EXHIBIT 4.1
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CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF MAY 15, 1997
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CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
Section 310(a)(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
610
Section 311(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Section 312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
702
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Section 313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
Section 314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
1004
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Section 315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Section 316(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
(a)(1)(A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
512
(a)(1)(B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Section 317(a)(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003
Section 318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY..................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION........................ 1
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS................................................... 1
Act..................................................................... 2
Affiliate............................................................... 2
Attributable Debt....................................................... 2
Authenticating Agent.................................................... 2
Board of Directors...................................................... 2
Board Resolution........................................................ 2
Business Day............................................................ 3
Commission.............................................................. 3
Company................................................................. 3
Company Request or Company Order........................................ 3
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets........................................ 3
Corporate Trust Office.................................................. 3
corporation............................................................. 3
Covenant Defeasance..................................................... 3
Debt.................................................................... 3
Defaulted Interest...................................................... 4
Defeasance.............................................................. 4
Depositary.............................................................. 4
Event of Default........................................................ 4
Exchange Act............................................................ 4
Expiration Date......................................................... 4
Funded Debt............................................................. 4
Global Security......................................................... 4
Holder.................................................................. 4
Incur................................................................... 4
Indenture............................................................... 5
interest................................................................ 5
Interest Payment Date................................................... 5
Investment Company Act.................................................. 5
Lien.................................................................... 5
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NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
of the Indenture.
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Maturity................................................................ 5
Notice of Default....................................................... 5
Officers' Certificate................................................... 5
Opinion of Counsel...................................................... 6
Original Issue Discount Security........................................ 6
Outstanding............................................................. 6
Paying Agent............................................................ 7
Person.................................................................. 7
Place of Payment........................................................ 7
Predecessor Security.................................................... 7
Principal Property...................................................... 7
Redemption Date......................................................... 7
Redemption Price........................................................ 8
Regular Record Date..................................................... 8
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction......................................... 8
Securities.............................................................. 8
Secured Indebtedness.................................................... 8
Securities Act.......................................................... 9
Securitization.......................................................... 9
Security Register and Security Registrar................................ 10
Significant Subsidiary.................................................. 10
Special Record Date..................................................... 10
Stated Maturity......................................................... 10
Subsidiary.............................................................. 10
Trust Indenture Act..................................................... 10
Trustee................................................................. 10
U.S. Government Obligation.............................................. 10
Vice President.......................................................... 10
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.......................... 11
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE........................ 11
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES................................. 12
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY......................... 14
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER..................................... 14
SECTION 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT............................. 15
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS...................... 15
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SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS........................................ 15
SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE........................................... 15
SECTION 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE......................................... 15
SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW................................................. 16
SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS................................................ 16
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS............................................ 16
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY............................................... 16
SECTION 202. FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY...................................... 17
SECTION 203. FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY................................... 18
SECTION 204. FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES.......................... 23
SECTION 205. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION............... 23
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES............................................ 24
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.......................... 24
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS................................................. 26
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING................ 27
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.......................................... 28
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE........... 29
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.............. 31
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED................ 31
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SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS......................................... 33
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.................................................. 33
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST....................................... 33
SECTION 311. CUSIP NUMBERS................................................. 33
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE................................... 34
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE....................... 34
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.................................... 35
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES................................................ 35
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT............................................. 35
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT............ 37
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT
BY TRUSTEE.............................................................. 38
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.............................. 39
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES... 39
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED................................ 40
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS........................................... 40
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM AND INTEREST.................................................... 41
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES............................ 41
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE................................ 41
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.................................. 42
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SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS............................................ 42
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS....................................... 42
SECTION 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS......................................... 43
SECTION 515. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS....................... 43
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE.............................................. 43
SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES........................... 43
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS............................................ 44
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE..................................... 44
SECTION 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES........ 45
