EXHIBIT 4.2
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THE MONEY STORE INC.,
as Issuer
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN,
as Subsidiary Guarantors
and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as of April __, 1997
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SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
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INDENTURE dated as of April __, 1997, among THE MONEY STORE INC., a
New Jersey corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal
executive office at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors (as hereinafter defined), and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a
New York banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter called the "Trustee"),
having its Corporate Trust Office at 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (herein generally
called the "Debt Securities"), to be issued in one or more series, as in this
Indenture provided.
The Company, directly or indirectly, owns as of the date hereof
beneficially and of record 100% of the capital stock of the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are members of the same
consolidated group of companies and are engaged in related businesses; the
Subsidiary Guarantors will derive direct and indirect economic benefit from the
issuance of the Debt Securities; accordingly, each Subsidiary Guarantor has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for its full,
unconditional and joint and several guarantee of the Debt Securities on the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
All things necessary to make the Debt Securities, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of the Company, to make the Guarantees (as
hereinafter defined) of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, when executed by the
respective Subsidiary Guarantors and endorsed on the Securities, the valid
obligations of the respective Subsidiary Guarantors, and to make this Indenture
a valid agreement of the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors in
accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Debt
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Debt Securities or of Debt
Securities of any series, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01. Definitions.
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For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean
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such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States
of America at the date of such computation; and
(4) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Three or Article Six, are defined in
those respective Articles.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 8.01.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 6.14.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper or financial journal in an
official language of the country of publication customarily published at
least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each
calendar week, and of general circulation in the place in connection with
which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where
successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers,
the successive publications may be made in the same or in different
newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each
case on any Business Day in such city.
"Bearer Security" means any Debt Security (with or without Coupons),
in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01, which is payable to
bearer (including any Global Note payable to bearer) and title to which
passes by delivery only, but does not include any Coupons.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder or
any director or directors and/or officer or officers of the Company to whom
that board or committee shall have delegated its authority.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
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"Business Day" when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Debt
Securities means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or
other location are authorized or obligated by law to close, except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
"CEDEL" means Cedel Bank, societe anonyme.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as in
effect on the date hereof.
"Commission" means 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,
then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(b).
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two of the
Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, an
Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller
or the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.
"Component Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).
"Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(e).
"Conversion Event" means the cessation of (i) a Foreign Currency to be
used both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and
for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the
international banking community, (ii) the ECU to be used both within the
European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any Currency
Unit other than the ECU to be used for the purposes for which it was
established.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of
the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this
instrument is located at 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000.
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"Corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies
(including joint stock companies and limited liability companies) and
business trusts.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to any Debt Security.
"Coupon Security" means any Bearer Security authenticated and
delivered with one or more Coupons appertaining thereto.
"Currency" means Dollars or Foreign Currency or Currency Unit.
"Currency Determination Agent" means the New York Clearing House bank,
if any, from time to time selected by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01;
provided that such agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the
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terms of such appointment shall be acceptable to the Company and shall, in
the opinion of the Company and the Trustee at the time of such appointment,
require such agent to make the determinations required by this Indenture by
a method consistent with the method provided in this Indenture for the
making of such decision or determination.
"Currency Unit" means a composite currency or currency unit the value
of which is determined by reference to the value of the currencies of any
group of countries.
"Debt Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any
Global Notes) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
"Discharged" has the meaning specified in Section 15.02.
"Discount Security" means any Debt Security which is issued with
"original issue discount" within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code
and the regulations thereunder.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin
or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.
"Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" has the meaning specified in
Section 3.10(h).
"Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" has the meaning specified
in Section 3.10(g).
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from
time to time by the Council of the European Communities.
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"Election Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).
"Euro-clear Operator" means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
Brussels office, or its successor as operator of the Euro-clear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the
European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System
established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the
European Communities.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(b).
"Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate" means a certificate setting
forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar, Foreign
Currency or Currency Unit amounts of principal, premium, if any, and any
interest respectively (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Debt
Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in
accordance with Section 3.02 in the relevant Currency or Currency Unit),
payable on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate signed by the Treasurer
or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
"Fixed Rate Security" means a Debt Security which provides for the
payment of interest at a fixed rate.
"Floating Rate Security" means a Debt Security which provides for the
payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference
to an interest rate index or any other index specified pursuant to Section
3.01.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of any
country other than the United States or a composite currency or currency
unit the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the
currencies of any group of countries.
"Global Note" means a Registered or Bearer Security evidencing all or
part of a series of Debt Securities, including, without limitation, any
temporary or permanent Global Note.
"Holder" means, with respect to a Registered Security, the Registered
Holder, and with respect to a Bearer Security or a Coupon, the bearer
thereof.
"Indebtedness" means (1) any liability of any Person (a) for borrowed
money, or (b) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument
(including purchase money obligations but excluding Trade Payables), or (c)
for the payment of money
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relating to a lease that is required to be classified as a capitalized
lease obligation in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, or (d) with respect to preferred or preference stock of a
Subsidiary of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company; (2) any liability of others described in the
preceding clause (1) that the Person has guaranteed, that is recourse to
such Person or that is otherwise its legal liability; and (3) any
amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or
refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1) and (2)
above.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions
hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms
of a particular series of Debt Securities as established pursuant to
Section 3.01.
The term "interest," when used with respect to a Discount Security
which by its terms pays interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Bearer Security,
includes any additional amounts payable on such Bearer Security, if so
provided pursuant to Section 3.01.
"Interest Payment Date" with respect to any Debt Security means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt Security.
"Market Exchange Rate" means (i) for any conversion involving a
Currency Unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the
other, the exchange rate between the relevant Currency Unit and Dollars or
such Foreign Currency calculated for noon New York time, on the Valuation
Date by the method specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the securities of
the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign
Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign
Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for
customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any
conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign
Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which,
in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign
Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the
Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks
located in either New York City, London or any other principal market for
Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency. In the event of the
unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Company shall use, in its sole discretion
and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from
one or more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market
for such Currency or Currency Unit in question, or such other quotations as
the Company shall deem appropriate, in its sole discretion and without
liability on its part. Unless otherwise specified by the Currency
Determination Agent, if any, or if there shall not be a Currency
Determination Agent, then by the Trustee, if there is more than one market
for dealing in any Currency or
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Currency Unit by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the
market to be used in respect of such Currency or Currency Unit shall be
that as determined by the Currency Determination Agent, or if there shall
not be a Currency Determination Agent, then by the Trustee, in its sole
discretion and without liability on its part, upon which a nonresident
issuer of securities designated in such Currency or Currency Unit would
purchase such Currency or Currency Unit in order to make payments in
respect of such securities.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date
on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal
becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption,
repayment at the option of the Holder thereof or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by any two of the
Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, an
Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller
or the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel to the Company (including an employee of the Company) and who shall
be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which is delivered to the
Trustee.
"Outstanding" when used with respect to Debt Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Debt Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Debt Securities with respect to which payment or redemption money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Debt Securities and any Coupons
thereto pertaining; provided, however, that if such Debt Securities are to
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be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
and
(iii) Debt Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06
or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the
Trustee proof reasonably satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are
held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
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provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
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principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding have performed any Act
hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon
the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that,
in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such Act, only Debt Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right
to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have
performed any Act hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount
of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of
such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 and the principal amount of a Debt
Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated pursuant to
Section 3.10(k).
"Overdue Rate", when used with respect to any series of the Debt
Securities, means the rate designated as such in or pursuant to the Board
Resolution or the supplemental indenture, as the case may be, relating to
such series as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on
behalf of the Company.
"permanent Global Note" shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 3.04(b).
"Person" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" when used with respect to the Debt Securities of
any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as
specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Debt Security means every
previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section
3.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or a
Debt Security to which a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon
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appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated,
lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or the Debt Security to which the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains, as the case may be.
"Redemption Date" means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt
Security pursuant to this Indenture which, in the case of a Floating Rate
Security, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be an
Interest Payment Date only.
"Redemption Price" means, in the case of a Discount Security, the
amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the
Redemption Date upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.02 or any other redemption specified pursuant to
Section 3.01, and in the case of any other Debt Security, the principal
amount thereof, plus, in each case, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
"Registered Holder" means the Person in whose name a Registered
Security is registered in the Security Register.
"Registered Security" means any Debt Security in the form established
pursuant to Section 2.01 which is registered as to principal and interest
in the Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on the Registered
Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date
specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 for such Interest
Payment Date.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means any
officer of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of
this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.05(a).
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07(c)(i).
"Specified Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Debt Security or any
installment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon
means the date specified in such Debt Security or the Coupon, if any,
representing such installment of interest, as the date on which the
principal of such Debt Security or such installment of principal, premium
or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at least a majority of the
outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to
elect a majority
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of the directors of such corporation, irrespective of whether or not, at
the Time, stock of any other class or classes of such Corporation shall
have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency, is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by
the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries thereof, or by the Company and
one or more Subsidiaries thereof.
"Subsidiary Guarantees" means the Guarantees of each Guarantor in the
form determined pursuant to Section 2.01 and as provided in Article
Sixteen.
"Subsidiary Guarantor" means each of (i) The Money Store/D.C. Inc.,
The Money Store/Kentucky Inc., The Money Store/Minnesota Inc., The Money
Store Auto Finance Inc., ClassNotes Inc., Dyna-Xxxx, Inc., Equity Insurance
Agency, Inc., Major Brokerage Co., Inc., Princeton Escrow, The Money Store
Home Equity Corp., The Money Store Investment Corporation, The Money Store
of New York Inc., The Commerce Group, The Money Store Commercial Mortgage
Inc., The Money Store Service Corp., TMS Mortgage Inc., The Money Store
U.K. Inc., The Money Store Realty Inc., TMS Venture Holdings, Inc.; and
(ii) any successor of any of the foregoing, in each case until such
Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be such in accordance with the terms hereof.
"temporary Global Note" shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 3.04(b).
"Trade Payables" means accounts payable or any other indebtedness or
monetary obligations to trade creditors created or assumed in the ordinary
course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or
services.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a
Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Trustee" as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall
mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of such series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended and as in force at the date as of which this instrument was
executed, except as provided in Section 11.05; provided, however, that in
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the event the Trust Indenture Act is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act as so amended.
"United States" means the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia), and its possessions, which include
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and
the Northern Mariana Islands.
"U.S. Depositary" means a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be
designated by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor U.S.
Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter "U.S. Depositary" shall mean or include each
Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is
more than one such Person, "U.S. Depositary" as used with respect to the
Debt Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect
to the Debt Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section
15.02.
"U.S. Person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under
the laws of the United States, or an estate or trust the income of which is
subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source.
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"Valuation Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(d).
"Vice President" includes with respect to the Company and the Trustee,
any Vice President of the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be,
whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or
after the title "Vice President".
"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of which all of the
outstanding voting stock (other than directors' qualifying shares) is at
the time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company, or by one or more
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Company or by the Company and one or more
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Company.
