EXHIBIT 4(E)
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TXU AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS (PARTNERSHIP) LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
ISSUER
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
(FOR UNSECURED DEBT SECURITIES)
DATED AS OF AUGUST 15, 2000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RECITAL OF THE COMPANY.........................................................1
ARTICLE ONE Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application....1
SECTION 101. Definitions................................................1
Act..................................................................2
Additional Amounts...................................................2
Affiliate............................................................2
Authenticating Agent.................................................2
Authorized Officer...................................................2
Board of Directors...................................................2
Board Resolution.....................................................2
Business Day.........................................................2
Commission...........................................................2
Company..............................................................3
Company Request or Company Order.....................................3
Corporate Trust Office...............................................3
Corporation..........................................................3
Defaulted Interest...................................................3
Discount Security....................................................3
Dollar or $..........................................................3
Eligible Obligations.................................................3
Event of Default.....................................................3
General Partner......................................................3
Governmental Authority...............................................3
Government Obligations...............................................3
Holder...............................................................4
Indenture............................................................4
Insolvency Event.....................................................4
Interest Payment Date................................................4
Judgment Currency....................................................4
Jurisdiction of Incorporation........................................4
Maturity.............................................................4
Officer's Certificate................................................4
Opinion of Counsel...................................................4
Outstanding..........................................................4
Partnership Deed.....................................................5
Paying Agent.........................................................6
Periodic Offering....................................................6
Person...............................................................6
Place of Payment.....................................................6
Predecessor Security.................................................6
Redemption Date......................................................6
Redemption Price.....................................................6
Regular Record Date..................................................6
Required Currency....................................................6
Responsible Officer..................................................6
Securities...........................................................6
Security Register and Security Registrar.............................6
Special Record Date..................................................6
Stated Interest Rate.................................................6
Stated Maturity......................................................7
Subsidiary...........................................................7
Tranche..............................................................7
Trust Indenture Act..................................................7
Trustee..............................................................7
United States........................................................7
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.......................7
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.....................8
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders............................................9
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company......................10
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver...................11
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.........................11
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents..................11
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns....................................11
SECTION 110. Separability Clause.......................................12
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.....................................12
SECTION 112. Governing Law.............................................12
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays............................................12
SECTION 114. Consent to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent for
Service; Judgment Currency; Waiver of Immunities..........12
SECTION 115. Obligations of Each Partner...............................14
ARTICLE TWO Security Forms............................................14
SECTION 201. Forms Generally...........................................14
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...........15
ARTICLE THREE The Securities............................................15
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series......................15
SECTION 302. Denominations.............................................18
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating............18
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities......................................21
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.......21
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..........22
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved............23
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.....................................24
SECTION 309. Cancellation by Security Registrar........................24
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest...................................24
SECTION 311. Extension of Interest Payment, Deferral of Interest
Payment...................................................25
SECTION 312. Payment to Be in Proper Currency..........................25
ARTICLE FOUR Redemption of Securities..................................25
SECTION 401. Applicability of Article..................................25
SECTION 402. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.....................25
SECTION 403. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed....................25
SECTION 404. Notice of Redemption......................................26
SECTION 405. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.....................27
SECTION 406. Securities Redeemed in Part...............................28
ARTICLE FIVE Sinking Funds.............................................28
SECTION 501. Applicability of Article..................................28
SECTION 502. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.....28
SECTION 503. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.................29
ARTICLE SIX Covenants.................................................29
SECTION 601. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest................29
SECTION 602. Maintenance of Office or Agency...........................29
SECTION 603. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.........30
SECTION 604. Limited Partnership Existence.............................31
SECTION 605. Maintenance of Properties.................................31
SECTION 606. Annual Officer's Certificate as to Compliance.............32
SECTION 607. Waiver of Certain Covenants...............................32
SECTION 608. Limitation on Liens.......................................32
ARTICLE SEVEN Satisfaction and Discharge................................34
SECTION 701. Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities..................34
SECTION 702. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture...................36
SECTION 703. Application of Trust Money................................37
ARTICLE EIGHT Events of Default; Remedies...............................37
SECTION 801. Events of Default.........................................37
SECTION 802. Declaration of Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.....39
SECTION 803. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee...................................................40
SECTION 804. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..........................41
SECTION 805. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities................................................41
SECTION 806. Application of Money Collected............................41
SECTION 807. Limitation on Suits.......................................42
SECTION 808. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest......................................42
SECTION 809. Restoration of Rights and Remedies........................43
SECTION 810. Rights and Remedies Cumulative............................43
SECTION 811. Delay or Omission Not Waiver..............................43
SECTION 812. Control by Holders of Securities..........................43
SECTION 813. Waiver of Past Defaults...................................44
SECTION 814. Undertaking for Costs.....................................44
SECTION 815. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..........................44
ARTICLE NINE The Trustee...............................................45
SECTION 901. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.......................45
SECTION 902. Notice of Defaults........................................45
SECTION 903. Certain Rights of Trustee.................................45
SECTION 904. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities....46
SECTION 905. May Hold Securities.......................................47
SECTION 906. Money Held in Trust.......................................47
SECTION 907. Compensation and Reimbursement............................47
SECTION 908. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests...................48
SECTION 909. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...................48
SECTION 910. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.........48
SECTION 911. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor....................50
SECTION 912. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business..................................................51
SECTION 913. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.........51
SECTION 914. Co-trustees and Separate Trustees.........................52
SECTION 915. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.......................53
ARTICLE TEN Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company.........54
SECTION 1001. Lists of Holders..........................................54
SECTION 1002. Reports by Company........................................54
ARTICLE ELEVEN Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Other Transfer.......55
SECTION 1101. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms......55
SECTION 1102. Successor Person Substituted..............................56
SECTION 1103. Merger into Company; Certain Transfers....................56
SECTION 1104. Consolidation Defined.....................................56
ARTICLE TWELVE Supplemental Indentures...................................56
SECTION 1201. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders........56
SECTION 1202. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders...........57
SECTION 1203. Execution of Supplemental Indentures......................59
SECTION 1204. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.........................59
SECTION 1205. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures........59
SECTION 1206. Modification Without Supplemental Indenture...............59
ARTICLE THIRTEEN Meetings of Holders; Action Without Meeting...............60
SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.................60
SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings........................60
SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings......................60
SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action............................................61
SECTION 1305. Attendance at Meetings; Determination of Voting Rights;
Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.......................61
SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings...........62
SECTION 1307. Action Without Meeting....................................62
ARTICLE FOURTEEN Immunity of Stockholders, Officers and Directors of the
General Partner...........................................63
SECTION 1401. No Liability by Individuals or Stockholders...............63
Testimonium...................................................................64
Signatures and Seals..........................................................64
INDENTURE, dated as of August 15, 2000 between TXU AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS
(PARTNERSHIP) LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a limited partnership duly formed and
existing under the laws of the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia
(herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at Xxxxx 00, 000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxx and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a
banking corporation of the State of New York, having its principal corporate
trust office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 21 West, New York, New York 10286, as
Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITAL 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") in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, to be issued from time
to time in one or more series as contemplated herein; and all acts necessary to
make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its
terms, have been performed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in Article One of this Indenture.
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 covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any
series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all terms used herein without definition which are defined in the
Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the
date of such computation or, at the election of the Company from time to
time, at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture;
provided, however, that in determining generally accepted accounting
principles applicable to the Company, the Company shall, to the extent
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required, conform to any order, rule or regulation of any administrative
agency, regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction
over the Company; and
(d) 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.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six and Article Nine, are
defined in those Articles.
"ACT", when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the
meaning specified in Section 104.
"ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS" means amounts that may be payable with respect to
Securities of one or more series or Tranches as may be provided pursuant to
Section 301.
"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 through one or
more intermediaries, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "CONTROLLING" and "CONTROLLED" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person (other than the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company) authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 915 to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate one or more series of Securities or
Tranche thereof.
"AUTHORIZED OFFICER" means the Chairman of the Board, any director,
any managing director, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, any authorized attorney or any other officer or agent of
the General Partner or the Company duly authorized by a Board Resolution of the
General Partner to act on behalf of the Company in respect of matters relating
to this Indenture.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors of the General
Partner of the Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act in
respect of matters relating to this Indenture or its equivalent if the General
Partner of the Company has no board of directors.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by an
Authorized Officer to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be
in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"BUSINESS DAY", when used with respect to a Place of Payment or any
other particular location specified in the Securities or this Indenture, means
any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking
institutions or trust companies in such Place of Payment or other location are
generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain
closed, except as may be otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or, if at any time after the date of execution and delivery of this
Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body, if any, performing such
duties at such time.
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"COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"COMPANY REQUEST" or "COMPANY ORDER" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by the General Partner or an Authorized
Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution and delivery of this
instrument is located on the Floor 21W at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000.
"CORPORATION" means a corporation, association, company, partnership,
limited liability company, joint stock company or business trust.
"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"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 802. "Interest" with
respect to a Discount Security means interest, if any, borne by such Security at
a Stated Interest Rate.
"DOLLAR" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin
or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
"ELIGIBLE OBLIGATIONS" means:
(a) with respect to Securities denominated in Dollars, Government
Obligations; or
(b) with respect to Securities denominated in a currency other than
Dollars or in a composite currency, such other obligations or instruments
as shall be specified with respect to such Securities, as contemplated by
Section 301.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 801.
"GENERAL PARTNER" means TXU Australia Holdings (AGP) Pty. Ltd.
(Australian Company Number 086014931), the general partner of the Company, or
any permitted successor general partner of the Company.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means the government of any country or state
or of any county, municipality or other political subdivision of any of the
foregoing, or any department, agency, authority or other instrumentality of any
of the foregoing.
"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States and
entitled to the benefit of the full faith and credit thereof; and
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(b) certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments which
evidence a direct ownership interest in obligations described in clause (a)
above or in any specific interest or principal payments due in respect
thereof; provided, however, that the custodian of such obligations or
specific interest or principal payments shall be a bank or trust company
(which may include the Trustee or any Paying Agent) subject to Federal or
state supervision or examination with a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000; and provided, further, that except as may be otherwise
required by law, such custodian shall be obligated to pay to the holders of
such certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments the full amount
received by such custodian in respect of such obligations or specific
payments and shall not be permitted to make any deduction therefrom.
"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed and delivered
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 and shall include the terms of a particular series of
Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"INSOLVENCY EVENT", when used with respect to any limited partner of
the Company, has the meaning specified in the Partnership Deed.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"JUDGMENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 114(c).
"JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION" shall mean each jurisdiction in which
the Company or General Partner of the Company, as the case requires, is
incorporated, organized, formed or established.
"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 provided in such Security or in this Indenture, whether at the
Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, upon call for redemption or
otherwise.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by an Authorized
Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, or the General Partner or other counsel acceptable to
the Trustee.