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES........................................... 45
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST........................................... 45
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT................................ 46
SECTION 608. CONFLICTING INTERESTS......................................... 46
SECTION 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY....................... 47
SECTION 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR............. 47
SECTION 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR........................ 49
SECTION 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS... 50
SECTION 613. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY............. 50
SECTION 614. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT........................... 50
ARTICLE SEVEN
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HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY................. 52
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS..... 52
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS........ 52
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE............................................ 53
SECTION 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY............................................ 53
SECTION 705. CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT........................ 53
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE............... 54
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.......... 54
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED......................................... 55
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES..................................... 55
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS............ 55
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS............... 56
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.......................... 57
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES............................. 57
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT........................... 58
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES............ 58
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS............................................... 58
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST................... 58
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SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.............................. 58
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST............ 59
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.......................... 60
SECTION 1005. EXISTENCE.................................................... 60
SECTION 1006. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.................................... 61
SECTION 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS............................ 61
SECTION 1008. LIMITATION ON SECURED INDEBTEDNESS........................... 61
SECTION 1009. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS............... 62
SECTION 1010. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.................................. 62
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OR REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES.......................... 62
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE..................................... 62
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE........................ 63
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED............ 63
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION......................................... 64
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.................................. 65
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE........................ 65
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.................................. 65
Section 1108. RIGHT OF REPAYMENT........................................... 65
Section 1109. FORM OF OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT............................ 66
ARTICLE TWELVE
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SINKING FUNDS............................................ 67
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE..................................... 67
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES........ 67
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.................... 67
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE............................. 68
SECTION 1301. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE. 68
SECTION 1302. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE..................................... 68
SECTION 1303. COVENANT DEFEASANCE.......................................... 69
SECTION 1304. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.............. 69
SECTION 1305. DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD
IN TRUST; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS....................................... 71
SECTION 1306. REINSTATEMENT................................................ 72
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INDENTURE, dated as of May 15, 1997, between Credit Acceptance
Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Michigan (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at
00000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, and The Bank of New
York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may
be, of this Indenture; and
(5) 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.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings corresponding to the
foregoing.
"Attributable Debt" when used in connection with a Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction involving a Principal Property means, at the time of determination,
the lesser of: (a) the fair value of such property (as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors of the Company); or (b) the present value of the total
net amount of rent required to be paid under such lease during the remaining
term thereof (including any renewal term or period for which such lease has been
extended), discounted at the rate of interest set forth or implicit in the terms
of such lease or, if not practicable to determine such rate, the weighted
average interest rate per annum (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, the imputed interest rate) borne by the Securities of each series
outstanding pursuant to the Indenture compounded semi-annually. For purposes of
the foregoing definition, rent shall not include amounts required to be paid by
the lessee on account of or contingent upon maintenance and repairs, insurance,
taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges, unless such costs are
included in base rent under the applicable lease. In the case of any lease which
is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall
be the lesser of the net amount determined assuming termination upon the first
date such lease may be terminated (in which case the net amount shall also
include the amount of the penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required
to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so
terminated) and the net amount determined assuming no such termination.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee. In the event the Board of Directors
shall delegate to any director or officer of the Company or any group consisting
of directors of the Company, officers of the Company
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or directors and officers of the Company the authority to take any action
which under the terms of this Indenture may be taken by "Board Resolution,"
then any action so taken by, and set forth in a resolution adopted by, the
director, officer or group within the scope of such delegation shall be
deemed to be a "Board Resolution" for purposes of this Indenture.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time
to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after
the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing
the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or
a Vice President, and by its Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, as of any particular time,
total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding applicable reserves
and other properly deductible items) less goodwill, patents and trademarks, to
the extent included in total assets; all as set forth on the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries and computed in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in
New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which at the date hereof is 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
00X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
"corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or business trust.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
"Debt" means (without duplication), with respect to any Person,
whether recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person and whether
or not contingent, (i) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed, (ii)
every obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments, including obligations Incurred in connection with the
acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (iii) every
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reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit,
bankers' acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such
Person, (iv) the present value of all payments due under any arrangement for
retention of title or any conditional sale agreement (other than a capital
lease, trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of business) discounted at the implicit rate, if known, with respect
thereto or, if unknown, at 9% per annum, (v) every obligation to pay rent or
other payment amounts of such Person with respect to any Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction to which such Person is a party and (vi) every obligation of the
type referred to in Clauses (i) through (v) of another Person and all
dividends of another Person the payment of which, in either case, such Person
has guaranteed or is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as
obligor, guarantor or otherwise; provided, that dealer holdbacks (as such
term is used in the Company's financial statements) shall not be considered
Debt of the Company or its subsidiaries.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary
for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Funded Debt" means any Debt maturing more than one year from the date
of issuance thereof, including any Debt renewable or extendible at the option of
the obligor to a date later than one year from the date of the original issuance
thereof.
