Exhibit 4(b)
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INDENTURE
BETWEEN
M&T BANK CORPORATION
AND
[ ]
(AS TRUSTEE)
dated as of
[ ], [ ]
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
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CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATINGTO SECTIONS 310
THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
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Sections 310 (a)(1). 6.09
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(a)(2) 6.09
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(a)(3) Not Applicable
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(a)(4) Not Applicable
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(b) 6.08
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6.10
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Sections 311 (a) 6.13
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(b) 6.13
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Sections 312 (a) 7.01
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7.02
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(b) 7.02
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(c) 7.02
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Sections 313 (a) 7.03
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(b) 7.03
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(c) 7.03
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(d) 7.03
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Sections 314 (a) 7.04
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(a)(4) 1.01
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10.04
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(b) Not Applicable
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(c)(1) 1.02
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(c)(2) 1.02
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(c)(3) Not Applicable
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(d) Not Applicable
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(e) 1.02
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Sections 315 (a) 6.01
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(b) 6.02
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(c) 6.01
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(d) 6.01
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(e) 5.14
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Sections 316 (a) 1.01
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(a)(1) (A) 5.02
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5.12
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(a)(1) (B) 5.13
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(a)(2) Not Applicable
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(b) 5.08
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(c) 1.04
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Sections 317 (a)(1) 5.03
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(a)(2) 5.04
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(b) 10.03
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Sections 318 (a) 1.07
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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
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01 DEFINITIONS............................................................................. 1
SECTION 1.02 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.................................................... 8
SECTION 1.03 FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.................................................. 8
SECTION 1.04 ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES........................................................... 9
SECTION 1.05 NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY................................................... 11
SECTION 1.06 NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER............................................................... 11
SECTION 1.07 CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT....................................................... 12
SECTION 1.08 EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................ 12
SECTION 1.09 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.................................................................. 12
SECTION 1.10 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE..................................................................... 12
SECTION 1.11 BENEFITS OF INDENTURE................................................................... 12
SECTION 1.12 GOVERNING LAW........................................................................... 12
SECTION 1.13 LEGAL HOLIDAYS.......................................................................... 13
ARTICLE II.
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.01 FORMS GENERALLY......................................................................... 13
SECTION 2.02 FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY................................................................ 13
SECTION 2.03 FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY............................................................. 15
SECTION 2.04 FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES.................................................... 19
SECTION 2.05 FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION......................................... 19
ARTICLE III.
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01 AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.................................................... 19
SECTION 3.02 DENOMINATIONS........................................................................... 22
SECTION 3.03 EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.......................................... 22
SECTION 3.04 TEMPORARY SECURITIES.................................................................... 24
SECTION 3.05 REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE..................................... 24
SECTION 3.06 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES........................................ 26
SECTION 3.07 PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.......................................... 27
SECTION 3.08 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS................................................................... 28
SECTION 3.09 CANCELLATION............................................................................ 28
SECTION 3.10 COMPUTATION OF INTEREST................................................................. 28
ARTICLE IV.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.01 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE................................................. 29
SECTION 4.02 APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.............................................................. 30
ARTICLE V.
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT....................................................................... 30
SECTION 5.02 ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT...................................... 31
SECTION 5.03 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE......................... 32
SECTION 5.04 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM........................................................ 33
SECTION 5.05 TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES............................. 33
SECTION 5.06 APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.......................................................... 34
SECTION 5.07 LIMITATION ON SUITS..................................................................... 34
SECTION 5.08 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST............... 35
SECTION 5.09 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES...................................................... 35
SECTION 5.10 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.......................................................... 35
SECTION 5.11 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER............................................................ 35
SECTION 5.12 CONTROL BY HOLDERS...................................................................... 35
SECTION 5.13 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS................................................................. 36
SECTION 5.14 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS................................................................... 36
SECTION 5.15 WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS................................................. 36
ARTICLE VI.
