EXHIBIT 7.1
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PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION
as Issuer
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of [_____ __], 2004
Providing for the issue of
Debt Securities
in unlimited principal amount
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PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of [_____ __], 2004
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
ss. 310(a)(1) .................................. 608
(a)(2) .................................... 608
(b) .................................... 609, 610
ss. 312(c) .................................. 703
ss. 314(a) .................................. 705
(a)(4) .................................... 1004
(c)(1) .................................... 102
(c)(2) .................................... 102
(e) .................................... 102
ss. 315(b) .................................. 601
ss. 316(a)(last
Sentence) .................................... 101 ("Outstanding")
(a)(1)(A) .................................... 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) .................................... 513
(b) .................................... 508
(c) .................................... 104(e)
ss. 317(a)(1) .................................. 503
(a)(2) .................................... 504
(b) .................................... 1003
ss. 318(a) .................................. 111
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION.............................1
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS...............................................................1
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.....................................15
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE...................................16
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS..........................................................16
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.....................................18
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER................................................19
SECTION 107. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................20
SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS...................................................20
SECTION 109. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE......................................................20
SECTION 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE....................................................20
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW............................................................20
SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS...........................................................20
SECTION 113. AGENT FOR SERVICE; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES......21
SECTION 114. CONVERSION OF CURRENCY...................................................21
SECTION 115. CURRENCY EQUIVALENT......................................................23
SECTION 116. INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY EXEMPT
FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY................................................23
SECTION 117. CONFLICT WITH THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT....................................23
ARTICLE TWO SECURITIES FORMS ..................................................................23
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY..........................................................23
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION..........................24
SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM.......................................24
ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES ....................................................................25
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.....................................25
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS............................................................29
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING...........................30
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.....................................................32
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE......................35
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.........................39
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED; OPTIONAL
INTEREST RESET...........................................................40
SECTION 308. OPTIONAL EXTENSION OF STATED MATURITY....................................43
SECTION 309. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS....................................................44
SECTION 310. CANCELLATION.............................................................44
SECTION 311. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST..................................................45
SECTION 312. CURRENCY AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES.................45
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SECTION 313. APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR EXCHANGE RATE AGENT.............47
ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.........................................................48
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE..................................48
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY...............................................50
ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES ..........................................................................50
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT........................................................50
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.......................52
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF DEBT AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE..................53
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.........................................54
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES..............55
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED...........................................55
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS......................................................55
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM,
IF ANY, AND INTEREST, IF ANY.............................................56
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.......................................56
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE...........................................57
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.............................................57
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.......................................................57
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS..................................................57
SECTION 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.........................................58
SECTION 515. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS....................................................58
ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE .......................................................................59
SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.......................................................59
SECTION 602. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE...........................59
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE................................................60
SECTION 604. TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES...........62
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES......................................................62
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST......................................................62
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT...........................................62
SECTION 608. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY..................................63
SECTION 609. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR........................64
SECTION 610. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR...................................65
SECTION 611. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS..............66
SECTION 612. AUTHORIZATION OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT....................................67
SECTION 613. APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE................................................69
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY..................................70
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS................70
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF LIST OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS...................70
SECTION 703. DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.............................71
SECTION 704. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.......................................................71
SECTION 705. REPORTS BY THE COMPANY...................................................71
ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS.............................72
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS......................72
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.............................................73
SECTION 803. SECURITIES TO BE SECURED IN CERTAIN EVENTS...............................74
ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES............................................................74
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.......................74
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS..........................76
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.....................................77
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES........................................77
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT..................................77
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.......................77
SECTION 907. NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES........................................78
ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS .........................................................................78
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST......................78
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY..........................................78
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST........................80
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE...............................................81
SECTION 1005. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.......................................................82
SECTION 1006. LIMITATION ON SECURITY INTERESTS.........................................83
SECTION 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES.........................................................84
SECTION 1008. CORPORATE EXISTENCE......................................................84
SECTION 1009. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS..............................................84
SECTION 1010. CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT...................................84
ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES..........................................................85
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.................................................85
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE....................................85
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED........................85
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.....................................................86
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE..............................................87
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE....................................87
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART..............................................88
SECTION 1108. TAX REDEMPTION...........................................................88
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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS ....................................................................89
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.................................................89
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES....................89
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND................................90
ARTICLE THIRTEEN REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS....................................................91
SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.................................................91
SECTION 1302. REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES..................................................91
SECTION 1303. EXERCISE OF OPTION.......................................................92
SECTION 1304. WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPAYMENT BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE...........92
SECTION 1305. SECURITIES REPAID IN PART................................................93
ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE................................................93
SECTION 1401. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.............93
SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.................................................94
SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE......................................................94
SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE..........................95
SECTION 1405. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.................................................97
SECTION 1406. REINSTATEMENT............................................................98
ARTICLE FIFTEEN MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.................................................98
SECTION 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED................................98
SECTION 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.......................................98
SECTION 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.....................................99
SECTION 1504. QUORUM; ACTION...........................................................99
SECTION 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.....100
SECTION 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.........................101
SECTION 1507. COUNTERPARTS............................................................102
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
Exhibit A-1 - FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER
SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE.....A-1-1
Exhibit A-2 - FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CLEARSTREAM IN
CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL
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SECURITY
OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE..............A-2-1
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INDENTURE, dated as of [_____ __], 2004 between PRECISION DRILLING
CORPORATION, corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the
Province of Alberta, Canada (herein called the "COMPANY"), having its principal
office at Suite 4200, 150 - 6th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3Y7,
and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, a New York trust company,
as trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE"), having its Corporate Trust Office at
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 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 or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"SECURITIES"), which may be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities
of any Person (including the Company), to be issued in one or more series as
provided in this Indenture.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended, that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall,
to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders (as defined below) thereof, it is mutually covenanted
and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
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(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;
(5) words implying any gender shall include all genders; and
(6) the words Subsection, Section and Article refer to the
Subsections, Sections and Articles, respectively, of this Indenture unless
otherwise noted.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Three, are defined in that
Article.