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Incur" means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any
Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or other obligation
or the recording, as required pursuant to generally accepted accounting
principles or otherwise, of any such Debt or other obligation on the balance
sheet of such Person (and "Incurrence", "Incurred",
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"Incurrable" and "Incurring" shall have the meanings correlative to the
foregoing); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a change in generally accepting
accounting principles that results in an obligation of such Person that
exists at such time becoming Debt shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such
Debt.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Security.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Lien" means any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest, charge or
encumbrance; provided that the term "Lien" shall not include: (a) any negative
pledge clauses in agreements relating to the borrowing of money; (b) the right
of a lender, upon acceleration of indebtedness, to apply to the payment of such
indebtedness any and all balances, credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of the
Company or any Subsidiary (c) the obligation of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (i) to remit monies held by it in connection with dealer holdbacks,
claims or refunds under insurance policies or claims or refunds under service
contracts or (ii) to make deposits in trust or otherwise as required under
re-insurance agreements and pursuant to state regulatory requirements, unless
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has encumbered its
interest in such monies or deposits or in other property of the Company to
secure such obligations.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4) or 501(5).
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the
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Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant
to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting
officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, EXCEPT:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent)
for the Holders of such Securities; PROVIDED that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant
to Section 1302; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the
Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona
fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the
Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount
Security would be declared (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable
as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant
to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the
Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such
Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as
specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding
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shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such
Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above,
of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities
owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the
Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so
owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means the land, land improvements, buildings and
fixtures (to the extent they constitute real property interests), (including any
leasehold interest therein) constituting any office facility, operating
facility, or service facility (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) which:
(a) is owned by the Company or any Subsidiary; (b) is located within any of the
present 50 states of the United States (or the District of Columbia); (c) has
not been determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company not
to be materially important to the total business conducted by the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (d) has a market value on the date as of
which the determination is being made in excess of .50% of Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets as most recently determined on or prior to such date.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture or such Security.
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"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture or such Security.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"Sale and Lease-Back Transaction" means any arrangement with any
person providing for the leasing by the Company or any Subsidiary of any
Principal Property which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by
the Company or such Subsidiary to such person.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Secured Indebtedness" means (a) Debt of the Company or a Subsidiary
which is secured by any Lien upon any of its assets and (b) Debt of the Company
or a Subsidiary in respect of any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement covering any of its assets; but "Secured Indebtedness" shall not
include any of the following:
(i) Debt of the Company and the Subsidiaries outstanding on May 15,
1997, secured by then existing Liens upon, or incurred in connection with
conditional sales agreements or other title retention agreements with
respect to, any of its assets;
(ii) Debt which is secured by (A) purchase money Liens upon any
assets acquired after May 15, 1997, or (B) Liens placed on any assets
subsequent to May 15, 1997, during construction or improvement thereof
(including any improvements on any asset) or placed thereon within 180 days
after the later of acquisition, completion of construction or improvement
or the commencement of commercial operation of such asset or improvement,
or (C) conditional sale agreements or other title retention agreements with
respect to any assets acquired after May 15, 1997, if (in each case
referred to in this subparagraph (ii)) (x) such Lien or agreement secures
all or any part of the Debt incurred for the purpose of financing all or
any part of the purchase price and (y) such Lien or agreement does not
extend to any assets other than the assets so acquired; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the amount by which the aggregate principal amount of Debt secured by
any such Lien or agreement exceeds the cost to the Company or such
Subsidiary of the related assets shall be considered to be "Secured
Indebtedness";
(iii) Debt which is secured by Liens on any assets, which Liens exist
at the time of acquisition (by any manner whatsoever) of such assets by the
Company or a Subsidiary;
(iv) Debt of Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any other
Subsidiary, Debt of the Company owing to any Subsidiary, Debt of a
Subsidiary secured solely by the guaranty of, or an unsecured letter of
credit issued on behalf of, the Company or one or more Subsidiaries and
Debt of the Company to any Person secured solely by the guaranty of one or
more Subsidiaries.