Section 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
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Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee 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, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
Every Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other
than certificates provided pursuant to Section 12.02) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such Officers'
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition and
the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Section 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 1.04. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.
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Any Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or airmail postage
prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to
it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph
of this Indenture, to the attention of its Treasurer, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Any such Act or other document shall be in the English language,
except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country
of publication.
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Section 1.05. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
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When this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, (1)
such notice shall be sufficiently given to Registered Holders (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to such Registered Holders as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, within the time prescribed, and (2) such notice shall be
sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities or Coupons (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided) if published at least twice in an Authorized
Newspaper or Newspapers in The City of New York and, if Debt Securities of such
series are then listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the
Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange
located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in a
daily newspaper or financial journal in London or Luxembourg or in such other
city or cities specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security on
Business Days, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest
date and not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such
notice; provided, however, that, in any case, any notice to Holders of Floating
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Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if
such notice is required pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be sufficiently given if
given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any
other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, such notification
as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient
notice for every purpose hereunder.
In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspapers
or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by
publication, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the
Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance on such waiver. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed
to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. In any case
where notice to Holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so
published as to any particular Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice which is published in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.
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Section 1.06. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
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If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties
imposed on any person by the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of
the Trust Indenture Act, such duties imposed by the Trust Indenture Act shall
control.
Section 1.07. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
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The Article and Section headings herein and in the Table of Contents
are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.08. Successors and Assigns.
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All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto
shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of
their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.09. Separability Clause.
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In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Section 1.10. Benefits of Indenture.
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, and the Holders, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.11. Governing Law.
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This Indenture, the Debt Securities and the Coupons shall be deemed to
be contracts made and to be performed entirely in the State of New York, and for
all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
said State without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.
Section 1.12. Legal Holidays.
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Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt
Security, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Debt Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any
Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons)
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment
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Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on
the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if
such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day.
Section 1.13. No Security Interest Created.
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons,
express or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest or
mortgage or other pledge of collateral under the Uniform Commercial Code or
similar legislation or real property laws, as now or hereafter enacted and in
effect in any jurisdiction where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is
or may be located.
Section 1.14. Liability Solely Corporate.
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No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or the interest on any Debt Securities or Coupons, or any part
thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation,
covenant or agreement of this Indenture, against any incorporator, or against
any stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any
predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or through the Company
(or any such predecessor or successor corporation), 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 agreed and understood that this
Indenture and all the Debt Securities and Coupons are solely corporate
obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be
incurred by, any such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past,
present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director of any such predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or
indirectly through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation,
because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of
the obligations, covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Indenture
or in any of the Debt Securities or Coupons or to be implied herefrom or
therefrom; and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution
of this Indenture and the issue of Debt Securities; provided, however, that
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nothing herein or in the Debt Securities or Coupons contained shall be taken to
prevent recourse to and the enforcement of the liability, if any, of any
stockholder or subscriber to capital stock upon or in respect of the shares of
capital stock not fully paid.
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Section 1.15. Counterparts.
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This Indenture may be executed in counterparts (including executed
counterparts delivered and exchanged by facsimile transmission) each of which
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
ARTICLE TWO
DEBT SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01. Forms Generally.
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The Debt Securities and the Coupons and Subsidiary Guarantees, if any,
of each series shall be substantially in one of the forms (including global
form) established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, and shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company
may deem appropriate 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
securities exchange on which any series of the Debt Securities may be listed, or
to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt
Securities and Coupons and Subsidiary Guarantees as conclusively evidenced by
their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons and Subsidiary Guarantees.
If the form of a series of Debt Securities or Coupons (or any Global Note) or
Subsidiary Guarantees is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a
copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with
an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to
the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the
authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities (or any such Global Note) or
Coupons. Any form of Debt Security, Coupon, Global Note or Subsidiary Guarantees
approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution shall be reasonably acceptable as
to form to the Trustee, such acceptance to be evidenced by the Trustee's
authentication of the Debt Securities, Coupons, Global Notes or Subsidiary
Guarantees in such form or by a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee delivered to the Company.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, Debt
Securities in bearer form (other than in global form) shall have Coupons
attached.
The definitive Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of each series
shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of
these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner,
all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons, as
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons.
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Section 2.02. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
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The form of the Trustee's certificate of authentication to be borne by
the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein
issued under the within mentioned Indenture.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee
By ___________________________
Authorized Officer
Section 2.03. Securities in Global Form.
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If any Debt Security of a series is issuable in global form, the
Global Note so issued may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount
of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also
provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented
thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease
in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made
by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Note.
Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Global Note, after its initial
issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02.
Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in
either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in
definitive form.
ARTICLE THREE
THE DEBT SECURITIES
Section 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
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The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more
series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and
(subject to Section 3.03) set forth in
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an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series:
(1) the title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series of
Debt Securities);
(2) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt
Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 11.06 or
13.07);
(3) the percentage of the principal amount at which the Debt
Securities will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof,
the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof or the method by which such portion
shall be determined;
(4) the date or dates on which or periods during which the Debt
Securities of the series may be issued, and the date or dates (or the
method of determination thereof) on which the principal of (and premium, if
any, on) the Debt Securities of such series are or may be payable (which,
if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be
determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt
Securities of the series issued from time to time);
(5) the rate or rates (or the method of determination thereof) at
which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, and
the dates from which such interest shall accrue (which, in either case or
both, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture,
may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the
Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time); and the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the method of
determination thereof), and, in the case of Registered Securities, the
Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on such Interest Payment
Dates and, in the case of Floating Rate Securities, the notice, if any, to
Holders regarding the determination of interest and the manner of giving
such notice;
(6) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on Debt Securities of the series shall be payable; the extent
to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on any Global Note
on an Interest Payment Date will be paid, if other than in the manner
provided in Section 3.07; the extent, if any, to which the provisions of
the last sentence of Section 12.01 shall apply to the Debt Securities of
the series; and the manner in which any principal of, or premium, if any,
on, any Global Note will be paid, if other than as set forth elsewhere
herein;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or
purchase Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory
redemption, sinking fund or analogous
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provisions or at the option of the Holder and the period or periods within
which or the dates on which, the prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed,
repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) the right, if any, of the Company to redeem the Debt Securities of
such series, in whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods
within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which,
and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may
be redeemed, if any, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or
otherwise;
(9) if the coin or Currency in which the Debt Securities shall be
issuable is in Dollars, the denominations of such Debt Securities if other
than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (except as
provided in Section 3.04);
(10) whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as
Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Debt
Securities may be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof,
the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.02;
(11) provisions, if any, for the defeasance of the Debt Securities of
such series or certain of the Company's obligations with respect to the
Debt Securities;
(12) whether Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as
Registered Securities or Bearer Securities or both, and, if Bearer
Securities are issued, whether Coupons will be attached thereto, whether
Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities
of the series, as provided in Section 3.05(b) or otherwise and the
circumstances under which and the place or places at which any such
exchanges, if permitted, may be made;
(13) whether provisions for payment of additional amounts or tax
redemptions shall apply and, if such provisions shall apply, such
provisions; and, if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued,
whether a procedure other than that set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall
apply and, if so, such other procedure, and if the procedure set forth in
Section 3.04(b) shall apply, the forms of certifications to be delivered
under such procedure;
(14) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies or
Currency Unit in which Debt Securities of the series shall be denominated
or in which payment of the principal of (and/or premium, if any) and/or
interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be made, and the
particular provisions applicable thereto and, if applicable, the amount of
Debt Securities of the series which entitles the Holder of a Debt Security
of the series or its proxy to one vote for purposes of Section 9.06;
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(15) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt
Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company
or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the Debt
Securities are denominated or payable without such election, in addition to
or in lieu of the provisions of Section 3.10, the period or periods within
which and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made
and the time and the manner of determining the exchange rate or rates
between the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are
denominated or payable without such election and the Currency or Currencies
in which the Debt Securities are to be paid if such election is made;
(16) the date as of which any Debt Securities of the series shall be
dated, if other than as set forth in Section 3.03;
(17) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index, including, but not limited to, an index based on a
Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Debt Securities are
denominated or payable, or any other type of index, the manner in which
such amounts shall be determined;
(18) if the Debt Securities of the series are denominated or payable
in a Foreign Currency, any other terms concerning the payment of principal
of (and premium, if any) or any interest on such Debt Securities (including
the Currency or Currencies of payment thereof);
(19) the designation of the original Currency Determination Agent, if
any;
(20) the applicable Overdue Rate, if any;
(21) if the Debt Securities of the series do not bear interest, the
applicable dates for purposes of Section 7.01;
(22) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Events of
Default or covenants provided for with respect to Debt Securities of the
series;
(23) if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, (x) whether
interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Debt Security in global
form (representing all of the Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series)
payable in respect of any Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange of
such temporary Debt Security for definitive Debt Securities of the series
shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of
such temporary Debt Security held for its account and, in such event, the
terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which
any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be
credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest
Payment Date, (y) the terms upon which interests in such temporary Debt
Security in global form may be exchanged for interests in a permanent
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Global Note or for definitive Debt Securities of the series and the terms
upon which interests in a permanent Global Note, if any, may be exchanged
for definitive Debt Securities of the series and (z) the cities in which
the Authorized Newspapers designated for the purposes of giving notices to
Holders are published;
(24) whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case,
the U.S. Depositary or any Common Depositary for such Global Note or Notes;
and if the Debt Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered
Securities, the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global
Notes representing Debt Securities of the series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to,
the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.04(c);
(25) the designation, if any, of the U.S. Depositary; and the
designation of any trustees (other than the Trustee), depositaries,
Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents, Security Registrars, or any other
agents with respect to the Debt Securities of such series;
(26) if the Debt Securities of such series are to be issuable in
definitive form (whether upon original issuance or upon exchange of a
temporary Debt Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain
certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the
form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; and
(27) any other terms of the series (which other terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Debt Securities of any one series and Coupons, if any, shall be
substantially identical to all other Debt Securities of such series except as to
denomination, rate of interest, Stated Maturity and the date from which
interest, if any, shall accrue, which, as set forth above, may be determined by
the Company from time to time as to Debt Securities of a series if so provided
in or established pursuant to the authority granted in a Board Resolution or in
any such indenture supplemental hereto, and except as may otherwise be provided
in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth
in such Officers' Certificate, or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and
unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional
Debt Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of a series of Debt Securities is established in
or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 3.02. Denominations.
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In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.01 with
respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series
shall be issuable only as
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Registered Securities in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof and shall be payable only in Dollars.
Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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The Debt Securities and the Coupons and Subsidiary Guarantees, if any,
of any series shall be executed on behalf of the Company or the Subsidiary
Guarantors, as the case may be, by its Chairman, a Vice Chairman, its President,
one of its Executive Vice Presidents, its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer,
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one
of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers may be
manual or facsimile.