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01 CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES..................................................... 37
SECTION 6.02 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS...................................................................... 37
SECTION 6.03 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE............................................................... 37
SECTION 6.04 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.................................. 38
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SECTION 6.05 MAY HOLD SECURITIES..................................................................... 38
SECTION 6.06 MONEY HELD IN TRUST..................................................................... 38
SECTION 6.07 COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.......................................................... 39
SECTION 6.08 CONFLICTING INTERESTS................................................................... 39
SECTION 6.09 CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY................................................. 39
SECTION 6.10 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR....................................... 40
SECTION 6.11 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.................................................. 41
SECTION 6.12 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS............................. 42
SECTION 6.13 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY....................................... 42
SECTION 6.14 APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT..................................................... 43
ARTICLE VII.
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 7.01 COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS............................... 44
SECTION 7.02 PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.................................. 44
SECTION 7.03 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE...................................................................... 45
SECTION 7.04 REPORTS BY COMPANY...................................................................... 45
ARTICLE VIII.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 8.01 COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.................................... 45
SECTION 8.02 SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED................................................................... 46
ARTICLE IX.
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.01 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS...................................... 47
SECTION 9.02 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS......................................... 48
SECTION 9.03 EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.................................................... 49
SECTION 9.04 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES....................................................... 49
SECTION 9.05 CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT..................................................... 49
SECTION 9.06 REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES...................................... 49
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ARTICLE X.
COVENANTS
SECTION 10.01 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST............................................. 50
SECTION 10.02 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY........................................................ 50
SECTION 10.03 MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST...................................... 50
SECTION 10.04 STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.................................................... 51
SECTION 10.05 EXISTENCE.............................................................................. 52
SECTION 10.06 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.............................................................. 52
SECTION 10.07 LIMITATION ON SALE OR ISSUANCE OF CAPITAL STOCK OF CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES................ 52
SECTION 10.08 LIMITATION UPON LIENS ON CERTAIN CAPITAL STOCK......................................... 53
SECTION 10.09 PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS...................................................... 53
SECTION 10.10 WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS............................................................ 54
ARTICLE XI.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.01 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE............................................................... 54
SECTION 11.02 ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.................................................. 54
SECTION 11.03 SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED...................................... 54
SECTION 11.04 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION................................................................... 55
SECTION 11.05 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE............................................................ 56
SECTION 11.06 SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.................................................. 56
SECTION 11.07 SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART............................................................ 56
ARTICLE XII.
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.01 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE............................................................... 57
SECTION 12.02 SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.................................. 57
SECTION 12.03 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.............................................. 57
ARTICLE XIII.
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 13.01 COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE........................... 58
SECTION 13.02 DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE............................................................... 58
SECTION 13.03 COVENANT DEFEASANCE.................................................................... 58
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SECTION 13.04 CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE........................................ 59
SECTION 13.05 DEPOSITED MONEY, U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE
HELD IN TRUST; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS................................................ 61
SECTION 13.06 REINSTATEMENT.......................................................................... 62
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INDENTURE, dated as of _____________, between M&T Bank Corporation, a
New York corporation which is registered as a bank holding company under the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and under Article III-A of the New
York Banking Law (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at
Xxx X&X Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, and _______________, a _______________
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 I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01 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 Section 1.01 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.
(a) "Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 1.04(a).
(b) "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control " when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
(c) "Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
(d) "Bank" means (i) any institution which accepts deposits that
the depositor has a legal right to withdraw on demand and engages in the
business of making commercial loans, and (ii) any trust company.
(e) "Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
(f) "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, or any duly authorized committee thereof, and to be
in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
(g) "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.
(h) "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.
(i) "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.
(j) "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
Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and
delivered to the Trustee.
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(k) "Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the
Trustee in ___________________________ at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof
is located at _______________________, Attention: ______________.
(l) "corporation" means a corporation, association, company,
joint-stock company or business trust.
(m) "Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section
13.03.
(n) "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section
3.07.
(o) "Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
(p) "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 3.01.