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(v) In the case of any corporation which becomes (by any manner
whatsoever) a Subsidiary subsequent to May 15, 1997, Debt which is secured
by Liens upon, or conditional sale agreements or other title retention
agreements with respect to, its assets, which Liens exist at the time such
corporation becomes a Subsidiary;
(vi) Guarantees by the Company of Secured Indebtedness and
Attributable Debt of any Subsidiary and guarantees by a Subsidiary of
Secured Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of the Company and any other
Subsidiary;
(vii) Attributable Debt arising from any Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction;
(viii) Debt secured by Liens on assets of the Company or a Subsidiary
in favor of the United States of America, any State, Territory or
possession thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any department, agency
or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America
or any State, Territory or possession thereof, or the District of Columbia,
or in favor of any other country or any political subdivision thereof, if
such Debt was incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such
Lien; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount by which the aggregate principal
amount of Debt secured by any such Lien exceeds the cost to the Company or
such Subsidiary of the related acquisition or construction shall be
considered to be "Secured Indebtedness";
(ix) The replacement, extension or renewal (or successive
replacements, extensions or renewals) of any Debt (in whole or in part)
excluded from the definition of "Secured Indebtedness" by subparagraphs
(i) through (viii) above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Lien securing, or
conditional sale or title retention agreement with respect to, such Debt
shall extend to or cover any assets, other than such assets which secured
the Debt so replaced, extended or renewed (plus improvements on or to any
such assets); PROVIDED FURTHER, that to the extent that such replacement,
extension or renewal increases the principal amount of Debt secured by such
Lien or is in a principal amount in excess of the principal amount of Debt
excluded from the definition of "Secured Indebtedness" by subparagraphs
(i) through (viii) above, the amount of such increase or excess shall be
considered to be "Secured Indebtedness".
In no event shall the foregoing provisions be interpreted to mean or their
operation to cause the same Debt to be included more than once in the
calculation of "Secured Indebtedness" as that term is used in this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Securitization" shall mean the transfer or pledge of assets or
interests in assets to a trust, partnership, corporation or other entity, which
transfer or pledge is funded by such entity in whole or in part by the issuance
of instruments or securities that are paid principally from the cash flow
derived from such assets or interests in assets.
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"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, as of the date of determination, any
Subsidiary which has total assets in excess of five percent (5%) of Consolidated
Net Tangible Assets, determined based upon the most recent quarterly or annual
financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the
Company.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in
such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
instalment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at least a majority of the
outstanding voting stock having the power to elect a majority of the board of
directors of such corporation, or in the case of CAC Insurance Agency of Ohio,
Inc., at least 99% of the shares of capital stock issued and outstanding of all
classes in the aggregate, is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means
stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether
at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power
by reason of any contingency.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date,
"Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in
Section 1304.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
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SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each
such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers'
Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of
Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or any Subsidiary
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, unless such
counsel knows that the certificate or
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opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Opinions of counsel may have qualifications customary for opinions of the
type required and counsel delivering such opinions of counsel may rely on
certificates of government or other officials customary for opinions of the
type required, including, without limitation, certificates certifying as to
matters of fact.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders 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 and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Securities shall
be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
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The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, PROVIDED that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; PROVIDED that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a
record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person
be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action
is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the
Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; PROVIDED that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with
no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause
notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
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With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the
party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the
"Expiration Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any
earlier or later day PROVIDED that no Expiration Date shall be later than the
180th day after the applicable record date; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that no such
change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is
given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of
the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the
existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect
to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such
record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after
such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its
right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take
any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or
more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment
with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed
in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention:
Corporate Trust Trustee Administration, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the
Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in
the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with
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respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall
be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed
with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the
validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a
part of and govern this Indenture, such required provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, such provision of the Trust
Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or
excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
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SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts
of laws principles thereof.
SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set
forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be typewritten, 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.
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SECTION 202. FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY.
[INSERT ANY LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE
REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.]
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
No. ......... $ ........
CUSIP NO. ............
Credit Acceptance Corporation, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Michigan (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to
..............................................., or registered assigns, the
principal sum of ...................................... Dollars on
........................................................ [IF THE SECURITY IS TO
BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT -- , and to pay interest thereon from
............. or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on ............ and
............ in each year, commencing ........., at the rate of ....% per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT -- , PROVIDED that any principal and premium, and any such instalment of
interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ...% per annum (to
the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from
the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for
payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the ....... or
....... (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided
for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date
and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series
not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time
in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture].[ IF APPLICABLE, INSERT --- Interest on this Security shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS NOT TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT -- The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption[, repayment]
or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue
premium shall bear interest at the rate of ....% per
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annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made
available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be
payable on demand. [Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is
not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of ......% per annum (to
the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally
enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be
payable on demand.]]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT - any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in ............, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- ;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be
made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security
set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
By...........................