"OUTSTANDING", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore canceled or delivered to the Security
Registrar for cancellation;
(b) Securities deemed to have been paid in accordance with Section
701; and
(c) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in
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respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it and the Company that such Securities are held by a bona
fide purchaser or purchasers in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether or not the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Securities Outstanding under this Indenture,
or the Outstanding Securities of any series or Tranche, have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or whether
or not a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities,
(x) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor (unless
the Company, any such obligors and any such Affiliates own all Securities
Outstanding under this Indenture, or (except for the purposes of actions to
be taken by Holders of (i) more than one series voting as a class under
Section 812 or (ii) more than one series or more than one Tranche, as the
case may be, voting as a class under Section 1202) all Outstanding
Securities of each series and each Tranche with respect to which such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver is
required, as the case may be), shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver or upon any such determination as to
the presence of a quorum, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded; provided, however, that 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;
(y) the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination
upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 802; and
(z) the principal amount of any Security which is denominated in a
currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of Dollars which
could have been purchased by the principal amount of such currency or
composite currency evidenced by such Security, in each case certified to
the Trustee in an Officer's Certificate, based (i) on the average of the
mean of the buying and selling spot rates quoted by three banks which are
members of the New York Clearing House Association selected by the Company
in effect at 11:00 a.m. (New York time) in The City of New York on the
fifth Business Day preceding any such determination or (ii) if on such
fifth Business Day it shall not be possible or practicable to obtain such
quotations from three such banks, on such other quotations or alternative
methods of determination which shall be as consistent as practicable with
the method set forth in (i) above;
provided, further, that, in the case of any Security the principal of which is
payable from time to time without presentment or surrender, the principal amount
of such Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding at any time for all
purposes of this Indenture shall be the original principal amount thereof less
the aggregate amount of principal thereof theretofore paid.
"PARTNERSHIP DEED" means the Limited Partnership Deed, dated January
27, 1999, between TXU Australia Holdings (AGP) Pty Limited, TXU Australia (LP)
No.1 Limited and TXU Australia (LP) No.2 Limited, as amended from time to time.
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"PAYING AGENT" means any Person, including the Company, authorized by
the Company to pay the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on
any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"PERIODIC OFFERING" means an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time, any or all of the specific terms of which Securities, including
without limitation the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the Stated
Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with
respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the
issuance of such Securities.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, joint venture, trust,
limited liability partnership or other unincorporated organization or any
Governmental Authority.
"PLACE OF PAYMENT", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, or Tranche thereof, means the place or places, specified as contemplated
by Section 301, at which, subject to Section 602, principal of and premium, if
any, interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of such
series or Tranche are payable.
"PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed (to the extent
lawful) to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
"REDEMPTION DATE", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"REDEMPTION PRICE", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 312.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER", when used with respect to the Trustee, means
any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer or other officer of
the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to the Corporation Trust Administration
Division of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the
Trustee).
"SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
307.
"STATED INTEREST RATE" means a rate (whether fixed or variable) at
which an obligation by its terms is stated to bear simple interest. Any
calculation or other determination to be made under this Indenture by reference
to the Stated Interest Rate on a Security shall be made without regard to the
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effective interest cost to the Company of such Security and without regard to
the Stated Interest Rate on, or the effective cost to the Company of, any other
indebtedness in respect of which the Company's obligations are evidenced or
secured in whole or in part by such Security.
"STATED MATURITY", when used with respect to any obligation or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date on which
the principal of such obligation or such installment of principal or interest is
stated to be due and payable (without regard to any provisions for redemption,
prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension); provided that, with regard to
any installment of interest, Stated Maturity shall not include any date as to
which the Company shall have elected to extend the interest payment periods or
defer the payment of interest in accordance with Section 311.
"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
that 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.
"TRANCHE" means a group of Securities which (a) are of the same series
and (b) have identical terms except as to principal amount and/or date of
issuance.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means, as of any time, the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended, or any successor statute, as in effect at such time.
"TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
with respect to one or more series of Securities 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.
"UNITED STATES" means the United States of America, its Territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its political jurisdiction.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee,
furnish to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that in the opinion of
the Person signing such Officer's Certificate all conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action (including any
covenants compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
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(a) a statement that each Person 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 Person, such Person
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such
Person 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 Person,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the General Partner of the
Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate
or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in
the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which such officer's
certificate or opinion are 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 any officer, employee or agent
of the Company or General Partner of the Company stating that the information
with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or
General Partner, 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. In addition, any Opinion of Counsel may
be based (without further examination or investigation), insofar as it relates
to or is dependent upon matters covered in an Opinion of Counsel rendered by
other counsel, upon such other Opinion of Counsel, unless such counsel has
actual knowledge that the Opinion of Counsel rendered by such other counsel with
respect to the matters upon which his Opinion of Counsel may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous. If, in order to render any Opinion of Counsel provided
for herein, the signer thereof shall deem it necessary that additional facts or
matters be stated in any Officer's Certificate provided for herein, then such
certificate may state all such additional facts or matters as the signer of such
Opinion of Counsel may request.
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.
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.
Whenever, subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board
Resolution, Officer's Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document or
instrument, a clerical, typographical or other inadvertent or unintentional
error or omission shall be discovered therein, a new document or instrument may
be substituted therefor in corrected form with the same force and effect as if
originally filed in the corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of
the actual execution and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document or
instrument shall be deemed to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date
or dates required with respect to the document or instrument for which it is
substituted. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if any
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such corrective document or instrument indicates that action has been taken by
or at the request of the Company which could not have been taken had the
original document or instrument not contained such error or omission, the action
so taken shall not be invalidated or otherwise rendered ineffective but shall be
and remain in full force and effect, except to the extent that such action was a
result of willful misconduct or bad faith. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, any Securities issued under the authority of such defective
document or instrument shall nevertheless be the valid obligations of the
Company entitled to the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all
other Outstanding Securities, except as aforesaid.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made,
given 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 or, alternatively, may be embodied
in and evidenced by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof, either
in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of
Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article
Thirteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except
as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective
when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the
Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting
at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a
Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Section 901) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any
meeting of Holders shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.
(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 or may be proved in any other manner which the Trustee
and the Company deem sufficient. 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.
(c) The principal amount (except as otherwise contemplated in clause
(y) of the first proviso to the definition of Outstanding) and serial
numbers of Securities in registered form held by any Person, and the
ownership and date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or other Act of a Holder 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.
(e) Until such time as written instruments shall have been delivered
to the Trustee with respect to the requisite percentage of principal amount
of Securities for the action contemplated by such instruments, any such
instrument executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Holder may be
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revoked with respect to any or all of such Securities by written notice by
such Holder or any subsequent Holder, proven in the manner in which such
instrument was proven.
(f) Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, authenticated
and delivered after any Act of Holders may, and shall if required by the
Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any action
taken by such Act of Holders. If the Company shall so determine, new
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to such action may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series or
Tranche.
(g) If the Company shall solicit from Holders any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company
may, at its option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of
Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no
obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given
before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the
close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the
Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as
of the record date.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted
by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company, or 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 delivered personally to an officer or
other responsible employee of the addressee at the applicable location set forth
below or at such other location as such party may from time to time designate by
written notice, or transmitted by facsimile transmission or other direct written
electronic means to such telephone number or other electronic communications
address as the parties hereto shall from time to time designate by written
notice, or transmitted by certified or registered mail, charges prepaid, to the
applicable address set forth below or to such other address as such party may
from time to time designate by written notice:
If to the Trustee, to:
The Bank of New York
Corporate Trust Administration, Floor 21W
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Vice President, Corporate Trust Administration;
re TXU Australia
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
If to the Company, to:
TXU Australia Holdings (Partnership) Limited Partnership
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Xxxxx 00
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx
Attention: Treasurer
Telephone: 000 00 00 000 0000
Telecopy: 011 61 39 229 6222
Any communication contemplated herein shall be deemed to have been
made, given, furnished and filed if personally delivered, on the date of
delivery, if transmitted by facsimile transmission or other direct written
electronic means, on the date of receipt, and if transmitted by certified or
registered mail, on the date of receipt.
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or specified as
contemplated in Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series or any
Tranche thereof, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any
event, such notice shall be sufficiently given, and shall be deemed given, to
Holders if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
affected by such event, at the address of such Holder 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 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 to
Holders by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of
the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders.
Any notice required by this Indenture may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event
otherwise to be specified therein, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If, and only if, this Indenture becomes subject to the Trust Indenture
Act: (a) if any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this
Indenture by, or is otherwise governed by, any of the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, such other provision shall control; and (b) if any provision
hereof otherwise conflicts with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trust Indenture Act shall control in such case.
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings in this Indenture and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
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All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and
Trustee shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed
or not.
SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture or the Securities shall be
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, nothing in this Indenture or the Securities,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto,
their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to
principles of conflict of laws, except to the extent that the law of any other
jurisdiction shall be mandatorily applicable; provided however that all matters
governing the authorization by the Company of this Indenture and the Securities,
the authorization of the General Partner of the Company's actions with respect
to this Indenture and the Securities and the limited partnership and corporate
existence of the Company and the General Partner, as the case may be, will be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the jurisdiction in
which the Company or the General Partner, as the case may be, is incorporated or
formed.
SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities, other than a provision in the Securities of any series, or any
Tranche thereof, or the Officer's Certificate which establishes the terms of the
Securities of such series or Tranche, which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, 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, and in
the same amount, as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or
at the Stated Maturity, as the case may be, and, if such payment is made or duly
provided for on such Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so
payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day.
SECTION 114. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT FOR SERVICE; JUDGMENT
CURRENCY; WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES.
(a) Consent to Jurisdiction. The Company and the General Partner each
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irrevocably consents to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any court of the State
of New York or any United States Federal court sitting, in each case, in the
Borough of Manhattan, Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America,
and any appellate court from any thereof in any suit, action or proceeding that
may be brought in connection with this Indenture or the Securities, and waives
any immunity from the jurisdiction of such courts. The Company and the General
Partner each irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection to any such suit, action or proceeding that may be brought in such
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courts whether on the grounds of venue, residence or domicile or on the ground
that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. The Company and the General Partner each agrees, to the fullest extent
that it lawfully may do so, that final judgment in any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon the
Company, and waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to
the enforcement by any competent court in the Jurisdiction of Incorporation of
judgments validly obtained in any such court in New York on the basis of such
suit, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Company or the General
Partner does not waive, and the foregoing provisions of this sentence shall not
constitute or be deemed to constitute a waiver of, (i) any right to appeal any
such judgment, to seek any stay or otherwise to seek reconsideration or review
of any such judgment, (ii) any stay of execution or levy pending an appeal from,
or a suit, action or proceeding for reconsideration of, any such judgment, or
(iii) any other right or remedy of the Company or the General Partner to the
extent not expressly waived in accordance with this Section 114.
(b) Appointment of Agent for Service. The Company and the General
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Partner each has designated and appointed Xxxxxx Xxxx & Priest LLP, 00 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, as its authorized agent upon which process may
be served in any suit or proceeding in any Federal or State court in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York arising out of or relating to the Securities
or this Indenture, but for that purpose only, and agrees that service of process
upon said agent shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process
upon it in any such suit or proceeding in any Federal or State court in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. Such appointment shall be
irrevocable so long as any of the Securities remain Outstanding until the
appointment of a successor by the Company and the General Partner and such
successor's acceptance of such appointment. Upon such acceptance, the Company
and the General Partner shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of such
successor. The Company and the General Partner further agree to take any and all
action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and
instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of
said agent in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be
Outstanding. The Trustee shall not be obligated and shall have no responsibility
with respect to any failure by the Company or the General Partner to take any
such action.
Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of the Trustee or any
Holder of any Security to serve process in any manner permitted by applicable
law or limit the right of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security to bring
proceedings against the Company in the courts of any other jurisdiction or
jurisdictions.
(c) Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that
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it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of
obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in
respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on the Securities
of any series from the Required Currency into a currency in which a judgment
will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be
the rate at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Trustee
could purchase the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency at the date of
payment and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the
Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any
recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with
subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the
extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the
payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in
respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or
additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering the amount, if any by
which actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required
Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment
being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture.
(d) Waiver of Immunities. To the extent that the Company, the General
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Partner or any of their respective properties, assets or revenues may have or
may hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to it, any right of
immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from legal action, suit or
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proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any thereof, from set-off or
counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, from
attachment upon or prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution of
judgment, or from execution of judgment, or other legal process or proceeding
for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any
jurisdiction in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to
its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in
connection with this Indenture or the Securities issued hereunder, each of the
Company and the General Partner hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives
and agrees not to plead or claim, any such immunity and consents to such relief
and enforcement. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to waive any defense
(other than such immunity) available to either the Company or the General
Partner.
SECTION 115. OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTNER.
(a) This Indenture and the Securities are entered into and executed
in the name of the Company and are intended to bind the Partners (as defined
below) in partnership.
(b) Subject to Article Eleven, this Indenture and the Securities will
continue to bind the Partners despite the dissolution, or any change at any time
in the constitution of the Company. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the liability of TXU
Australia (LP) No. 1 Limited and TXU Australia (LP) No. 2 Limited to contribute
to the debts and obligations of the Company is subject to the Partnership Xxx
0000 of Victoria, Australia ("Victoria Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx 0000") and is limited to
the amount shown in relation to it in the Register (as defined in the Victoria
Partnership Act 1958) as to the extent to which it is liable to contribute.
(c) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any conduct or document of,
or signed by, an Authorized Officer of the General Partner as being authorized
by and binding on each other Partner (as defined below) and the Company without
the need for any further inquiry. Any notice issued by the Trustee under and in
accordance with this Indenture or a Security to the General Partner binds each
Partner and the Company.
(d) In this Section 115, "Partner" means the General Partner, TXU
Australia (LP) No. 1 Limited or TXU Australia (LP) No. 2 Limited (and "Partners"
means all of them).
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
The definitive Securities of each series shall be in substantially the
form or forms thereof established in the indenture supplemental hereto
establishing such series or in an Officer's Certificate in each case with such
appropriate terms, insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as
may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Person executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form or forms of
Securities of any series are established in an Officer's Certificate as
described above, such Officer's Certificate, if any, shall be delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section
303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
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Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 or clause
(g) of Section 1201, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in
registered form without coupons. The definitive Securities shall be produced in
such manner as shall be determined by the Person executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution thereof.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially
the form set forth below:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
The Bank of New York
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. Subject to the
last paragraph of this Section, prior to the authentication and delivery of
Securities of any series there shall be established by specification in a
supplemental indenture or in an Officer's Certificate of the General Partner of
the Company:
(a) the title of the Securities of such series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of such series from Securities of all other
series);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of such 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 such series pursuant to Xxxxxxx 000, 000, 000, 000 xx 0000
and, except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(c) the Person or Persons (without specific identification) to whom
interest on Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be
payable on any Interest Payment Date, if other than the Persons in whose
names such Securities (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest;
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(d) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of
such series, or any Tranche thereof, is payable or any formulary or other
method or other means by which such date or dates shall be determined, by
reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of this
Indenture or otherwise (without regard to any provisions for redemption,
prepayment, declaration of acceleration, purchase or extension);
(e) the rate or rates at which the Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, shall bear interest, if any (including the rate or rates
at which overdue principal shall bear interest, if different from the rate
or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest prior to Maturity,
and, if applicable, the rate or rates at which overdue premium or interest
shall bear interest, if any), or any formulary or other method or other
means by which such rate or rates shall be determined, by reference to an
index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or
otherwise; the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue; the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on such Securities on
any Interest Payment Date; the right of the Company, if any, to extend the
interest payment periods and the duration of any such extension as
contemplated by Section 311; and the basis of computation of interest, if
other than as provided in Section 310;
(f) the place or places at which or methods by which (1) the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of
such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (2) registration of
transfer of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be
effected, (3) exchanges of Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, may be effected and (4) notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, and
this Indenture may be served; the Security Registrar and any Paying Agent
or Agents for such series or Tranche; and if such is the case, that the
principal of such Securities shall be payable without presentment or
surrender thereof;
(g) the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on
which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be redeemed, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company and any restrictions on such
redemptions, including but not limited to a restriction on a partial
redemption by the Company of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, resulting in delisting of such Securities from any national
exchange;
(h) the obligation or obligations, if any, of the Company to redeem
or purchase or repay the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof,
pursuant to any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions or at
the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which or
the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed or purchased or
repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and applicable
exceptions to the requirements of Section 404 in the case of mandatory
redemption or redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder;
(i) the denominations in which Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof;
(j) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in
which payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be
payable (if other than in Dollars);
(k) if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on
the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable,
at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency
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other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the
period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which,
such election may be made;
(l) if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on
the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable,
or are to be payable at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in
securities or other property, the type and amount of such securities or
other property, or the formulary or other method or other means by which
such amount shall be determined, and the period or periods within which,
and the terms and conditions upon which, any such election may be made;
(m) if the amount payable in respect of principal of or premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, may be determined with reference to an index or other fact or
event ascertainable outside of this Indenture, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined to the extent not established pursuant to
clause (e) of this paragraph;
(n) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof,
which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 802;
(o) any Events of Default, in addition to those specified in Section
801, with respect to the Securities of such series, and any covenants of
the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, in addition to those set forth in Article
Six or any exceptions to those set forth in Article Six;
(p) the terms, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, may be converted into or exchanged for
shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any other
Person;
(q) the obligations or instruments, if any, which shall be considered
to be Eligible Obligations in respect of the Securities of such series, or
any Tranche thereof, denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a
composite currency, and any additional or alternative provisions for the
reinstatement of the Company's indebtedness in respect of such Securities
after the satisfaction and discharge thereof as provided in Section 701;
(r) if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to
be issued in global form, (i) any limitations on the rights of the Holder
or Holders of such Securities to transfer or exchange the same or to obtain
the registration of transfer thereof, (ii) any limitations on the rights of
the Holder or Holders thereof to obtain certificates therefor in definitive
form in lieu of temporary form and (iii) any and all other matters
incidental to such Securities;
(s) if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to
be issuable as bearer securities, any and all matters incidental thereto
which are not specifically addressed in a supplemental indenture as
contemplated by clause (g) of Section 1201;
(t) to the extent not established pursuant to clause (r) of this
paragraph, any limitations on the rights of the Holders of the Securities
of such Series, or any Tranche thereof, to transfer or exchange such
Securities or to obtain the registration of transfer thereof; and if a
service charge will be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, the amount or terms
thereof;
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(u) any exceptions to Section 113, or variation in the definition of
Business Day, with respect to the Securities of such series or any Tranche
thereof;
(v) any collateral security, insurance, guarantee or assurance for
the Securities of such series;
(w) any rights or duties of another Person to assume the obligations
of the Company with respect to the Securities of such series (whether as
joint obligor, primary obligor, secondary obligor or substitute obligor)
and any rights or duties to discharge and release any obligor with respect
to the Securities of such series or the Indenture to the extent related to
such series or any Tranche thereof;
(x) any rights to change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture
or to add any new provision to this Indenture (by supplemental indenture or
otherwise) without the consent of the Holders of the Securities of such
series, or with the consent of the Holders of the Securities of such series
as specified for such series or any Tranche thereof;
(y) the agent of the Company to receive service of process in the
State of New York, if other than Xxxxxx Xxxx & Priest LLP in New York City;
(z) the terms relating to any Additional Amounts that may be payable
in certain circumstances with respect to the Securities of such series or
any Tranche thereof;
(aa) any exception to the applicability of Section 608 to the
Securities of such Series or any exceptions or modifications of Section 608
with respect to the Securities of such Series; and
(ab) any other terms of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering,
the indenture supplemental hereto or the Officer's Certificate which establishes
such series, as the case may be, may provide general terms or parameters for
Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of
Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be specified in a
Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company or its
agents in accordance with procedures specified in a Company Order as
contemplated by the clause (b) of Section 303.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Securities of each
series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Securities shall be
executed on behalf of the Company by the General Partner or an Authorized
Officer. The signature of any or all of these officers on the Securities may be
manual or facsimile.
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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at the time of execution Authorized Officers shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities of a series, for
original issue, at one time or from time to time in accordance with the Company
Order referred to below, upon receipt by the Trustee of:
(a) the instrument or instruments establishing the form or forms and
terms of such series, as provided in Sections 201 and 301;
(b) a Company Order requesting the authentication and delivery of
such Securities, and to the extent that the terms of such Securities shall
not have been established in an indenture supplemental hereto or in an
Officer's Certificate, all as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301,
establishing such terms or in the case of Securities of a series subject to
a Periodic Offering, specifying procedures, acceptable to the Trustee, by
which such terms are to be established (which procedures may provide, to
the extent acceptable to the Trustee, for authentication and delivery
pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or any agent
or agents thereof, which oral instructions are to be promptly confirmed
electronically or in writing), in either case in accordance with the
instrument or instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above;
(c) the Securities of such series, each executed on behalf of the
Company by the General Partner or an Authorized Officer;
(d) Opinion or Opinions of Counsel to the effect that:
(i) the form or forms of such Securities have been duly
authorized on behalf of the Company by the General Partner and have
been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) the terms of such Securities have been duly authorized on
behalf of the Company by the General Partner and have been established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(iii) such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued and delivered by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
have been duly issued under this Indenture and will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the
benefits provided by this Indenture, and enforceable in accordance
with their terms, subject to laws relating to or affecting generally
the enforcement of creditors' rights, including, without limitation,
bankruptcy and insolvency laws and to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law);
provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of
Counsel only once at or prior to the time of the first authentication of such
Securities (provided that such Opinion of Counsel addresses the authentication
and delivery of all Securities of such series) and that in lieu of the opinions
described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above Counsel may opine that:
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(x) when the terms of such Securities shall have been established
pursuant to a Company Order or Orders or pursuant to such procedures
(acceptable to the Trustee) as may be specified from time to time by a
Company Order or Orders, all as contemplated by and in accordance with the
instrument or instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above, such
terms will have been duly authorized by the Company and will have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(y) such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
in accordance with this Indenture and the Company Order or Orders or
specified procedures referred to in paragraph (x) above and issued and
delivered by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will have been duly issued under this
Indenture and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, and
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to
laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors'
rights, including, without limitation, bankruptcy and insolvency laws, and
to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any
of such Securities, the form, terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding
effect and enforceability thereof, and compliance of the authentication and
delivery thereof with the terms and conditions of this Indenture, upon the
Opinion of Counsel and other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and
301 and this Section, as applicable, at or prior to the time of the first
authentication of Securities of such series unless and until such opinion or
other documents have been superseded or revoked or expire by their terms. In
connection with the authentication and delivery of Securities of a series
subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to assume that the
Company's instructions to authenticate and deliver such Securities do not
violate any applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company.
