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component
Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision,
the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be
divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the
Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are
consolidated into a single currency, the respective
Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be
replaced by an amount in such
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single currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified
Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed
in such single currency, and such amount shall thereafter be
a Specified Amount and such single currency shall thereafter
be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any
Component Currency shall be divided into two or more
currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency
shall be replaced by specified amounts of such two or more
currencies, the sum of which, at the market Exchange Rate of
such two or more currencies on the date of such replacement,
shall be equal to the Specified Amount of such former
Component Currency divided by the number of currencies into
which such Component Currency was divided, and such amounts
shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies
shall thereafter be Component Currencies.
(c) All decisions and determinations of the Trustee
regarding the Market Exchange Rate and the ECU Exchange Rate shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and
irrevocably binding upon the Issuer and all Holders.
SECTION 11.12. JUDGMENT CURRENCY. The obligation of the
Issuer in respect of any sum due to any securityholder hereunder shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the "Judgment Currency")
other than the currency in which the payment is due (the "Required
Currency"), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day
following receipt by such securityholder of any sum adjudged to be so
due in the Judgment Currency, such securityholder may in accordance with
normal banking procedures purchase the amount originally due to such
securityholder in the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency; if
the amount of the Required Currency so purchased is less than the sum
originally due to such securityholder in the Required Currency, the
Issuer agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such
judgment, to indemnify such securityholder against such loss, and if the
amount of the Required Currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally
due to such securityholder, such securityholder agrees to remit to the
Issuer such excess.
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ARTICLE 12
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. The provisions of
this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which
are redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the
retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.
SECTION 12.2. NOTICE OF FULL AND PARTIAL REDEMPTION;
PARTIAL REDEMPTIONS. Notice of redemption to the Holders of Securities
of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the
Issuer shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first
class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities of
such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the
registry books. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether
or not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail,
or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series
designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of
such series.
The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify (i)
the principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder
to be redeemed, (ii) the date fixed for redemption, (iii) the redemption
price (and premium, if any), (iv) the place or places of payment, (v)
that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such
Securities, (vi) that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or
optional sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, (vii) that interest
accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in
such notice and (viii) that on and after said date interest thereon or
on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. In case
any Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only the notice of
redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for
redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or
Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion thereof will be issued.
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The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be
redeemed at the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at
the Issuer's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Issuer.
On or before the redemption date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will deposit
with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer is
acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust
as provided in Section 3.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on
the redemption date all the Securities of such series so called for
redemption at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued
interest to the date fixed for redemption (and premium, if any). The
election of the Issuer to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a
Board Resolution in addition to any other requirements set forth
hereunder. If less than all the outstanding Securities of a series are
to be redeemed, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at least 60 days
(or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee for its
convenience) prior to the date fixed for redemption an Officers'
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be
redeemed, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 12.4, select by lot
Securities of such Series to be redeemed in whole or in part.
Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple
thereof. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the
Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of
any Securities of such series selected for partial redemption, the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this
Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities of any series shall relate, in
the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to
be redeemed.
SECTION 12.3. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES CALLED FOR REDEMPTION.
If notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the
Securities or portions of Securities specified in such notice shall
become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such
notice at the applicable redemption price (and premium, if any),
together with interest, if any, accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Issuer shall default
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in the payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with
interest accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of
Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue shall be void,
and except as provided in Sections 6.5 and 10.5, such Securities shall
cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be entitled to any
benefit or security under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall
have no right in respect of such Securities except the right to receive
the redemption price (and premium, if any) thereof and unpaid interest
to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of such
Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice, said
Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed
by the Issuer at the applicable redemption price (and premium, if any),
together with interest, if any, accrued thereon to the date fixed for
redemption; provided that payment of interest, if any, becoming due on
or prior to the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the
Holders of Securities registered as such on the relevant record date
subject to the terms and provisions of Section 2.4 hereof.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid
or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption
at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original
Issue Discount Security) borne by the Security.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the
Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
or on the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a
new Security or Securities of such series, of authorized denominations,
in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so
presented.
SECTION 12.4. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES FROM
ELIGIBILITY FOR SELECTION FOR REDEMPTION. Securities shall be excluded
from eligibility for selection for redemption if they are identified by
registration and certificate number in a written statement signed by an
authorized officer of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at least
40 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be
given as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or
hypothecated by, either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity specifically
identified in such written statement directly or indirectly
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controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
with the Issuer.