(q) "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
(r) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
(s) "Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
(t) "Foreign Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.04.
(u) "Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part
of the Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.04
(or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such
Securities).
(v) "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
(w) "indebtedness for money borrowed" means: (i) any obligation
of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the repayment of money
borrowed, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written
instruments, (ii) any capitalized lease obligations, and (iii) any deferred
obligation for payment of the purchase price of any property or assets.
(x) "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
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such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also
include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated
by Section 3.01.
(y) "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.
(z) "Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any
Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
(aa) "Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
(bb) "Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the
date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal
becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
(cc) "Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind
specified in Section 5.01(d) or 5.01(e).
(dd) "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the
officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.04 shall
be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
(ee) "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee, in
form and substance acceptable to the Trustee.
(ff) "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 5.02.
(gg) "Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
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duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected
pursuant to Section 13.02; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section
3.06 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 which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (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 3.01, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, 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 a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities
so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right
so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor.
(hh) "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.
(ii) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
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(jj) "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 3.01.
(kk) "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 3.06 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.
(ll) "Principal Subsidiary Bank" means any Subsidiary which is a
Bank and has total assets equal to 50 percent or more of the consolidated assets
of the Company determined as of the date of the most recent financial statements
of such entities.
(mm) "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.
(nn) "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.
(oo) "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 3.01.
(pp) "Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee,
means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman
or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the
secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer,
the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
(qq) "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
(rr) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
(ss) "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.
(tt) "Senior Indebtedness" means, unless otherwise determined with
respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on: (i) all "indebtedness for money borrowed"
of the Company, including indebtedness of others guaranteed by the Company,
other than the Securities, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the
indenture or incurred afterward, except indebtedness that by its terms expressly
is not superior in payment right to the Securities or ranks equal to the
Securities; and (ii) any deferrals, renewals or extensions of any such
indebtedness. Senior Indebtedness of the Company includes: (i) any borrowings
under the $30 million credit facility under the Credit Agreement dated as of
December 15, 2000 between the Company and Citibank, N.A., (ii) any outstanding
commercial paper issued by the Company, and (iii) the Company's guarantee of the
6.5% Senior Medium Term Notes due 2008 issued by Keystone Financial Mid-Atlantic
Funding Corp. The following indebtedness of the Company, however, is not
considered to be Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and is subordinate to the
Securities: (i) 7.20% Subordinated Notes due July 1, 2007, (ii) 6.875%
Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2009, (iii) Floating Rate Junior Subordinated
Debentures due January 15, 2027, (iv) Floating Rate Junior Subordinated
Debentures due February 1, 2027, (v) 8.234% Junior Subordinated Debentures due
February 1, 2027, (vi) 9.25% Junior Subordinated Debentures due February 1,
2027, (vii) 8.277% Junior Subordinated Debentures due June 1, 2027, and (viii)
Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due July 15, 2029.
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(uu) "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
(vv) "Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date
specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
(ww) "Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock of which is 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.
(xx) "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.
(yy) "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.
(zz) "U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in
Section 13.04.
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(aaa) "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".
(bbb) "Voting Stock" means stock of the class or classes having
general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority
of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such corporation
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency).
Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
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 (except for certificates
provided for in Section 10.04) shall include,
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of 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
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
(a) 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.
(b) 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,
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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 stating that the information with respect to such
factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
(c) 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 1.04 Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) 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 an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered 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 6.01) conclusive in favor of
the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take 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.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
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(e) 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 canceled 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 1.06.
(f) 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 Section 5.02, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(b) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 5.12, 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 canceled 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 1.06.
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(g) With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section
1.04, 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 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 1.06, 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date
shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
(h) 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 1.05 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,
(a) 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:
______________, or
(b) 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 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver.
(a) 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 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
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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.
(b) 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 1.07 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, the latter 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, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.08 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 1.09 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 1.10 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 1.11 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.
Section 1.12 Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York.
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Section 1.13 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 II.
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01 Forms Generally.