"ACT" when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"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" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to
act on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to Section 612 to authenticate Securities.
"AUTHORIZED NEWSPAPER" means a newspaper (which in the case of Canada,
will, if practicable, be The Globe & Mail, in the case of New York, New York
will, if practicable, be The Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition), in the case
of the United Kingdom will, if practicable, be The Financial Times (London
Edition) and, in the case of Luxembourg, will, if practicable, be The Luxembourg
(Wort), in the English language or in an official language of the country of
publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not
published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in
Canada, New York, New York, the United Kingdom or Luxembourg, as applicable.
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.
"BEARER SECURITY" means any Security except a Registered Security.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board of directors.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company to have
been
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duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"BUSINESS DAY" when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day which is not a
day on which commercial banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other
location are closed or required by any applicable law or regulation or executive
order to close.
"CALCULATION PERIOD" has the meaning specified in Section 311.
"CANADIAN TAXES" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATION" means the obligation of a Person, as lessee,
to pay rent or other amounts to the lessor under a lease of property which is
required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the
consolidated balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.
"CLEARSTREAM" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, or its
successor.
"COMMISSION" means the U.S. 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 Indenture such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
"COMMON DEPOSITARY" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"COMPANY OFFICER" means any one of the Chairman, President, Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant
Treasurer, Controller, Corporate Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary of
the Company.
"COMPANY REQUEST" or "COMPANY ORDER" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by any two Company Officers and delivered to
the Trustee.
"CONSOLIDATED NET TANGIBLE ASSETS" means the total amount of assets of
any person on a consolidated basis (less applicable reserves and other properly
deductible items) after deducting therefrom:
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(i) all current liabilities (excluding any current
liabilities which are by their terms extendible or renewable at the option of
the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the
amount thereof is being computed);
(ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents,
unamortized debt discounts and expenses and other like intangibles; and
(iii) appropriate adjustments on account of minority
interests of other persons holding shares of the Subsidiaries of such person,
in each case, as shown on the most recent annual audited or quarterly unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of such person computed in accordance with GAAP.
"CONVERSION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 312(d).
"CONVERSION EVENT" means the cessation of use of a Foreign Currency
both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and by a
central bank or other public institution of or within the international banking
community for the settlement of transactions.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee, at which at
any time its corporate trust business shall principally be administered, which
office at the date hereof is located at Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by
notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office
of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
"CORPORATION" includes corporations, associations, companies and
business trusts.
"COUPON" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"COVENANT DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 1403.
"CURRENCY" means any currency or currencies or composite currency
issued by the government of one or more countries or by any recognized
confederation or association of such governments.
"CURRENT ASSETS" means current assets as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
"DEFAULT" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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"DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 1402.
"DEPOSITARY" or "DEPOSITARY OF SECURITIES" means The Depository Trust
Company, or any successor thereto, or any other Person designated pursuant to
Section 301.
"DOLLAR" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
Currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.
"DOLLAR EQUIVALENT OF THE FOREIGN CURRENCY" has the meaning specified
in Section 312(f).
"ELECTION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 312(f).
"EUROCLEAR" means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.A., or its successor as
operator of the Euroclear System.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
"EXCHANGE DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"EXCHANGE RATE AGENT" means, with respect to Securities of or within
any series, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant
to Section 301, a New York clearing house bank, designated pursuant to Section
301 or Section 313.
"EXCHANGE RATE OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a tested telex, facsimile
or a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii)
the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal, and premium, if any, and
interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having
the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section
302 in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to a Security of any series
on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, sent (in the case of a telex or
facsimile) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by the Treasurer, the
Controller, any Vice President or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
"EXCLUDED HOLDER" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"EXTENSION NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 308.
"EXTENSION PERIOD" has the meaning specified in Section 308.
"FINAL MATURITY" has the meaning specified in Section 308.
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"FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT OBLIGATIONS" means obligations (entered into for
risk management and not for speculative purposes) arising under:
(i) interest rate swap agreements, forward rate
agreements, floor, cap or collar agreements, futures or options, insurance or
other similar agreements or arrangements, or any combination thereof, entered
into by a Person relating to interest rates or pursuant to which the price,
value or amount payable thereunder is dependent or based upon interest rates in
effect from time to time or fluctuations in interest rates occurring from time
to time;
(ii) currency swap agreements, cross-currency agreements,
forward agreements, floor, cap or collar agreements, futures or options,
insurance or other similar agreements or arrangements, or any combination
thereof, entered into by a Person relating to currency exchange rates or
pursuant to which the price, value or amount payable thereunder is dependent or
based upon currency exchange rates in effect from time to time or fluctuations
in currency exchange rates occurring from time to time; and
(iii) commodity swap or hedging agreements, floor, cap or
collar agreements, commodity futures or options or other similar agreements or
arrangements, or any combination thereof, entered into by a Person relating to
one or more commodities or pursuant to which the price, value or amount payable
thereunder is dependent or based upon the price of one or more commodities in
effect from time to time or fluctuations in the price of one or more commodities
occurring from time to time.
"FIRST CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 115.
"FOREIGN CURRENCY" means any Currency other than Currency of the United
States.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada in
effect from time to time, unless the Company's most recent audited or quarterly
unaudited financial statements are not prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in Canada, in which case GAAP shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States in effect from
time to time.
"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, securities which are (i)
direct obligations of the government which issued the Currency in which the
Securities of a particular series are payable or (ii) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such government,
which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of such government
payable in such Currency and 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 Government Obligation or a
specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt;
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PROVIDED that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Obligation or the specific payment of interest or principal of the Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"HOLDER" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in
whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of
a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon,
shall mean the bearer thereof.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means liability for money borrowed or accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, obligations for payment of money under any Capital Lease
Obligation and any guarantees (without duplication).
"INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 301; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time more than
one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall mean,
with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is
Trustee, 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 shall include the terms of
particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as
contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms
which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not
Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive
of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures
supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such
Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
"INDEXED SECURITY" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"INTEREST", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity at the rate prescribed in such Original Issue Discount
Security.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"ISSUE DATE" means the date that any series of Securities is first
issued under this Indenture.
"JUDGMENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 114.
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"MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENT" has the meaning specified in Section
1201.
"MARKET EXCHANGE RATE" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion of Dollars
into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York, New York time) buying rate for
such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York, New York as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (ii)
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 Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx or any other principal market for Dollars or such
purchased Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section
301, in the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided
for in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Exchange Rate Agent 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 Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
or another principal market for the Currency in question, or such other
quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise
specified by the Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for
dealing in any Currency by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise,
the market to be used in respect of such Currency shall be that upon which a non
resident issuer of securities designated in such Currency would purchase such
Currency in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
"MATURITY" means, when used with respect to any Security, the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect
repayment or otherwise.
"NON-RECOURSE DEBT" means Indebtedness to finance the creation,
development, construction or acquisition of assets and any increases in or
extension, renewals or refundings of such Indebtedness, provided that the
recourse of the lender thereof (including any agent, trustee, receiver or other
person acting on behalf of such entity) in respect of such Indebtedness is
limited in all circumstances to the assets created, developed, constructed or
acquired in respect of which such Indebtedness has incurred and to the
receivables, inventory, equipment, chattels payable, contracts, intangibles and
other assets, rights or collateral connected with the assets created, developed,
constructed or acquired and to which such lender has recourse.
"NOTICE OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate, which shall comply with
this Indenture, signed on behalf of the Company by any of the Chairman of the
Board, the
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President, a Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Controller, an
Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company and delivered to
the Trustee.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, including an employee of the Company, and who shall be
acceptable to the Trustee, acting reasonably.
"OPTIONAL RESET DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"OPTIONAL SINKING FUND PAYMENT" has the meaning specified in Section
1201.
"ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"OTHER CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 115.
"OUTSTANDING", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee
or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for which money in
the necessary amount relating to payment, redemption or repayment at the option
of the Holders has been deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company
(if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; PROVIDED that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections
1402 and 1403, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or
covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section
306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee
proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser
(as defined in Article 8 of the UCC) in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization,
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direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of
Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the calculations
required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, (a) the principal amount of
an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such
purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or
shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such
determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, (b) the principal amount of any Security denominated in
a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, determined as of the date such
Security is originally issued by the Company as set forth in an Exchange Rate
Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the principal amount (or, in
the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar Equivalent of the
Foreign Currency as of such date of original issuance of the amount determined
as provided in clause (a) above) of such Security, (c) the principal amount of
any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance,
unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301,
and (d) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or such other obligor.
"PAYING AGENT" means any Person (including the Company acting as Paying
Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES" means
(i) any Security Interest existing as of the Issue Date;
(ii) any Security Interest to secure a Purchase Money
Obligation, provided that the Security Interest does not extend to any property
other than the property acquired, constructed or improved;
(iii) any Security Interest existing on the property of any
person immediately prior to the time that (i) such person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, or (ii) such person is merged with or into, liquidated into, or
amalgamated or consolidated with Precision or a Restricted Subsidiary, PROVIDED
that such Security Interest was not incurred in anticipation of such person
becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or of such merger, liquidation, amalgamation or
consolidation, and PROVIDED FURTHER that such Security
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Interest does not extend to any property other than the property of such person
secured by such Security Interest immediately prior to the time that such person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or the time of such merger, liquidation,
amalgamation or consolidation;
(iv) any Security Interest existing on property or assets
at the time of acquisition (including by way of lease) by Precision or a
Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Security Interest was not incurred in
anticipation of the financing of such acquisition;
(v) any Security Interest on property acquired by
Precision or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date given in connection
with a Capital Lease Obligation;
(vi) any Security Interest in favor of Precision or any
Restricted Subsidiary;
(vii) any Security Interest in Current Assets given to
secure any Indebtedness repayable on demand or maturing, including any right of
extension or renewal, within 12 months after the date such Indebtedness is
incurred;
(viii) any Security Interest granted in connection with
Financial Instrument Obligations;
(ix) any Security Interest on cash or securities deposited
with a trustee or collateral agent to defease Indebtedness secured by such
Security Interest;
(x) any Security Interest referred to in the foregoing
clauses or this clause securing any extension, renewal, alteration or
replacement of all or part of any Indebtedness secured by such Security
Interest, PROVIDED THAT:
(A) the principal amount of such Indebtedness is
not increased by an amount exceeding the cost of such extension,
renewal, alteration or replacement, including but not limited to all
fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith; and
(B) the Security Interest is limited to all or
part of the property which secured the Indebtedness prior to it being
extended, renewed, altered or replaced, plus improvements on such
property and the proceeds thereof and all rights associated therewith;
and
(xi) any Security Interest that would otherwise be
prohibited, provided that the aggregate of all Indebtedness outstanding and
secured under this clause does not (calculated at the time of the granting of
the Security Interest) exceed an amount equal to 10% of Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets.
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"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"PLACE OF PAYMENT" means, when used with respect to the Securities of
or within any series, the place or places where the principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities are payable as specified as
contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
"PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, as the case may be.
"PURCHASE MONEY OBLIGATION" means any Indebtedness incurred in respect
of, and not exceeding, the cost of acquisition of any property or of the cost of
construction or improvements (but not costs of refurbishment) of any property
acquired, constructed or improved after the Issue Date, which Indebtedness
existed at the time of acquisition or was created, issued, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed contemporaneously with the acquisition, construction or improvement
or within 180 days after the completion thereof.
"REDEMPTION DATE", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Indenture.
"REDEMPTION PRICE", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, in whole or in part, means the price at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Indenture.
"REGISTERED SECURITY" means any Security registered in the Security
Register.
"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date
specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"REPAYMENT DATE" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment pursuant
to this Indenture.
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"REPAYMENT PRICE" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid
pursuant to this Indenture.
"REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 114.
"RESET NOTICE" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice
president, any assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant
treasurer, any trust officer or assistant trust officer or any other officer of
the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the
persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
corporate trust matter is referred because of such person's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility
for the administration of this Indenture.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means, on any date, any Subsidiary of the
Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, such term shall not include a Subsidiary of the
Company if the amount of the Company's share of Shareholders' Equity of such
Subsidiary constitutes, at the time of determination, less than 2% of the
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company.
"SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at any time there is more than
one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities" with respect to
this Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated
in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean
Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however,
of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"SECURITY INTEREST" means, with respect to any property, any security
by way of an assignment, mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, encumbrance, easement,
preference, priority, title retention agreement or other security interest of
any kind or nature whatsoever, howsoever created or arising, whether absolute or
contingent, fixed or floating, perfected or not, but not including any security
interest that may be deemed to arise solely as a result of entering into an
agreement not in violation of this Indenture to sell or otherwise transfer
property.
"SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY" means shareholders' equity of the Company as
shown on the most recent annual audited or quarterly unaudited consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and computed in accordance with GAAP.
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"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" means a Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes
a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the
Exchange Act.
"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 307.
"STATED MATURITY" means, when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, the date specified in such
Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date
on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or
interest is due and payable, as such date may be extended pursuant to the
provisions of Section 308.
"SUBSEQUENT INTEREST PERIOD" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"SUBSIDIARY" means any corporation or other Person of which Voting
Shares or other interests carrying more than 50% of the voting rights attached
to all outstanding Voting Shares or other interests are owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company, or by one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, or by
the Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed,
except as provided in Section 905.
"TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture 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;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only
the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"UCC" means the New York uniform commercial code in effect from time to
time.
"UNITED STATES" or "U.S." means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Xxxxxxx 000, xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx
(including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"UNITED STATES PERSON" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a citizen or
resident of the United States, any other Person 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 312(c).
"VICE PRESIDENT", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
"VOTING SHARES" means shares of any class of a corporation which
ordinarily have the right to vote for the election of the directors of such
corporation, PROVIDED that, for the purpose of this definition, shares which
only carry the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall
not be considered Voting Shares whether or not such event shall have happened.
"YIELD TO MATURITY" means the yield to maturity, computed at the time
of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination
of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance
with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Upon any written application or written 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 Officer's Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any
covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) 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 certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant
or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section
1004) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
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(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons may certify of give an opinion 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 an Opinion of Counsel, a
certificate 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 or her 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.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or of counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an accountant or firm of accountants in the
employ of the Company, unless such officer or counsel, as the case may be,
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which
such certificate or opinion may be based 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 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as
the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly
appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the
record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either
in person or by proxies
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duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such
series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article
Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or
of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose
of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section 104. The record of any meeting of
Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him or her the execution thereof.
Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered
Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved
by the Security Register.
(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities
held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the
production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as
depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever
situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory,
showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such
depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such
facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such
Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to
be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of
any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing
a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2)
such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3)
such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or
(4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The principal amount and
serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding
the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems
sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other
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Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix
in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding Section
316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such record date shall be the record date
specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not
earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders
generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation
is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given
before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of
business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of
determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that
purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date;
PROVIDED that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such
record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the
record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration - Global Finance Unit, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to the Company,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or such other officer as the Company may
designate on written notice to the Trustee, addressed to it at the address of
its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
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SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.
Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of
Registered Securities by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such
event, at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered
Securities 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 of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed
shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or
not such Holder actually receives such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular
mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities when such notice is
required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be
deemed to be sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified
with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if published in an
Authorized Newspaper in New York, New York and in such other city or cities as
may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day at least twice, 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. Any such notice shall
be deemed to have been given on the date of the first such publication.
In case, by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause, it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in
any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of any notice
to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.
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
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the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
SECTION 107. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and the
Trustee shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon
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 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or coupons, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any
Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar and their
successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or coupons, currency or
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture and the Securities and coupons shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York without regard to
principles of conflicts of law. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and
shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking
fund payment date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment or other location contemplated hereunder,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security
or coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section),
payment of principal, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, need not be made
at such Place of Payment or other location contemplated hereunder on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment or
other location contemplated hereunder with the same force and effect as if made
on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or sinking
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fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; PROVIDED that no
additional interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 113. AGENT FOR SERVICE; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION;
WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES.
By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company (i)
acknowledges that it has irrevocably designated and appointed CT Corporation
System, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 ("CT
CORPORATION") as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any
suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities or this
Indenture that may be instituted in any federal or New York state court located
in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York or brought under
federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee (whether in its
individual capacity or in its capacity as Trustee hereunder), (ii) submits to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding,
and (iii) agrees that service of process upon CT Corporation and written notice
of said service to the Company (mailed or delivered to the Company, Attention:
Chief Financial Officer, at its principal office specified in the first
paragraph of this Indenture and in the manner specified in Section 105 hereof),
shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company
in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all
action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and
instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of
CT Corporation in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall
be outstanding.
To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any
immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether
through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of
execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, the
Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations
under this Indenture and the Securities, to the extent permitted by law.
The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the
fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may
now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Securities in any federal or
state court in the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding
in any such court.
SECTION 114. CONVERSION OF CURRENCY.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees that the following provisions
shall apply to conversion of currency in the case of the Securities and this
Indenture:
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(i) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in, or
enforcing the judgment of, any court in any country, it becomes necessary to
convert into any other currency (the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY") an amount due or
contingently due under the Securities of any series and this Indenture (the
"REQUIRED CURRENCY"), then the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange
prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which a final judgment which is
not appealable or is not appealed is given or the order of enforcement is made,
as the case may be (unless a court shall otherwise determine).
(ii) If there is a change in the rate of exchange
prevailing between the Business Day before the day on which the judgment
referred to in (1) above is given or an order of enforcement is made, as the
case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and the date of
receipt of the amount due, the Company shall pay such additional (or, as the
case may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may be necessary so that the amount
paid in the Judgment Currency when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing
on the date of receipt will produce the amount in the Required Currency
originally due.