If the form or terms of the Securities of any series have been
established by an Officer's Certificate as permitted by Sections 201 or 301, the
Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of
such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will materially or adversely 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.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, each Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, no Security shall be
entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an
Authenticating Agent 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 and is entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder to the Company, or any Person acting on
its behalf, but shall never have been issued and sold by the Company, and the
Company shall deliver such Security to the Security Registrar for cancellation
as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not
comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Officer's Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and
sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be
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deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never
be entitled to the benefits hereof.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series or any
Tranche thereof, the Company may execute, and upon a Company Order the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued, 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; provided,
however, that temporary Securities need not recite specific redemption, sinking
fund, conversion or exchange provisions.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, after the preparation
of definitive Securities of such series or Tranche, the temporary Securities of
such series or Tranche shall be exchangeable, without charge to the Holder
thereof, for definitive Securities of such series or Tranche upon surrender of
such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company maintained
pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of Payment for such Securities. Upon such
surrender of temporary Securities for such exchange, the Company shall, except
as aforesaid, execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor definitive Securities of the same series and Tranche of authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, temporary Securities
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of the same series and Tranche and of like tenor
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, the Company shall cause to be kept in one of the
offices designated pursuant to Section 602, with respect to the Securities of
each series, or any Tranche thereof, a register (the register kept in accordance
with this Section being 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 of such series or Tranche and the
registration of transfer thereof. The Company shall designate one Person to
maintain the Security Register for the Securities of each series on a
consolidated basis, and such Person is referred to herein, with respect to such
series, as the "Security Registrar." Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company may designate one or more of its offices or an
office of any Affiliate (including the General Partner) as an office in which a
register with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche or
Tranches thereof, shall be maintained, and the Company may designate itself or
any Affiliate (including the General Partner) the Security Registrar with
respect to one or more of such series. The Security Register shall be open for
inspection by the Trustee and the Company at all reasonable times.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, upon surrender
for registration of transfer of any Security of such series or Tranche at the
office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of
Payment for such series or Tranche, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
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transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of
authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, any Security of
such series or Tranche may be exchanged at the option of the Holder, for one or
more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations
and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities delivered upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or the
Security Registrar) be duly endorsed or shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee or the
Security Registrar, as the case may be, duly executed by the Holder thereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, with
respect to Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, no service charge
shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section
304, 406 or 1205 not involving any transfer.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, with
respect to Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company shall
not be required to execute or to provide for the registration of transfer of or
the exchange of (a) Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, during a
period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is to be given
identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of such series or Tranche
called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Security Registrar,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and Tranche, and of like
tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (a)
evidence to their satisfaction of the ownership of and the destruction, loss or
theft of any Security and (b) such security or indemnity as may be reasonably
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
is held by a Person purporting to be the owner of such Security, 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
Tranche, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case any such mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the
Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such
Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone other than
the Holder of such new Security, and any such new Security shall be entitled to
all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all
other Securities of such series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, 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.
Subject to Section 311, 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 related 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 (a) or (b) below:
(a) 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 date (herein called 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 promptly cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at the address
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of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so
mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names
the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date.
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant
to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305,
each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the absolute owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium,
if any, and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security
and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue,
and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION BY SECURITY REGISTRAR.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Security
Registrar, be delivered to the Security Registrar and, if not theretofore
canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Security Registrar. The Company may
at any time deliver to the Security Registrar for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever or which the Company shall not have issued and
sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Security
Registrar. 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 Security
Registrar shall be disposed of in accordance with the customary practices of the
Security Registrar at the time in effect, and the Security Registrar shall not
be required to destroy any such certificates. The Security Registrar shall
promptly deliver a certificate of disposition to the Trustee and the Company
unless, by a Company Order, delivered to the Security Registrar and Trustee, the
Company shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it. The Security
Registrar shall promptly deliver evidence of any cancellation of a Security in
accordance with this Section 309 to the Trustee and the Company.
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, interest on the Securities of
each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months and for any period shorter than a full month on the basis
of the actual number of days elapsed within any such period.
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SECTION 311. EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT, DEFERRAL OF INTEREST PAYMENT.
The Company shall have the right at any time, so long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Securities of
any series hereunder, to extend interest payment periods or to defer the payment
of interest on all Securities of one or more series, or Tranches thereof, if so
specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities and
upon such terms as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to such Securities.
SECTION 312. PAYMENT TO BE IN PROPER CURRENCY
In the case of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
denominated in any currency or in a composite currency (the "Required
Currency"), except as otherwise specified with respect to such Securities as
contemplated by Section 301, the obligation of the Company to make any payment
of the principal thereof, or the premium or interest thereon, shall not be
discharged or satisfied by any tender by the Company, or recovery by the
Trustee, in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent
that such tender or recovery shall result in the Trustee timely holding the full
amount of the Required Currency then due and payable. If any such tender or
recovery is in a currency other than the Required Currency, the Trustee may take
such actions as it considers appropriate to exchange such currency for the
Required Currency. The costs and risks of any such exchange, including without
limitation the risks of delay and exchange rate fluctuation, shall be borne by
the Company, the Company shall remain fully liable for any shortfall or
delinquency in the full amount of Required Currency then due and payable, and in
no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable therefor except in the case of its
negligence or willful misconduct. The Company hereby waives any defense of
payment based upon any such tender or recovery which is not in the Required
Currency, to the extent such amount, when exchanged for the Required Currency by
the Trustee, is less than the full amount of Required Currency then due and
payable.
ARTICLE FOUR
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, which are redeemable
before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms
and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities
of such series or Tranche) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 402. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by an Officer's Certificate. The Company shall, at least 45 days prior
to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption
Date and of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed. In the case
of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction
on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a
restriction or condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company
shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate evidencing compliance
with such restriction or condition.
SECTION 403. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
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If less than all the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
by the Security Registrar from the Outstanding Securities of such series or
Tranche not previously called for redemption, by such method as shall be
provided for any particular series or Tranche, or, in the absence of any such
provision, by such method of random selection as the Security Registrar shall
deem fair and appropriate and which may, in any case, provide for the selection
for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of such series or Tranche or any integral multiple thereof) of the
principal amount of Securities of such series or Tranche of a denomination
larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or
Tranche; provided, however, that if, as indicated in an Officer's Certificate,
the Company shall have offered to purchase all or any principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding of any series, or any Tranche thereof, and less than
all of such Securities as to which such offer was made shall have been tendered
to the Company for such purchase, the Security Registrar, if so directed by
Company Order, shall select for redemption all or any principal amount of such
Securities which have not been so tendered.
The Security Registrar shall promptly notify the Company and the
Trustee in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of
any Securities selected to be redeemed in part, the principal amount thereof to
be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 404. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 106 to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, all notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date,
(b) the Redemption Price (if known) or the formula pursuant to which
the Redemption Price is to be determined if the Redemption Price cannot be
determined at the time the notice is given,
(c) if less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche are to
be redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities to be redeemed
and the portion of the principal amount of any Security to be redeemed in
part,
(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, to the Redemption
Date, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed
and, if applicable, that interest and Additional Amounts, if any, thereon
will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, and
Additional Amounts, if any, unless it shall have been specified as
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contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities that such
surrender shall not be required,
(f) that the redemption is for a sinking or other fund, if such is
the case,
(g) the CUSIP or ISIN numbers, if any, assigned to such Securities;
provided, however, that such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of CUSIP or ISIN numbers, in which case none of
the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall
have any liability in respect of the use of any CUSIP or ISIN number or
numbers on such notices, and the redemption of such Securities shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers and
(h) such other matters as the Company shall deem desirable or
appropriate.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities in
accordance with Section 301, with respect to any notice of redemption of
Securities at the election of the Company, unless, upon the giving of such
notice, such Securities shall be deemed to have been paid in accordance with
Section 701, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional
upon the receipt by the Paying Agent or Agents for such Securities, on or prior
to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal
of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on
such Securities and that if such money shall not have been so received such
notice shall be of no force or effect and the Company shall not be required to
redeem such Securities. In the event that such notice of redemption contains
such a condition and such money is not so received, the redemption shall not be
made and within a reasonable time thereafter notice shall be given, in the
manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such money was not so
received and such redemption was not required to be made, and the Paying Agent
or Agents for the Securities otherwise to have been redeemed shall promptly
return to the Holders thereof any of such Securities which had been surrendered
for payment upon such redemption.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company, and any notice of non-satisfaction of a condition for redemption as
aforesaid, shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Security Registrar in the name and at the expense of the Company. Notice of any
mandatory redemption of Securities shall be given by the Security Registrar in
the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 405. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, and the
conditions, if any, set forth in such notice having been satisfied, the
Securities or portions thereof 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, in the case of an unconditional notice of redemption,
the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest and Additional Amounts, if any) such Securities or portions thereof, if
interest-bearing, shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Security or portion
thereof shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the Redemption Date;
provided, however, that no such surrender shall be a condition to such payment
if so specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security;
and provided, further, that except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to such Security, any installment of interest on any
Security the Stated Maturity of which installment is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holder of such Security, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
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related Regular Record Date according to the terms of such Security and subject
to the provisions of Section 307.
SECTION 406. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon the surrender of any Security which is to be redeemed only in
part 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), 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 Tranche, of
any authorized denomination requested by such Holder and of like tenor and in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE FIVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 501. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of
such series or Tranche.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is herein referred to
as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum
amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as
provided in Section 502. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of the series or Tranche in respect of which it was
made as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 502. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company (a) may deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities
(other than any previously called for redemption) of a series or Tranche in
respect of which a mandatory sinking fund payment is to be made and (b) may
apply as a credit Securities of such series or Tranche which have been (i)
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 or (ii) repurchased by the
Company in the open market, by tender offer, in the open market or by private
agreement, or otherwise, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of such
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series or
Tranche; provided, however, that no Securities shall be applied in satisfaction
of a mandatory sinking fund payment if such Securities shall have been
previously so applied. Securities so applied shall be received and credited for
such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities
for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
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SECTION 503. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for the
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company shall deliver to
the Trustee an Officer's Certificate specifying:
(a) the amount of the next succeeding mandatory sinking fund payment
for such series or Tranche;
(b) the amount, if any, of the optional sinking fund payment to be
made together with such mandatory sinking fund payment;
(c) the aggregate sinking fund payment;
(d) the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment which
is to be satisfied by the payment of cash; and
(e) the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment which
is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of such series or
Tranche pursuant to Section 502 and stating the basis for such credit and
that such Securities have not previously been so credited, and the Company
shall also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered.
If the Company shall have not delivered such Officer's Certificate
and, to the extent applicable, all such Securities, the next succeeding
sinking fund payment for such series or Tranche shall be made entirely in
cash in the amount of the mandatory sinking fund payment. Not less than 30
days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select
the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the
manner specified in Section 403 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 404. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption
of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in
Sections 405 and 406.