Debt Securities and Coupons and Subsidiary Guarantees bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper
officers of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, shall
bind the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and
Coupons and Subsidiary Guarantees or did not hold such offices at the date of
such Debt Securities and Coupons and Subsidiary Guarantees.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities, with appropriate
Coupons, if any, having endorsed thereon the Subsidiary Guarantees, if
applicable, of any series, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons and the Trustee in accordance with
the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and
Coupons; provided, however, that, in connection with its sale during the
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"restricted period" (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United
States Treasury Regulations), no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise
delivered to any location in the United States; and provided, further, that a
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Bearer Security (other than a temporary Global Note in bearer form) may be
delivered outside the United States in connection with its original issuance
only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished
to the Euro-clear Operator or to CEDEL a certificate substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture and if the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL
has furnished the Trustee a certificate substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit B. If all the Debt Securities of any one series are not to be issued at
one time and if a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such
series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable
to the Trustee for the issuance of such Debt Securities and other matters which
are subject to variation, such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of
issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue. If any Debt
Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Note, then, for purposes of
this Section and Section 3.04, the notation by the Common Depositary of a
beneficial owner's interest therein upon original issuance of such Debt Security
or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Note shall be deemed to be
delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner's
interest in such permanent Global Note. Except as permitted by Section 3.06 or
3.07, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless
all Coupons for interest then matured have been detached and canceled.
The Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, prior to the authentication and
delivery of the Debt Securities and
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Coupons, if any, of any series, (i) the supplemental indenture or the Board
Resolution by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Debt Securities
and Coupons have been approved, (ii) the certificates and opinions required
pursuant to Section 1.02 and (iii) one or more Opinions of Counsel substantially
to the effect that:
(1) all instruments furnished by the Company to the Trustee in
connection with the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and
Coupons, if any, conform to the requirements of this Indenture and
constitute sufficient authority hereunder for the Trustee to authenticate
and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons, if any;
(2) the forms and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons, if any,
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(3) in the event that the forms or terms of such Debt Securities and
Coupons, if any, have been established in a supplemental indenture, the
execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture has been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, such
supplemental indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company
and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, is
a valid and binding obligation enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(4) the execution and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons, if
any, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the
Company and such Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, have been duly
executed by the Company and, assuming due authentication by the Trustee and
delivery by the Company, are valid and binding obligations enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, entitled to the benefit
of the Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and subject to
such other exceptions as counsel shall reasonably request and as to which
the Trustee shall not reasonably object; and
(5) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, all governmental
consents, authorizations and approvals which are required for the execution
and delivery of the Indenture and the Debt Securities under all applicable
New York laws, if any, have been received other than such as may be
required by the securities or blue sky laws of the various states in
connection with the offer and sale of the Debt Securities.
For purposes of this opinion, such counsel may rely as to factual
matters upon certificates or written statements from officers or other
appropriate representatives of the Company or upon certificates of public
officials and such opinion may contain assumptions,
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limitations, exceptions and restrictions which are reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee and its counsel.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate any Debt Securities
and Coupons if the issuance of such Debt Securities and Coupons pursuant to this
Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the
Debt Securities and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. Each Bearer Security (including any temporary or permanent or
other definitive Bearer Security in global form) shall be dated as of the date
of original issuance of the first Debt Security of such series to be issued,
except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Bearer
Securities of any series.
No Debt Security or Subsidary Guarantee endorsed thereon, if
applicable, shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for
herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent, and such
certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 3.08 together with a written statement (which need not comply with
Section 1.02) stating that such Debt Security has never been issued and sold by
the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never
be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 3.04. Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global
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Notes for Definitive Bearer Securities.
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(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Registered Securities of any
series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Registered Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination for Registered Securities of such series, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued
and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Registered Securities may determine,
as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Registered Securities.
Every such temporary Registered Security shall be executed by the Company and
shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and
in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive
Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued. In the case of any
series issuable as Bearer Securities, such temporary Debt Securities may be in
global form, representing such of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series
as shall be specified therein.
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Except in the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form (which
shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following
paragraphs), if temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such
series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Debt Securities of such series, of a like Stated Maturity and with
like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of
such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for
such series, without charge to the Holder, except as provided in Section 3.05 in
connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Debt Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons),
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and like
terms and provisions; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security
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shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and
provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security (including a permanent
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Bearer Security in global form) shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section
3.03. Until so exchanged, the temporary Registered Securities of any series
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Registered Securities of such series.
(b) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, all Bearer
Securities of a series shall be initially issued in the form of a single
temporary Bearer Security in global form (a "temporary Global Note"). The
Company shall execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate,
any temporary Global Note and any permanent Bearer Security in global form (as
described below, a "permanent Global Note") upon the same conditions and in
substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as definitive Bearer
Securities, and the temporary or permanent Global Note, as the case may be,
shall, unless otherwise specified therein, be delivered by the Trustee to the
London office of a depositary or common depositary (the "Common Depositary"),
for the benefit of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, for
credit to the account of the Company (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities
by the Company directly to investors) or the managing underwriter (in the case
of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company to underwriters) or such other
accounts as the Company or the managing underwriter, respectively, may direct.
On or after the date specified in or determined pursuant to the terms
of any temporary Global Note which (subject to any applicable laws and
regulations) shall be at least 40 days after the issue date of a temporary
Global Note (the "Exchange Date"), the Debt Securities represented by such
temporary Global Note may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (subject
to the second succeeding paragraph) or Debt Securities to be represented
thereafter by one or more permanent Global Notes in definitive form without
Coupons. On or after the Exchange Date such temporary Global Note shall be
surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee (or such other agent as is
specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.01), as the Company's agent for
such purpose at such place specified outside the United States pursuant to
Section 3.01 and following such surrender, the Trustee (or such other agent)
shall (1) endorse the
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temporary Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an
equal aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) endorse the
applicable permanent Global Note, if any, to reflect the initial amount, or an
increase in the amount of Debt Securities represented thereby, (3) manually
authenticate such definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global
Note), (4) deliver such definitive Debt Securities to the Holder thereof or, if
such definitive Debt Security is a permanent Global Note, deliver such permanent
Global Note to the Common Depositary to be held outside the United States for
the accounts of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, for credit
to the respective accounts at Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be,
designated by or on behalf of the beneficial owners of such Debt Securities (or
to such other accounts as they may direct) and (5) redeliver such temporary
Global Note to the Common Depositary, unless such temporary Global Note shall
have been canceled in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof; provided,
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however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note, upon
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such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary Global Note shall be
accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and
signed by the Euro-clear Operator, as to the portion of such temporary Global
Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities
(including any permanent Global Note), and a certificate dated the Exchange Date
or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL, as to the portion of such temporary
Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt
Securities (including any permanent Global Note), each substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture. Each certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit B hereto of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may
be, shall be based on certificates of the account holders listed in the records
of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, as being entitled to
all or any portion of the applicable temporary Global Note. An account holder
of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, desiring to effect the
exchange of an interest in a temporary Global Note for an interest in definitive
Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) shall instruct the Euro-
clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, to request such exchange on its
behalf and shall deliver to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may
be, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and dated no
earlier than 10 days prior to the Exchange Date. Until so exchanged, temporary
Global Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) of
the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder, except as to payment of
interest, if any.
The delivery to the Company, its agent or the Trustee by the Euro-
clear Operator or CEDEL of any certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
B hereto may be relied upon by the Company, its agent and the Trustee as
conclusive evidence that a corresponding certificate or certificates has or have
been delivered to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture.
On or prior to the Exchange Date, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee (or such other agent as may be specified as the Company's agent for such
purpose pursuant to Section 3.01) definitive Debt Securities in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary Global Note,
executed by the Company. At any time on or after the Exchange Date, upon 30
days' notice to the Trustee (or such other agent as may be specified as
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the Company's agent for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01) by the Euro-clear
Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, acting at the request of or on behalf of
the beneficial owner, a Debt Security represented by a temporary Global Note or
a permanent Global Note, as the case may be, may be exchanged, in whole or from
time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge (except as
provided in Section 3.05) and the Trustee (or such agent) shall authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Note or such
permanent Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Debt
Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated
Maturity and with like terms and conditions, as the portion of such temporary
Global Note or such permanent Global Note to be exchanged, which, unless the
Debt Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as
Registered Securities, as contemplated by Section 3.01, shall be in the form of
Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall
be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that definitive
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Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of the temporary
Global Note or the permanent Global Note only in compliance with the
requirements of the second preceding paragraph. On or prior to the forty-fifth
day following receipt by the Trustee (and such agent as may be specified as the
Company's agent for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01) of such notice with
respect to a Debt Security, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note,
as the case may be, shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee
(or such other agent as may be specified as the Company's agent for such purpose
pursuant to Section 3.01), as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities
without charge following such surrender, upon the request of the Euro-clear
Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, and the Trustee (or such agent) shall (1)
endorse the applicable temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note to
reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount
of such Debt Security, (2) cause the terms of such Debt Security and Coupons, if
any, to be entered on a definitive Debt Security, (3) manually authenticate such
definitive Debt Security, and (4) if a Bearer Security is to be delivered,
deliver such definitive Debt Security outside the United States to the Euro-
clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, for or on behalf of the beneficial
owner thereof, in exchange for a portion of such temporary Global Note or the
permanent Global Note.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note or the
permanent Global Note, any such exchange shall be made free of charge (except as
provided in Section 3.05) to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note
or the permanent Global Note, except that a Person receiving definitive Debt
Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like
in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Debt
Securities in person at the offices of the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL.
Definitive Debt Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any
portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall be
delivered only outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event of redemption or acceleration of all or any part of a temporary Global
Note prior to the Exchange Date, a permanent Global Note or definitive Bearer
Securities, as the case may be, will not be issuable in respect of such
temporary Global Note or such portion thereof, and payment thereon will instead
be made as provided in such temporary Global Note.
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Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, any temporary Global
Note or the permanent Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of the same series
and tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest payable on such temporary
Global Note on an Interest Payment Date for Debt Securities of such series
occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to the Euro-
clear Operator or CEDEL on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by the Euro-
clear Operator or CEDEL to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture, for credit
without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the
respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such
temporary Global Note on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered
to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture.
Any definitive Bearer Security authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent
Global Note shall not bear a coupon for any interest which shall theretofore
have been duly paid by the Trustee to the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, or by
the Company to the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Section
3.04.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article Eleven of this Indenture,
with respect to Exhibits A and B to this Indenture, the Company may, in its
discretion and if required or desirable under applicable law, substitute one or
more other forms of such Exhibits for such Exhibits, eliminate the requirement
that any or all certificates be provided, or change the time that any
certificate may be required, provided that such substitute form or forms or
notice of elimination or change of such certification requirement have
theretofore been delivered to the Trustee (and any agent of the Company
appointed pursuant to Section 3.01 and referred to above) with a Company Request
and such form or forms, elimination or change is reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee (and any such agent). The Trustee shall have no responsibility for
determining whether any substitute form or forms, elimination or change is
permitted by or is in compliance with applicable law and shall have no liability
to the Company or any Holder therefor.