Attest:
.........................................
SECTION 203. FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1997 (herein called the
"Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein
called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the
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respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT -- , limited in aggregate principal amount to $...........].
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Securities of this Series are subject to
repayment on or after ________, ____, at the option of the Holder upon not less
than 30 days' (but not more than 60 days') notice by mail to the Paying Agent
prior to the repayment date including (a) appropriate wire instructions and (b)
either (i) the Security with the form entitled Option to Elect Repayment (as set
forth below) attached to the Security duly completed or (ii) a facsimile
transmission or letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust
company in the United States setting forth the name of the Holder of such
Security, the principal amount of such Security, the portion of the principal
amount of such Security to be repaid, the certificate number or a description of
the tenor and terms of such Security, a statement that the option to elect
repayment is being exercised thereby and a guarantee that such Security to be
repaid with the form entitled Option to Elect Repayment (substantially in the
form set out in the Indenture) attached to such Security duly completed will be
received by the Paying Agent not later than five Business Days after the date of
such facsimile transmission or letter and such Security and form duly completed
must be received by the Paying Agent by such fifth Business Day. Exercise of
the repayment option by the Holder of such Security shall be irrevocable. The
repayment option may be exercised by the Holder of such Security for less than
the entire principal amount of the Security provided that the principal amount
of the Security remaining outstanding after repayment is an authorized
denomination. No registration of, transfer or exchange of such Security (or, in
the event that such Security is to be repaid in part, the portion of the
Security to be repaid) will be permitted after exercise of a repayment option.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT --
(1) on ........... in any year commencing with the year ...... and ending with
the year ...... through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [IF
APPLICABLE, INSERT -- on or after .........., 19..], as a whole or in part, at
the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- on
or before ..............., ...%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period
beginning ............. of the years indicated,
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Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
---- ---------- ---- ----------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ............ in
any year commencing with the year .... and ending with the year .... through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [IF
APPLICABLE, INSERT -- on or after ............], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning ............ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
---- ----------------- ----------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such
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Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
may not, prior to ............., redeem any Securities of this series as
contemplated by [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph
as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application,
directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the
Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of
less than .....% per annum.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The sinking fund for this series provides
for the redemption on ............ in each year beginning with the year .......
and ending with the year ...... of [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- not less than
$.......... ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $......... aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT -- mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- , in the inverse order in which they become
due].]
[IF THE SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION OF ANY KIND, INSERT -- In
the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof
will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Indenture contains provisions for
defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or]
[certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in
the Indenture.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS NOT AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT --
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- INSERT FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE
AMOUNT. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights
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of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the
Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal
amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of
the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the
Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer of this Security or in exchange for or in lieu of
this Security, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $....... and any integral multiple thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable
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for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of
like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
This Security is governed and construed in accordance with the law of
the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
SECTION 204. FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A
SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
SECTION 205. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
DATED: ..................
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
AS TRUSTEE
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By.........................................
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the first
issuance of a Security of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and
except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never
to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities
of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest
shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium
and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
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(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series
may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the
Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series
shall be issuable;
(10) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on
any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index
or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(11) if other than the currency of the United States of America,
the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and
the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the
definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company
or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other
than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made
shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions
upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the
manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(13) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502;
(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of
any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose
thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall
be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated
Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to
be the principal amount shall be determined);
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(15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole
or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or
Section 1303 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such
Securities shall be evidenced;
(16) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities
and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities,
the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global
Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and any
circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of
the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer
of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name
or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof;
(17) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which
applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;
(18) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in
Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;
(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 901(5)); and
(20) the identity of the Trustee (if different than the Trustee
executing this Indenture) and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each
Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities.
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate
referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered
form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by
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Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect
to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its President, a Vice President or its Chief Financial
Officer and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The
signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and make available for delivery such
Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and
subject to general equity principles (regardless of whether enforcement is
sought in a proceeding in equity or at law); such opinion need express no
opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies; and
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(4) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of such Securities have been complied with.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, temporary Securities which are typewritten,
printed, lithographed, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Except in the case of temporary Global Securities, which shall be
exchanged in accordance with the terms thereof, if temporary Securities of any
series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series
to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender
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of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the
Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of
any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery in exchange therefor one or more definitive
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and
tenor.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations
and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of
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transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section
304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor)
are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that
series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only
to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture
shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security and a successor depository is not
appointed by the Company within 30 days of the date the Company is so
informed in writing or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an
Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or (C) there shall
exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the
foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by
Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global
Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof
shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global
Security shall direct in accordance with its records.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or
1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name
of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof.
