ROYAL ALOHA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
Issuer
AND
FIRST TRUST OF NEW YORK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of __________, 199_
[__]% Eight Year Deferred Interest Subordinated Notes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.................................................... 2
Section 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.............. 6
Section 1.3 Rules of Construction.......................................... 6
ARTICLE II
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION
AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section 2.1 Designation, Amount and Issue of Notes......................... 7
Section 2.2 Form of Notes.................................................. 7
Section 2.3 Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest........... 7
Section 2.4 Execution of Notes............................................. 8
Section 2.5 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes................. 9
Section 2.6 Xxxxxxxxx, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes..................... 10
Section 2.7 Temporary Notes................................................ 11
Section 2.8 Cancellation of Notes Paid, Etc................................ 12
Section 2.9 CUSIP Numbers.................................................. 12
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF NOTES
Section 3.1 Redemption Prices.............................................. 12
Section 3.2 Notice of Redemption; Selection of Notes....................... 12
Section 3.3 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption......................... 14
ARTICLE IV
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest..................... 14
Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency................................ 15
Section 4.3 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's Office............. 15
Section 4.4 Provisions as to Paying Agent.................................. 15
Section 4.5 Corporate Existence............................................ 16
Section 4.6 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws................................. 17
Section 4.7 Compliance Statement; Notice of Defaults ...................... 17
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Section 4.8 Taxes.......................................................... 17
Section 4.9 Insurance...................................................... 17
ARTICLE V
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE COMPANY
Section 5.1 Noteholders' Lists............................................. 18
Section 5.2 Reports by Company............................................. 18
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1 Events of Default.............................................. 18
Section 6.2 Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor.................... 20
Section 6.3 Application of Monies Collected by Trustee..................... 22
Section 6.4 Proceedings by Noteholder...................................... 23
Section 6.5 Proceedings by Trustee......................................... 24
Section 6.6 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing............................. 24
Section 6.7 Direction of Proceedings and Xxxxxx of Defaults by
Majority of Noteholders...................................... 24
Section 6.8 Notice of Defaults............................................. 25
Section 6.9 Undertaking to Pay Costs....................................... 25
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.1 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee......................... 25
Section 7.2 Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc........................... 26
Section 7.3 No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc............................ 27
Section 7.4 Trustee, Paying Agents or Registrar May Own Notes.............. 27
Section 7.5 Monies to Be Held in Trust..................................... 27
Section 7.6 Compensation and Expenses of Trustee........................... 28
Section 7.7 Officers' Certificate as Evidence.............................. 28
Section 7.8 Resignation or Removal of Trustee.............................. 28
Section 7.9 Acceptance by Successor Trustee................................ 29
Section 7.10 Successor, by Xxxxxx, Xxx...................................... 30
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE NOTEHOLDERS
Section 8.1 Action by Noteholders.......................................... 30
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Section 8.2 Proof of Execution by Noteholders.............................. 31
Section 8.3 Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners................................. 31
Section 8.4 Company-Owned Notes Disregarded................................ 31
Section 8.5 Revocation of Consents, Future Holders Bound................... 32
ARTICLE IX
NOTEHOLDERS' MEETINGS
Section 9.1 Purposes for Which Meetings May be Called...................... 32
Section 9.2 Manner of Calling Meetings; Record Date........................ 32
Section 9.3 Call of Meeting by Company or Noteholders...................... 33
Section 9.4 Who May Attend and Vote at Meetings............................ 33
Section 9.5 Manner of Voting at Meetings and Record to be Kept............. 33
Section 9.6 Exercise of Rights of Trustee and Noteholders Not To
Be Hindered or Delayed....................................... 34
ARTICLE X
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 10.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders................................................. 34
Section 10.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders........... 35
Section 10.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures............................. 36
Section 10.4 Notation on Notes............................................. 36
Section 10.5 Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to
Be Furnished to the Trustee................................. 36
ARTICLE XI
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER AND LEASE
Section 11.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms................ 37
Section 11.2 Successor Company To Be Substituted........................... 37
Section 11.3 Opinion of Counsel To Be Given to Trustee..................... 37
ARTICLE XII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
Section 12.1 Termination of Obligations upon Cancellation of the
Notes....................................................... 38
Section 12.2 Survival of Certain Obligations............................... 38
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Section 12.3 Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee........................ 38
Section 12.4 Application of Trust Assets................................... 39
Section 12.5 Repayment to the Company; Unclaimed Money..................... 39
Section 12.6 Reinstatement................................................. 39
ARTICLE XIII
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 13.1 Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations.............. 40
ARTICLE XIV
SUBORDINATION
Section 14.1 Agreement to Subordinate...................................... 40
Section 14.2 Certain Definitions........................................... 40
Section 14.3 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.......................... 41
Section 14.4 Default on Senior Indebtedness................................ 42
Section 14.5 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over........................... 42
Section 14.6 Notice by Company............................................. 43
Section 14.7 Subrogation................................................... 43
Section 14.8 Relative Rights............................................... 43
Section 14.9 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.................. 43
Section 14.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative..................... 44
Section 14.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent........................... 44
Section 14.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination........................ 45
Section 14.13 Amendments................................................... 45
ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 15.1 Provisions Binding on Company's Successors.................... 45
Section 15.2 Official Acts by Successor Company............................ 45
Section 15.3 Addresses for Notices, Etc.................................... 45
Section 15.4 Communications by Holders with Other Holders.................. 46
Section 15.5 Governing Law................................................. 47
Section 15.6 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent;
Certificates to Trustee..................................... 47
Section 15.7 Legal Holidays................................................ 47
Section 15.8 No Security Interest Created.................................. 48
Section 15.9 Benefits of Indenture......................................... 48
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Section 15.10 Table of Contents, Headings Etc.............................. 48
Section 15.11 Authenticating Agent......................................... 48
Section 15.12 Execution in Counterparts.................................... 49
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INDENTURE, dated as of _________ __, 199_, by and between
ROYAL ALOHA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and FIRST
TRUST OF NEW YORK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking corporation (the
"Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has
duly authorized the issuance of its [__]% Eight Year Deferred Interest
Subordinated Notes (the "Notes"), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$8,500,000 and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are to
be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Notes, the certificate of authentication to be
borne by the Notes, a form of assignment and a certificate of transfer to be
borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter provided
for; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly
authorized authenticating agent, as in this Indenture provided, the valid,
binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute these presents a
valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the
execution of this Indenture and the issuance hereunder of the Notes have in all
respects been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which
the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in
consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by
the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the
equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of
the Notes (except as otherwise provided below) as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.1
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental
hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.1. All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act
(as hereinafter defined) or that are by reference defined in the Securities Act
(as hereinafter defined), except as herein otherwise expressly provided for or
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force on the
date of this Indenture. The words "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article or Section.
Board of Directors: The term "Board of Directors" shall mean
the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee of such Board of Directors
duly authorized to act for it.
Board Resolution: The term "Board Resolution" shall mean a
copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification.
Business Day: The term "Business Day" shall mean a day, other
than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the banking institutions in the
State and City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order
to close or a day that is declared a national or New York state holiday.
Commission: The term "Commission" shall mean the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under
the Trust Indenture Act, the body performing such duties at such time.
Company: The term "Company" shall mean Royal Aloha Development
Company, a Nevada corporation, and subject to the provisions of Article XI,
shall include its successors and assigns.
Construction Loan: The term "Construction Loan" shall mean the
Construction Loan Agreement, dated ____________, 1997, between the Company and
__________________, and any amendment thereto or successor agreement.
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Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee: The term "Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee," or other similar term, shall mean the office of
the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall
be principally administered, which office is, at the date as of which this
Indenture is dated, located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
default: The term "default" shall mean any event that is, or
after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
Development Period Interest: The term "Development Period
Interest" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
Event of Default: The term "Event of Default" shall mean any
event specified in Section 6.1(a) through (d).
Exchange Act: The term "Exchange Act" shall mean the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Indenture: The term "Indenture" shall mean this instrument as
originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so
amended or supplemented.
Interest Payment Date: The term "Interest Payment Date" shall
mean each ______ and __________, beginning ______, 199_.
Nonpayment Default: The term "Nonpayment Default" shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.4(b).
Note or Notes: The terms "Note" or "Notes" shall mean any one
or more, as the case may be, of the [___]% Eight Year Deferred Interest
Subordinated Notes authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Noteholder; holder: The terms "Noteholder" or "holder" as
applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term "beneficial
holder"), shall mean any person in whose name at the time a particular Note is
registered on the Note registrar's books.
Note register: The term "Note register" shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.5.
Note registrar: The term "Note registrar" shall have the
meaning specified in Section 2.5.