(a) The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article II, 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 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
(b) The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder.] THIS NOTE IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE BANK INSURANCE FUND, THE SAVINGS
ASSOCIATION INSURANCE FUND OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
M&T BANK CORPORATION
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No._______ $_______
M&T Bank Corporation, a New York corporation which is registered as a bank
holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and
under Article III-A of the New York Banking Law (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 installment 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 the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert:) The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium 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. 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.]
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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.
Dated:
M&T BANK CORPORATION
By: _______________________
Attest: ______________________________
Section 2.03 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 __________________ (herein called the
"Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), between the Company and ____________ 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 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
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
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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
______, 20__], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount):
If redeemed [(if applicable, insert:) on or before _______, ___%, and if
redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning ___________ of the years
indicated,
Year Redemption Price Year Redemption Price
---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [(if applicable, insert:) (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[(If applicable, insert:) The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 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,
Year Redemption Price For Redemption Through Redemption Price For Redemption Otherwise
Operation of the Sinking Fund Than Through Operation of the Sinking Fund
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[(If applicable, insert:) 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
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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 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
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consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or
in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of
this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect
to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any
other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to 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 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.
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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.
Section 2.04 Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 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 2.05 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.
______________________, As Trustee
By: __________________________
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE III.
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
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(b) 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 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers'
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior
to the issuance of Securities of any series:
(i) the title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(ii) 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 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(iii) 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;
(iv) the date or dates on which the principal of any
Securities of the series is payable;
(v) 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;
(vi) the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(vii) 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;
(viii) 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;
(ix) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
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(x) 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;
(xi) 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 1.01;
(xii) 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 5.02;
(xiii) 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);
(xiv) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in
whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.02 or
Section 13.03 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;
(xv) 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 Depositories 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 2.04 and
any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section
3.05(h)(ii) 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;
(xvi) the right, if any, of the Company to convert or
exchange the Securities of such series, or the obligation, if any, of the
Company to permit the Securities of such series to be converted into or
exchanged, for common stock of the Company or other securities or property of
the Company and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange
shall be effected (including, without limitation, the initial conversion price
or rate, the conversion or exchange period, any adjustment of the applicable
conversion or exchange price or rate and any requirements relative to the
reservation of such shares for purposes of conversion or exchange);
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(xvii) if convertible or exchangeable, any applicable
limitations on the ownership or transferability of the securities or property
into which such Securities are convertible or exchangeable;
(xviii) 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 5.02;
(xix) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth
in Article X which applies to Securities of the series; and
(xx) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 9.01(e)).
(c) 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
3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers'
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
(d) 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.
(e) The Securities shall rank equally in right of payment with all
Senior Indebtedness
Section 3.02 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 Section 3.01. 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 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
(a) The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one
of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon 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.
(b) Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company,
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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.
(c) At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the
Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver 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 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(i) if the form of such Securities has been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) if the terms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(iii) 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, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors' rights and to general equity principles.
(d) 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.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 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 3.01 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.
(f) Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
(g) 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
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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 3.09, 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 3.04 Temporary Securities.
(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities 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.
(b) 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 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 deliver 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 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) 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.
(b) 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
deliver, in the name of the designated
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transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
(c) 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 deliver, the Securities which the Holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive.
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
(f) No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any
transfer.
(g) 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
(i) 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 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or
(ii) 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.
(h) The provisions of Clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below
shall apply only to Global Securities:
(i) 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.
(ii) 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
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Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof
unless (A) such Depositary (x) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (y) 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 3.01.
(iii) Subject to Clause (ii) 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.
(iv) 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 3.04, 3.06,
9.06 or 11.07 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.
Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
(a) If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
(b) 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
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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
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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.
(f) 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 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
(a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01
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.
(b) 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 (i) or (ii) below:
(i) 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 1.06, 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
(ii).
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(ii) 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.
(iii) 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 3.08 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 3.07) 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.
Section 3.09 Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may
deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company
has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the
Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order.
Section 3.10 Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 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.