(c) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the
Registered Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall, in accordance with Section 3.03 and the Company Order with respect to
such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes in temporary or
permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of
such series to be represented by one or more Global Notes, (ii) shall be
registered in the name of the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or Notes or
the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially to
the following effect: "This Debt Security may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such
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nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary,
unless and until this Debt Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Debt
Securities in definitive form."
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 3.05,
unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Registered Securities
in definitive form, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the
Registered Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by
the U.S. Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a
nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such
depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor U.S.
Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary.
If at any time the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S.
Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series or if at any time the U.S.
Depositary for Debt Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency
registered and in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable
statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor U.S. Depositary
with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. If a successor U.S.
Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware
of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities
of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such
series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in
exchange for such Global Note or Notes.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that
the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global
Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or Notes. In such
event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in
definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such
Global Note or Notes.
If the Registered Securities of any series shall have been issued in
the form of one or more Global Notes and if an Event of Default with respect to
the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Company will promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in
definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such
Global Note or Notes.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to
Registered Securities of a series, the U.S. Depositary for such series of
Registered Securities may surrender a Global Note for such series of Debt
Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Registered Securities of such
series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and
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such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without charge (except as provided in Section 3.05):
(i) to each Person specified by the U.S. Depositary a new Registered
Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination
as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Note; and
(ii) to the U.S. Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal
to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered
Global Note and the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities
delivered to Holders thereof.
Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Registered Securities in
definitive form, such Global Note shall be canceled by the Trustee. Debt
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this subsection (c)
shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
U.S. Depositary for such Global Note, pursuant to instructions from its direct
or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee
shall deliver such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt
Securities are so registered.
Section 3.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
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(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee a register (the registers maintained in such office and in any
other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide
for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers and exchanges of
Registered Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for
the purpose of registering Registered Securities and registering transfers and
exchanges of Registered Securities as herein provided; provided, however, that
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the Company may appoint co-Security Registrars.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security
of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such
purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered
Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount of such
denominations as are authorized for Registered Securities of such series and of
a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.04 and this Section 3.05, at
the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal
amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, upon
surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Registered Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
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(b) If and to the extent specified pursuant to Section 3.01, the
provisions of this Section 3.05(b) shall be applicable to Debt Securities of any
series which are Bearer Securities. At the option of the Holder thereof, to the
extent permitted by law, any Bearer Security of any series which by its terms is
registrable as to principal and interest may be exchanged for a Registered
Security of such series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated
Maturity and with like terms and conditions upon surrender of such Bearer
Security at the Corporate Trust Office or at any other office or agency of the
Company designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for the purpose of making any such
exchanges. Any Coupon Security surrendered for exchange shall be surrendered
with all unmatured Coupons and any matured Coupons in default attached thereto.
If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured
Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be
effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable
to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or
Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity
as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying
Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been
made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment;
provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, interest
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represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is
surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security
of the same series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and
conditions after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any
Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency
on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed
date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so
surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the
Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest,
as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only
to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture. The Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Registered Security or Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Bearer Securities for
Registered Securities will be subject to the provisions of United States income
tax laws and regulations applicable to Debt Securities in effect at the time of
such exchange.
(c) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, in no
event may Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in
exchange for Bearer Securities, be exchanged for Bearer Securities.
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(d) All Debt Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such registration of transfer
or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Debt Securities except as provided in Section 3.04(b) or 3.06. The
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than those expressly provided in
this Indenture to be made at the Company's own expense or without expense or
without charge to the Holders.
The Company shall not be required (i) to register, register the
transfer of or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a
notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption
under Section 13.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such
transmission, or (ii) to register, register the transfer of or exchange any Debt
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part.
Section 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities.
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If (i) any mutilated Debt Security or any mutilated Coupon with the
Coupon Security to which it appertains (and all unmatured Coupons attached
thereto) is surrendered to the Trustee, or (ii) the Company and the Trustee
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Debt Security or any Coupon, and there is delivered to the Company and the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of either of them harmless, and neither the Company nor the
Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security or Coupon has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Request the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or in exchange for the Coupon
Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertained,
a new Debt Security of the same series of like Stated Maturity and with like
terms and conditions and like principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously Outstanding, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with such
Coupons attached thereto that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result
from such exchange or substitution.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or
Coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of
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issuing a new Debt Security, pay the amount due on such Debt Security or Coupon
in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that principal of (and premium,
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if any) and any interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise
provided in Section 12.03, be payable only at an office or agency located
outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01 or except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.06, any interest
on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
the Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Debt Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in respect thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Debt Security or Coupon of any series issued pursuant to
this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or
Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all
the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all
other Debt Securities or Coupons of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities or Coupons.
Section 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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(a) Interest on any Registered Security which is payable and is
punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Registered Security
upon any registration of transfer or exchange subsequent to the Regular Record
Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect
to the Debt Securities of any series, payment of interest on Registered
Securities shall be made at the place or places specified pursuant to Section
3.01 or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register
or, if provided pursuant to Section 3.01, by wire transfer to an account
designated by the Registered Holder.
(b) Interest on any Coupon Security which is payable and is punctually
paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall, except as
otherwise provided in Section 12.03, be paid to the Holder of the Coupon which
has matured on such Interest Payment Date upon surrender of such Coupon on such
Interest Payment Date at an office or agency of the Company in a Place of
Payment located outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
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Interest on any Bearer Security (other than a Coupon Security) which
is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Bearer Security upon presentation of
such Bearer Security and notation thereon on such Interest Payment Date at an
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment located outside the United
States specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction
of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in Dollars, payment on
such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by check or, if agreeable to the
Trustee and at the expense of the Company, by wire transfer to a Dollar account
maintained by such Holder outside the United States. If such payment at the
offices of all Paying Agents outside the United States becomes illegal or is
effectively precluded because of the imposition of exchange controls or similar
restrictions on the full payment or receipt of such amounts in Dollars, the
Company will appoint an office or agent in the United States at which such
payment may be made. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at
the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in a
Foreign Currency, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by a
check drawn on a bank outside the United States or by wire transfer to an
appropriate account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. Except
as provided in this paragraph, no payment on any Bearer Security or Coupon will
be made by mail to an address in the United States or by wire transfer to an
account in the United States.
(c) Any interest on any Debt Security which is payable but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
"Defaulted Interest") shall, if such Debt Security is a Registered Security,
forthwith cease to be payable to the Registered Holder on the relevant Regular
Record Date by virtue of his having been such Registered Holder, and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall
be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall, at least 25 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment, notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such
Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the
Currency or Currency Unit in which the Debt Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10)
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment. Such money
when deposited is to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon
the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which date shall be not more than 20 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10
days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall
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promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name
and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to
be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such Registered
Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register, not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to
the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
Registered Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Registered Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed
payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
(d) Any Defaulted Interest payable in respect of Bearer Securities of
any series shall be payable pursuant to such procedures as may be satisfactory
to the Trustee in such manner that there is no discrimination between the
Holders of Registered Securities (if any) and Bearer Securities of such series,
and notice of the payment date therefor shall be given by the Trustee, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 1.05
not more than 20 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the
proposed payment.
(e) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Debt Security.
Section 3.08. Cancellation.
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Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt
Securities of any series, all Debt Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption, registration of transfer, exchange or credit against any sinking
fund and all Coupons surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered
to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All
Registered Securities and matured Coupons so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. All Bearer Securities and unmatured Coupons so
delivered shall be held by the Trustee and, upon instruction by Company Order,
shall be canceled or held for reissuance. Bearer Securities and unmatured
Coupons held for reissuance may be reissued only in exchange for Bearer
Securities of the same series and of like Stated Maturity and with like terms
and conditions pursuant to Section 3.05 or in replacement of mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed Bearer Securities of the same series and of like Stated
Maturity and with like terms and conditions or the related Coupons pursuant to
Section 3.06. All Bearer Securities and unmatured Coupons held by the Trustee
pending such cancellation or reissuance shall be deemed to be delivered for
cancellation for all
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purposes of this Indenture and the Debt Securities. The Company may at any time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities or Coupons
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and the Company may deliver to the Trustee
(or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Debt
Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued,
and all Debt Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be promptly canceled by
the Trustee. No Debt Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or
in exchange for any Debt Securities or Coupons canceled as provided in this
Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Debt
Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee in
accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of destruction shall
be delivered to the Company upon Company Request. The acquisition of any Debt
Securities or Coupons by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt
Securities or Coupons are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. In the
case of any temporary Global Note which shall be destroyed if the entire
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities represented thereby has been
exchanged, the certificate of destruction shall state that all certificates
required pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof and substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, to be given by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, have been
duly presented to the Trustee by the Euro-clear Operator or CEDEL, as the case
may be. Permanent Global Notes shall not be destroyed until exchanged in full
for definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full.
Section 3.09. Computation of Interest.
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Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt
Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.10. Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities.
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(a) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Bearer
Securities of any series, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on Bearer Securities of such series denominated in any Currency will be
made in such Currency.
(b) With respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting
the election provided for in paragraph (c) below or the Holders of which have
not made the election provided for in paragraph (c) below, except as provided in
paragraph (e) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any
interest on any Registered Security of such series will be made in the Currency
in which such Registered Security is payable.
(c) It may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the
Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject
to paragraphs (e) and (f) below, to receive payments of principal of (and
premium, if any) and any interest on such Registered Securities in any of the
Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the
Trustee a written election, to be in form established pursuant to Section 3.01,
not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding
the applicable
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payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such
Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder until changed by
such Holder by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made
not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding
the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment
date and no such change or election may be made with respect to payments to be
made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of
Default has occurred or notice of redemption has been given by the Company
pursuant to Article Thirteen). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who
shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee by the close of
business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the
applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in paragraph (b) of
this Section 3.10.
(d) If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been
provided for pursuant to Section 3.01, then not later than the fourth Business
Day after the Election Date for each payment date, the Trustee will deliver to
the Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency in which each series of
the Registered Securities is payable, the respective aggregate amounts of
principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the Registered Securities
to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts so payable in respect of
the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities
denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as
provided in paragraph (c) above. If the election referred to in paragraph (c)
above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01 and if at least one Holder
has made such election, then, on the second Business Day preceding each payment
date, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Exchange Rate Officer's
Certificate in respect of the Currency payments to be made on such payment date.
The Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have
elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above shall be
determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in
effect on the third Business Day (the "Valuation Date") immediately preceding
each payment date.
(e) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency,
the ECU or any other Currency Unit in which any of the Debt Securities are
denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant
to paragraph (c) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the applicable Debt
Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency, the ECU or such
other Currency Unit occurring after the last date on which such Foreign
Currency, the ECU or such other Currency Unit was used (the "Conversion Date"),
the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date.
The Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and by the Trustee or
any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Debt Securities with respect to such
payment date shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the
case of a Currency Unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each
case as determined by the Currency Determination Agent, if any, or, if there
shall not be a Currency Determination Agent, then by the Trustee, in the manner
provided in paragraph (g) or (h) below.