(b) In the event of the winding-up of the Company at any time
while any amount or damages owing under the Securities and this Indenture, or
any judgment or order rendered in respect thereof, shall remain outstanding, the
Company shall indemnify and hold the Holders of Securities and the Trustee
harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates
of exchange between (1) the date as of which the equivalent of the amount in the
Required Currency (other than under this Subsection (b)) is calculated for the
purposes of such winding-up and (2) the final date for the filing of proofs of
claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of this Subsection (b) the final date
for the filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of the Company shall be the
date fixed by the liquidator or otherwise in accordance with the relevant
provisions of applicable law as being the latest practicable date as at which
liabilities of the Company may be ascertained for such winding-up prior to
payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.
(c) The obligations contained in Subsections (a)(ii) and (b) of
this Section shall constitute separate and independent obligations of the
Company from its other obligations under the Securities and this Indenture,
shall give rise to separate and independent causes of action against the
Company, shall apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted by any
Holder or Trustee from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect
notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of any proof of claim in the
winding-up of the Company for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due
hereunder (other than under Subsection (b) above) or under any such judgment or
order. Any such deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss
suffered by the Holders or the Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or
evidence of any actual loss shall be required by the Company or the applicable
liquidator. In the case of Subsection (b) above, the amount of such deficiency
shall not be deemed to be reduced by any variation in rates of exchange
occurring between the said final date and the date of any liquidating
distribution.
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(d) The term "rate(s) of exchange" shall mean the Bank of Canada
noon rate for purchases on the relevant date of the Required Currency with the
Judgment Currency, as reported by Telerate on screen 3194 (or such other means
of reporting the Bank of Canada noon rate as may be agreed upon by each of the
parties to this Indenture) and includes any premiums and costs of exchange
payable.
SECTION 115. CURRENCY EQUIVALENT.
Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, for purposes
of the construction of the terms of this Indenture or of the Securities, in the
event that any amount is stated herein in the Currency of one nation (the "FIRST
CURRENCY"), as of any date such amount shall also be deemed to represent the
amount in the Currency of any other relevant nation (the "OTHER CURRENCY") which
is required to purchase such amount in the First Currency at the Bank of Canada
noon rate as reported by Telerate on screen 3194 (or such other means of
reporting the Bank of Canada noon rate as may be agreed upon by each of the
parties to this Indenture) on the date of determination.
SECTION 116. INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
OF THE COMPANY EXEMPT FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness
evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against
any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the
Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any
successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of the Securities by the Holders as part of the consideration for the
issue of the Securities.
SECTION 117. CONFLICT WITH THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If and to the extent that any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by any of Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of
the Trust Indenture Act, through operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such
imposed duties shall control.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer
Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons shall be in substantially
the forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may
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have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution
of the Securities or coupons. If the forms of Securities or coupons of any
series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of
an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Corporate
Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company and delivered to
the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities or coupons.
Any portion of the text of any Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof,
with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer
Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be
in substantially the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
Subject to Section 612, the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be in substantially the following form:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Dated: ____________________
This is one of the Securities of the series designated and referred to
in, and issued under, the within mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By ________________________________
Authorized Signatory
SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM.
If Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as
specified and contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (7) of
Section 301 and Section 302, any such Security shall represent such of the
Outstanding Securities of such
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series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased to
reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the
amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon written
instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in
the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or
Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable,
Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent
global form in the manner and upon written instructions given by the Person or
Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order
pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304 has been, or simultaneously is,
delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or
delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need
not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any
Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never
issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the
Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not
comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence
of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest, if any, on any Security in permanent global form shall be
made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series.
There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to
authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303,
set forth in, or determined in the manner provided in, an Officer's Certificate,
or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the
issuance of Securities of any series, the specific terms of the Securities of
such series, including, but not limited to, any or all of the following, as
applicable (each of which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1),
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(2) and (20) below), if so provided, may be determined from time to time by the
Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series and set forth in such
Securities of the series when issued from time to time):
(1) the title and the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all
other series of the Securities);
(2) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant
to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates
will be determined or extended, on which the Securities of the series may be
issued and on which the principal of, and premium, if any, on the Securities
will be payable and the portion (if less than the principal amount) to be
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of maturity;
(4) the rate or rates (whether fixed or variable) at which the
Securities shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or
rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular
Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any
Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates will be
determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to The
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable,
where any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of the series may be surrendered for
exchange, where Securities of the series that are convertible or exchangeable
may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable and, if different
than the location specified in Section 105, the place or places where notices or
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and
this Indenture may be served;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, the Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series may be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option;
(7) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or
the method by which such portion shall be determined;
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(8) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or
exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the terms
and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or
exchangeable;
(9) if payment of the Securities will be guaranteed by any other
Person;
(10) the extent and manner, if any, in which payment on or in
respect of the Securities of the series will be secured, or will rank senior, or
will be subordinated to the prior payment of the other liabilities and
obligations of the Company;
(11) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive
form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of
such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or
satisfaction of other conditions, the form and/or terms of such certificates,
documents or conditions;
(12) any applicable Canadian and U.S. federal income tax
consequences;
(13) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or
purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in which, and other terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(14) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the
exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be
authenticated and delivered;
(15) whether the Securities of the series are to be issuable as
Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities,
whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary
global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in
permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial
owners of interests in any such permanent global Security may exchange such
interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form
and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur,
if other than in the manner provided in Section 305, whether Registered
Securities of the series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities of the series
(if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether Bearer Securities of
the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series, and the
circumstances under which and the place or places where any such exchanges may
be made and, if Securities of the series are to be issuable in global form, the
identity of any initial depository therefor;
(16) if other than denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denomination or denominations in which any Registered
Securities of the series shall be issuable and, if other than denominations of
U.S. $1,000, the
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denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the series shall
be issuable;
(17) if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment of the
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of the
series shall be payable or in which the Securities of the series shall be
denominated and the particular provisions applicable thereto in accordance with,
in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 312;
(18) whether the amount of payments of principal of, or premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method
may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity
indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(19) whether, under what circumstances and the Currency in which
the Company will pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005 on the
Securities of the series to any Holder (including modifications to the
definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such
Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such
option);
(20) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the
Events of Default or covenants (including any deletions from, modifications of
or additions to Section 1010) of the Company with respect to Securities of the
series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with
the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(21) whether the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on the 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 such
Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within
which (including the Election Date), and the terms and conditions upon which,
such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange
rate between the Currency in which such Securities are denominated or stated to
be payable and the Currency in which such Securities are to be so payable, in
each case in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions
of Section 312;
(22) the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 to the
Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to
or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Fourteen that shall be applicable
to the Securities of the series;
(23) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and
any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series
shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first Security
of the series to be issued;
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(24) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of
the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in which, or
the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be
payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or in
the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an
Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in
Section 304;
(25) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of the series upon the occurrences of such events as may be
specified;
(26) if other than The Depository Trust Company, the Person
designated as the Depositary for the Securities of such series;
(27) other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security
Registrar and/or Paying Agent;
(28) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(29) the percentage or percentages of principal amount at which the
Securities of the series will be issued; and
(30) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or
limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or
the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the
case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution (subject to Section 303) and set
forth in such Officer's Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto. The Company may, from time to time, without notice or consent of the
Holders, create and issue additional Securities of a series so that such
additional Securities may be consolidated and form a single series with the
Securities of the same series initially issued by the Company and shall have the
same terms as to status, redemption and otherwise as the Securities of the same
series originally issued.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall be
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer's
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations
as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities
of any
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series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions, the
Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered Securities issued in
global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and the Bearer
Securities of such series, other than the Bearer Securities issued in global
form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in a denomination of
$1,000.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed
on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, its President, its Chief Executive
Officer, its Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President, together with any one
of the Controller, the Corporate Secretary, or Assistant Corporate Secretary,
the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. The signature of any of these officers
on the Securities or coupons may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the
present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise
reproduced on the Securities.
Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series together with
any coupon appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or
otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and PROVIDED FURTHER,
that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with
its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer
Security shall have furnished a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1
to this Indenture, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier of the
date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any
temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer Security in
accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture. If any
Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security, then, for
purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner's
interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a
portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in
connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner's interest in
such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant
coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled. If not all
the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if the Board
Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit,
such
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Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the
issuance of such Securities and determining terms of particular Securities of
such series such as interest rate, stated maturity, date of issuance and date
from which interest shall accrue.
In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through
315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating:
(a) that the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have
been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) that the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining
thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by
the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture,
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and
issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in
such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such
counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such
Securities and any coupons;
(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of such Securities, any coupons and of the supplemental
indentures, if any, have been complied with and that authentication and delivery
of such Securities and any coupons and the execution and delivery of the
supplemental indenture, if any, by the Trustee will not violate the terms of
this Indenture;
(e) that the Company has the corporate power to issue such
Securities and any coupons, and has duly taken all necessary corporate action
with respect to such issuance; and
(f) that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons will not
contravene the articles of incorporation or amalgamation or by-laws of the
Company or result in any violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law
or regulation or of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such
Counsel by which the Company is bound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding two
paragraphs, if not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer's Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant
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to the preceding two paragraphs prior to or at the time of issuance of each
Security, but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of
issuance of the first Security of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any such
Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will
affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and
this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication
and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated
by Section 301.
No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for
herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company
shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 310 together with a written statement (which need not comply with
Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that
such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of
this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never entitle a Holder to the benefits of this
Indenture.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued, in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or
more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as conclusively the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their
execution of such Securities. Such temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall
be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of
such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of
the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
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without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a
temporary Registered Security; and PROVIDED FURTHER, that a definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in
compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 303. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any
such temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be
delivered to the London, England office of a depositary or common depositary
(the "COMMON DEPOSITARY") or the Depositary, as applicable, for the benefit of
Euroclear and Clearstream, for credit to the respective accounts of the
beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may
direct).
Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global
Security (the "EXCHANGE DATE"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after
the Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations
and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be
exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such
temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent
global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination
thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination
thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security,
upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary global Security
is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and
signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for
its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a
subsequent date and signed by Clearstream as to the portion of such temporary
global Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301); and PROVIDED FURTHER, that definitive
Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary
global Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section 303.
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Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the
interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global
Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of
like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs
Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his
behalf and delivers to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a
certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such
other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier than
15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be
available from the offices of Euroclear and Clearstream, the Trustee, any
Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying
Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such
exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary
global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive 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 Securities in person at
the offices of Euroclear or Clearstream. Definitive Securities in bearer form to
be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global Security shall be
delivered only outside the United States.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like
tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary global
Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring
prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and
Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and
Clearstream to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further interest
thereon on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the
Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on such
Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream,
as the case may be, a certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the
Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall
satisfy the certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this
Section and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the
interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary global
Security with respect to which such certification was made will be exchanged for
definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange Date
or the date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date,
without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise
provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal, or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary
global Security will be made unless and until such interest in such temporary
global Security shall have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive
Security. Any interest so received by Euroclear and Clearstream and not paid as
herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee immediately prior to the
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expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid
to the Company in accordance with Section 1003.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register for each series of Securities (the registers maintained in
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee 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 of Registered Securities. The Security
Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the
Security Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is
hereby initially appointed as security registrar (the "SECURITY REGISTRAR") for
the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered
Securities as herein provided. The Company shall have the right to remove and
replace from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities;
PROVIDED, THAT, no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a
successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of Registered
Securities shall have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such
appointment by the Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall
cease to be the Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it
shall have the right to examine the Security Register for such series at all
reasonable times. There shall be only one Security Register for such series of
Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security
of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered Securities of the
same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender
of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Registered Securities are so 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. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities as contemplated by
Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities.