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ARTICLE IV.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(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
(a) either:
(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (x) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (y)
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 10.03) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable, or (y) will become due
and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (z) are to be called
for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (x), (y) or (z) 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;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) 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 6.07, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of Clause (a) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last
paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive.
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Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE V.
REMEDIES
Section 5.01 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):
(a) 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
(b) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on
any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and
as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(d) 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
(e) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of
(i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Principal
Subsidiary Bank in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
(ii) a decree or order adjudging the
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Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving
as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company or any Principal Subsidiary Bank
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 Principal Subsidiary Bank or of any substantial part of its
property, 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
(f) the commencement by the Company or any Principal Subsidiary
Bank 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
Principal Subsidiary Bank 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 Principal
Subsidiary Bank or of any substantial part of its property, 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 Principal Subsidiary Bank in furtherance
of any such action; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that series.
Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
(a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.01(e) or 5.01(f)) 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 5.01(e) or 5.01(f) 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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(b) 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:
(i) 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
(ii) 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 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
(a) The Company covenants that if:
(i) 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
(ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
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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 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.
(b) If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed, at
the sole expense of the Company, 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 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
(a) In case of any 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 6.07.
(b) 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 5.05 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 5.06 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
6.07; and
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.
Section 5.07 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:
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(b) 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;
(c) 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;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e) 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 itself 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
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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 5.08 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
3.07) 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 5.09 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 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 3.06(f), 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.
Section 5.11 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 5.12 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
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(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Indenture, and
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.
(a) 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:
(i) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of such series, or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
(b) Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided 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.
Section 5.15 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.
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ARTICLE VI.
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01 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.
Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
and such default is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, 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 5.01(d) 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 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01:
(a) the Trustee may 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 indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) any 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;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
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(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) 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;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but
the Trustee, in its discretion, may 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; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
Section 6.04 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 6.05 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
6.08 and 6.13, 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 6.06 Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for
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interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with
the Company.
Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of
this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against,
any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
Section 6.08 Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. 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 [or a trustee under - list here any prior
indentures between the Company and the Trustee that have not been satisfied and
discharged and that may be excluded by the proviso to Section 310(b)(1) of the
Trust Indenture Act].
Section 6.09 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, and 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
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accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) 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 6.11.
(b) 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 6.11 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.
(c) 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.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08
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
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section
6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or
by any such Holder, or
(iii) 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 5.14, 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.
(e) 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
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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 6.11. 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
6.11, 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 6.11, 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.
(f) 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
1.06. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) 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.
(b) 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 (i) 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, (ii)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall
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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 (iii) 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.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
(d) 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 6.12 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 6.13 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).
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Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
(a) 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 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
(b) 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.
(c) 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 1.06 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
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Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the -provisions of
this Section.
(d) The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.07.
(e) If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made
pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
_________________________________,
As Trustee
By:_________________________________,
As Authenticating Agent
By:_________________________________,
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE VII.
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) semi-annually, not later than ________ and ________ 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
or, as the case may be, and
(b) 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,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) 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 7.01 and the names
and addresses of
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Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The
Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon
receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) 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.
(c) 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 7.03 Reports by Trustee.
(a) 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.
(b) Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of
not more than 12 months shall be transmitted no later than ________ in each
calendar year, commencing in __________________.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon
which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The
Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 7.04 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.
ARTICLE VIII.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 8.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any
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Person, unless:
(a) 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;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and
treating any indebtedness 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 happened and be continuing; and
(c) 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.
Section 8.02 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 8.01, 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.
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ARTICLE IX.
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01 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:
(a) 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
(b) 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
(c) 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
(d) 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
(e) 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 (i) shall neither (A) 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 (B) modify the rights of the
Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become
effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(f) to secure the Securities; or
(g) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
6.11; or
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(i) 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 (i)
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any
series in any material respect.
Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
(a) 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:
(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment 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 5.02, 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
Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or
(ii) 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
(iii) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section
5.13 or Section 10.08, 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 10.08, or the deletion of this
proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 9.01(h).