ARTICLE SIX
COVENANTS
SECTION 601. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company shall pay the principal of and premium, interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of each series in accordance with
the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 602. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for the Securities
of each series, or any Tranche thereof, an office or agency where payment of
such Securities shall be made, where the registration of transfer or exchange of
such Securities may be effected and where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of each such office or agency and prompt notice to the
Holders of any such change in the manner specified in Section 106. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in
respect of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, payment of such Securities shall
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be made, registration of transfer or exchange thereof may be effected and
notices and demands in respect thereof may be served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
for all such purposes in any such event.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any
Tranche thereof, for any or all of the foregoing purposes and may from time to
time rescind such designations; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of such
series or Tranche, no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve
the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes
in each Place of Payment for such Securities in accordance with the requirements
set forth above. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee,
and prompt notice to the Holders in the manner specified in Section 106, of any
such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other office or agency.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of any series, any
office or agency required by this Section may be maintained at an office of the
Company or any Affiliate, in which event the Company or such Affiliate, as the
case may be, shall perform all functions to be performed at such office or
agency.
SECTION 603. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, on or
before each due date of the principal of or premium, interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, on any of such Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal,
premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided. The Company
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any failure by the Company (or any other
obligor on such Securities) to make any payment of principal of or premium,
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, on or before each
due date of the principal of or premium, interest or Additional Amounts, if any,
on such Securities, deposit with such Paying Agents sums sufficient (without
duplication) to pay the principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts so
becoming due, such sums to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts, and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee
of any failure by it so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for the Securities of any
series, or any Tranche thereof, other than the Company or 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 shall:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of or
premium, interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or any
other obligor upon such Securities) to make any payment of principal of or
premium, interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities; and
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(c) at any time during the continuance of any such failure, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent and furnish to the Trustee such
information as it possesses regarding the names and addresses of the
Persons entitled to such sums.
The Company may at any time 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, if so
stated in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of Article Seven; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the
Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and premium,
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security and remaining unclaimed
for two years after such principal or premium, interest or Additional Amounts,
if any, have 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, upon such payment or discharge, the Holder of such Security shall, as an
unsecured general creditor and not as a Holder of an Outstanding Security, look
only to the Company for payment of the amount so due and payable and remaining
unpaid, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall
thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent,
before being required to make any such payment to the Company, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be mailed, on one occasion only, notice to such
Holder 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 mailing, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to the Company.
SECTION 604. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP EXISTENCE.
Subject to the rights of the General Partner under Article Eleven, so
long as the Securities of any series remain outstanding, the General Partner of
the Company shall (a) maintain direct or indirect ownership of all general
partnership interests in the Company, provided that certain successors which are
permitted pursuant to Article Eleven hereof may succeed to the General Partner's
ownership of such general partnership interests, (b) not voluntarily (to the
extent permitted by law) dissolve, liquidate or wind up except in connection
with certain mergers, conversions, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by
Article Eleven hereof, (c) timely perform in all material respects all of its
duties as General Partner (including the duty to pay all costs and expenses),
provided that certain successors which are permitted pursuant hereto may
directly or indirectly succeed to its duties as General Partner and (d) do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect the Company's limited partnership existence and otherwise continue to
cause the Company to be treated as a company for Australian tax purposes and as
a partnership for US federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 605. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company shall cause (or, with respect to property owned in common
with others, make reasonable effort to cause) all of its properties used or
useful in the conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and shall cause (or, with respect to
property owned in common with others, make reasonable effort to 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 conducted; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from
discontinuing, or causing the discontinuance of, the operation and maintenance
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of any of its properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the
Company, desirable in the conduct of its business.
SECTION 606. ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.
Not later than June 1 in each year, commencing June 1, 2001, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate which need not
comply with Section 102, executed by the principal executive officer, the
principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the General
Partner, as to such officer's knowledge of the Company's compliance with all
conditions and covenants under this Indenture, such compliance to be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this
Indenture.
SECTION 607. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in (a) Section 602 or any additional
covenant or restriction specified with respect to the Securities of any series,
or any Tranche thereof, as contemplated by Section 301 or by clause (b) of
Section 1201, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and
Tranches with respect to which compliance with Section 602 or such additional
covenant or restriction is to be omitted, considered as one class, shall, by Act
of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally
waive compliance with such term, provision or condition and (b) Section 605 or
Article Eleven if before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of Securities Outstanding under this Indenture
shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or
generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition; but, in the
case of (a) or (b), 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.
SECTION 608. LIMITATION ON LIENS.
(a) Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series or any Tranche thereof, so long as any Securities
of any series are Outstanding, the Company will not pledge, mortgage,
hypothecate or grant a security interest in, or permit any mortgage,
pledge, security interest or other lien upon, any capital stock of any
Subsidiary now or hereafter owned by the Company, to secure any
Indebtedness (hereinafter defined) without concurrently making effective
provision whereby the Outstanding Securities shall (so long as such other
Indebtedness shall be so secured) be equally and ratably secured with any
and all such other Indebtedness and any other indebtedness similarly
entitled to be equally and ratably secured; provided, however, that this
restriction shall not apply to or prevent the creation or existence of:
(1) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance
upon any such capital stock created at the time of the acquisition of
such capital stock by the Company or within 270 days after such time
to secure all or a portion of the purchase price for such capital
stock;
(2) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance
upon any such capital stock existing thereon at the time of the
acquisition thereof by the Company (whether or not the obligations
secured thereby are assumed by the Company);
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(3) any extension, renewal or refunding of any mortgage, pledge,
security interest, lien or encumbrance permitted by Subsection (1) or
(2) above on capital stock of any Subsidiary theretofore subject
thereto (or substantially the same capital stock) or any portion
thereof; or
(4) any judgment, levy, execution, attachment or other similar
lien arising in connection with court proceedings, provided that
either
(i) the execution or enforcement of each such lien is
effectively stayed within 30 days after entry of the corresponding
judgment (or the corresponding judgment has been discharged within
such 30 day period) and the claims secured thereby are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings timely commenced and
diligently prosecuted;
(ii) the payment of each such lien is covered in full by
insurance and the insurance company has not denied or contested
coverage thereof; or
(iii) so long as each such lien is adequately bonded, any
appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for
the review of the corresponding judgment, decree or order shall not
have been fully terminated or the period within which such proceedings
may be initiated shall not have expired.
For purposes of this Section 608, "Indebtedness" means all
indebtedness, whether or not represented by bonds, debentures, notes or other
securities, created or assumed by the Company for the repayment of money
borrowed. All indebtedness for money borrowed secured by a lien upon property
owned by the Company and upon which indebtedness for money borrowed the Company
customarily pays interest, although the Company has not assumed or become liable
for the payment of such indebtedness for money borrowed, shall for purposes of
this Section 608 be deemed to be Indebtedness of the Company. All indebtedness
of others for money borrowed which is guaranteed as to payment of principal by
the Company or in effect guaranteed by the Company through a contingent
agreement to purchase such indebtedness for money borrowed shall for purposes of
this Section 608 be deemed to be Indebtedness of the Company, but no other
contingent obligation of the Company in respect of indebtedness for money
borrowed or other obligations incurred by others shall for purposes of this
Section 608 be deemed to be Indebtedness of the Company.
In case the Company shall propose to pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or
grant a security interest in any capital stock of any Subsidiary owned by the
Company to secure any Indebtedness, other than as permitted by Subsections
(a)(1) to (a)(3), inclusive, of this Section, the Company will prior thereto
give written notice thereof to the Trustee, and the Company will prior to or
simultaneously with such pledge, mortgage, hypothecation or grant of security
interest, by supplemental indenture executed to the Trustee (or to the extent
legally necessary to another trustee or an additional or separate trustee), in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, effectively secure (for so long as such other
Indebtedness shall be so secured) all the Securities equally and ratably with
such Indebtedness and with any other indebtedness for money borrowed similarly
entitled to be equally and ratably secured.
(b) Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section
608 shall not apply in the event that the Company shall pledge, mortgage,
hypothecate or grant a security interest in or other lien upon any capital
stock of any Subsidiary now or hereafter owned by the Company to secure any
Indebtedness which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restriction
up to an aggregate amount which, together with all other Indebtedness
(other than mortgages, pledges, security interests, liens or encumbrances
permitted by Subsection (a) of this Section 608) which would otherwise be
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subject to the foregoing restriction, does not at the time exceed 5% of
Consolidated Capitalization.
For purposes of this Section 608:
(1) The term "Consolidated Capitalization" means the sum obtained by
adding (i) Consolidated Equity, (ii) Consolidated Indebtedness for money
borrowed (exclusive of any thereof which is due and payable within one year
of the date such sum is determined) and, without duplication, (iii) any
preference or preferred stock of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary
which is subject to mandatory redemption or sinking fund provisions.
(2) The term "Consolidated Equity" means the total Assets of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries less all liabilities of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries. As used in this definition,
"liabilities" means all obligations which would, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, be classified on a balance sheet
as liabilities, including without limitation, (i) indebtedness secured by
property of the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries whether or
not the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary is liable for the payment
thereof unless, in the case that the Company or such Consolidated
Subsidiary is not so liable, such property has not been included among the
Assets of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary on such balance
sheet, (ii) deferred liabilities, (iii) indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Consolidated Subsidiaries that is expressly subordinated in right
and priority of payment to other liabilities of the Company or such
Consolidated Subsidiary. As used in this definition, "liabilities" includes
preference or preferred stock of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary
only to the extent of any such preference or preferred stock that is
subject to mandatory redemption or sinking fund provisions.
(3) The term "Consolidated Subsidiary" means at any date any
Subsidiary the financial statements of which under generally accepted
accounting principles would be consolidated with those of the Company in
its consolidated financial statements as of such date.
(4) The "Assets" of any Person means the whole or any part of its
business, property, assets, cash and receivables.
(5) The term "Consolidated Indebtedness" means total indebtedness as
shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE SEVEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 701. DEFEASANCE.
Any Security or Securities, or any portion of the principal amount
thereof, shall be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture,
and the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof shall be deemed to
have been satisfied and discharged, if there shall have been irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in
trust:
(a) money in an amount which shall be sufficient, or
(b) in the case of a deposit made prior to the Maturity of such
Securities or portions thereof, Eligible Obligations, which shall not
contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment thereof at
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the option of the issuer thereof, the principal of and the interest on
which when due, without any regard to reinvestment thereof, will provide
moneys which, together with the money, if any, deposited with or held by
the Trustee or such Paying Agent, shall be sufficient, or
(c) a combination of (a) or (b) which shall be sufficient,
to pay when due the principal of and premium, interest and Additional Amounts,
if any, due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof on or prior
to Maturity; provided, however, that in the case of the provision for payment or
redemption of less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche, such
Securities or portions thereof shall have been selected by the Security
Registrar as provided herein and, in the case of a redemption, the notice
requisite to the validity of such redemption shall have been given or
irrevocable authority shall have been given by the Company to the Trustee to
give such notice, under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee; and provided,
further, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and such Paying
Agent:
(x) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity
of such Securities, a Company Order stating that the money and
Eligible Obligations deposited in accordance with this Section shall
be held in trust, as provided in Section 703; and
(y) if Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited, an
Opinion of Counsel that the obligations so deposited constitute
Eligible Obligations and do not contain provisions permitting the
redemption or other prepayment at the option of the issuer thereof,
and an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally
recognized standing, selected by the Company, to the effect that the
requirements set forth in clause (b) above have been satisfied; and
(z) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity
of such Securities, an Officer's Certificate stating the Company's
intention that, upon delivery of such Officer's Certificate, its
indebtedness in respect of such Securities or portions thereof will
have been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in this Section.