(f) If the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency
shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c)
above, and a Conversion
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Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive
payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of
such election. If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in
which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder
shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section
3.10.
(g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be
determined by the Currency Determination Agent, if any, or, if there shall not
be a Currency Determination Agent, then by the Trustee, and shall be obtained
for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency
into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.
(h) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be determined
by the Currency Determination Agent, if any, or, if there shall not be a
Currency Determination Agent, then by the Trustee, and subject to the provisions
of paragraph (i) below, shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting
the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market
Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to
each payment.
(i) For purposes of this Section 3.10 the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
A "Component Currency" shall mean any Currency which, on the
Conversion Date, was a component Currency of the relevant Currency Unit,
including, but not limited to, the ECU.
A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the number of
units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were
represented in the relevant Currency Unit, including, but not limited to,
the ECU, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official
unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or
subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be
divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date
two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single Currency,
the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be
replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the
respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies
expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a
Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component
Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be
divided into two or more Currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component
Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more Currencies with
appropriate Dollar equivalents at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of
such replacement equal to the Dollar equivalent of the Specified Amount of
such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate on such date,
and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such Currencies
shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If after the Conversion Date of
the relevant Currency Unit, including but not limited to, the ECU, a
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Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition
of "Specified Amount") occurs with respect to any Component Currency of
such Currency Unit, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall,
for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be
converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the
Conversion Date of such Component Currency.
"Election Date" shall mean the record date with respect to any payment
date, and with respect to the Maturity shall mean the record date (if
within 16 or fewer days prior to the Maturity) immediately preceding the
Maturity, and with respect to any series of Debt Securities whose record
date immediately preceding the Maturity is more than 16 days prior to the
Maturity or any series of Debt Securities for which no record dates are
provided with respect to interest payments, shall mean the date which is 16
days prior to the Maturity.
(j) All decisions and determinations of the Currency Determination
Agent, if any, or the Trustee regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign
Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit and the Market Exchange
Rate shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company
and all Holders of the Debt Securities denominated or payable in the relevant
Currency. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to a Foreign
Currency, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give written
notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give
notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the
Conversion Date. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to the ECU or
any other Currency Unit in which Debt Securities are denominated or payable, the
Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to
the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give written notice in the
manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date
and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In
the event of any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the
definition of Specified Amount above, the Company, after learning thereof, will
similarly give written notice to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be fully
justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it
from the Company and the Currency Determination Agent, if any, and may,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, conclusively assume that
no Conversion Event or other event of which it is entitled to notice hereunder
has occurred unless it receives written notice thereof as provided herein, and
shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such information
independently.
(k) For purposes of any provision of this Indenture where the Holders
of Outstanding Debt Securities may perform an Act which requires that a
specified percentage of the Outstanding Debt Securities of all series perform
such Act and for purposes of any decision or determination by the Trustee of
amounts due and unpaid for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on
the Debt Securities of all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed
ratably, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding
Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency will be the amount in Dollars
based upon the Market Exchange Rate for Debt Securities of such series, as of
the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such Act have
performed it, or as of the Business Day
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immediately prior to the date of such decision or determination by the Trustee,
as the case may be.
Section 3.11. Judgments.
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If for the purpose of obtaining a judgment in any court with respect
to any obligation of the Company hereunder or under any Debt Security, it shall
become necessary to convert into any other Currency any amount in the Currency
due hereunder or under such Debt Security, then such conversion shall be made at
the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date the Company shall make payment
to any Person in satisfaction of such judgment. If pursuant to any such
judgment, conversion shall be made on a date other than the date payment is made
and there shall occur a change between such Market Exchange Rate and the Market
Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment, the Company agrees to pay
such additional amounts (if any) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount
paid is equal to the amount in such other Currency which, when converted at the
Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment or distribution, is the
amount then due hereunder or under such Debt Security. Any amount due from the
Company under this Section 3.11 shall be due as a separate debt and is not to be
affected by or merged into any judgment being obtained for any other sums due
hereunder or in respect of any Debt Security. In no event, however, shall the
Company be required to pay more in the Currency or Currency Unit due hereunder
or under such Debt Security at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect when
payment is made than the amount of Currency stated to be due hereunder or under
such Debt Security so that in any event the Company's obligations hereunder or
under such Debt Security will be effectively maintained as obligations in such
Currency, and the Company shall be entitled to withhold (or be reimbursed for,
as the case may be) any excess of the amount actually realized upon any such
conversion over the amount due and payable on the date of payment or
distribution.
Section 3.12. Exchange Upon Default.
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If default is made in the payments referred to in Section 12.01, the
Company hereby undertakes that upon presentation and surrender of a permanent
Global Note to the Trustee (or to any other Person or at any other address as
the Company may designate in writing), on any Business Day on or after the
maturity date thereof the Company will issue and the Trustee will authenticate
and deliver to the bearer of such permanent Global Note duly executed and
authenticated definitive Debt Securities with the same issue date and maturity
date as set out in such permanent Global Note.
Section 3.13. CUSIP Numbers.
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The Company in issuing the Debt Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of
such numbers either as printed on the Debt Securities or as contained in any
notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
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identification numbers printed on the Debt Securities, and any such redemption
shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
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This Indenture, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series (if
all series issued under this Indenture are not to be affected), shall upon
Company Request, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving
rights of registration of transfer or exchange or conversion of such Debt
Securities herein expressly provided for or expressly provided in the terms of
the Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.01, and rights to
receive payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt
Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series
theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities and
Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06, (ii) Coupons
appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered
Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not
required or has been waived under Section 3.05, (iii) Coupons appertaining
to Bearer Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant
Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section
13.06, and (iv) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and
held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 12.04) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
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and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) of this subclause (B),
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the Currency in which
such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant
to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Debt Securities
which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption
Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for
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relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted,
or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the
deposit and the Trustee is required to return the deposited money to the
Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect
to such Debt Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company;
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
with respect to such series have been complied with; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or
a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that such deposit
and discharge will not cause Holders of the Debt Securities of the series
to recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of
the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, the obligations of
the Company under Section 12.01, and, if money shall have been deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section
12.04, shall survive. If, after the deposit referred to in subclause (B) of
clause 1 of this Section has been made, (x) the Holder of a Debt Security is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.10(c), to receive payment in
a Currency other than that in which deposit was made, or (y) if a Conversion
Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which deposit was made or elected
to be received by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.10(c), then the indebtedness
represented by such Debt Security shall be fully discharged to the extent that
deposit made with respect to such Debt Security shall be converted into the
Currency in which such payment is made.
Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money.
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and
Coupons, if any, and this Indenture, to
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the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Events of Default.
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"Event of Default" wherever used herein with respect to Debt
Securities of any series means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree
or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security or
any payment with respect to the Coupons, if any, of such series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) any Debt Security of such series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as
due by the terms of a Debt Security of such series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or any covenant or warranty which expressly has
been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Debt Securities
of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default or
breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying
such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Company by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary
case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or
any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, or a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of
the Company under any
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applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of
the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the
Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
the consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary
case under any such law or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of
the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it
of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the admission by it
in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due,
or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such
action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.01.
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series
at that time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or,
if any Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of
the principal amount of such Discount Securities as may be specified in the
terms of such Discount Securities) of all the Debt Securities of such series to
be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon, any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest (and premium, if
any), shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount in
the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise
provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10), all obligations of the Company in
respect of the payment of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall
terminate.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and
the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum in the
Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise
provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay
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(A) all overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities
or all overdue payments with respect to any Coupons of such
series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt
Securities of such series which have become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration and interest
thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Debt Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Debt
Security of such series or upon overdue payments on any
Coupons of such series at the Overdue Rate, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07; provided,
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however, that all sums payable under this clause (D) shall
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be paid in Dollars;
and
(2) All Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such
series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Debt Securities of
such series which has become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission and annulment shall affect any subsequent default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
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The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on
any Debt Security or any payment with respect to any Coupons when such
interest or payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of 30 days,
(2) default is made in the payment of principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Debt Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund
payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the
terms of the Debt Securities of any series,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Debt Securities or of such Coupons, (i) the amount then due and
payable on such Debt Securities
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or matured Coupons for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
(ii) to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue
installments of interest, at the Overdue Rate, and (iii) such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section
6.07.
If the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and Coupons,
and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided
by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt
Securities and Coupons wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect
and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities and
Coupons of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for
the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in
aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper
remedy.
Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
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In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the Federal
bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company or any
other obligor upon the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of a particular
series or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt
Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration
of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest)
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or,
if the Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such
series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.02) (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt
Securities and Coupons of such series and to file such other papers or
documents and take such other actions, including participating as a member,
voting or otherwise, of any committee of creditors appointed in the matter,
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
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agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section
6.07) and of the Holders of such Debt Securities and Coupons allowed in
such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian, liquidator, sequestrator (or
other similar official) in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each such
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debt
Securities and any Coupons of such series or the rights of any Holder thereof,
or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any
such proceeding.
Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt
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Securities.
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All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt
Securities and the Coupons, if any, of any series may be prosecuted and enforced
by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities or Coupons
or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name, as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision
for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 6.07, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Debt Securities or Coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected.
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Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium,
if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities or Coupons of any
series in respect of which money has been collected and the notation thereon of
the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
6.07.
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities or
Coupons of such series, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected ratably, without preference or
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priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Debt
Securities or Coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or
Persons entitled thereto.
Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits.
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No Holder of any Debt Security or Coupon of any series shall have any
right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to such series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall have made written request
to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such
Holders or of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons of any other
series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other
of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section
5.07, each and every Holder of Debt Securities or Coupons of any series and the
Trustee for such series shall be entitled to such relief as can be given at law
or in equity.
Section 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
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Premium and Interest.
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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Debt Security or of any Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Debt Security or Coupon on the
respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt
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Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and interest thereon,
and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
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If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding,
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
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Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Indenture, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
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No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or any
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
Section 5.12. Control by Holders.
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The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series, provided, that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture;
(2) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed
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would involve the Trustee in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial
to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining in any such
direction;
(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(4) this provision shall not affect the rights of the Trustee set
forth in Section 6.01(c)(4).
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
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The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all
the Debt Securities of any such series waive, by notice to the Trustee and the
Company, any past default or Event of Default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Debt Security of such series, or in the payment of any
sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which pursuant to
Article Eleven cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of the Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.
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All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt
Security or any Coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed,
that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of
any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party
litigant in such suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs
of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
such party litigant, but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of
Holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any
Holder of a Debt Security or Coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security or the
payment of any Coupon on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities
expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date).
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Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
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The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
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(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect
to the Debt Securities of any series,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) 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 therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions
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.
(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any
series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to the
Debt Securities of such series, exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(c) Subject to Section 6.04, no provision of this Indenture shall be
construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action,
its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
subsection (a) of this Section;
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(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken,
suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Debt Securities of
any series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such
series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;
(4) the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it; and
(5) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or
Event of Default or any other act or circumstance upon the occurrence of
which the Trustee may be required to take action unless a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such default, Event of
Default, act or circumstance or unless written notice referencing this
Indenture or the Debt Securities is received by the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults.