(iv) 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
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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.
(b) 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 9.03 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 6.01) 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 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 9.06 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.
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ARTICLE X.
COVENANTS
Section 10.01 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 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
(a) 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.
(b) 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 10.03 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
(a) 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.
(b) 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
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such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
(c) 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 (i) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and
(ii) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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 the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, 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 10.04 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.
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Section 10.05 Existence.
Subject to Article VIII, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and that of each Principal Subsidiary Bank and the rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises of the Company and each Principal Subsidiary Bank;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company and its Principal Subsidiary Banks and that the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 10.06 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 10.07 Limitation on Sale or Issuance of Capital Stock of Certain
Subsidiaries.
Except as set forth below, for so long as any securities are
outstanding, the Company will not sell, assign, pledge, transfer or otherwise
dispose of, or permit the issuance of, any shares of Voting Stock or any
security convertible or exercisable into shares of Voting Stock of any Principal
Subsidiary Bank or any Subsidiary which owns a controlling interest in shares of
Voting Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable such shares of Voting
Stock of a Principal Subsidiary Bank; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section shall prohibit any dispositions made by the Company or any Subsidiary
(i) acting in a fiduciary capacity for any person other than the Company or any
Subsidiary, or (ii) to the Company or any of its wholly owned (except for
directors' qualifying shares) Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
sales, assignments, pledges, transfers, issuances or other dispositions of
shares of Voting Stock or securities convertible or exercisable into shares of
Voting Stock of a corporation referred to above may be made where: (i) the
sales, assignments, pledges, transfers, issuances or other dispositions are
made, in the minimum amount required by law, to any Person for the purpose of
the qualification of such Person to serve as a director; or (ii) the sales,
assignments, pledges, transfers, issuances or other dispositions are made in
compliance with an order of a court or regulatory authority of competent
jurisdiction; or (iii) the sales, assignments, pledges, transfers, issuances or
other dispositions are made in connection with a merger or consolidation of a
Principal Subsidiary Bank with or into a wholly owned Subsidiary or a Principal
Subsidiary Bank, if, after such merger or
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consolidation with such Principal Subsidiary Bank, the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, not less than the percentage of Voting Stock of the surviving entity
of such transaction as it owned of such Principal Subsidiary Bank prior to such
transaction; or (iv) the sales, assignments, pledges, transfers, issuances or
other dispositions are for fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company (or any committee thereof), which determination shall
be conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution) and, after giving effect to
such disposition, the Company and its wholly owned (except for directors'
qualifying shares) Subsidiaries, will own directly not less than 80% of the
Voting Stock of such Principal Subsidiary Bank or Subsidiary; or (v) a Principal
Subsidiary Bank sells additional shares of Voting Stock to its stockholders at
any price, if, after such sale, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, not
less than the percentage of Voting Stock of such Principal Subsidiary Bank it
owned prior to such sale; or (vi) a pledge is made or a lien is created to
secure loans or other extensions of credit by a Subsidiary Bank subject to
Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act.
Section 10.08 Limitation Upon Liens on Certain Capital Stock.
Except as provided in Section 10.07, the Company will not at any time,
directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or suffer to be created, assumed
or incurred or to exist any mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or lien or charge of
any kind upon (a) any shares of capital stock of any Principal Subsidiary Bank
(other than directors' qualifying shares), or (b) any shares of capital stock of
a Subsidiary which owns capital stock of any Principal Subsidiary Bank;
provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may incur or
suffer to be incurred or to exist upon such capital stock (x) liens for taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges or levies which are not yet due or are
payable without penalty or of which the amount, applicability or validity is
being contested by the Company in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the
Company shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto
(segregated to the extent required by generally accepted accounting principles),
or (y) the lien of any judgment, if such judgment shall not have remained
undischarged, or unstayed on appeal or otherwise, for more than 60 days.
Section 10.09 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, (a) 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 (b)
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.