Officers' Certificate: The term "Officers' Certificate," when
used with respect to the Company, shall mean a certificate signed by two
authorized officers which shall include (a) any of the President, the Chief
Executive Officer, or the Chief Financial Officer and (b) any Treasurer or
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Assistant Treasurer or Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company, that
is delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall include the statements
provided for in Section 15.6 if and to the extent required by the provisions of
such Section.
Opinion of Counsel: The term "Opinion of Counsel" shall mean
an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company or other counsel acceptable to the Trustee, that is
delivered to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements
provided for in Section 15.6 if and to the extent required by the provisions of
such Section.
outstanding: The term "outstanding" with reference to Notes as
of any particular time shall mean, subject to the provisions of Section 8.4, all
Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except
(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Notes, or portions thereof, for which monies in the
necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee
for payment, redemption or repurchase; provided that if such Notes are
to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption
shall have been given pursuant to Article III or provision satisfactory
to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice;
(c) Notes paid pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof or Notes in lieu
of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.6 unless
proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are
held by bona fide holders in due course; and
(d) Notes not deemed outstanding pursuant to Section 3.2.
Payment Default: The term "Payment Default" shall have the
meaning specified in Section 14.4(a).
person: The term "person" shall mean a corporation, an
association, a partnership, an individual, a joint venture, a joint stock
company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or
a political subdivision thereof.
Predecessor Note: The term "Predecessor Note" of any
particular Note shall mean every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of
the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes
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of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.6 in
lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
record date: The term "record date" with respect to any
Interest Payment Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.
Responsible Officer: The term "Responsible Officer" with
respect to the Trustee, shall mean an officer of the Trustee assigned and duly
authorized by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
Securities Act: The term "Securities Act" shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
Subsidiary: The term "Subsidiary" of any specified person
shall mean (i) a corporation a majority of whose capital stock with voting power
under ordinary circumstances to elect directors is at the time directly or
indirectly owned by such person or (ii) any other person (other than a
corporation) in which such person or such person and a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of such person or a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of such person
directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has at least
majority ownership.
Successor Company: The term "Successor Company" shall have the
meaning specified in Section 11.1.
Trust Indenture Act: The term "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of
execution of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 10.3; provided that
in the event said Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof,
the term "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean, to the extent required by such
amendment, said Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee: The term "Trustee" shall mean First Trust of New
York, National Association, its successors and any corporation resulting from or
surviving any consolidation or merger to which it or its successors may be a
party and any successor trustee at the time serving as successor trustee
hereunder.
U.S. Government Obligations: The term "U.S. Government
Obligations" shall mean securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged
or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by, and acting as an
agency or instrumentality of, the United States of America the timely payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the
United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable
at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific
payment of principal or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by
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such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt;
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by such custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the
U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
Section 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this Indenture.
The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture
have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Notes;
"indenture security holder" means a holder of Notes;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee;
"obligor" on the Notes means the Company and any other obligor
on the Notes.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute
or defined by Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so
assigned to them.
Section 1.3 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the
meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular; and
(5) provisions apply to successive events and
transactions.
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ARTICLE II
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION
AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section 2.1 Designation, Amount and Issue of Notes. The Notes
shall be designated as "[__]% Eight Year Deferred Interest Subordinated Notes."
Notes not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of $8,500,000 upon the
execution of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, may be executed by
the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee
shall thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said Notes upon the
written order of the Company, signed by its (a) Chief Executive Officer, Presi-
dent, or Chief Financial Officer, and (b) any Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer
or Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, without any further action by the
Company hereunder.
Section 2.2 Form of Notes. The Notes will be issued in
definitive form in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, and registered in
the name of the holders thereof, and shall be duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee or the authenticating agent as provided herein.
Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such notations, legends and endorsements as the Company
officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive
evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, or to conform to usage.
The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note
attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a
part of this Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Company and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to
such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 2.3 Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of
Interest. The Notes shall be issuable in registered form only without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Every
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication, shall bear interest from
___________, 199_, which interest shall be payable semiannually on each ______,
and __________, commencing on the first Interest Payment Date occurring after
the principal of and interest on the Construction Loan is paid in full, as
specified on the face of the form of Note.
That interest which accrues from the original date of issuance
of the Notes through the Interest Payment Date preceding the first Interest
Payment Date occurring after the principal of and interest on the Construction
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Loan is paid in full is hereinafter referred to as "Development Period
Interest."
The person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is
registered at the close of business on any record date with respect to any
Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such
Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Note upon any
transfer or exchange subsequent to the record date and prior to such Interest
Payment Date. Interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of such person
as it appears on the Note register. The term "record date" with respect to any
Interest Payment Date shall mean the ______ or ___________ preceding said ______
or ____________.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.
Development Period Interest that is not paid on the first
Interest Payment Date occurring after the principal of and interest on the
Construction Loan is paid in full shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Noteholder on the relevant record date by virtue of his having been such
Noteholder. The Company may elect to make payment of any or all Development
Period Interest to the persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective
Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a special record
date for the payment of such Development Period Interest, which shall be fixed
in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Development Period Interest to be paid on each Note and the date of
the payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date for
its convenience), and at the same time, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect
of such Development Period 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 Development Period Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon, the
Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Development
Period Interest, which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days
prior to the date of the payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the payment of such Development
Period Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Noteholder at his address as it appears in the Note
register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Development Period Interest and the special record date
therefor having been so mailed, such Development Period Interest shall be paid
to the persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes)
were registered at the close of business on such special record date.
Section 2.4 Execution of Notes. The Notes shall be signed in
the name and on behalf of the Company by the signature of its Chief Executive
Officer, President, or Chief Financial Officer and attested by the signature of
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its Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or any of its Assistant
Secretaries (any of which signatures may be printed, engraved or otherwise
reproduced thereon, by facsimile or otherwise). Only such Notes as shall bear
thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on
form of Note attached as Exhibit A manually executed by the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 15.12),
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating
agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that
the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any
of the Notes shall cease to be such officer before the Notes so signed shall
have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the
Company, such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed
of as though the person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such officer
of the Company; and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Company by such
persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall be the
proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this
Indenture any such person was not such an officer.
Section 2.5 Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or
agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.2 being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Note register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Such Note register shall be in
written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within
a reasonable period of time. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Note registrar"
for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note to the
Note registrar or any co-registrar and satisfaction of the requirements for such
transfer set forth in this Section 2.5, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, the Notes that the Noteholder
making the exchange is entitled to receive bearing certificate numbers not
contemporaneously outstanding.
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All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the
Note registrar or any co-registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, executed by
the Noteholder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be charged to the Noteholder for any
exchange or registration of transfer of Notes, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessments or other governmental
charges that may be imposed in connection therewith.
None of the Company, the Trustee, the Note registrar or any
co-registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any
Notes for a period of 15 days next preceding the mailing of a notice of
redemption, (b) any Notes called for redemption or, if a portion of any Note is
selected or called for redemption, such portion thereof selected or called for
redemption.
All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes shall
be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange. All Notes, the transfer, exchange and/or
registration of which is effectuated by the Trustee pursuant to this Section
2.5, shall be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate of the Company, executed
by a Responsible Officer thereof, certifying that such transfer, exchange and/or
registration is authorized by the Company and permitted hereunder.
Section 2.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In
case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Company in its discretion may execute, and upon its request, the Trustee or an
authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery a new Note bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note or in lieu of
and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. The Company may
charge such applicant for the expenses of the Company in replacing a Note. In
every case the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Company, to
the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless from any
loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution,
and in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also
furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such
authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.
The Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any
such substituted Note and deliver the same upon the receipt of such security or
indemnity as the Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, such authenticating
agent may require. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected
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therewith. In case any Note that has matured or is about to mature or has been
called for redemption shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen,
the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the
payment of the same (without surrender thereof, except in the case of a
mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment shall
furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such
authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless from any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by
or connected with such substitution, and in case of destruction, loss or theft,
evidence satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any paying
agent, of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership
thereof.
Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 2.6 in lieu of any Note that is destroyed, lost or stolen shall
constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set
forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary
with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other
securities without their surrender.
Section 2.7 Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of
definitive Notes, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating
agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon written request of the Company,
authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Notes (printed or
lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination
and shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Notes but with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Notes, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Note shall
be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such
authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Notes. Without unreasonable
delay the Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee or such
authenticating agent definitive Notes and thereupon any or all temporary Notes
may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by
the Company pursuant to Section 4.2 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent
shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such
temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Notes. Such
exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge
therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this
Indenture as definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder.