SECTION 12.5. MANDATORY AND OPTIONAL SINKING FUNDS. The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided
for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an
"optional sinking fund payment". The date on which a sinking fund
payment is to be made is herein referred to as the "sinking fund payment
date".
In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking
fund payment with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the
Issuer may at its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such
series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon
redemption pursuant to the mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or
receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so
credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except as
aforesaid) by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
pursuant to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit for optional sinking fund
payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section, or
(c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so
credited) redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption
provision contained in the terms of such series. Securities so
delivered or credited shall be received or credited by the Trustee at
the sinking fund redemption price specified in such Securities.
On or before the forty-fifth day next preceding each sinking
fund payment date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee
a written statement signed by an authorized officer of the Issuer (a)
specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit
of Securities of such series, (b) stating that none of the Securities of
such series has theretofore been so credited, (c) stating that no
defaults in the payment of interest or Events of Default with respect to
such series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured) and are
continuing and (d) stating whether or not the Issuer intends to exercise
its right to make an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such
series and, if so, specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund
payment which the Issuer intends to pay on or before the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date. Any Securities of such series to be credited
and
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required to be delivered to the Trustee in order for the Issuer to be
entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid which have not theretofore been
delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancellation pursuant to
Section 2.10 to the Trustee with such written statement (or reasonably
promptly thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such written
statement shall be irrevocable and upon its receipt by the Trustee the
Issuer shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash
payments or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next
succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Issuer, on or
before any such forty-fifth day, to deliver such written statement and
Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a
default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable
election of the Issuer (i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment for
such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall
be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit
Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Issuer
will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series
as provided in this Section.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional
or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment
date plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made
in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Issuer shall so
request) with respect to the Securities of any particular series, such
cash shall be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking fund
redemption price together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption. If such amount shall be $50,000 or less and the Issuer
makes no such request then it shall be carried over and invested by the
Trustee in mutual or trust fund institutions which are registered with
the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and which have underlying
investments consisting solely of and limited to United States Government
obligations until a sum in excess of $50,000 is available. The Trustee,
upon written instruction from the Issuer, shall select, in the manner
provided in Section 12.2, for redemption on such sinking fund payment
date a specified principal amount of Securities of such series then
Outstanding to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall (if
requested in writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial
numbers of the Securities of such series (or portions thereof) so
selected. Securities of any series which are (a) owned by the Issuer or
are certified by
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the Issuer by means of an Officers' Certificate to be owned by an entity
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Issuer, as shown by the Security
register, and not actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
to have been pledged or hypothecated by the Issuer or any such entity;
or (b) identified in an Officers' Certificate at least 60 days prior to
the sinking fund payment date as being beneficially owned by, and not
pledged or hypothecated by, the Issuer or an entity directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Issuer shall be excluded from Securities of such
series eligible for selection for redemption. The Trustee, in the name
and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it shall so request
the Trustee in writing) shall cause notice of redemption of the
Securities of such series to be given in substantially the manner
provided in Section 12.2 (and with the effect provided in Section 12.3)
for the redemption of Securities of such series in part at the option of
the Issuer. The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied or
allocated to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added
to the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together with
such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this
Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity
date of the Securities of any particular series (or earlier, if such
maturity is accelerated), which are not held for the payment or
redemption of particular Securities of such series shall be applied,
together with other moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to
the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Securities of such
series at maturity.
At least one day before each sinking fund payment date, the
Issuer shall pay to the Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for
the payment of all interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on
Securities to be redeemed on the next following sinking fund payment
date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any
Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of
redemption of Securities for such series by operation of the sinking
fund during the continuance of a default in payment of interest on such
Securities or of any Event of Default except that, where the mailing of
notice of redemption of any Securities shall theretofore have been made,
the Trustee shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities,
provided that it shall
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have received from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption.
Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at
the time when any such default or Event of Default shall occur, and any
moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund, shall, during the
continuance of such default or Event of Default, be deemed to have been
collected under Article Five and held for the payment of all such
Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have been waived as
provided in Section 5.10 or the default cured on or before the sixtieth
day preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys
shall thereafter be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment
date in accordance with this Section to the redemption of such
Securities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed as of _________________.
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BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
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