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Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with
respect to Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series, the Trustee shall
give notice to all Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series of such
default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been
cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the
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payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt
Security or Coupon of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund
installment with respect to Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such
notice is in the interest of the Holders of Debt Securities and of Coupons of
such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the
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character specified in Section 5.01(4) with respect to Debt Securities of such
series no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means
any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an
Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.
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Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.02 with respect to Registered
Securities shall be transmitted by mail:
(1) to all Registered Holders, as the names and addresses of the
Registered Holders appear in the Security Register;
(2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have within
two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with
the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and
(3) to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and
address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 7.02(a) of this Indenture; and
(4) to the Company.
Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.02 with respect to Bearer
Securities shall be transmitted in the manner set forth in Section 1.05.
Section 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee.
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution
of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the
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Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent (including any agent appointed pursuant to
Section 3.10(j)) or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt
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Securities.
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The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of
any Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the accuracy of any statements in any registration statement
relating to the Debt Securities.
Section 6.05. May Hold Debt Securities.
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The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Debt Securities or Coupons, and, subject to Sections 6.08
and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have
if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust.
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Subject to the provisions of Sections 12.04 and 15.04, money in any
Currency held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the
Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the
Company.
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Section 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement.
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The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation in
Dollars for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee in Dollars upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in connection
with the administration of the trusts herein set forth (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents
and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify in Dollars the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability, damage, claims or expense, including taxes
(other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by income of the
Trustee), incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out
of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or
performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Section and in addition to its rights under Section 5.06, the Trustee
shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust pursuant to Section 15.03 hereof or for the payment of amounts due on
particular Debt Securities and Coupons. The fees and expenses incurred by the
Trustee in connection with any bankruptcy of the Company shall constitute fees
and expenses of administration; provided, however, that this shall not affect
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the Trustee's rights as set forth in the preceding sentence or Section 5.06.
The provisions of Section 6.07(3) shall survive the resignation or removal of
the Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 6.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
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The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Sections
310(a)(1), (2) and (5) of the Trust Indenture Act. If the Trustee has or shall
acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in
the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture
Act and this Indenture. The Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
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There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State
or District of Columbia authority and eligible to act as Trustee hereunder in
compliance with Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor
any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with the Company shall serve as Trustee upon any Debt Securities.
Section 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have
been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series, and a successor Trustee appointed, by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of
such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 with respect to
the Debt Securities of any series after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security
of such series for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 with
respect to the Debt Securities of any series and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or
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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, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14,
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of any series for
at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with
respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Debt Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any
such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of
one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one
Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series) and shall
comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year
after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such
vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series
shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the
retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the
Debt Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor
Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the
Debt Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the
Holders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter
provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such
series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any
series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders
of Debt Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the
successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and the
address of its corporate trust office.
Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
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(a) In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to all Debt Securities, each such successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, but, on the
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request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to
such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring
Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee
all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject
nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.07.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company,
the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Debt
Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Debt Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those
series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be
vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in any such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any other trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and
upon the execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the
extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, but,
on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Debt
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article.
Section 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
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Business.
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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
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substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
In case any Debt Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by
the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation
to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the
Debt Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Trustee had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt
Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any
such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in
either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and
effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of
the Trustee.
Section 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
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The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
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As long as any Debt Securities of a series remain Outstanding, upon a
Company Request, there shall be an authenticating agent (the "Authenticating
Agent") appointed, for such period as the Company shall elect, by the Trustee
for such series of Debt Securities to act as its agent on its behalf and subject
to its direction in connection with the authentication and delivery of each
series of Debt Securities for which it is serving as Trustee. Debt Securities
of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by such Trustee. Wherever reference is made in
this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of any
series by the Trustee for such series or to the Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee for such series by an Authenticating Agent for
such series and a Certificate of Authentication executed on behalf of such
Trustee by such Authenticating Agent. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all
times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or
examining authority, then for purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
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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, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business
of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with
respect to all series of Debt Securities for which it served as Authenticating
Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of the Trustee for such series or such Authenticating Agent. Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible
shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the applicable Trustee
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 in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to
one or more or all series of Debt Securities, the Trustee for such series shall
upon Company Request appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and the Company
shall provide notice of such appointment to all Holders of Debt Securities of
such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating
Agent herein. The Company agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for any
series of Debt Securities from time to time reasonable compensation for its
services under this Section 6.14. The Authenticating Agent for the Debt
Securities of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any
action taken by it as such in good faith and without negligence at the direction
of the Trustee for such series, and the Trustee shall not be liable or
responsible for the acts or omissions of any Authenticating Agent appointed upon
a Company Request.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Debt Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon,
in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
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This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
As Trustee
By ________________________
As Authenticating Agent
By:________________________
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
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Holders.
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The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with
respect to Registered Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee:
(a) semi-annually on a date not more than 15 days after each Regular
Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the Registered
Securities of such series (or on semi-annual dates in each year to be determined
pursuant to Section 3.01 if the Registered Securities of such series do not bear
interest), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Registered Holders as of the date 15 days next
preceding each such Regular Record Date (or such semi-annual dates, as the case
may be); and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
15 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished;
provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security
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Registrar for such series, no such list need be furnished.
The Company shall also be required to furnish to the Trustee at all
such times set forth above all information in the possession or control of the
Company or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and
addresses of the Holders of Bearer Securities of all series; provided, however,
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that the Company shall have no obligation to investigate any matter relating to
any Holders of Bearer Securities of any series.
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Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders.
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(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of Holders contained
in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01
received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder, and
filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 7.03.
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, destroy any information
received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to
itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after an Interest Payment Date, a
list containing the names and addresses of the Holders obtained from such
information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, destroy any
list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received
by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so
delivered, and destroy not earlier than two years after filing, any information
filed with it pursuant to Section 7.03.
(b) If three or more Holders (hereinafter referred to as "applicants")
apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof
that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six
months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that
the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Debt Securities of a
particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of
such series) or with all Holders of Debt Securities with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy
of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to
transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of
such application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of
Debt Securities of such series or of all Debt Securities, as the case may
be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the
approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other
communication, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to
such information, the Trustee shall, upon written request of such applicants,
mail to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the
case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at
the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), a copy of the form
of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with
reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed
and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of
mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to
such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the
material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of
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mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Debt
Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, or would be in
violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of
such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the
objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order
refusing to sustain any of such objections or if after the entry of an order
sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after
notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have
been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of
such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of
such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be
relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
(c) Every Holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing
of any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b).
Section 7.03. Reports by Trustee.
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Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, beginning with May 15 of the
first year in which Debt Securities are outstanding hereunder, the Trustee
shall, if required by law, mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such
date that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee
also shall comply with Sections 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing if the Debt
Securities of any series become listed on any stock exchange or automated
quotation system.
A copy of each report shall, at the time of its mailing to the
Holders, be mailed to the Company and filed with the Commission and each stock
exchange, if any, on which the Debt Securities of any series are listed.
Section 7.04. Reports by Company.
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The Company will:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports
and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or
reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it will file with the
Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
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time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information,
documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the
Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national
securities exchange as may be required from time to time in such rules and
regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities, in the manner and to
the extent provided in Section 7.03, within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and
(2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONCERNING THE HOLDERS
Section 8.01. Acts of Holders.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may
be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent or proxy duly appointed in
writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the
Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that
the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may take any Act, the fact that the
Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by
the instrument or instruments executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy
appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof at
any meeting of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the
provisions of Article Nine, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or
instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders.
Section 8.02. Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments
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by Holder.
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The ownership of Registered Securities of any series shall be proved
by the Security Register for such series or by a certificate of the Security
Registrar for such series.
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The ownership of Bearer Securities shall be proved by production of
such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any bank or trust
company, which certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date
thereof a Bearer Security bearing a specified identifying number or other xxxx
was deposited with or exhibited to the person executing such certificate by the
person named in such certificate, or by any other proof of possession reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding by the person named in any such
certificate of any Bearer Security specified therein shall be presumed to
continue for a period of one year unless at the time of determination of such
holding (1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the
same Bearer Security shall be produced, (2) such Bearer Security shall be
produced by some other person, (3) such Bearer Security shall have been
registered on the Security Register, if, pursuant to Section 3.01, such Bearer
Security can be so registered, or (4) such Bearer Security shall have been
canceled or paid.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.03 and 9.05, proof of
the execution of a writing appointing an agent or proxy and of the execution of
any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient and
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the following
manner:
The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any
instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public, or other
officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, that the person executing
such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of
a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such
officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association
or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or
partnership, as the case may be, or by any other person acting in a
representative capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority.
The record of any Holders' meeting shall be proved in the manner
provided in Section 9.06.
The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to
any of the matters referred to in this Section so long as the request is a
reasonable one.
Section 8.03. Persons Deemed Owners.
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The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name any Registered Security is registered as the
owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest, if
any, on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary. The Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security or of any Coupon as the absolute
owner of such Bearer Security or Coupon for the purposes of receiving payment
thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Bearer Security or Coupon be overdue, and neither the
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Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any Holder, or upon his
order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to
satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Debt Security
or Coupon.
Section 8.04. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.
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At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as
provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any Act by the Holders of the
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities
specified in this Indenture in connection with such Act, any Holder of a Debt
Security the number, letter or other distinguishing symbol of which is shown by
the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have
consented to such Act may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of ownership as provided in Section 8.02,
revoke such Act so far as it concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid,
any such Act taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.08, upon
all future Holders of such Debt Security and all past, present and future
Holders of Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and of any Debt Securities and
Coupons issued on transfer or in lieu thereof or in exchange or substitution
therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made
upon such Debt Security or Coupons or such other Debt Securities or Coupons.
ARTICLE NINE
HOLDERS' MEETINGS
Section 9.01. Purposes of Meetings.
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A meeting of Holders of any or all series may be called at any time
and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Nine for any of
the following purposes:
(1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee for such
series, or to give any directions to the Trustee for such series, or to
consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to
take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of
the provisions of Article Five;
(2) to remove the Trustee for such series and appoint a successor
Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Six;
(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02; or
(4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of
the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities
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of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other
provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.
Section 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee.
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The Trustee for any series may at any time call a meeting of Holders
of such series to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such
time or times and at such place or places as the Trustee for such series shall
determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of any series, setting forth
the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed
to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to Holders of such series in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Such notice shall be given
not less than 20 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting.
Section 9.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders.
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In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or
the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities of a series or of all series, as the case may be, shall have
requested the Trustee for such series to call a meeting of Holders of any or all
such series by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the
notice of such meeting within 20 days after the receipt of such request, then
the Company or such Holders may determine the time or times and the place or
places for such meetings and may call such meetings to take any action
authorized in Section 9.01, by giving notice thereof as provided in Section
9.02.