If, but only if, expressly permitted in or pursuant to the applicable
Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth in the applicable
Officer's Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as
contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of
any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any
authorized denomination and of a like aggregate
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principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be
exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all
matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer
Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured
coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted 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 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 1002, interest 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 a permitted exchange for a Registered Security of the same
series and like tenor 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, 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.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable
only as provided in this paragraph. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a
permanent global Security is entitled to exchange such interest for Securities
of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form
and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided that
any applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have been
given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the
earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of such beneficial owner's interest in such permanent
global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which
such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global Security shall be
surrendered by the Common Depositary or such other Depositary as shall be
specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the
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Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time
in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such permanent global
Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such
permanent global Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the
series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities,
as specified as contemplated by Section 301, 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 no such
exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before any selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant
Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among
those selected for redemption; and PROVIDED FURTHER, that no Bearer Security
delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be
mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a
Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global
Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange
occurs 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, 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 such Registered
Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of
such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
If at any time the Depositary for Securities of a series notifies the
Company that it is unwilling, unable or no longer qualifies to continue as
Depositary for Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for
Securities for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing
under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company
shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities for such
series. If (i) a successor to the Depositary for Securities is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes
aware of such condition, as the case may be, or (ii) an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities, and, in either case,
the Trustee, as Security Registrar, has received a written request from the
Depositary or a participant in the Depositary in accordance with the
Depositary's customary procedures to issue Securities in definitive form to such
participant or other beneficial owner specified by such participant to the
Trustee in writing, the Company's election pursuant to Section 301 shall no
longer be effective with respect to the Securities for such series and the
Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will
authenticate and deliver individual Securities of such series in certificated,
fully registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security or
Securities representing such series in exchange for such global Security or
Securities.
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The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that
the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more global Securities
shall no longer be represented by such global Security or Securities. In such
event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series,
will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive registered
form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the global Security or Securities representing such
series in exchange for such global Security or Securities.
Upon the exchange of a global Security for Securities in definitive
registered form, such global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee.
Securities issued in exchange for a global Security pursuant to this Section
shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
Depositary for such global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The
Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such
Securities are so registered.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer
of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities
of that series under Section 1103 or 1203 and ending at the close of business on
(a) if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the
day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (b) if Securities of
the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication
of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series are also
issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of
the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii)
to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a
Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and
like tenor; PROVIDED that such
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Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been
surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if
any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if
any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, or, in case any such mutilated
Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company
in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security,
pay such Security or coupon.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been
acquired by a protected purchaser (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC), the
Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange
for the Security for which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with
all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the
same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if
any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security
to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or
is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any,
appertaining to such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the
Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains,
pay such Security or coupon; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payment of principal of,
and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Bearer Securities shall, except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable
only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
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Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued
pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or in exchange for a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and the Holders of
such Security shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series and their
coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section, as amended or supplemented pursuant to
this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, are exclusive
and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities or coupons.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS
PRESERVED; OPTIONAL INTEREST RESET.
(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest, if any, 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 Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that each installment of the principal of, and premium, if any, on, and
interest, if any, on any Registered Security may at the Company's option be paid
by (i) mailing or delivering a check for such interest, payable to or upon the
written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 309, to the
address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) wire
transfer to an account of the Person entitled to receive such payment located in
the United States maintained by the payee of a Holder at $1,000,000 or more in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series (with wire transfer
instructions provided to the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to payment of
interest by wire transfer); PROVIDED FURTHER, that principal paid in relation to
any Security redeemed at the option of the Company pursuant to Article Eleven,
or paid at Maturity, shall be paid to the Holder of such Security only upon
presentation and surrender of such Security to such office or agency referred to
in this Section 307(a).
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to the Securities of any series, payment of interest, if any, may be made, in
the case of a Bearer Security, by transfer to an account located outside the
United States maintained by the payee.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every
permanent global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any
Interest Payment Date will be paid to each of Euroclear and Clearstream with
respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for its account
by the Common
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Depositary, for the purpose of permitting each of Euroclear and Clearstream to
credit the interest, if any, received by it in respect of such permanent global
Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable,
but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record
Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and, if
applicable, interest on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the
rate specified in the Securities of such series (such defaulted interest and, if
applicable, interest thereon herein collectively called "DEFAULTED INTEREST")
may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause
(1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,
which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on
each Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment,
and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except
as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series
and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e))
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
on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest
as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15
days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not
less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record
Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of
the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so given,
such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose name the
Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date
and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed
payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
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(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made
applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such
modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such
Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may
be reset by the Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such
Security (each an "OPTIONAL RESET DATE"). The Company may exercise such option
with respect to such Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least
50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for such Security.
Not later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such
Security a notice (the "RESET NOTICE") indicating whether the Company has
elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i) such new interest
rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the
provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset
Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset
Date, to the Stated Maturity Date of such Security (each such period a
"SUBSEQUENT INTEREST PERIOD"), including the date or dates on which or the
period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption
may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the
Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate
(or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an interest rate (or
a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent
Interest Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for
in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or
spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of such Security. Such notice
shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or
the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the
Holders of such Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or
have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph,
will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier,
if applicable).
The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment
by the Company of the principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at
a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to such
Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the
Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at
the option of the Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to
the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such
Optional Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for
repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the
Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the
tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305,
each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
SECTION 308. OPTIONAL EXTENSION OF STATED MATURITY.
The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series
of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or
substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The Stated
Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the option of the
Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each
an "EXTENSION PERIOD") up to but not beyond the date (the "FINAL MATURITY") set
forth on the face of such Security. The Company may exercise such option with
respect to any Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50
but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such Security in
effect prior to the exercise of such option (the "ORIGINAL STATED MATURITY"). If
the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner
provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40
days prior to the Original Stated Maturity a notice (the "EXTENSION NOTICE")
indicating (i) the election of the Company to extend the Stated Maturity, (ii)
the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate, if any, applicable to the
Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such
Extension Period. Upon the Trustee's transmittal of the Extension Notice, the
Stated Maturity of such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as
modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such
Security will have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension
Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the
Original Stated Maturity of such Security, the Company may, at its option,
revoke the interest rate provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a
higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the Trustee to
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher
interest rate to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable.
All Securities with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear
such higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder will
have the option to elect repayment of such Security by the Company on the
Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus
interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the Original
Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity thereof, the Holder
must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the
option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original
Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for
repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may by written notice to
the Trustee revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the
tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity.