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Section 2.8 Cancellation of Notes Paid, Etc. All Notes
surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of
transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent or any Note
registrar, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it or, if
surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it and no Notes shall
be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions
of this Indenture. If required by the Company, the Trustee shall return canceled
Notes to the Company. If the Company shall acquire any of the Notes, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.9 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes
may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee
shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in
any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not
be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF NOTES
Section 3.1 Redemption Prices. The Notes are not redeemable at
the option of the Company prior to __________, 200_. At any time on or after
that date, the Notes may be redeemed at the Company's option, upon notice as set
forth in Section 3.2, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the
declining redemption prices set forth below (expressed in percentages of the
principal amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest (including any unpaid
Development Period Interest) thereon to the applicable redemption date if
redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning:
Redemption
Date Price
[Year 3] ...................................... %
[Year 4] ......................................
[Year 5] ......................................
[Year 6] and thereafter................................
Section 3.2 Notice of Redemption; Selection of Notes. In case
the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may
be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.1, it shall fix a date for
redemption and, in the case of any redemption pursuant to Section 3.1, it or, at
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its written request accompanied by the proposed form of notice of redemption
(which must be received by the Trustee at least 10 days prior to the date the
Trustee is requested to give notice as described below, unless a shorter period
is agreed to by the Trustee for its convenience), the Trustee in the name of and
at the expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of such
redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption to the holders of Notes so to be redeemed as a whole or in part at
their last addresses as the same appear on the Note register, provided that
subject to the approval of the form of notice by the Trustee if the Company
shall give such notice, it shall also give such notice, and notice of the Notes
to be redeemed, to the Trustee. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The
notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed
to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. In any
case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the
holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.
Each such notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be
redeemed (including CUSIP numbers), specify the aggregate principal amount of
Notes to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price at
which Notes are to be redeemed, the place or places of payment, that payment
shall be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes, that interest
accrued to the date fixed for redemption shall be paid as specified in said
notice and that on and after said date, interest thereon or on the portion
thereof to be redeemed shall cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to
be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed.
In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall
state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state
that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Note, a
new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof
shall be issued.
On or prior to the Business Day prior to the redemption date
specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 3.2, the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if
the Company is acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in
trust as provided in Section 4.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the
redemption date all the Notes so called for redemption at the appropriate
redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the Company shall
give the Trustee written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate not
fewer than 45 days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the
Trustee) prior to the redemption date as to the aggregate principal amount of
Notes to be redeemed.
If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee
shall select the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed (in principal amounts
of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof), by lot or, in its discretion, on a pro
rata basis. The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected shall be deemed duly
selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.
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Section 3.3 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption. If notice
of redemption has been given as above provided, the Notes or portion of Notes
with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on
the date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest thereon accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Company shall default in the
payment of such Notes at the redemption price, together with interest thereon
accrued to said date), interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for
redemption shall cease to accrue, and such Notes shall cease except as provided
in Sections 7.5 and 12.3 to be entitled to any benefit or security under this
Indenture, and the holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Notes
except the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest
thereon to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and surrender of such
Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the
specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the
applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date
fixed for redemption; provided that any semi-annual payment of interest becoming
due on the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the holders of such
Notes registered as such on the relevant record date subject to the terms and
provisions of Section 2.3 hereof.
Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or
Notes, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Notes so presented.
If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and premium, if any, shall,
until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for
redemption at the rate borne by the Note.
ARTICLE IV
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The
Company covenants and agrees that it shall duly and punctually pay or cause to
be paid the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each of the Notes
at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in
the Notes. Each installment of interest on the Notes due on any semi-annual
Interest Payment Date may be paid by mailing checks for the interest payable to
or upon the written order of the holders of Notes entitled thereto as they shall
appear on the Note register. An installment of principal or interest shall be
considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or paying agent (other than the
Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them) holds on
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that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment of
principal or interest and is not prohibited from paying such money to the
holders of the Notes pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company shall
maintain an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or for redemption and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes 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 such office or
agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for
any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as paying
agent, Note registrar and the office of Corporate Trust Administration of the
Trustee located in New York, New York, as the office or agency of the Company
for the purposes set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 4.2.
So long as the Trustee is the Note registrar, the Trustee
agrees to mail, or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.8(a).
Section 4.3 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's
Office. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office
of Trustee, shall appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.8, a Trustee, so
that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 4.4 Provisions as to Paying Agent.
(a) If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the
Trustee, or if the Trustee shall appoint such a paying agent, the Company or the
Trustee, as the case may be, shall cause such paying agent to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.4:
(1) that it shall hold all sums held by it as such agent for
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any
other obligor on the Notes) in trust for the benefit of the holders of
the Notes;
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(2) that it shall give the Trustee written notice of any
failure by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Notes) to make
any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and
(3) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of
Default, upon request of the Trustee, it shall forthwith pay to the
Trustee all sums so held in trust.
The Company shall, before each due date of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, deposit with the paying agent a sum
sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest, and (unless such
paying agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of
any failure to take such action.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it
shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the holders of the Notes a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if
any, or interest so becoming due and shall notify the Trustee of any failure to
take such action and of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor under
the Notes) to make any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on the Notes when the same shall become due and payable.
(c) Anything in this Section 4.4 to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or
cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or any
paying agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.4, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment by the
Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company or such paying agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
(d) Anything in this Section 4.4 to the contrary
notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section
4.4 is subject to Sections 12.2 and 12.3.
Section 4.5 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article XI, the
Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence, and the corporate,
partnership or other existence of any Subsidiary of the Company, in accordance
with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from
time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter
and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right,
license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of
its Subsidiaries if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not materially
adverse to the holders of the Notes.
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Section 4.6 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any
time insist upon, plead or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law that would prohibit
or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or
interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any
time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.7 Compliance Statement; Notice of Defaults
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers' Certificate
stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company
is in compliance (without regard to periods of grace or notice requirements)
with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture, and if the Company shall
not be in compliance, specifying such non-compliance and the nature and status
thereof of which such signer may have knowledge.
(b) The Company shall file with the Trustee written notice of
the occurrence of any default or Event of Default within 10 days of its becoming
aware of any such default or Event of Default.
Section 4.8 Taxes. The Company shall pay or discharge or cause
to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all
taxes, assessments and governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any
penalties, interest and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon the Company
or its Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or
any such Subsidiary and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies
that, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or
any such Subsidiary; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or
claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and for which disputed amounts adequate reserves have
been made.
Section 4.9 Insurance. The Company shall provide, or cause to
be provided, for itself and its Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate
self-insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against
by corporations similarly situated and owning like properties, including, but
not limited to, public liability insurance, with reputable insurers or with the
government of the United States of America or an agency or instrumentality
thereof, in such amounts with such deductibles and by such methods as shall be
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors to be appropriate.
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ARTICLE V
NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE COMPANY
Section 5.1 Noteholders' Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in
as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to
it of the names and addresses of holders of Notes. If the Trustee is not the
Note registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before at least
seven Business Days preceding each Interest Payment Date and at such other times
as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and as of such date as
the Trustee reasonably may require of the names and addresses of holders of
Notes.