Section 9.04. Qualifications for Voting.
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To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall be (a)
a Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is
being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as agent or
proxy by such Holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or
to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such
meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee for the series
with respect to which such meeting is being held and its counsel and any
representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 9.05. Regulations.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
for any series may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for
any meeting of Holders of such series, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt
Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to
the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and
examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote,
and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Holders of such
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series as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Holders
calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a
temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the
meeting shall be elected by a majority vote of the meeting.
Subject to the provisos in the definition of "Outstanding," at any
meeting each Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such
meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each
$1,000 principal amount (or such other amount as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01) of Debt Securities of such series held or
represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at
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any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not Outstanding and
ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the
meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series held by him or instruments in writing duly designating
him as the person to vote on behalf of Holders of Debt Securities of such
series. Any meeting of Holders with respect to which a meeting was duly called
pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03 may be adjourned from time to
time by a majority of such Holders present and the meeting may be held as so
adjourned without further notice.
Section 9.06. Voting.
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The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders with
respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which
shall be subscribed the signatures of such Holders or of their representatives
by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or
represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two
inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against
any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting
their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A
record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be taken
and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the
inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or
more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of
the meeting and showing that said notice was transmitted as provided in Section
9.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting in
favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by
the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of
the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to
be preserved by the Trustee.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the
matters therein stated.
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Section 9.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting.
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Nothing contained in this Article Nine shall be deemed or construed to
authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights
expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or
delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to any Holder under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the
Debt Securities of any series.
ARTICLE TEN
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 11.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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Without prior notice to or the consent of any Holders, the Company,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from
time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Corporation to the rights of
the Company and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and other
obligations of the Company herein and in the Debt Securities and Coupons,
if any, contained; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company, for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of
less than all series, stating that such covenants are expressly being
included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right
or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of
Default are to be applicable to less than all series, stating that such
Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to
such series); or
(4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt
Securities of any series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable,
and with or without Coupons, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in
exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be
issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations
or to permit the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in
uncertificated form, provided that
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any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Debt Securities of any series or any related Coupons in any material
respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only
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when there is no Outstanding Debt Security or Coupon of any series created
prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to
the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture
would apply; or
(6) to secure the Debt Securities; or
(7) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four or Fifteen,
provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of
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the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or any other series of Debt
Securities or any related Coupons in any material respect; or
(8) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities and Coupons, if
any, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Debt
Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 6.11; or
(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, to eliminate any conflict between the terms of this Indenture or
the Debt Securities and the Trust Indenture Act or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this
Indenture; provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the
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interests of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons, if any,
of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture
in any material respect.
Section 11.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
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With the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by
such supplemental indenture voting separately, by Act of said Holders delivered
to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture of such
Debt Securities or Coupons, if
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any; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the
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consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each such series
affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or installment of
interest, if any, on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption
thereof, or change the Stated Maturity of or reduce the amount of any
payment to be made with respect to any Coupon, or change the Currency or
Currencies in which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on
such Debt Security is denominated or payable, or reduce the amount of the
principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.02, or adversely affect the right of repayment or repurchase, if any, at
the option of the Holder, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date
fixed for, any payment under any sinking fund or analogous provisions for
any Debt Security, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in
the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or limit the
obligation of the Company to maintain a paying agency outside the United
States for payment on Bearer Securities as provided in Section 12.03; or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults or Events of Default hereunder and their consequences provided for
in this Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or
Section 12.09, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each
series affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be
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deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and
Section 12.09, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 6.11 and 11.01(7); or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the
subordination of the Debt Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series
of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, or which modifies the rights of the
Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the
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rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons, if
any, of any other series.
Section 11.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
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In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in
addition to the documents required by Section 1.02, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a material
way.
Section 11.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
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Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Debt Securities and Coupons theretofore or thereafter authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 11.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
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Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section 11.06. Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental
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Indentures.
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Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series authenticated and
delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this
Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form
approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debt Securities and Coupons
of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities and Coupons of such series.
Section 11.07. Notice of Supplemental Indenture.
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Promptly after the execution by the Company and the appropriate
Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.02, the Company
shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05, to all
Holders of any series of the Debt Securities affected thereby, a notice setting
forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
COVENANTS
Section 12.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
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The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities, the Coupons and this
Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with
respect to any series of Debt Securities or except as otherwise provided in
Section 3.06, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall
be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such
interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. If so
provided in the terms of any series of Debt Securities established as provided
in Section 3.01, the interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary Global
Note or permanent Global Note, together with any additional amounts payable in
respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Debt Security,
shall be payable only upon presentation of such Debt Security to the Trustee for
notation thereon of the payment of such interest.
Section 12.02. Officer's Certificate as to Default.
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The Company will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more
than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which on the
date hereof is the calendar year) ending after the date hereof, a certificate of
the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not to the best knowledge
of the signer thereof the Company is in compliance with all covenants and
conditions under this Indenture, and, if the Company shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which such signer may
have knowledge. For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under this Indenture.
Section 12.03. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
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If Debt Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered
Securities, the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained in each Place of
Payment for such series an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series
may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of that
series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or
redemption, where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be
surrendered for conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served. If Debt Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
and State of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of
that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered
Securities of that series, if any, may be surrendered for registration of
transfer, where
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Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange or redemption,
where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be surrendered for
conversion, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer
Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented or surrendered
for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not
otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a
Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an
office or agency where Debt Securities of that series and related Coupons may be
presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional
amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series, if so provided pursuant to
Section 3.01); provided, however, that if the Debt Securities of that series
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are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located
outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company
will maintain a Paying Agent for the Debt Securities of that series in London,
Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the
case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of that series are listed on such
exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a
Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or
agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange and redemption and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
locations, and any change in the locations, of such offices or agencies. If at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency
or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that
series and the related Coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at
the offices specified in the applicable Debt Security, and the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee, or in the case of Bearer Securities, such other agent as
is specified pursuant to Section 3.01, as its agent to receive all
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
No payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities
shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that, if
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the Debt Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment
of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security (including
any additional amounts payable on Securities of such series, if so provided
pursuant to Section 3.01) shall be made at the office of the Trustee or the
Company's Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New
York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal,
premium, interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or
agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in
accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange
controls or other similar restrictions.
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The Company may also from time to time designate different or
additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside
of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
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any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding
paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the
location of any such different or additional office or agency.
Section 12.04. Money for Debt Securities; Payments to Be Held in
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Trust.
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If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on
any of the Debt Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid
to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly
notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect
to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, it will, by or on each due date of
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such
series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Debt Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid
to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series) in the making of any
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt
Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
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The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for
the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt
Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Debt Security or Coupon
shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
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Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may, in its sole
discretion, at the expense of the Company cause to be transmitted in the manner
and to the extent provided by Section 1.05, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
30 days from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 12.05. Corporate Existence.
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The Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights
(charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company
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shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company
shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the
conduct of the business of the Company.
Section 12.06. Purchase of Debt Securities by Company.
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If the Debt Securities of a series are listed on The Stock Exchange of
the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and such stock exchange shall so
require, the Company will not purchase any Debt Securities of that series by
private treaty at a price (exclusive of expenses and accrued interest) which
exceeds 120% of the mean of the nominal quotations of the Debt Securities of
that series as shown in The Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the last
trading day preceding the date of purchase.
Section 12.07. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
Section 12.08. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
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Section 12.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
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The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in Section 12.05 (and, if so specified
pursuant to Section 3.01, any other covenant not set forth herein and specified
pursuant to Section 3.01 to be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series,
except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of
such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition,
but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition
except to the extent expressly so waived, and, until such waiver shall become
effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and
effect.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
Section 13.01. Applicability of Article.
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Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series)
in accordance with this Article.
Section 13.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
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The election of the Company to redeem (or, in the case of Discount
Securities, to permit the Holders to elect to surrender for redemption) any Debt
Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption
at the election of the Company of less than all of the Debt Securities of any
series pursuant to Section 13.03, the Company shall, at least 60 days before the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of
the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the
case of any redemption of Debt Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restrictions.
Section 13.03. Selection by Trustee of Debt Securities to Be
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Redeemed.
Except in the case of a redemption in whole of the Bearer Securities
or the Registered Securities of such series, if less than all the Debt
Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the
particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method
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as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any integral multiple
thereof) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series in a
denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities
of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt
Securities of such series are denominated. The portions of the principal amount
of Debt Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the
minimum authorized denominations for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to
Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are
denominated or any integral multiple thereof, except as otherwise set forth in
the applicable form of Debt Securities. In any case when more than one
Registered Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee
in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if
it were represented by one Registered Security of such series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Debt
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt Security which has
been or is to be redeemed.
Section 13.04. Notice of Redemption.
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Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the
Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company,
not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to
the Holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part
pursuant to this Article Thirteen, in the manner provided in Section 1.05. Any
notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether
or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any
defect in such notice to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated
for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any
notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Debt Security of
such series.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) that Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the
Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of
the Debt Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing
such series, if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the
facts permitting such redemption,
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(4) if less than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to
be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption,
the principal amounts) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed,
(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that interest
thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Coupon Securities
of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by
all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption, failing
which the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted
from the Redemption Price,
(7) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to
be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,
(8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any
Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such
Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to
redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.05(b) or
otherwise, the last date on which such exchanges may be made, and
(9) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Section 13.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
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On or prior to the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 12.04) an amount of money in the Currency or Currencies in
which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to
Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt
Securities or such amount or any portions thereof which are to be redeemed on
that date.
Section 13.06. Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
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Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt
Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of
such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01
or 3.10), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the
payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear
interest. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance
with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer
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Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as
otherwise provided in Section 12.03) and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons
for such interest; and
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provided, further, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
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3.01, installments of interest on Registered Securities which have a Stated
Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be
payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of
Section 3.07.
If, as a result of the failure of the Company to deposit sufficient
funds with the Trustee, any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so
paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any)
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Debt Security.
If any Coupon Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing on or after the
Redemption Date, the Redemption Price for such Coupon Security may be reduced by
an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing Coupons. If thereafter
the Holder of such Coupon shall surrender to any Paying Agent outside the United
States any such missing Coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been
made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the
amount so deducted. The surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be
waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be furnished to them such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying
Agent harmless.
Section 13.07. Debt Securities Redeemed in Part.
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Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the
Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Registered
Securities) and at an office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of
the Company outside the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01
(in the case of Bearer Securities) with, if the Company, the Security Registrar
or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt
Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Debt Security so surrendered, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with
appropriate Coupons attached. In the case of a Debt Security providing
appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the
Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as
aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the
redeemed portion thereof.
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
Section 14.01. Applicability of Article.
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The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided
for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an
"optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Debt
Securities of any series, the amount of any cash sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 14.02. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided
for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series.
Section 14.02. Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with
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Debt Securities.