Upon the deposit of money or Eligible Obligations, or both, in
accordance with this Section, together with the documents required by clauses
(x), (y) and (z) above, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Request,
acknowledge in writing that the Security or Securities or portions thereof with
respect to which such deposit was made are deemed to have been paid for all
purposes of this Indenture and that the entire indebtedness of the Company in
respect thereof has been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in this
Section. In the event that all of the conditions set forth in the preceding
paragraph shall have been satisfied in respect of any Securities or portions
thereof except that, for any reason, the Officer's Certificate specified in
clause (z), shall not have been delivered, such Securities or portions thereof
shall nevertheless be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this
Indenture, and the Holders of such Securities or portions thereof shall
nevertheless be no longer entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or of any
of the covenants of the Company under Article Six (except the covenants
contained in Sections 602, 603 and 604) or any other covenants made in respect
of such Securities or portions thereof as contemplated by Section 301 or Section
1201(b), but the indebtedness of the Company in respect of such Securities or
portions thereof shall not be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged prior
to Maturity for any other purpose, and the Holders of such Securities or
portions thereof shall continue to be entitled to look to the Company for
payment of the indebtedness represented thereby; and, upon Company Request, the
Trustee shall acknowledge in writing that such Securities or portions thereof
are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture.
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If payment at Stated Maturity of less than all of the Securities of
any series, or any Tranche thereof, is to be provided for in the manner and with
the effect provided in this Section, the Security Registrar shall select such
Securities, or portions of principal amount thereof, in the manner specified by
Section 403 for selection for redemption of less than all the Securities of a
series or Tranche.
In the event that Securities which shall be deemed to have been paid
for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is the case, in respect of which
the Company's indebtedness shall have been satisfied and discharged, all as
provided in this Section do not mature and are not to be redeemed within the 60
day period commencing with the date of the deposit of moneys or Eligible
Obligations, as aforesaid, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, give a
notice, in the same manner as a notice of redemption with respect to such
Securities, to the Holders of such Securities to the effect that such deposit
has been made and the effect thereof.
Notwithstanding that any Securities shall be deemed to have been paid
for purposes of this Indenture, as aforesaid, the obligations of the Company and
the Trustee in respect of such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 503
(as to notice of redemption), 602, 603, 907, 909, 910 and 915 and this Article
Seven shall survive.
The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee or any Paying
Agent with which Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited as provided in
this Section against, any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed
against such Eligible Obligations or the principal or interest received in
respect of such Eligible Obligations, including, but not limited to, any such
tax payable by any entity deemed, for tax purposes, to have been created as a
result of such deposit.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) if, at any time
after a Security would be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this
Indenture, and, if such is the case, the Company's indebtedness in respect
thereof would be deemed to have been satisfied or discharged, pursuant to this
Section (without regard to the provisions of this paragraph), the Trustee or any
Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall be required to return the money or
Eligible Obligations, or combination thereof, deposited with it as aforesaid to
the Company or its representative under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law, such Security shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to
have been paid and any satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness
in respect thereof shall retroactively be deemed not to have been effected, and
such Security shall be deemed to remain Outstanding and (b) any satisfaction and
discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect of any Security shall be
subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 603.
SECTION 702. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further
effect (except as hereinafter expressly provided), and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(a) no Securities remain Outstanding hereunder; and
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company;
provided, however, that if, in accordance with the last paragraph of Section
701, any Security, previously deemed to have been paid for purposes of this
Indenture, shall be deemed retroactively not to have been so paid, this
Indenture shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been satisfied and
discharged, as aforesaid, and to remain in full force and effect, and the
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Company shall execute and deliver such instruments as the Trustee shall
reasonably request to evidence and acknowledge the same.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as
aforesaid, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 304,
305, 306, 404, 503 (as to notice of redemption), 602, 603, 907, 909, 910 and 915
and this Article Seven shall survive.
Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as provided in this
Section, the Trustee shall upon Company Request, assign, transfer and turn over
to the Company, subject to the lien provided by Section 907, any and all money,
securities and other property then held by the Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities other than money and Eligible Obligations held by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 703 and shall execute and deliver to the Company
such instruments as, in the judgment of the Company, shall be necessary,
desirable or appropriate to effect or evidence the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture.
SECTION 703. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Neither the Eligible Obligations nor the money deposited pursuant to
Section 701, nor the principal or interest payments on any such Eligible
Obligations, shall be withdrawn or used for any purpose other than, and shall be
held in trust for, the payment of the principal of and premium, interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities or portions of principal amount
thereof in respect of which such deposit was made, all subject, however, to the
provisions of Section 603; provided, however, that, so long as there shall not
have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, any cash received from such
principal or interest payments on such Eligible Obligations, if not then needed
for such purpose, shall, to the extent practicable, and upon Company Request be
invested in Eligible Obligations of the type described in clause (b) in the
first paragraph of Section 701 maturing at such times and in such amounts as
shall be sufficient together with any other moneys and the principal and
interest on any other Eligible Obligations then held by the Trustee to pay when
due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest and Additional Amounts,
if any, due and to become due on such Securities or portions thereof on and
prior to the Maturity thereof, and interest earned from such reinvestment shall
be paid over to the Company as received, free and clear of any trust, lien or
pledge under this Indenture except the lien provided by Section 907; and
provided, further, that, so long as there shall not have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default, any moneys held in accordance with this Section
on the Maturity of all such Securities in excess of the amount required to pay
the principal of and premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, then due
on such Securities shall, upon Company Request, be paid over to the Company free
and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture except the lien
provided by Section 907; and provided, further, that if an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, moneys to be paid over to the Company
pursuant to this Section shall be held until such Event of Default shall have
been waived or cured.
ARTICLE EIGHT
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
SECTION 801. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one or more of the following events which has occurred and
is continuing:
(a) failure to pay interest, if any, on any Security of such series
within 30 days after the same becomes due and payable; provided, however,
that a valid extension of the interest payment period or deferral of
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payment of interest by the Company as contemplated in Section 311 of this
Indenture shall not constitute a failure to pay interest for this purpose;
or
(b) failure to pay the principal of or premium, if any, on any
Security of such series at its Maturity; or
(c) failure to perform, or breach of, any covenant or warranty of the
Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in
the performance of which or breach of which is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other
than such series) for a period of 60 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 33% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying
such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, unless the Trustee, or the
Trustee and the Holders of a principal amount of Securities of such series
not less than the principal amount of Securities the Holders of which gave
such notice, as the case may be, shall agree in writing to an extension of
such period prior to its expiration; or
(d) 90 days after the occurrence of an Insolvency Event of a limited
partner of the Company, unless within 90 days of such Insolvency Event, the
General Partner of the Company has given notice to the other partners of
the Company of the continuation of the Company and the Company, at all
times from and after such Insolvency Event, is in fact continued as a
limited partnership under the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia; or
(e) (i) an order is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that
the Company or the General Partner of the Company be wound up or dissolved,
or an order is made appointing a liquidator or provisional liquidator in
respect of the Company or the General Partner of the Company or a
liquidator or provisional liquidator is appointed in respect of the Company
or the General Partner of the Company (whether or not by order) and (ii)
such order is not vacated or such liquidator is not removed within 90 days;
or
(f) the Company resolves to wind itself up, or otherwise dissolve
itself, or gives notice of its intention to do so; or
(g) the General Partner of the Company resolves to wind itself up or
to wind up the Company, or otherwise dissolve itself or the Company, or
gives notice of its intention to do so; or
(h) the Company or the General Partner of the Company enters into, or
resolves to enter into, a scheme of arrangement, deed of assignment or
composition with, or assignment for the benefit of, all or any class of the
Company's or the General Partner's creditors or proposes a reorganization,
moratorium or other administration, in each case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, involving either of them; or
(i) the Company or the General Partner of the Company is or states
that it is unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due or is
adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be insolvent; or
(j) the General Partner of the Company is insolvent or is deemed by
any applicable law to be insolvent; or
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(k) the Company or the General Partner of the Company takes any step
to obtain protection (including, without limitation, summoning a creditors'
meeting to consider a proposal for voluntary arrangement) or the Company or
its General Partner is granted protection from its creditors under any
applicable legislation and such step is not reversed within 90 days; or
(l) a receiver, receiver and manager or similar officer is appointed
in respect of all or any substantial part of the property of the Company
and, if such officer was not voluntarily appointed by the Company, such
officer is not removed within 90 days; or
(m) an administrator or controller (as those terms are defined in the
Corporations Law of the State of Victoria, Australia) is appointed to the
General Partner of the Company or in respect of all or any substantial part
of its property (as the case may be) and such officer is not removed within
90 days; or
(n) the General Partner of the Company, or its board of directors,
resolves to appoint an administrator (as that term is defined in the
Corporations Law of the State of Victoria, Australia) to the General
Partner; or
(o) if the Company or its General Partner is no longer formed or
incorporated under the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia, then
anything analogous or having a substantially similar effect to any of the
events specified in any of the paragraphs (d) - (n) inclusive happens under
the laws of any applicable jurisdiction and is not cured within the
applicable cure period, if any, specified in such paragraph; or
(p) failure to pay Additional Amounts on any Security of such series
within 30 days after it is due; or
(q) any other Event of Default specified in an Officer's Certificate
with respect to Securities of such series;
provided, however that the merger, consolidation or dissolution of the Company
or the conveyance, lease or transfer of substantially all of its properties or
assets, all as permitted under the terms of Article 11 hereof, is not considered
an Event of Default for the purposes of any of paragraphs (e), (f) and (g)
hereof.
SECTION 802. DECLARATION OF ACCELERATION; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default due to the default in payment of principal of,
or interest on, any series of Securities or due to the default in the
performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Company
applicable to the Securities of such series but not applicable to all
Outstanding Securities shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 33% in principal amount of the Securities of
such series may then declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities
of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as
may be specified in the terms thereof as contemplated by Section 301) of all of
Securities of such series and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable
immediately by a written notice to the Company and Trustee. If an Event of
Default due to default in the performance of any other covenants or agreements
herein applicable to all Outstanding Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in aggregate
principal amount of all Securities then Outstanding, (considered as one class
and not the Holders of the Securities of any one of such series), may declare
the principal of all Securities and interest accrued thereon to be due and
payable immediately by written notice to the Company and the Trustee. As a
consequence of each such declaration (herein referred to as a declaration of
acceleration) with respect to Securities of any series, the principal amount of
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such Securities and interest accrued thereon shall become due and payable
immediately.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series shall have been made and before a judgment or decree
for payment of the money due shall have been obtained by the Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article provided, the Event of Default or Events of Default
giving rise to such declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be
deemed to have been waived, and such declaration and its consequences shall,
without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if
(a) the Company shall have paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(1) all overdue interest on all Securities of such series;
(2) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities of
such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration
of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor herein or in such Securities;
(3) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest, if any, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor herein or in such Securities;
(4) all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907;
and
(b) any other Event of Default or Events of Default with respect to
Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of
Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, shall have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 813.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 803. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 801
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall, upon demand of the
Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the
series with respect to which such Event of Default shall have occurred, the
whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and premium,
interest and Additional Amounts, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law,
interest on any overdue principal, premium, interest, and Additional Amounts, if
any, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any
amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907. Unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, the rate or
rates at which Securities shall bear interest on overdue principal, premium,
interest and Additional Amounts shall be, to the extent permitted by law, the
same rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest prior to
maturity.