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SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee
(i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed,
lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, 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 this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable,
and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.
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Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any
interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
"Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than
10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10
days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of
Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be
paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close
of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee
of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium
and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on
its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with
respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner
of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on
account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to
the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery
to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company
Order; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee shall not be required to destroy such
cancelled Securities.
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 311. CUSIP NUMBERS.
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The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of
a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further
effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in the Company
Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost
or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by
the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from
such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, 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 Company,
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and the Company, 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 money in an amount sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit
(in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or
to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
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(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any
Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as
due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included
in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than
that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90
days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it
to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(5) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
Debt for money borrowed by the Company (including a default with respect to
Securities of any series other than that series), or under any mortgage,
indenture or instrument (including this Indenture) under which there may be
issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt for money
borrowed by the Company having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of
at least $10 million, whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be
created, which default (A) shall constitute a failure to pay any portion of
the principal of such Debt when due and payable after the expiration of any
applicable grace period with respect thereto or (B) shall have resulted in
such Debt becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on
which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without, in the case
of Clause (A), such past due principal of such Debt having been discharged
or without, in the case of Clause (B), such Debt having been discharged or
such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, in each such case,
within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered
or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
default and requiring the Company to cause such Debt to be discharged or
cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled, as the case may be,
and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(6) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
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composition of or in respect of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or
of any substantial part of its property (or that of any such Significant
Subsidiary), or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and
the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or
(7) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or
consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or
State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or
any of its Significant Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of its
property ( or that of any such Significant Subsidiary), or the making by it
of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in
writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or
the taking of corporate action by the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries in furtherance of any such action; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(6) or 501(7)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that
series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice
in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any
such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6)
or 501 (7) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms
thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the
part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
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At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of
that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration
of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue
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interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
similar judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon
the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and
all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of
the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the
Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors'
or other similar committee.
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust,
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and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of
which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due
and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest,
respectively; and
THIRD: To the Company.
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in
its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph
of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
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SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, PROVIDED that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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SECTION 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs,
including legal fees and expenses, against any such party litigant, in the
manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; PROVIDED that
neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize
any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any
suit instituted by the Company, by the Trustee, or by any Holder or group of
Holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of any series, or by any Holder for the enforcement of
payment of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the
respective Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the redemption date).
SECTION 515. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
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SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any
series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice
of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the case of any default of the character specified in
Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to
Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For
the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or
after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601 and to Section 315 of the
Trust Indenture Act:
(1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Debt or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any
resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the
written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of Debt
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or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make
such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may
see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry
or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered,
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to
be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Indenture; and
(9) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default or
Event of Default unless a responsible officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact
such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 608 and 613 of this Indenture and Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust
Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except as otherwise provided in this Indenture or to the extent
required by law. The
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Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it
hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as
shall be agreed in writing from time to time by the Company and the Trustee
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for,
and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust
or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all
property and funds held by it hereunder, except for funds held in trust for the
benefit of the Holders of particular Securities, for any amount owing it or any
predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Section 607.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6) or Section 501(7), the
expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture.
SECTION 608. CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act
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and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not
be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under
this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.
SECTION 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and
surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
SECTION 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Holder, or
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(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders
of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at
the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
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SECTION 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,
(2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities,
shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to
confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) 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
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
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Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second
preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
SECTION 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 613. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 614. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect
to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf
of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original
issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof
or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and
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surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination
by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof
to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
DATED:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
AS TRUSTEE
By......................................,
AS AUTHENTICATING AGENT
By.......................................
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than January 15 and July 15 in each
year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as
of the preceding December 31 or June 30, as the case may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no
such list shall be required to be furnished.
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee
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in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect
to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall,
within 60 days after each May 15 following the date of this Indenture, deliver
to Holders a brief report, dated as of such May 15, which complies with the
provisions of such Section 313(a).
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
SECTION 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and
transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; PROVIDED that any such
information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee
is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
SECTION 705. CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.