Section 5.2 Reports by Company. The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee within 15 days after it files the same with the Commission, copies
of all reports and information (or copies of such portions of any of the
foregoing as the Commission may by its rules and regulations prescribe), if any,
which the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the
Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such
shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1 Events of Default. In case one or more of the
following Events of Default (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and
whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law
or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and
be continuing:
(a) default in the payment of the principal of or premium,
if any, on the Notes when due at maturity, upon redemption or
otherwise; or
(b) except for Development Period Interest, default in the
payment of any installment of interest on the Notes as and when the
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same shall become due and payable (whether or not such payment shall be
prohibited by Article XIV of this Indenture), and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; or
(c) a failure on the part of the Company to duly observe or
perform any other covenants or agreements on the part of the Company in
this Indenture (other than a default in the performance or breach of a
covenant or agreement that is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this
Section 6.1) that continues for a period of 90 days after the date on
which written notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy
the same, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, or to
the Company and a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, by the holders of
at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.4; or
(d) an event of default occurs under any mortgage, indenture
or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be
secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), whether such indebtedness or
guarantee now exists or shall be created after the date hereof, which
default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal or interest on such
indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in
such indebtedness (a "Payment Default") or (ii) results in the
acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its expressed maturity and,
in each case, the principal amount of such indebtedness, together with
the principal amount of any other such indebtedness under which there
has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so
accelerated, aggregates $1 million or more; or
(e) the Company shall commence a voluntary case or other
proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or seeking the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other
similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or
shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking
possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other
proceeding commenced against it or shall make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as
they become due; or
(f) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced
against the Company seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief
with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment
of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official
of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary
case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a
period of 60 consecutive days;
then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified
in Section 6.1(e) or (f)), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have
already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding hereunder
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determined in accordance with Section 8.4, by notice in writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee if given by Noteholders), may declare the principal of,
premium, if any, on the Notes and the interest accrued thereon to be due and
payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and
shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes
contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs and is continuing, the principal of all the Notes
and the interest accrued thereon shall be immediately due and payable. The
foregoing provision is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the
principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before
any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been
obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall
deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of
interest upon all Notes and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and all
Notes that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest
on overdue installments of interest (to the extent that payment of such interest
is enforceable under applicable law) and on such principal and premium, if any,
at the rate borne by the Notes, to the date of such payment or deposit) and
amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.6, and if any and all defaults
under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of principal of, premium, if
any, and accrued interest on Notes that shall have become due by acceleration,
shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 6.7, then and in every such
case the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all
defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or
shall affect any subsequent default or Event of Default, or shall impair any
right consequent thereto. The Company shall notify a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right
under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or
abandoned because of such waiver or rescission and annulment or for any other
reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every
such case the Company, the holders of Notes and the Trustee shall be restored
respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights,
remedies and powers of the Company, the holders of Notes and the Trustee shall
continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
Section 6.2 Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. The
Company covenants that (a) in case a default shall be made in the payment of any
installment of interest upon any of the Notes as and when the same shall have
become due and payable and such default shall have continued for a period of 30
days, or (b) in case a default shall be made in the payment of the principal of
or premium, if any, on any of the Notes as and when the same shall have become
due and payable, whether at maturity of the Notes or in connection with any
redemption, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company shall pay to the
Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, the whole amount that then
shall have become due and payable on all such Notes for principal of, premium,
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if any, or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue
principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) upon the overdue installments of interest at
the rate borne by the Notes; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and
any expenses or liabilities incurred by the Trustee hereunder other than through
its negligence or bad faith. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Company may
pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the
registered holders, whether or not the Notes are overdue.
In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings
at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid and may
prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other
obligor on the Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes wherever situated the
monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy
or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under
Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable law, or in case a
receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken
possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or
such other obligor, or in the case of any other judicial proceedings relative to
the Company or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or
property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.2, shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to
file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if
any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and, in case of any
judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and
of the Noteholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company
or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their
property and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same after the deduction of
any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.6; and any receiver, assignee or
trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar
official is hereby authorized by each of the Noteholders 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 Noteholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due
it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including
counsel fees incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent
that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and
disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any
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reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out
of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property
that the holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings,
whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or
otherwise.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan
of reorganization or arrangement affecting the Notes or the rights of any
Noteholder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Noteholder in any such proceeding.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof on any trial or other
proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or 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 of the Notes.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee pursuant to this
Indenture or any supplement hereto (and in any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be
a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders of the Notes,
and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the Notes parties to any
such proceedings.
Section 6.3 Application of Monies Collected by Trustee. Any
monies collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall be applied in
the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the
distribution of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes and stamping
thereon 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 7.6;
Second: Subject to the provisions of Article XIV, in case the
principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be
unpaid, to the payment of interest on the Notes in default in the order
of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to
the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon
the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes,
such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto; and
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Third: Subject to the provisions of Article XIV, in case the
principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by
declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid, to the payment of the whole
amount then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal, premium, if
any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium,
if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the
Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the
Notes; and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the
whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of
such principal, premium, if any, and interest without preference or
priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of
interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of
interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over
any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium,
if any, and accrued and unpaid interest.
Section 6.4 Proceedings by Noteholder. No holder of any Note
shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon
or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the
Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as
hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written
request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own
name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding, and no direction inconsistent
with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.7; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by
the taker and holder of every Note with every other taker and holder and the
Trustee, that no one or more holders of Notes 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 holder of Notes, to obtain
or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and
for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Notes (except as
otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section
6.4, each and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief
as can be given either at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any
provision of any Note, the right of any holder of any Note to receive payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Note, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Note, or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the
Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder
except as otherwise set forth herein.
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Section 6.5 Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of
Default and subject to the provisions of Section 7.6 hereof, the Trustee may in
its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in
equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether
for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture or to
enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this
Indenture or by law.
Section 6.6 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. Except as
provided in Section 2.6, all powers and remedies given by this Article VI to the
Trustee or to the Noteholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of such powers and remedies or of any other powers
and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Notes, by judicial
proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the
covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission
of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or
power accruing upon any default or Event of Default occurring and continuing as
aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a
waiver of any such default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.4, every power and remedy given by this Article VI or by
law to the Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and
as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Noteholders.
Section 6.7 Direction of Proceedings and Xxxxxx of Defaults by
Majority of Noteholders. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes at the time outstanding (determined in accordance with Section 8.4)
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; provided that (a) such direction shall not be in
conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture and (b) the Trustee may
take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with
such direction. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes at the time outstanding (determined in accordance with Section 8.4) may on
behalf of the holders of all of the Notes waive any past default or Event of
Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of
interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes or (ii) a
default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof that under Article X
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of all Notes
then outstanding. Whenever any default or Event of Default hereunder shall have
been waived as permitted by this Section 6.7, said default or Event of Default
shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been
cured and to be not continuing and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of
the Notes shall as reasonably possible be restored to their former positions and
rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 6.8 Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90
days after the occurrence of a default, mail to all Noteholders, as the names
and addresses of such holders appear upon the Note register, notice of all
defaults of which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, unless such
defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice;
provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected
in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Noteholders.
Section 6.9 Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each holder of any Note 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 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 and expenses, 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; provided that the provisions of this
Section 6.9 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit
instituted by any Noteholder or group of Noteholders holding in the aggregate
more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding
determined in accordance with Section 8.4 or to any suit instituted by any
Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any Note on or after the due date expressed in such Note.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.1 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as
a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee need perform only those duties
that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
others; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
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therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture;
provided that in the case of any such certificates or opinions
that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or
investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other
facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph (c) does not limit the effect
of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.1;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts reasonably available to the
Trustee; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section
6.7.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates
to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of this
Section 7.1.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any
right or power or extend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense.
Section 7.2 Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 7.1:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting upon
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper
or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed or required by the Trust Indenture Act); and
any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the
Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company;
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(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and
any advice or opinion of counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or
opinion of counsel;
(d) 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 by it with due care hereunder; no paying agent who is not the
Trustee shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee, and the Trustee (in
its capacity as Trustee) shall not be responsible for any act or
omission by any such paying agent;
(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by the Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the holders pursuant to this Indenture unless such
holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities that would be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction.
(f) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.1(c), the Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers;
(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Event of Default or other fact or event upon the occurrence of which it
may be required to take action hereunder unless one of its Responsible
Officers has actual knowledge thereof obtained by a written statement.
Section 7.3 No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. The recitals
contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee's certificate of
authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 7.4 Trustee, Paying Agents or Registrar May Own Notes.
The Trustee, any paying agent or any Note registrar, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Note registrar.
Section 7.5 Monies to Be Held in Trust. Subject to the
provisions of Section 12.4, all monies received by the Trustee shall, until used
or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they
were received. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
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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 may be agreed to in writing from time to time by the Company and the
Trustee.
Section 7.6 Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Company
covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to, such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall
from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it hereunder in
any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and the Company shall pay or
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not
regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify
each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee in any capacity under this
Indenture and its agents and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them
harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense,
including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred
without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee or such agent or
authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of this trust or in any other capacity
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any
claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Company under this
Section 7.6 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the
Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien
prior to that of the Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the
Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of
particular Notes. The obligation of the Company under this Section shall survive
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 7.7 Officers' Certificate as Evidence. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 7.1, whenever in the administration of the
provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable
that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action
hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the
part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an
Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Officers' Certificate,
in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be
full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 7.8 Resignation or Removal of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written
notice of such resignation to the Company; and the Company shall mail,
or cause to be mailed, notice thereof to the holders of Notes at their
addresses as they shall appear on the Note register. Upon receiving
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such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by
order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor
trustee.
(b) In case 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, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to
the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or any
Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court
may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee
and nominate a successor trustee, which shall be deemed appointed as
successor trustee unless within ten days after notice to the Company of
such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case the Trustee
so removed or any Noteholder, upon the terms and conditions and
otherwise as provided in the next paragraph, may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee.