If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may
institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities
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and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided
by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such
Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of
such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 804. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding
relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property
of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee
(irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of
overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention
in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal,
premium, if any, and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, owing and
unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Trustee (including any claim for amounts due to the Trustee under
Section 907) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) 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 amounts due it under Section 907.
Nothing herein contained 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.
SECTION 805. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
SECTION 806. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
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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 premium, if
any, or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, upon presentation of the
Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money shall have
been collected 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
907;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities for principal of and premium, if any, and interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, 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, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Amounts, if any,
respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or to
whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may direct.
SECTION 807. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder 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 shall have previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such series or Tranche;
(b) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class,
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 shall 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 shall have failed to institute any such proceeding;
and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all
series in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, considered as one class;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
SECTION 808. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND
INTEREST.
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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 premium, if any, and (subject to
Sections 307 and 311) interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on such
Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities if any 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 809. 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 shall have been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have 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 such
Holder shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and such Holder
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 810. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of Section 306, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 811. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder 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 812. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing in
respect of a series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of such series; provided, however, that if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to more than one
series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as one class, shall
have the right to make such direction, and not the Holders of the Securities of
any one of such series; and provided, further, that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with any such direction, and
(c) such direction would not subject the Trustee to` personal
liability in circumstances where indemnity, in the Trustee's sole
discretion, would not be adequate.
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Before proceeding to exercise any right or power hereunder at the
direction of such Holders, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive from
such Holders reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses
and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with any such
direction.
SECTION 813. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(a) in the payment of the principal of or premium, interest or
Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security of such series, or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Section
1202 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any and
all Events 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 814. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
The Company and the Trustee agree, and each Holder by his acceptance
thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion
require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which
such suit may be brought, considered as one class, or to any suit instituted by
any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security on or after the
Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 815. WAIVER OF 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 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 NINE
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 901. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Whether or not this Indenture is qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall have and be subject to all the duties and
responsibilities specified with respect to an indenture trustee in the
Trust Indenture Act and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. For purposes of Sections 315(a)
and 315(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, the term "default" is hereby defined
as an Event of Default which has occurred and is continuing.
(b) 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.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture to the
contrary, the duties and responsibilities of the Trustee under this
Indenture shall be subject to the protections, exculpations and limitations
on liability afforded to an indenture trustee under the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act, whether or not this Indenture is qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act. For the purposes of Sections 315(b) and 315(d)(2) of
the Trust Indenture Act, the term "responsible officer" is hereby defined
as a Responsible Officer and the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of
directors, the chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee of the
board of directors, the president, any vice president, any assistant 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 and any assistant controller of
the Trustee, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by a Responsible Officer or 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 or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
this Section.
SECTION 902. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
The Trustee shall give notice of any default hereunder known to the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to the Holders of
Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent that it would be
required to do so if this Indenture were qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however,
that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 801(c), no
such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 45 days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section and clause (h) of Section
903, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of
time, or both, would become, an Event of Default.
SECTION 903. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 901:
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(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting in good faith 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 reasonably 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, or as
otherwise expressly provided herein;
(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 Officer's Certificate;
(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 Holder pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holder 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 (subject to applicable legal requirements) be entitled to examine,
during normal business hours, the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(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;
(h) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in
each of its capacities hereunder; and
(i) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it
is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
shall have actual knowledge that such default or Event of Default, as the
case may be, exists and constitutes a default or Event of Default, as the
case may be, under this Indenture, or (2) written notice of such default or
Event of Default shall have been given in the manner provided in Section
105 hereof to the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on such
Securities or by any Holder of such Securities.
SECTION 904. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
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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
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 905. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
Each of 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 908 and 913, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 906. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds, except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
expressly provided herein or otherwise agreed with, and for the sole benefit of,
the Company.
SECTION 907. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company shall
(a) 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, 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 to the extent that any
such expense, disbursement or advance may be attributable to the Trustee's
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and
(c) indemnify the Trustee for and hold it harmless from and against,
any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred by it arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the
reasonable 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, except to the extent any such loss, liability
or expense may be attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad
faith.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon
all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such other than
property and funds held in trust under Section 703 (except as otherwise provided
in Section 703). "Trustee" for purposes of this Section shall include any
predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, willful misconduct
or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other
Trustee hereunder.
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When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 801(d) or Section 801(e), the
expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
The provisions of this Section 907 shall survive the termination of
this Indenture.
SECTION 908. DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Trustee shall have or acquire any conflicting interest within
the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall either eliminate such
conflicting interest or resign to the extent, in the manner and with the effect,
and subject to the conditions, provided in the Trust Indenture Act and this
Indenture. For purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and to
the extent permitted thereby, the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee in respect
of the Securities of any series, shall not be deemed to have a conflicting
interest arising from its capacity as trustee in respect of the Securities of
any other series.
SECTION 909. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
(a) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States, any State or Territory thereof or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State authority, or other applicable
government authority, or
(b) if and to the extent permitted by the Commission by rule,
regulation or order upon application, a corporation or other Person
organized and doing business under the laws of a foreign government,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or the Dollar
equivalent of the applicable foreign currency and subject to supervision or
examination by authority of such foreign government or a political
subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or examination
applicable to United States institutional trustees,
and, in either case, qualified and eligible under this Article. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of such supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in
this Article.
SECTION 910. 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 911.
(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 911
shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the
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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 by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series
and delivery of such Act to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 908 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been
a bona fide Holder for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 909 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or
by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (x) the General Partner, acting on the Company's behalf,
by Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or (y)
subject to Section 814, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder 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
(other than as contemplated in clause (y) in subsection (d) of this
Section), with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the General
Partner, acting on the Company's behalf, by Board Resolutions, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall
comply with the applicable requirements of Section 911. 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 911, 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 911,
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for
at least six months may, on behalf of itself 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.
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(f) So long as no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time,
or both, would become, an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, and except with respect to a Trustee appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, if the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee (i) a Board Resolution appointing a successor
Trustee, effective as of a date specified therein, and (ii) an instrument
of acceptance of such appointment, effective as of such date, by such
successor Trustee in accordance with Section 911, the Trustee shall be
deemed to have resigned as contemplated in subsection (b) of this Section,
the successor Trustee shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Company
pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section and such appointment shall be
deemed to have been accepted as contemplated in Section 911, all as of such
date, and all other provisions of this Section and Section 911 shall be
applicable to such resignation, appointment and acceptance except to the
extent inconsistent with this subsection (f).
(g) The Company (or, should the Company fail to act promptly, the
successor trustee at the expense of 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 by mailing written notice of such event by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such
series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. 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 911. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of all series, 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 all sums owed to it,
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 (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be
necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each
successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee
is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee
is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee and (3)
shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein
or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee
of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts
hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution
and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of
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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, upon payment of all sums owed to it, 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 instruments which fully vest in and confirm to such successor
Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in subsection (a) or
(b) of this Section, 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 912. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Person
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 913. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
If the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities (other than by reason of a relationship
described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of
claims against the Company or such other obligor whether or not this Indenture
is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. For purposes of Section 311(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) the term "cash transaction" means any transaction in which full
payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of
the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon
banks or bankers and payable upon demand;
(b) the term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, xxxx of
exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred
by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing,
manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and
which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien
upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising
from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the
security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with
the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the
making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, xxxx of exchange,
acceptance or obligation.
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SECTION 914. CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE TRUSTEES.
At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal
requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company and the Trustee shall
have power to appoint, and, upon the written request of the Trustee or of the
Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding,
the Company shall for such purpose join with the Trustee in the execution and
delivery of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint, one
or more Persons approved by the Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly
with the Trustee, or to act as separate trustee, in either case with such powers
as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person
or Persons, in the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power
deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this Section.
If the Company does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request so to do, or if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have power to make such
appointment.
Should any written instrument or instruments from the Company be
required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed to more fully
confirm to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right or
power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged
and delivered by the Company.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following conditions:
(a) the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered, and all
rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody
of securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be
deposited or pledged with, the Trustee hereunder, shall be exercised
solely, by the Trustee;
(b) the rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee in respect of any property covered by such
appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed
either by the Trustee or by the Trustee and such co-trustee or separate
trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such
co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the extent that under any law of
any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed, the
Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which
event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and
performed by such co-trustee or separate trustee;
(c) the Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by
it, with the concurrence of the Company, may accept the resignation of or
remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section,
and, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or remove, any such
co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Company. Upon
the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall join with the Trustee
in the execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements necessary
or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any
co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in
the manner provided in this Section;
(d) no co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of the Trustee, or any other such
trustee hereunder; and
(e) any Act of Holders delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed to
have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
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SECTION 915. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series or Tranche issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of
transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States, any State or territory 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, State or other applicable government
authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital
and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof
to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating
Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all
the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as
if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating
Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The 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, in accordance
with, and subject to the provisions of, Section 907.
The provisions of Sections 308, 904 and 905 shall be applicable to
each Authenticating Agent.
If an appointment with respect to the Securities of one or more series
shall be made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have
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endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: [Name of Trustee]
As Trustee
By
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As Authenticating
Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at
one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating
Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the
Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Company in writing (which writing
need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel), shall appoint, in accordance with this Section and in accordance with
such procedures as shall be acceptable to the Trustee, an Authenticating Agent
having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to
such series of Securities.
ARTICLE TEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 1001. LISTS OF HOLDERS.
Semiannually, not later than February 1 and August 1 in each year,
commencing February 1, 2001, and at such other times as the Trustee may request
in writing, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders, and the Trustee shall
preserve such information and similar information received by it in any other
capacity and afford to the Holders access to information so preserved by it, all
to such extent, if any, and in such manner as it would be required if this
Indenture were qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that
no such list need be furnished so long as the Trustee shall be the Security
Registrar.
SECTION 1002. REPORTS BY COMPANY.
To the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, whether or not this
Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, if the Company is required
to file with the Commission the following documents and reports:
(a) The Company's annual reports on Form 10-K;
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(b) The Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q;
(c) The Company's current reports on Form 8-K; and
(d) Any other documents filed with the Commission which are filed
with or incorporated by reference in the foregoing reports, related to the
Company, and have not previously been filed with the Trustee,
then the Company shall file with the Trustee such documents and reports within
30 days after such documents or reports (or consolidated documents or reports
containing such documents or reports) are filed with the Commission.
To the extent that any of the foregoing documents or reports are
consolidated with similar documents or reports filed by an affiliate, the
Company may file such consolidated document or report with the Trustee in lieu
of the separate document or report.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is
for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's Certificates).