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The Company shall file with the Trustee reasonably promptly after the
end of each calendar year during which an Original Issue Discount Security is
outstanding, (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue
discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding
Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information
relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall
prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company or any Subsidiary with or
into any other Person or Persons, or shall prevent any conveyance, transfer or
lease of the properties and assets of the Company or any Subsidiary
substantially as an entirety to any Person provided that:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance
or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust,
shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States
of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all
the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating
any Debt which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a
result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such
Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event
of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required
in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply
with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties
and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with
Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case
of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein
and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company 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
Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events
of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal,
and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
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(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, PROVIDED that any
such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any
Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental
indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the
rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or
(B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding;
or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section
1008 or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 611; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, PROVIDED that such action pursuant
to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series then outstanding in any material respects.
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any instalment
of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal
amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon
the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due
and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin
or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the
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Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1010, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this clause shall not be deemed to require
the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the
Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1010, or the
deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of
Sections 611 and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601 of this Indenture and Section 315 of the Trust
Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a
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part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be
bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in
respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
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Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York City,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication,
any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company.
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof
the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be
in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge.
Upon the occurrence of any event which is, or after notice or lapse of
time or both would become, an Event of Default, or if the Trustee or any Holder
or the trustee for or the holder of any other evidence of Debt of the Company or
any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a
claimed default, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee by registered or
certified mail or by facsimile transmission an Officers' Certificate specifying
such event, notice or other action within fifteen Business Days of its notice of
such default.
SECTION 1005. EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in
the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
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SECTION 1006. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
SECTION 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and
(2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might
by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or
cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose
amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1008. LIMITATION ON SECURED INDEBTEDNESS.
The Company will not create, assume, incur or guarantee, and will not
permit any Subsidiary to create, assume, incur or guarantee, any Secured
Indebtedness without making provision whereby all the Securities shall be
secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Indebtedness
(together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Debt of the Company
or such Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created which is not subordinate
to the Securities) so long as such Secured Indebtedness shall be outstanding
unless such Secured Indebtedness, when added to (a) the aggregate amount of all
Secured Indebtedness then outstanding (not including in this computation Secured
Indebtedness if the Securities are secured equally and ratably with (or prior
to) such Secured Indebtedness and further not including in this computation any
Secured Indebtedness which is concurrently being retired) and (b) the aggregate
amount of all Attributable Debt then outstanding pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back
Transactions entered into by the Company after May 15, 1997, or entered into by
a Subsidiary after May 15, 1997 or, if later, the date on which it became a
Subsidiary (not including in this computation any Attributable Debt which is
concurrently being retired), would not exceed 3% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets. In addition, the Company may create, assume, incur or guarantee Secured
Indebtedness in connection with one or more Securitizations.
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SECTION 1009. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter
into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction unless (a) the sum of (i) the
Attributable Debt to be outstanding pursuant to such Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction, (ii) all Attributable Debt then outstanding pursuant to all other
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions entered into by the Company after May 15, 1997,
or entered into by a Subsidiary after May 15, 1997 or, if later, the date on
which it became a Subsidiary, and (iii) the aggregate of all Secured
Indebtedness then outstanding (not including in this computation Secured
Indebtedness if the Securities are secured equally and ratably with (or prior
to) such Secured Indebtedness and any Secured Indebtedness issued in connection
with one or more Securitizations as permitted by Section 1008) would not exceed
3% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets or (b) an amount equal to the greater of
(i) the net proceeds to the Company or the Subsidiary of the sale of the
Principal Property sold and leased back pursuant to such Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction and (ii) the amount of Attributable Debt to be outstanding pursuant
to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is applied to the retirement of Funded
Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than Funded Debt which is
subordinate to the Securities or which is owing to the Company or any
Subsidiary) within 180 days after the consummation of such Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction.
SECTION 1010. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of
any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(18),
901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in either
Section 1008 or Section 1009, inclusive, if before the time for such compliance
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term,
provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term,
provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of
the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OR REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
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Securities of any series which are redeemable or repayable before
their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable or repayable in accordance with their
terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such
Securities) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such
redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least
60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be
redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In
the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed
(unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series,
PROVIDED that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security
shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption
affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not
previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of
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the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination
(which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such
Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in
the Security Register and to the Trustee; PROVIDED, that if the Trustee is
requested by the Company to give notice of such redemption to the Holders,
notice of such redemption and request shall be given to the Trustee not later
than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed
(including CUSIP numbers) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and any accrued interest,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of
the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and any accrued
interest will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed
and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after
said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
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SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in
the Security.