If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 60 days after removal or the mailing of such notice
of resignation to the Noteholders, the Trustee resigning or being removed may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor trustee, or, in the case of either resignation or removal, any
Noteholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six
months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon,
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a
successor trustee.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment
of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this
Section 7.8 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by
the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.9.
Section 7.9 Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor
trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.8 shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and thereupon, the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
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powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as
if originally named as trustee herein; but on the written request of the Company
or of the successor trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of
any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.6, execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and
powers of the Trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor
trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more
fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such
rights and powers. Any Trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien
upon all property and funds held or collected by such trustee as such, except
for funds held in trust for the benefit of holders of particular Notes, to
secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.6.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section 7.9, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed
notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to the holders of Notes at
their addresses as they shall appear on the Note register. If the Company fails
to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at
the expense of the Company.
Section 7.10 Successor, by Xxxxxx, Etc. Any corporation into
which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution
or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto; provided that such successor trustee shall have combined capital and
surplus immediately following such succession which is not significantly less
than that of the Trustee immediately prior to such succession.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE NOTEHOLDERS
Section 8.1 Action by Noteholders. Whenever in this Indenture
it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or
request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other
action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the holders of
such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any
instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders
in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, (b) by the record of the
holders of Notes voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Noteholders duly
called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article IX or (c) by a
combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a
meeting of Noteholders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking
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of any action by the holders of the Notes, the Company or the Trustee may fix in
advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining holders
entitled to take such action. The record date shall be not more than 15 days
prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.
Section 8.2 Proof of Execution by Noteholders. Subject to the
provisions of Sections 7.1 and 9.5, proof of the execution of any instrument by
a Noteholder or by agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with
Section 7.2 hereof. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the Note register or
by a certificate of the Note registrar.
The record of any Noteholders' meeting shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 9.5.
Section 8.3 Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Company, the
Trustee, any paying agent and any Note registrar may deem the person in whose
name such Note shall be registered upon the books of the Company to be, and may
treat such person as, the absolute owner of such Note (whether or not such Note
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on such Note and for all other purposes; and
neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Note registrar
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to
any holder for the time being, or upon order of such holder, shall be valid and,
to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the
liability for monies payable upon any such Note.
Section 8.4 Company-Owned Notes Disregarded. In determining
whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have
concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this
Indenture, Notes that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes
or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with the Company or any other obligor on the
Notes shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of
any such determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver
or other action, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this
Section 8.4 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee
the xxxxxxx'x right to vote such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company,
any other obligor on the Notes or a person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any
such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by
the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the
Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any,
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known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the
above described persons; and subject to Section 7.1, the Trustee shall be
entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate as conclusive evidence of the
facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are
outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
Section 8.5 Revocation of Consents, Future Holders Bound. At
any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in
Section 8.1, of the taking of any action by the holders of the percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in
connection with such action, any holder of a Note that is shown by the evidence
to be included in the Notes the holders of which have consented to such action
may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and
upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.2, revoke such action so far as
concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the holder of
any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future
holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or
substitution therefor, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is
made upon such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor.
ARTICLE IX
NOTEHOLDERS' MEETINGS
Section 9.1 Purposes for Which Meetings May be Called. A
meeting of Noteholders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant
to the provisions of this Article IX for any of the following purposes:
(i) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to
give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any
default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action
authorized to be taken by Noteholders pursuant to any of the provisions
of Article VI;
(ii) to remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee
pursuant to the provisions of Article VII;
(iii) to consent to the execution of an indenture
or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section
10.2; or
(iv) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on
behalf of the holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of
the Notes under any other provisions of this Indenture or under
applicable law.
Section 9.2 Manner of Calling Meetings; Record Date. The
Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Noteholders to take any action
specified in Section 9.1, to be held at such time and at such place in the City
of New York, State of New York, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of
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every meeting of the Noteholders, 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 mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed
for the meeting to such Noteholders at their addresses as such addresses appear
in the Note register. For the purpose of determining Noteholders entitled to
notice of any meeting of Noteholders, the Company, upon written notice to the
Trustee, shall fix in advance a date as the record date for such determination,
such date to be a business day not more than 10 days prior to the date of the
mailing of such notice as hereinabove provided. Only persons in whose name any
Note shall be registered in the Note register at the close of business on a
record date fixed by the Trustee as aforesaid, or by the Company or the
Noteholders as provided in Section 9.3, shall be entitled to notice of the
meeting of Noteholders with respect to which such record date was so fixed.
Section 9.3 Call of Meeting by Company or Noteholders. In case
at any time the Company, pursuant to a resolution of its Board of Directors or
the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Noteholders to
take any action authorized in Section 9.1 by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the
Trustee shall not have mailed notice of such meeting within 20 days after
receipt of such request, then the Company or the holders of Notes in the amount
above specified, as the case may be, may fix the record date with respect to,
and determine the time and the place for, such meeting and may call such meeting
to take any action authorized in Section 9.1, by mailing notice thereof as
provided in Section 9.2. The record date fixed as provided in the preceding
sentence shall be set forth in a written notice to the Trustee and shall be a
business day not less than 15 nor more than 20 days after the date on which the
original request is sent to the Trustee.
Section 9.4 Who May Attend and Vote at Meetings. Only persons
entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Noteholders and their respective
proxies duly appointed by an instrument in writing shall be entitled to vote at
such meeting. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak
at any meeting of Noteholders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such
meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel
and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. When a determination of
Noteholders entitled to vote at any meeting of Noteholders has been made as
provided in this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournments
thereof.
Section 9.5 Manner of Voting at Meetings and Record to be
Kept. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Noteholders shall
be by written ballots on each of which shall be subscribed the signature of the
Noteholder or proxy casting such ballot and the identifying number or numbers of
the Notes held or represented in respect of which such ballot is cast. The
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 in
duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the
proceedings of each meeting of Noteholders shall be prepared by the secretary of
the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of
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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 mailed as provided in
Section 9.2. The record shall show the identifying numbers of the Notes voting
in favor of or against any resolution. Each counterpart of such record shall be
signed and verified by the affidavits of the chairman and secretary of the
meeting and one of the counterparts shall be delivered to the Company and the
other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee.
Any counterpart record so signed and verified shall be
conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated and shall be the record
referred to in clause (b) of Section 8.1.
Section 9.6 Exercise of Rights of Trustee and Noteholders Not
To Be Hindered or Delayed. Nothing in this Article IX contained shall be deemed
or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of
Noteholders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make
such call, any hinderance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Noteholders under any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes.
ARTICLE X
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 10.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Noteholders. The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) subject to Article XIV, to convey, transfer, assign,
mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as security for the Notes, any
property or assets;
(b) to evidence the succession of another person to the
Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the
Successor Company of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the
Company pursuant to Article XI;
(c) to add to the covenants of the Company such further
covenants, restrictions or conditions as the Board of Directors and the
Trustee shall consider to be for the benefit of the holders of Notes
and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a
default in any such additional covenants, restrictions or conditions a
default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any
of the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth;
provided that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction
or condition, such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular
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period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer
than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an
immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such default;
(d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture that may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein
or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in
regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture that shall
not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the
Notes as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate or opinion of counsel to
such effect;
(e) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the
Notes; or
(f) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent necessary to effect the qualification of this
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act (if applicable), or under any
similar federal statute hereafter enacted (if applicable).
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in
the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained and to
accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but
the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any
supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of
this Section 10.1 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the
consent of the holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 10.2.
Section 10.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Noteholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article VIII) of the
holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
at the time outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution and
the Trustee, may from time to time and at any time 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
any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
holders of the Notes; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (i)
without the consent of the holders of each Note so affected, extend the fixed
maturity of any Note, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest thereon, or reduce the principal amount thereof or premium, if any,
thereon or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof, or impair or affect
the right of any Noteholder to institute suit for the payment thereof or make
the principal thereof or interest or premium, if any, thereon payable in any
coin or currency other than that provided in the Notes, modify the subordination
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provisions in a manner adverse to the holders of the Notes, or (ii) without the
consent of the holders of all the Notes then outstanding, reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to any such
supplemental indenture.
Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of a
Board Resolution certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing
the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the
Trustee of evidence of the consent of Noteholders as aforesaid, the Trustee
shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture
unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in
its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental
indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders
under this Section 10.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve
the substance thereof.
Section 10.3 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article X
shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect, if such
supplemental indenture is then required to so comply. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article X, this
Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance
therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties
and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders
of Notes shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder
subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms
and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be
part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 10.4 Notation on Notes. Notes authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the
provisions of this Article X may bear a notation in form approved by the Company
as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture, but they need not
do so. After notice to the Trustee, if the Company shall determine to add such a
notation, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of
Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such
supplemental indenture may, at the Company's expense, be prepared and executed
by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly
appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 15.11) and delivered in exchange
for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then outstanding.