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In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment
with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its
option, at any time no more than sixteen months and no less than 45 days prior
to the date on which such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee
Debt Securities of such series (together with the unmatured Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the
Company, except Debt Securities of such series which have been redeemed through
the application of mandatory sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the
Debt Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the
Trustee to credit such sinking fund payment and stating that the Debt Securities
of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale or
other negotiation for value, provided that such Debt Securities shall not have
been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in
such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and
the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 14.03. Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund.
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Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to
be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt
Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to
Section 3.01 or 3.10) and the
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portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting
Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 14.02 and whether the Company
intends to exercise its rights to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment
with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its
delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments
therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such
certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be
sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series
subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or
credit Debt Securities as provided in Section 14.02 and without the right to
make any optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time.
Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in
cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with
respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the
Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on
the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment
is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date
immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Debt
Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt
Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so
applied or allocated by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting
as its own Paying Agent) to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to
the next sinking fund payment received by the Trustee (or if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in
Section 12.04) for such series and, together with such payment (or such amount
so segregated), shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this
Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of
any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its
own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) on
the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such
series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities
of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company
is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to
be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the
principal of the Debt Securities of such series at Maturity.
The Trustee shall select or cause to be selected the Debt Securities
to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 13.03 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be
given in the manner provided in Section 13.04. Such notice having been duly
given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Section 13.06.
On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to
the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company
shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.04) in cash a sum,
in the Currency or Currencies in which Debt Securities of such series are
denominated (except as provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10), equal to the
principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Debt Securities or
portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to
this Section.
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Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall redeem any Debt Securities
of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Debt
Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund for such series
during the continuance of a default in payment of interest, if any, on any Debt
Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of
Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series, except that if the notice of redemption shall have
been provided in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee (or the
Company, if the Company is then acting as its own Paying Agent) shall redeem
such Debt Securities if cash sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with
the Trustee (or segregated by the Company) for that purpose in accordance with
the terms of this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund
for such series at the time when any such default or Event of Default shall
occur and any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking fund shall, during the
continuance of such default or Event of Default, be held as security for the
payment of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series; provided,
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however, that in case such default or Event of Default shall have been cured or
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waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on or prior
to the next sinking fund payment date for the Debt Securities of such series on
which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE
Section 15.01. Applicability of Article.
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If, pursuant to Section 3.01, provision is made for the defeasance of
Debt Securities of a series, and if the Debt Securities of such series are
Registered Securities and denominated and payable only in Dollars (except as
provided pursuant to Section 3.01) then the provisions of this Article shall be
applicable except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt
Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Debt Securities
denominated in a Foreign Currency or Currencies or for Bearer Securities may be
specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
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Section 15.02. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government
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Obligations.
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At the Company's option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to
have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to
Debt Securities of any series ("legal defeasance option") or (b) if so specified
pursuant to Section 3.01, the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to
comply with any obligation of the Company or restrictive covenant added for the
benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.01) ("covenant defeasance option"),
in either case at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have
been satisfied:
(1) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the
Debt Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S.
Government Obligations (as defined below) which through the payment of
interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms
will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment,
money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any
mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on,
the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the dates such
installments of interest or principal and premium are due;
(2) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Debt
Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in
Section 6.08 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to
the Debt Securities of any series;
(3) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(4) if the Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any
national securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a letter or other document from such
exchange to the effect that the Company's exercise of its option under this
Section would not cause such Debt Securities to be delisted;
(5) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default with
respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to the legal
defeasance option only, no Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or
Section 5.01(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time,
or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section
5.01(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such
date;
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(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that
such deposit, defeasance or the Holders of the Debt Securities of such
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance or Discharge; and
(7) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel in accordance with Section 1.02.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company exercises its covenant defeasance
option and an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) or event
which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event
of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) shall have occurred and be
continuing on the 91st day after the date of such deposit, the obligations of
the Company referred to under the definition of covenant defeasance option with
respect to such Debt Securities shall be reinstated. Money and securities held
in trust pursuant to a legal defeasance shall not be subject to Article Sixteen.
"Discharged" means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the
Debt Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under
this Indenture relating to the Debt Securities of such series (and the Trustee,
at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Debt Securities of such series to
receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities when
such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 6.07, 12.03 and 15.03
and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct
obligations of the United States for the timely 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 the payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the United States, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest
on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian
for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as
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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 the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific
payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced
by such depository receipt.
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Section 15.03. Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to Be
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Held in Trust.
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All moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 15.02 in respect of Debt Securities of a series shall be
held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Debt
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Debt Securities, of all sums due
and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.
Section 15.04. Repayment to Company.
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The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the
Company upon Company Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by
them at any time that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are not required for the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series for
which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to
Section 15.02.
The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04 shall apply to
any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that
remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Debt
Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited
pursuant to Section 15.02.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
Section 16.01 Subsidiary Guarantee.
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To the extent applicable to any series of Debt Securities, the
Subsidiary Guarantors will, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally
guarantee to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security
when and as the same shall become due and payable on the terms and subject to
the conditions established in or pursuant to the applicable Board Resolution.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees
that its obligations under any Subsidiary Guarantee issued pursuant hereto shall
be absolute unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, the
validity, regularity or enforceability of the applicable Debt Security or this
Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any release,
amendment, waiver, or indulgence granted to the Company or any guarantor or any
consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of all or any
of the applicable Debt Securities or any other circumstances which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or
guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby waives the benefits of
diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any requirement that the Trustee or
any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest in
or other Lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any
action against the Company or any other Person or any collateral, filing of
claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any
right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with
respect to the applicable Debt Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby
and all demands whatsoever, and covenants under any Subsidiary Guarantee issued
pursuant hereto will not be discharged in respect of the applicable Debt
Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the
applicable Debt Security and in any such Subsidiary Guarantee issued pursuant
hereto.
Section 16.02 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees.
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The Subsidiary Guarantees, if any, to be endorsed on the Debt
Securities shall include the terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in
Section 16.01 and any other terms that may be set forth in the form established
pursuant to Section 2.01. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees to
execute its Subsidiary Guarantee, if any, in a form established pursuant to
Section 2.01, to be endorsed on each Debt Security authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee.
The Subsidiary Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each
respective Subsidiary Guarantor by any one of such Subsidiary Guarantor's
Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, President, Vice Presidents or
other person duly authorized by the Board of Directors of such Subsidiary
Guarantor, attested by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary. The signature of
any or all of these persons on the Subsidiary Guarantee may be manual or
facsimile.
A Subsidiary Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signature of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of a Subsidiary Guarantor
shall bind such Subsidiary Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of the Security on which such Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed or did
not hold such offices at the date of such Subsidiary Guarantee.
The delivery of any Debt Security by the Trustee, after the
authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the
Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors and
shall bind each Subsidiary Guarantor notwithstanding the fact that Subsidiary
Guarantee does not bear the signature of such Subsidiary Guarantor. Each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its Subsidiary
Guarantee set forth in Section 16.01 and in the form of Subsidiary Guarantee
established pursuant to Section 2.01 shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding any failure to endorse a Subsidiary Guarantee on any Security.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
THE MONEY STORE INC.
By: ____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
Attest:
________________________
Title:
Seal
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
Attest:
________________________
Title:
Seal
THE MONEY STORE/D.C. INC.
THE MONEY STORE/KENTUCKY INC.
THE MONEY STORE/MINNESOTA INC.
THE MONEY STORE AUTO FINANCE INC.
CLASSNOTES INC.
DYNA-XXXX, INC.
EQUITY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
MAJOR BROKERAGE CO., INC.
PRINCETON ESCROW
THE MONEY STORE HOME EQUITY CORP.
THE MONEY STORE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
THE MONEY STORE OF NEW YORK INC.
THE COMMERCE GROUP
THE MONEY STORE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE INC.
THE MONEY STORE SERVICE CORP.
TMS MORTGAGE INC.
THE MONEY STORE U.K. INC.
THE MONEY STORE REALTY INC.
TMS VENTURE HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
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Title:
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XXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF UNION )
On the ___ day of April, 1997, before me personally came Xxxxxx Dear,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that his office is
located at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000; that he is Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Money Store Inc. one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
__________________________
Notary Public
SEAL
STATE OF )
: ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On the __ day of April, 1997, before me personally came
_________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that his office is located at 000 Xxxx 00/xx/ Xxxxxx, 00/xx/ Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000; that he is, ____________________ of The Chase Manhattan Bank,
one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of
the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto
by like authority.
________________________
Notary Public
SEAL
EXHIBIT A
[FORMS OF CERTIFICATION]
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
OR INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE]
CERTIFICATE
________________________
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as set forth
below principal amount of the above captioned Debt Securities held by you for
our account (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as
defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign
branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165-
12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) ("financial
institutions") purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United
States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of
United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through
such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case
(a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its
own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise the Company or the
Company's agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section
165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United
States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the
restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United
States Treasury regulations), and in addition if the owner of the Debt
Securities is a United States or foreign financial institution described in
clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) this is
to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Debt
Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States
person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the
date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the beneficial
interest in the temporary global Security held by you for our account in
accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is
not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be
assumed that this certification applies as of such date.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to $____________
principal amount of Debt Securities held by you for our account as to which we
are not able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that exchange
of such portion of the temporary global Note for
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definitive Bearer Securities or interests in a permanent global Note cannot be
made until we are able to provide a certificate in this form.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or
legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
"United States Person" means any citizen or resident of the United
States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or
under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.
"United States" means the United States of America (including the States and the
District of Columbia) and its "possessions" which include Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
Dated:________________________, 19__
[To be dated no earlier than the
10th day before the Exchange Date]
By:_____________________________
As, or as agent for, the
beneficial owner(s) of the
portion of the temporary
global Note to which this
certificate relates.
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EURO-CLEAR AND
CEDEL, SOCIETE ANONYME IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF
A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE]
CERTIFICATE
________________________
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered]
The undersigned certifies that, based solely on certifications we have
received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from member
organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a portion of
the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations") substantially
to the effect set forth in the Indenture as of the date hereof, $___________
principal amount of the above-captioned Debt Securities (i) is owned by
person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned
by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States
financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United
States Treasury regulations) ("financial institutions") purchasing for their own
account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt
Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and
who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions
on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States
financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that
we may advise the Company or the Company's agent that it will comply with the
requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by
United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale
during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of
the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition United States or
foreign financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not
also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired
the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United
States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.
We further certify (i) that we are not making available for exchange
or collection of any interest any portion of the temporary Global Note excepted
in such certifications and (ii) that as of the date hereof we have not received
any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the
statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the
part submitted herewith for exchange or collection of any interest are no longer
true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or
legal proceedings are commenced or
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threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we
irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any
interested party in such proceedings.
"United States person" means any citizen or resident of the United
States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or
under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.
"United States" means the United States of America (including the States and the
District of Columbia) and its "possessions" which include Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
Dated:________________________, 19__
[To be dated no earlier than the
Exchange Date]
By: ____________________________
XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
BRUSSELS OFFICE, as
Operator of the Euro-Clear
System] [CEDEL BANK,
SOCIETE ANONYME]
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