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such
Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series
and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder,
in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
SECTION 1108. RIGHT OF REPAYMENT.
In order for any Security that is subject to repayment at the option
of the Holder to be repaid, the Paying Agent must receive at least 30 days but
not more than 60 days prior to the repayment date (a) appropriate wire
instructions and (b) either (i) the Security with
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the form entitled Option to Elect Repayment (as set forth below) attached to
the Security duly completed or (ii) a facsimile transmission or letter from a
member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company in the United
States setting forth the name of the Holder of such Security, the principal
amount of such Security, the portion of the principal amount of such Security
to be repaid, the certificate number or a description of the tenor and terms
of such Security, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being
exercised thereby and a guarantee that such Security to be repaid with the form
entitled Option to Elect Repayment attached to such Security duly completed
will be received by the Paying Agent not later than five Business Days after
the date of such facsimile transmission or letter and such Security and form
duly completed must be received by the Paying Agent by such fifth Business Day.
Exercise of the repayment option by the Holder of such Security shall be
irrevocable, except as otherwise provided in the Board Resolution establishing
the term of the Security. The repayment option may be exercised by the Holder
of such Security for less than the entire principal amount of the Security
provided that the principal amount of the Security remaining outstanding after
repayment is an authorized denomination. No registration of, transfer or
exchange of such Security (or, in the event that such Security is to be repaid
in part, the portion of the Security to be repaid) will be permitted after
exercise of a repayment option. All questions as to the validity, eligibility
(including time of receipt) and acceptance of any Security for repayment will
be determined by the Company, whose determination will be final, binding and
non-appealable.
SECTION 1109. FORM OF OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The following text shall be attached to each Security to which the
provisions of Section 1108 apply:
FORM OF OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT ON ___________, __________
I or we hereby irrevocably elect to exercise the option to have the
principal sum of _________________ together with accrued interest thereon to
__________, ___ repaid by the Company on ________________, ______. If less
than the entire principal amount of the Security is to be repaid specify the
denomination or denominations (which shall be in authorized denominations) of
the Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the within
Security not being repaid (in the absence of any such specification, one such
Security will be issued for the portion not being repaid.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Dated:_________________________________________________________________________
Signed:________________________________________________________________________
Signature Guarantee:________________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed by
an eligible institution within
the meaning of Rule 17A(d)-15
under the Securities Exchange
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Act of 1934, as amended)
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of any Securities 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 such Securities is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund
payment". If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any
sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as
provided for by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by
the terms of such Securities; PROVIDED that the Securities to be so credited
have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price,
as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
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pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities
to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund
payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such
sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense
of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been
duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1301. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302
or Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the
case may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to
such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable requirements
provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set
forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board
Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
such Securities.
SECTION 1302. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this
Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations
with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the
date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called
"Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities
and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated
or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully
set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any
premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company's
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002
and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the
Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have
Section 1303 applied to such Securities.
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SECTION 1303. COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this
Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be, (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under
Sections 801(3), 1008 and 1009, and any covenants provided pursuant to
Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4)
(with respect to any of Section 801(3), 1008 and 1009, and any such covenants
provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7)), 501(5) and 501(8) shall
be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect
to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant
Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with
respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have
no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of
Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such
Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1304. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of
Section 1302 or Section 1303 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as
the case may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the
requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for
the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such
Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day
before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other
qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium
and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used
herein, "U.S. Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a
direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation
by the United States of America, which, in either case
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(i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any
U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held
by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or
with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any
U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, PROVIDED that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by
such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument,
there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either
case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall
confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance
and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at
the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and
discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at
the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance
were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other
Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange,
will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(6) and
(7), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit
(it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied
until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the
Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act.
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(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement
or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the
trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be
registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been
complied with.
SECTION 1305. DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this
Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any
Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such
Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal
and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with
respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
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SECTION 1306. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this
Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such
Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply
all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such Securities
in accordance with this Article; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company makes
any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security
following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment
from the money so held in trust.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
By............................
Attest:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By..............................
Attest:
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STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the .... day of ..........., ...., before me personally came
..........................., to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is .................... of Credit Acceptance Corporation,
one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of
the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto
by like authority.
...............................................
STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the .... day of ..........., ...., before me personally came
..........................., to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is .................... of The Bank of New York, one of
the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that
he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument
is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
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