Section 10.5 Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture
to Be Furnished to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be furnished with and, subject
to the provisions of Section 7.1, may rely conclusively upon an Officers'
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Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements
of this Article X.
ARTICLE XI
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER AND LEASE
Section 11.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets (determined on a
consolidated basis) to any person unless: (i) either the Company is the
resulting, surviving or transferee person (the "Successor Company") or the
Successor Company is a person organized and existing under the laws of the
United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the
Successor Company (if not the Company) expressly assumes by a supplemental
indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes,
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default
has happened and is continuing and (iii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any)
comply with this Indenture.
Section 11.2 Successor Company To Be Substituted. In case of
any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the
assumption by the Successor Company, by supplemental indenture, executed and
delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all of
the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company, such Successor
Company shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same
effect as if it had been named herein as the party hereto. When a Successor
Company duly assumes all the obligations of the Company pursuant to this
Indenture and the Notes, the predecessor shall be released from all such
obligations.
Section 11.3 Opinion of Counsel To Be Given to Trustee. The
Trustee, subject to Section 7.1, shall receive an Officers' Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption complies with the
provisions of this Article XI.
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ARTICLE XII
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
Section 12.1 Termination of Obligations upon Cancellation of
the Notes. The Company may terminate all of its obligations under this Indenture
(subject to Section 12.2) when:
(a) (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.6) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and
(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid
all other sums payable hereunder and under the Notes by the Company; or
(b) (i) the Notes not previously delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable or are by their terms to
become due and payable within one year or are to be called for
redemption under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee upon delivery
of notice, (ii) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited with the
Trustee, as trust funds, cash in an amount sufficient to pay principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes, to maturity
or redemption, as the case may be, (iii) such deposit shall not result
in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
agreement or instrument pursuant to which the Company is a party or by
which it or its property is bound and (iv) the Company has delivered to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, each stating that
all conditions related to such defeasance have been complied with.
Section 12.2 Survival of Certain Obligations. Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and of the Notes referred to in
Section 12.1, the respective obligations of the Company and the Trustee under
Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.4, 6.9, 7.5, 7.8, 12.4, 12.5,
12.6, Article XIV shall survive until the Notes are no longer outstanding, and
thereafter, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 6.9,
7.5, 12.4, 12.5 and 12.6 shall survive. Nothing contained in this Article XII
shall abrogate any of the rights, obligations or duties of the Trustee under
this Indenture.
Section 12.3 Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee. Subject
to Section 12.6, after (i) the conditions of Section 12.1 have been satisfied,
(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
by the Company and (iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent referred to in clause (i) above relating to the satisfaction and
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discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee upon written
request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's obligations
under this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified in
Section 12.2.
Section 12.4 Application of Trust Assets. The Trustee shall
hold any cash or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it in the
irrevocable trust established pursuant to Section 12.1. The Trustee shall apply
the deposited cash or the U.S. Government Obligations, together with earnings
thereon in accordance with this Indenture and the terms of the irrevocable trust
agreement established pursuant to Section 12.1 to the payment of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Notes. The cash or U.S. Government
Obligations so held in trust and deposited with the Trustee in compliance with
Section 12.1 shall not be part of the trust estate under this Indenture, but
shall constitute a separate trust fund for the benefit of all holders entitled
thereto. Except as specifically provided herein, the Trustee shall not be
requested to invest any amounts held by it for the benefit of the holders or pay
interest on uninvested amounts to any holder.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other
charge which by law is for the account of the holders of outstanding Notes.
Section 12.5 Repayment to the Company; Unclaimed Money.
Subject to applicable laws governing escheat of such property, and upon
termination of the trust established pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof, the
Trustee shall promptly pay to the Company upon written request any excess cash
or U.S. Government Obligations held by them. Additionally, if amounts for the
payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two
years, the Trustee shall, upon written request, pay such amounts back to the
Company forthwith. Thereafter, all liability of the Trustee with respect to
such amounts shall cease. After payment to the Company, holders entitled to such
payment must look to the Company for such payment as general creditors unless an
applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
Section 12.6 Reinstatement. If the Trustee is unable to apply
any cash or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 12.1 by
reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 12.1 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such cash
or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 12.1; provided that if
the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any Notes following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Notes to receive such payment
from the amounts held by the Trustee.
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ARTICLE XIII
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 13.1 Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest
on any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and
no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company
in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because of
the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or
future, of the Company or of any successor entity, either directly or through
the Company or any successor entity, whether by virtue of any constitution,
statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the
execution of this Indenture and the issuance of the Notes.
ARTICLE XIV
SUBORDINATION
Section 14.1 Agreement to Subordinate. The Company agrees, and
each Noteholder by accepting a Note agrees, that the indebtedness evidenced by
the Notes is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner
provided in this Article XIV, to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of
Senior Indebtedness.
Section 14.2 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article
XIV, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
(1) "Representative" shall mean a duly authorized indenture
trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior
Indebtedness.
(2) "Senior Indebtedness" with respect to the Notes means the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and any fees, costs,
expenses and any other amounts (including indemnity payments) related
to the following, whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter
incurred or created: (a) indebtedness, matured or unmatured, whether or
not contingent, of the Company for money borrowed evidenced by notes or
other written obligations, (b) any interest rate contract, interest
rate swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed
to protect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries against
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fluctuations in interest rates, (c) indebtedness, matured or unmatured,
whether or not contingent, of the Company evidenced by notes,
debentures, bonds or similar instruments or letters of credit (or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (d) obligations of the
Company as lessee under capitalized leases and under leases of property
made as part of any sale and leaseback transactions, (e) indebtedness
of others of any of the kinds described in the preceding clauses (a)
through (d) assumed or guaranteed by the Company and (f) renewals,
extensions, modifications, amendments, and refundings of, and
indebtedness and obligations of a successor person issued in exchange
for or in replacement of, indebtedness or obligations of the kinds
described in the preceding clauses (a) through (e), unless the
agreement pursuant to which any such indebtedness described in clauses
(a) through (f) is created, issued, assumed or guaranteed expressly
provides that such indebtedness is not senior or superior in right of
payment to the Notes; provided that the following shall not constitute
Senior Indebtedness: (i) any indebtedness or obligation of the
Company in respect of the Notes; (ii) any indebtedness of the Company
to any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates; (iii) any indebtedness
that is subordinated or junior in any respect to any other indebtedness
of the Company other than Senior Indebtedness; (iv) any indebtedness
incurred for the purchase of goods or materials in the ordinary course
of business; and (v) any liability for federal, state, local or other
taxes owed or owing by the Company.
For the purposes of this Indenture, Senior Indebtedness shall
not be deemed to have been paid in full until the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness shall have indefeasibly received payment in full in cash of all
Senior Indebtedness; provided that if any holder of Senior Indebtedness agrees
to accept payment in full of such Senior Indebtedness for consideration other
than cash, such holder shall be deemed to have indefeasibly received payment in
full of such Senior Indebtedness. The provisions of this Article XIV shall
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
any payment of any of the Senior Indebtedness is rescinded or must otherwise be
returned by any holder of Senior Indebtedness upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
organization of the Company or otherwise, all as though such payment had not
been made.
A distribution may consist of cash, securities or other
property, by set-off or otherwise.
Section 14.3 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. Upon any
distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation or dissolution of the
Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar
proceeding relating to the Company or its property, in an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any marshalling of the Company's assets and liabilities,
(a) holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to receive pay-
ment in full of all amounts due or to become due thereon before Noteholders
shall be entitled to receive any payment with respect to the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except that Noteholders may receive
securities that are subordinated to at least the same extent as the Notes to
Senior Indebtedness and any securities issued in exchange for Senior
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Indebtedness) and (b) until all Senior Indebtedness (as provided in clause (a)
above) is paid in full, any distribution to which Noteholders would be entitled
but for this Article shall be made to holders of Senior Indebtedness (except
that Noteholders may receive securities that are subordinated to at least the
same extent as the Notes to (x) Senior Indebtedness and (y) any securities
issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness), as their interests may appear.
Section 14.4 Default on Senior Indebtedness. The Company may
not make any payment upon or in respect of the Notes (except in such
subordinated securities) and may not acquire from the Trustee or any Noteholder
any Note for cash or property (other than securities that are subordinated to at
least the same extent as the Note to (i) Senior Indebtedness and (ii) any
securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness) until all Senior
Indebtedness has been paid in full if:
(a) a default in the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing
beyond any applicable period of grace (a "Payment Default"); or
(b) a default, other than a Payment Default, on Senior
Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that permits holders of the
Senior Indebtedness as to which such default relates to accelerate its
maturity (a "Nonpayment Default") and the Trustee receives a notice of
the default from the Representative or Representatives of holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of Senior Indebtedness then
outstanding.
The Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions
in respect of the Notes and may acquire them upon the date on which the default
is cured or waived if this Article XIV otherwise permits the payment,
distribution or acquisition at the time of such payment or acquisition.
Section 14.5 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. In the event
that the Trustee (or paying agent if other than the Trustee) or any Noteholder
receives any payment of principal or interest with respect to the Notes at a
time when such payment is prohibited by Section 14.3 or 14.4 hereof, such
payment shall be held by the Trustee (or paying agent if other than the Trustee)
or such Noteholder, in trust for the benefit of, and immediately shall be paid
over and delivered, upon written request, to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
as their interests may appear or their Representative under the indenture or
other agreement (if any) pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment
of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all
Senior Indebtedness in full in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior
Indebtedness.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the
Trustee undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee
as are specifically set forth in this Article XIV, and no implied covenants or
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obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable
to any such holders if the Trustee shall pay over or distribute to or on behalf
of Noteholders or the Company or any other person money or assets to which any
holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XIV,
except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of the Trustee.
Section 14.6 Notice by Company. The Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee and the paying agent in writing of any facts known to the
Company that would cause a payment of any principal or interest with respect to
the Notes to violate this Article XIV, but failure to give such notice shall not
affect the subordination of the Notes to the Senior Indebtedness as provided in
this Article XIV.
Section 14.7 Subrogation. Until all Senior Indebtedness is
paid in full and until the Notes are paid in full, Noteholders shall be
subrogated (equally and ratably with all other indebtedness pari passu with the
Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions
applicable to Senior Indebtedness to the extent that distributions otherwise
payable to the Noteholders have been applied to the payment of Senior
Indebtedness. A distribution made under this Article XIV to holders of Senior
Indebtedness that otherwise would have been made to Noteholders is not, as
between the Company and Noteholders, a payment by the Company on the Notes.
Section 14.8 Relative Rights. This Article XIV defines the
relative rights of Noteholders and holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in
this Indenture shall:
(a) impair, as between the Company and the Noteholders,
the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in
accordance with their terms;
(b) affect the relative rights of Noteholders and
creditors of the Company other than their rights in relation to holders
of Senior Indebtedness; or
(c) prevent the Trustee or any Noteholder from exercising its
available remedies upon a default or Event of Default, subject to the
rights of holders and owners of Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions and payments otherwise payable to Noteholders.
If the Company fails because of this Article XIV to pay
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on a Note on the due date, the
failure is still a default or Event of Default.
Section 14.9 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company. No
right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the
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indebtedness evidenced by the Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to
act by the Company or any holder of Notes or by the failure of the Company or
any holder of Notes to comply with this Indenture.
Section 14.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior
Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their
Representative.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article XIV, the Trustee and the Noteholders shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent
jurisdiction or upon any certificate of such Representative or of the
liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the
Trustee or to the Noteholders for the purpose of ascertaining the persons
entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XIV.
Section 14.11 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XIV or any other provision of
this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence
of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment or distribution by
the Trustee, and the Trustee and the paying agent may continue to make payments
on the Notes, unless the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust
Office at least three Business Days prior to the date of such payment written
notice of facts that would cause the payment of any principal, premium, if any,
and interest with respect to the Notes to violate this Article XIV. Only the
Company or a Representative may give the notice. Nothing in this Article XIV
shall impair the claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 7.5 hereof.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of
a written notice by a person representing such person to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or
agent on behalf of any such holder). In the event that the Trustee determines in
good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any
person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article XIV, the Trustee may request such person
to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the
amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such person, the extent to which such
person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other
facts pertinent to the rights of such person under this Article XIV, and if such
evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment which it may be
required to make for the benefit of such person pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture pending judicial determination as to the rights of such person to
receive such payment.
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The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold
Senior Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
Any paying agent, any authenticating agent, any Note registrar and their
successors may do the same with like rights.
Section 14.12 Authorization to Effect Subordination. Each
holder of a Note by the holder's acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the
Trustee on the holder's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article XIV and
appoints the Trustee to act as the holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes. Without limiting the foregoing, each Representative is hereby
irrevocably authorized and empowered (in its own name or in the name of the
Noteholders or the Trustee or otherwise), but shall have no obligation, to
demand, sue for, collect and receive every payment or distribution referred to
in Section 14.3 above and give acquittance therefor and to file claims and
proofs of claim and take such other action as it may deem necessary or advisable
for the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights or interests of the holders
or owners of the Senior Indebtedness hereunder; provided that for purposes of
this Section 14.12 holders or owners of Senior Indebtedness may act only through
such Representative.
Section 14.13 Amendments. The provisions of this Article XIV
shall not be amended or modified without the written consent of the holders of
Senior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 15.1 Provisions Binding on Company's Successors. All
the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture made by
the Company shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
Section 15.2 Official Acts by Successor Company. Any act or
proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done
or performed by any board (including the Board of Directors), committee or
officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and
effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at
the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.
Section 15.3 Addresses for Notices, Etc. Any notice or demand
that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or
served by the Trustee or by the holders of Notes on the Company shall be deemed
to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or served by
being sent by prepaid overnight delivery or being deposited postage prepaid by
registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed (until
another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee) to Royal Aloha
Development Company, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000,
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Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx with copies to (i) Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Royal Aloha
Development Company, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000,
and (ii) Xxxxx X. XxXxx XX, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx 00000. Any notice, direction, request
or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being sent
by prepaid overnight delivery or being deposited postage prepaid by registered
or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed to the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture
is dated, located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
The Trustee, by notice to the Company, may designate
additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be
mailed to him by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such
Noteholder as it appears on the Note register and shall be sufficiently given to
such Noteholder if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or
any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Noteholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Section 15.4 Communications by Holders with Other Holders.
(a) Within five business days after the receipt by the Trustee
of a written application by any three or more Noteholders stating that
the applicants desire to communicate with other Noteholders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes, and
accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which
such applicants propose to transmit, and by reasonable proof that each
such applicant has owned a Note for a period of at least six months
preceding the date of such application, such Trustee shall, at its
election, either
(i) afford to such applicants access to all
information so furnished to or received by such Trustee; or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate
number of Noteholders according to the most recent information
so furnished to or received by such Trustee, and as to the
approximate cost of mailing to such Noteholders the form of
proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such
application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford to such applicants access to
such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to all such Noteholders copies of the form of proxy or
other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable
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promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed
and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable
expenses of such mailing, unless within five days after such tender,
such Trustee shall mail to such applicants a written statement to the
effect that, in the opinion of such Trustee, such mailing would be
contrary to the best interests of the Noteholders or would be in
violation of applicable law.
(b) The disclosure of any such information as to the names and
addresses of the Noteholders in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 15.4, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, shall not be deemed to be a violation of any existing law, or
of any law hereafter enacted, nor shall the Trustee be held accountable
by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
subsection (a) of this Section.
Section 15.5 Governing Law. This Indenture shall be deemed to
be a contract made under the substantive laws of Nevada and for all purposes
shall be construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Nevada without
regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof; provided however that the
rights, duties, privileges and indemnities of the Trustee shall be governed by
the laws of the State of New York.
Section 15.6 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent;
Certificates to Trustee. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the
Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that,
in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied
with.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the person
making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (2) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statement or opinion contained in such certificate or opinion is
based, (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 15.7 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, date fixed for redemption or stated maturity of any Note shall not
be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
or of the Notes) payment of interest on or principal (and premium, if any) of
the Notes need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
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Date, date fixed for redemption, or at the stated maturity, provided that no
interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
date fixed for redemption or stated maturity, as the case may be.
Section 15.8 No Security Interest Created. Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to
constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar
legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction
where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is located.
Section 15.9 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture
or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any person, other than the
parties hereto, any paying agent, any authenticating agent, any Note registrar
and their successors hereunder and the holders of Notes, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 15.10 Table of Contents, Headings Etc. The table of
contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be
considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the
terms or provisions hereof.
Section 15.11 Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject
to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with
the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder,
including under Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3, as fully to all intents and
purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by
this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all
purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the
authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such
Notes "by the Trustee" and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any
requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee's certificate of
authentication.
Any corporation into which any authenticating agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any
authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of
the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor company is otherwise
eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or
such successor company.
Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving
written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may
at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written
notice of termination 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 any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section,
the Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor authenticating agent (which may
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be the Trustee), shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company
and shall mail notice of such appointment to all holders of Notes as the names
and addresses of such holders appear on the Note register.
The Company agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from
time to time reasonable compensation for its services.
The provisions of Sections 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 8.3 and this
Section 15.11 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.
Section 15.12 Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but
such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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[________________________] hereby accepts the trusts in this
Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set
forth.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly signed and attested, all as of the date first written
above.
ROYAL ALOHA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
________________________________
FIRST TRUST OF NEW YORK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
_________________________________
EXHIBIT A - FORM OF DEFINITIVE NOTE
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
No. A-
$
CUSIP [_________]
ROYAL ALOHA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
[__]% Eight Year Deferred Interest Subordinated Notes
ROYAL ALOHA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, a corporation duly organized
and validly existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the "Company"),
which term includes any Successor Company under the Indenture referred to on the
reverse hereof, for value received hereby promises to pay to
___________________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
______________________________________ Dollars on [_________________], 200_ at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in
[______________________________], or at the option of the holder of this Note,
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest commencing on the first
Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) after the payment of the entire
principal amount and interest on the Construction Loan, semi-annually on
[___________] and [_____________] of each year (each an "Interest Payment
Date"), on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or
currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note. Interest
accruing from the original date of issuance of the Notes under the Indenture
through the Interest Payment Date preceding the first Interest Payment Date
occurring after the principal of and interest on the Construction Loan is paid
is hereinafter referred to as "Development Period Interest." The interest
payable on the first Interest Payment Date after the payment of the entire
principal interest on the Construction Loan shall be that accrued from the next
preceding Interest Payment Date and, thereafter, interest shall be payable on
any Interest Payment Date from the most recent Interest Payment Date, as the
case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, in which case from the date of this Note,
until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Any
Development Period Interest not paid on the first Interest Payment Date after
the payment of the entire principal of and interest on the Construction Loan
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder on the relevant record
date by virtue of his having been such Noteholder; and such Development Period
Interest shall be paid in whole or in part by the Company, at its election in
each case, either (i) by notifying the Trustee of a special record date, the
amount of interest to be paid on such special record date and the date of
payment (not more than 25 days after receipt by the Trustee of such interest,
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unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date) and depositing with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect
of such Development Period Interest on making arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit or (ii) in any lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed and
upon notice requested by such exchange, if, after notice to the Trustee, the
Trustee deems such manner of payment to be practicable. The interest so payable
on any [_______________] or [_______________] will be paid to the person in
whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the
close of business on the record date, which shall be the [_______________]
[_______________] (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such
[_______________] or [_______________], respectively; provided that any such
interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall be payable as provided
in the Indenture. Interest shall be paid by check mailed to the registered
holder at the registered address of such person unless other arrangements are
made in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually
signed by the Trustee, or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the
Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be
duly executed under its corporate seal.
ROYAL ALOHA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
____________________________
Secretary
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Dated:
This is one of the Notes described in the within-named
Indenture.
FIRST TRUST OF NEW YORK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:_______________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
ROYAL ALOHA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
[__]% Eight Year Deferred Interest Subordinated Notes
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the
Company, designated as its [___]% Eight Year Deferred Interest Subordinated
Notes (herein called the "Notes"), limited to the aggregate principal amount of
$8,500,000 all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated
as of [_______________] (the "Indenture"), between the Company and First Trust
of New York, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
complete description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the
Notes. Each Note is subject to, and qualified by, all such terms as set forth in
the Indenture certain of which are summarized hereon and each holder of a Note
is referred to the corresponding provisions of the Indenture for a complete
statement of such terms. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between
the summary provisions set forth in the Notes and the Indenture, the provisions
of the Indenture shall govern. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Note shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture,
shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued interest on all Notes may be declared, and upon said declaration shall
become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the
conditions provided in the Indenture.
The payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes will, to the extent set forth in the Indenture, be subordinated in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness (as
defined in the Indenture). Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company in
a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding related to the Company or its
property, in an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshalling of
the Company's assets and liabilities, the holders of all Senior Indebtedness
will first be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to
become due thereon before the holders of the Notes will be entitled to receive
any payment in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Notes (except that holders of Notes may receive securities that are subordinated
at least to the same extent as the Notes to Senior Indebtedness and any
securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness).
The Company also may not make any payment upon or in respect
of the Notes (except in such subordinated securities) and may not acquire from
the Trustee or the holder of any Note for cash or property (other than
securities subordinated to at least the same extent as the Note to (i) all
Senior Indebtedness and (ii) any securities issued in exchange for Senior
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Indebtedness) until all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full if a default
in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Senior
Indebtedness occurs and is continuing beyond any applicable period of grace or
any other default occurs and is continuing with respect to Senior Indebtedness
that permits holders of the Senior Indebtedness as to which such default relates
to accelerate its maturity. Payments on the Notes may and shall be resumed upon
the date on which such default is cured or waived.
In the event that the Trustee (or paying agent if other than
the Trustee) or any holder of the Notes receives any payment of principal or
interest with respect to the Notes at a time when such payment is prohibited
under the Indenture, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and
immediately shall be paid over and delivered to, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness or their representative as their respective interests may appear.
After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the Notes are paid in
full, the holders of the Notes shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all
other Indebtedness pari passu with the Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior
Indebtedness to receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness to the
extent that distributions otherwise payable to the holders of the Notes have
been applied to the payment of Senior Indebtedness.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and
the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, evidenced as in
the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions
to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the
Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights
of the holders of the Notes; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall
(i) extend the fixed maturity of any Note, or reduce the rate or extend the time
of payment of interest thereon, or reduce the principal amount thereof or
premium, if any, thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof, or
impair or affect the right of any Noteholder to institute suit for the payment
thereof, or make the principal thereof or interest or premium, if any, thereon
payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in the Notes, modify
the subordination provisions in a manner adverse to the holders of the Notes,
without the consent of the holder of each Note so affected or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of Notes, the holders of which are required to consent to
any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of all Notes
then outstanding. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the
Indenture without notice to or consent of any holder of Notes in certain events
specified in the Indenture. It is also provided in the Indenture that, prior to
any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Notes, the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may
on behalf of the holders of all of the Notes waive any past default or Event of
Default under the Indenture and its consequences except a default in the payment
of interest or any premium on or the principal of any of the Notes, unless
otherwise excused pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, or a default in
respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture that under Article X thereof
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of all Notes
then outstanding. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Note (unless
revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such
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holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Note and any Notes that
may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective of whether or not
any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and
interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in
the coin or currency herein prescribed.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.
The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. At the
office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the
manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment
of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate
principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations.
The Notes are not redeemable at the option of the Company
prior to 200_. At any time on or after that date, the Notes may be redeemed at
the Company's option, upon notice as set forth in the Indenture, in whole at any
time or in part from time to time, at the following prices (expressed in
percentages of the principal amount), together with accrued interest (including
Development Period Interest) to the date fixed for redemption if redeemed during
the 12-month period beginning:
Date Redemption Price
[Year 3] %
[Year 4]
[Year 5]
and 100% on or after [Year 6]; provided that if the date fixed for redemption is
a date on or after the record date and on or before the next following Interest
Payment Date, then the interest payable on such date shall be paid to the holder
of record on the next preceding [_______________] or [_______________],
respectively.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, a new Note or Notes of authorized
denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
transferee in exchange thereof, subject to the conditions and limitations
provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other
governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
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The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any paying
agent, and any Note registrar may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as
the absolute owner of this Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue and
notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone
other than the Company or any Note registrar), for the purpose of receiving
payment hereof, or on account hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither
the Company nor the Trustee nor any other authenticating agent nor any paying
agent nor any Note registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
All payments made to or upon the order of such registered holder shall, to the
extent of the sum or sums paid, satisfy and discharge liability for monies
payable on this Note.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of or any premium
or interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect
hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of
the Company in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any
Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall
be had against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such,
past, present or future, of the Company or of any Successor Company, either
directly or through the Company or any Successor Company, whether by virtue of
any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment
or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and
as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and
released.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of
the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in
full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties _______________ Custodian
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right (Cust)
of survivorship and not as _______________ under
tenants in common (Minor)
Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act _________________
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
For value received _____________________________ hereby
sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto _________________________ (Please insert
social security or other identifying number of assignee) the within Note, and
hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ________________________________
attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power
of substitution in the premises.
Dated:___________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
Signature(s)
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor
Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan
associations and credit unions).
_______________________________________________________
Signature Guarantee
NOTICE: The signature on the assignment must correspond with the name as written
upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever.
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