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Section 10.10 Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 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
3.01(b)(xviii), 9.01(b) or 9.01(g) for the benefit of the Holders of such series
if before the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than 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 XI.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.01 Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities) in
accordance with this Article.
Section 11.02 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
3.01 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 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
(a) 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
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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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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 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.
(d) 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 11.04 Notice of Redemption.
(a) 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.
(b) All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date,
(ii) the Redemption Price,
(iii) 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,
(iv) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price 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,
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(v) the place or places where each such Security is to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(vi) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is
the case.
(c) 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.
Section 11.05 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 10.03) 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 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
(a) 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 3.01, 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 3.07.
(b) 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 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
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ARTICLE XII.
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.01 Applicability of Article.
(a) 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 3.01 for such Securities.
(b) 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 12.02.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as
provided for by the terms of such Securities.
Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (a) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (b) 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 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 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 pursuant to
Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 45 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 11.03 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 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07.
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ARTICLE XIII.
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 13.01 Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 13.02
or Section 13.03 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the
case may be, designated pursuant to Section 3.01 as being defeasible pursuant to
such Section 13.02 or 13.03, in accordance with any applicable requirements
provided pursuant to Section 3.01 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 3.01 for
such Securities.
Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
13.02 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 13.04 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 direction and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of such
Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.04 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, (b) the
Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05,
3.06, 10.02 and 10.03, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of
the Trustee hereunder and (d) this Article XIII. Subject to compliance with this
Article XIII, 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 13.03 applied to such Securities.
Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
13.03 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be,
(a) the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 10.06
through 10.10, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to Section
3.01(b)(xviii), 9.01(b) or 9.01(g) for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities and (b) the occurrence of any event specified in Section 5.01(d)
(with respect to any of Sections 10.06 through 10.10, inclusive, and any such
covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(xviii), 9.01(b) or 9.01(g)) or
Section 5.01(g) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in
each case with
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respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 13.04 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
5.01(d)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such Section 5.01(d) or by reason of any reference in any such
Section 5.01(d) to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section
13.02 or Section 13.03 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the
case may be:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements
contemplated by Section 6.09 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, (i) in the case of
Securities denominated in a foreign currency, money in such foreign currency or
Foreign Government Obligations of the foreign government or governments issuing
such foreign currency 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, such foreign currency in
an amount, or (ii) in the case of Securities denominated in U.S. dollars, U.S.
dollars or 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, U.S. dollars
in an amount, or (iii) a combination of money and U.S. Government Obligations or
Foreign Government Obligations (as applicable), 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 (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
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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. As used herein, "Foreign Government Obligation"
means any security denominated in a foreign currency which is (i) a direct
obligation of a foreign government or governments for the payment of which the
full faith and credit of such foreign government or governments is pledged or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an
agency or instrumentality of such foreign government or governments the payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
such foreign government, which, in either case (i) or (ii) is not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
(b) In the event of an election to have Section 13.02 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 (i)(x) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or (y) since the date of this instrument, there has been a
change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (x) or (y) 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 and (ii) if Securities
of such series are then listed on any registered national securities exchange
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to the effect that the
Securities of such series will not be delisted as a result of such election.
(c) In the event of an election to have Section 13.03 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.
(d) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
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.
(e) 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 5.01(e) and (f), 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).
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(f) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the
Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture
Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(g) 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.
(h) 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.
(i) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
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 13.05 Deposited Money, U.S. Government Obligations and Foreign
Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
10.03, all money, U.S. Government Obligations and Foreign Government Obligations
(including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying
trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 13.06, the Trustee and
any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant
to Section 13.04 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.
(b) 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 or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
13.04 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.
(c) 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 or Foreign Government
Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.04 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 13.06 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 13.02 or 13.03 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 13.05 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.
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, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] M&T BANK CORPORATION
By:_______________________________
Attest:_____________________________
[NAME OF TRUSTEE]
By:_______________________________
Attest:_____________________________
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) 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 M&T Bank 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
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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 NEW YORK )
) SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK)
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 _______________________, 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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