ARTICLE ELEVEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR OTHER TRANSFER
SECTION 1101. COMPANY OR GENERAL PARTNER MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN
TERMS.
Neither the Company nor the General Partner shall consolidate with or
merge into any other corporation or other entity, or convey or otherwise
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, unless
(a) the corporation or other entity formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company or the General Partner, as the case may be, is
merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which
leases, the properties and assets of the Company or General Partner, as the
case may be, substantially as an entirety shall be a Person validly
existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and shall
expressly assume, (i) in the case of a merger of, or conveyance or lease
by, the Company, 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 premium, if any, and interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on all Outstanding Securities and the
performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company
or the General Partner, as the case may be, to be performed or observed, or
(ii) in the case of a merger of, or conveyance or lease by, the General
Partner, the General Partner's obligations under the Partnership Deed;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
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(c) the General Partner shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, or other transfer or lease and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been
complied with.
SECTION 1102. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation by the Company or the General Partner with or
merger by the Company or the General Partner into any other corporation or other
entity or any conveyance, or other transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company or the General Partner substantially as an entirety in
accordance with Section 1101, the successor corporation or other entity formed
by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person 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 or the General
Partner, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if
such successor Person had been named as the Company or the General Partner, as
the case may be, 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 Outstanding hereunder.
SECTION 1103. MERGER INTO COMPANY OR GENERAL PARTNER; CERTAIN TRANSFERS.
Nothing in this Indenture shall be deemed to prevent or restrict any
consolidation or merger after the consummation of which the Company or General
Partner, as the case may be, would be the surviving or resulting entity or any
conveyance or other transfer, or lease of any part of the properties of the
Company or General Partner, as the case may be, which does not constitute the
entirety, or substantially the entirety, of the direct assets of the Company or
the General Partner, as the case may be. Nothing in this Indenture shall be
deemed to prevent or restrict (i) any consolidation or merger of any Affiliate
of the Company with any other person or entity (other than with the Company
itself or the General Partner in a merger or consolidation not permitted under
this Article Eleven), or (ii) any conveyance or other transfer, or lease, of any
part of the assets of any Affiliate of the Company (other than the assets of the
Company itself or the General Partner.)
SECTION 1104. CONSOLIDATION DEFINED.
The term "consolidation" as used in this Article shall include similar
transactions such as amalgamations and reorganizations.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 1201. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Trustee, at
any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the
following purposes:
(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, all as provided in Article Eleven; or
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(b) to add one or more covenants of the Company or other provisions
for the benefit of all Holders or for the benefit of the Holders of, or to
remain in effect only so long as there shall be Outstanding, Securities of
one or more specified series, or one or more specified Tranches thereof, or
to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(c) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or
any series of Securities Outstanding hereunder; or
(d) to change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture or to add
any new provision to this Indenture; provided, however, that if such
change, elimination or addition shall adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche (other than any series the
terms of which permit such change, elimination or addition) Outstanding on
the date of such indenture supplemental hereto in any material respect,
such change, elimination or addition shall become effective (i) with
respect to such series or Tranche only pursuant to the provisions of
Section 1202 hereof or (ii) when no Security of such series or Tranche
remains Outstanding; or
(e) to provide collateral security for all but not part of the
Securities; or
(f) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series or
Tranche as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301; or
(g) to the extent not provided herein or pursuant to Section 301, to
provide for the authentication, delivery and issuance of bearer securities
and coupons appertaining thereto representing interest, if any, thereon and
for the procedures for the exchange and replacement thereof and for the
giving of notice to, and the solicitation of the vote or consent of, the
holders thereof, and for any and all other matters incidental thereto; or
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a separate or successor Trustee or co-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 911(b); or
(i) to provide for the procedures required to permit the Company to
utilize, at its option, a noncertificated system of registration for all,
or any series or Tranche of, the Securities; or
(j) to change any place or places where (1) the principal of and
premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on all or any series of
Securities, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (2) all or any series
of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for registration
of transfer, (3) all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof,
may be surrendered for exchange and (4) notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche
thereof, and this Indenture may be served; or
(k) 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 provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect
the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche in any
material respect.
SECTION 1202. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
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With the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of all series then Outstanding under this Indenture,
considered as one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of, this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under the Indenture; provided, however,
that if there shall be Securities of more than one series Outstanding hereunder
and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the
Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such series, then
the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected, considered as one
class, shall be required; and provided, further, that if the Securities of any
series shall have been issued in more than one Tranche and if the proposed
supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of
Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the consent
only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one
class, shall be required; and provided, further, that no such supplemental
indenture shall:
(a) 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 the amount of
any installment of interest thereon) or change the method of calculating
such rate or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or
reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due
and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 802, or change the coin or currency (or other
property), in which any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the Stated Maturity of any Security (or, in the
case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), without, in any such
case, the consent of the Holder of such Security, or
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series or any Tranche thereof, the consent of the Holders
of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of
the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with any
provision of this Indenture or of any default hereunder and its
consequences, or reduce the requirements of Section 1304 for quorum or
voting, without, in any such case, the consent of the Holders of each
Outstanding Security of such series or Tranche, or
(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 607 or
Section 813 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, except to increase the percentages in principal amount referred to
in this Section or such other Sections or to provide that other provisions
of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; 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, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance
with the requirements of Sections 911(b), 914 and 1201(h).
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 of one or more
Tranches thereof, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of
such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed
not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of
any other series or Tranche.
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. A waiver by a
Holder of such Holder's right to consent under this Section shall be deemed to
be a consent of such Holder.
SECTION 1203. 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 901) 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, immunities or liabilities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
SECTION 1204. 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. Any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article may
restate this Indenture in its entirety, and, upon the execution and delivery
thereof, any such restatement shall supersede this Indenture as theretofore in
effect for all purposes.
SECTION 1205. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, 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, or
any Tranche thereof, 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 or Tranche.
SECTION 1206. MODIFICATION WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
If the terms of any particular series of Securities shall have been
established in an Officer's Certificate as contemplated by Section 301, and not
in an indenture supplemental hereto, additions to, changes in or the elimination
of any of such terms may be effected by means of a supplemental Officer's
Certificate, as the case may be, delivered to, and accepted by, the Trustee;
provided, however, that such supplemental Officer's Certificate shall not be
accepted by the Trustee or otherwise be effective unless all conditions set
forth in this Indenture which would be required to be satisfied if such
additions, changes or elimination were contained in a supplemental indenture
shall have been appropriately satisfied. Upon the acceptance thereof by the
Trustee, any such supplemental Officer's Certificate shall be deemed to be a
"supplemental indenture" for purposes of Section 1204 and 1205.
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS; ACTION WITHOUT MEETING
SECTION 1301. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or
any Tranche or Tranches thereof, may be called at any time and from time to time
pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such
series or Tranches.
SECTION 1302. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches
thereof, for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time
and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the
Trustee shall determine, or, with the approval of the Company, at any other
place. Notice of every such meeting, setting forth the time and the place
of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at
such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not
less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting.
(b) If the Trustee shall have been requested to call a meeting of the
Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or
Tranches thereof, by the Company or by the Holders of 33% in aggregate
principal amount of all of such series and Tranches, considered as one
class, for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request
setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the
meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting
within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter
proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the
Company or the Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches in the
amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in such other
place as shall be determined or approved by the Company, for such meeting
and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
(c) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all,
series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, shall be valid without notice
if the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches are
present in person or by proxy and if representatives of the Company and the
Trustee are present, or if notice is waived in writing before or after the
meeting by the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series, or any
Tranche or Tranches thereof, or by such of them as are not present at the
meeting in person or by proxy, and by the Company and the Trustee.
SECTION 1303. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of one
or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, a Person shall be
(a) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches,
or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or
Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to attend any meeting
of Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche shall be the Persons entitled
to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee
and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
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SECTION 1304. QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which a
meeting shall have been called as hereinbefore provided, considered as one
class, shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such
series and Tranches; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at
such meeting which this Indenture expressly provides may be taken by the Holders
of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class,
the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class,
shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within one hour of the
time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the
request of Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches, be dissolved. In
any other case the meeting may be adjourned for such period as may be determined
by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the
absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be
further adjourned for such period as may be determined by the chairman of the
meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Except as provided
by Section 1305(e), notice of the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for more
than 30 days shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a) not less than 10 days
prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of
the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as
provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series and Tranches which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by Section 1202, any resolution presented to a
meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the
series and Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have been called,
considered as one class; provided, however, that, except as so limited, any
resolution with respect to any action which this Indenture expressly provides
may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a
majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and
Tranches, considered as one class, may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned
meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one
class.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the
Holders of Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which such
meeting shall have been held, whether or not present or represented at the
meeting.
SECTION 1305. ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS; DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT
AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.
(a) Attendance at meetings of Holders of Securities may be in person
or if the Securities are in registered form by proxy; and, to the extent
permitted by law, any such proxy shall remain in effect and be binding upon
any future Holder of the Securities with respect to which it was given
unless and until specifically revoked by the Holder or future Holder of
such Securities before being voted.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the
Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for
any meeting of Holders of Securities in regard to proof of the holding of
such Securities and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the
appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and
examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to
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vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it
shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any
such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner
specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved
in the manner specified in Section 104. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be
presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or
other proof.
(c) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been
called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 1302(b), in
which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series and
Tranches calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner
appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled
to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all series and Tranches represented at the meeting,
considered as one class.
(d) At any meeting each Holder or proxy shall be entitled to one vote
for each $1 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him;
provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in
respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the
chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting
shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security or proxy.
(e) Any meeting duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a
quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to
vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of all series and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one
class; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1306. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall
be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders
or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial
numbers of the Outstanding Securities, of the series and Tranches with respect
to which the meeting shall have been called, held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports of all votes cast at the meeting. A record of the proceedings of each
meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there
shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes
on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if
applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
SECTION 1307. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
In lieu of a vote of Holders at a meeting as hereinbefore contemplated
in this Article, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action may be made, given or taken by Holders by written
instruments as provided in Section 104.
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
IMMUNITY OF STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
SECTION 1401. NO LIABILITY BY INDIVIDUALS OR STOCKHOLDERS.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Securities,
or any part thereof, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect
thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation,
covenant or agreement under this Indenture, against any past, present or future
incorporator, stockholder, officer, director of the General Partner or of any
predecessor or successor of the General Partner, or any individual performing
similar functions with respect to the Company or any predecessor or successor of
the Company, either directly or indirectly, whether by virtue of any
constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood
that this Indenture and all the Securities are solely obligations of the
Company, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be
incurred by, any past, present or future incorporator, stockholder, officer,
director of the General Partner or of any predecessor or successor of the
General Partner, or any individual performing similar functions with respect to
the Company or any predecessor or successor of the Company, either directly or
indirectly, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason
of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture
or in any of the Securities or to be implied herefrom or therefrom, and that any
such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issuance of the Securities.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
TXU AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS (PARTNERSHIP)
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: TXU AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS (AGP)
PTY LTD.
Its General Partner
By:
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[name]
[title]
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Vice President