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SECTION 309. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the
owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of, and premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 305 and 307)
interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever (except
for determining whether the payment of Additional Amounts is required), whether
or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon
as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving
payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Security or coupons be overdue, and none of the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
The Depositary for Securities may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such global
Security for all purposes whatsoever (except for determining whether the payment
of Additional Amounts is required). None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying
Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for
any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy
or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with respect to
such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of
beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its
nominee) as Holder of such global Security.
SECTION 310. CANCELLATION.
All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any current or future sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee.
All Securities and coupons so delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly
cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder
which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to
the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
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cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company
has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities,
however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of
the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance
with its customary procedures and certification of their disposal delivered to
the Company unless by Company Order the Company shall direct that cancelled
Securities be returned to it.
SECTION 311. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any Securities, interest, if any, on the Securities shall be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Solely for the purposes
of the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest to which interest
calculated under a Security for a period of less than one year on the basis of a
year of 360 days consisting of twelve 30-day periods (the "CALCULATION PERIOD")
is equivalent is such rate of interest multiplied by a fraction of which (i) the
numerator is the product of (a) the actual number of days in the year commencing
on the first day of such period, multiplied by (b) the sum of (y) the product of
30 multiplied by the number of complete months elapsed in such period and (z)
the actual number of days elapsed in any incomplete month in such period; and
(ii) the denominator is the product of (a) 360 multiplied by (b) the actual
number of days in such period.
SECTION 312. CURRENCY AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF
SECURITIES.
(a) With respect to Registered Securities of any series not
permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders of
which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (b) below, and with
respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except as provided in paragraph (d)
below, payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any,
on any Registered Security or Bearer Security of such series will be made in the
Currency in which such Registered Security or Bearer Security, as the case may
be, is payable. The provisions of this Section 312 may be modified or superseded
with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to
Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject
to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Registered Securities in any of
the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the
Trustee a written election with signature guarantees and in the applicable form
established pursuant to Section 301, not later than the close of business on the
Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so
elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain
in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by
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such Holder or such transferee 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 of 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 with respect to which the
Company has deposited funds pursuant to Article Four or Fourteen or with respect
to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Company or a notice of
option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such transferee). Any
Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such
election to the Trustee not later than 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 Section 312(a). The Trustee shall notify the
Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the
aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for which Holders have made
such written election.
(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the
election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to
Section 301, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, not later
than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date for
Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will deliver to the
Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency in which Registered
Securities of such series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Registered
Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts in such
Currency so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the
Holders of Registered Securities of such series shall have elected to be paid in
another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to
in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and if at
least one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, on the second Business Day preceding such payment date
the Company will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities
an Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign
Currency payments to be made on such payment date. Unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar or Foreign Currency amount receivable by
Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as
provided in paragraph (b) 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, and such
determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign
Currency in which any of the Securities are denominated or payable other than
pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then with
respect to each date for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in such
Foreign Currency occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency
was used (the "CONVERSION DATE"), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment
for use on each such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301, 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 Securities with respect
to such
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payment date shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency as
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided in paragraph (f)
below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the
Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected
to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above, and a
Conversion 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; and 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 (d) above.
(f) The "DOLLAR EQUIVALENT OF THE FOREIGN CURRENCY" shall be
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent 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.
For purposes of this Section 312, "ELECTION DATE" shall mean the date
for any series of Registered Securities as specified pursuant to clause (21) of
Section 301 by which the written election referred to in paragraph (b) above may
be made.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding
the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency and the Market Exchange Rate as
specified above 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, the Trustee and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable
in the relevant Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written
notice to the Company and the Trustee of any such decision or determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a
Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company
will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange
Rate Agent (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner
provided for in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion
Date.
The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and
acting upon information received by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate
Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine the
accuracy or validity of such information independent of the Company or the
Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 313. APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR EXCHANGE
RATE AGENT.
(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if and so
long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency
or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under
any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company will maintain with
respect to each such series of
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Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Company
will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange
determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301
for the purpose of determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if
applicable, for the purpose of converting the issued Currency into the
applicable payment Currency for the payment of principal, and premium, if any,
and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 312.
(b) The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from
time to time the Exchange Rate Agent for any series of Securities. No
resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a successor
Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a
written instrument delivered to the Company and the Trustee.
(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange
Rate Agent for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301, at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with
respect to the Securities of any particular series that are originally issued by
the Company on the same date and that are initially denominated and/or payable
in the same Currency).
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon a Company Request cease to be of further
effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company
Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or pursuant
hereto and any right to receive Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section
1005) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to
such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto (other than (i) 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 as
provided in Xxxxxxx 000, (xx) Securities and coupons of such series
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced
or
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paid as provided in Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) coupons appertaining to
Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant
Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section
1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons of such series for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited in trust with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 1003) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i)
or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto 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) if redeemable at the option of the Company,
are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company;
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, 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 the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, and premium,
if any, and interest, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the case
of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company in respect of such series; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 612 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
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SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the
coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been
deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body),
unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to a
supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate establishing
the terms of such series pursuant to Section 301 of this Indenture:
(1) default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if
any, on, any Security when it becomes due and payable; or
(2) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that
series, or any related coupon, when such interest or coupon becomes due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture, and continuance of such default or
breach for a period of 60 days after the receipt by the Company of written
notice specifying such default or breach, and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a "NOTICE OF DEFAULT" hereunder (i) to the Company
(attention of the Chief Financial Officer to the Company via facsimile, with a
hard copy then sent, by registered or certified mail) by the Trustee or (ii) to
the Company (in the same manner) and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25%
in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of any series affected
thereby; or
(4) default in the performance of any covenant of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary contained in any instrument (other than this
Indenture) under which Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Debt) is created or
issued if such Indebtedness has an outstanding principal amount in excess of the
greater of US$40 million and 2.5%
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of Shareholders' Equity at the time of default and the holders of such
Indebtedness, or a trustee, if any, for those holders, declare such Indebtedness
to be due and payable prior to the stated maturity of such Indebtedness, and
such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled, or such default shall not
be remedied or cured, whether by payment or otherwise, or waived by the holders
of such accelerated Indebtedness within a period of seven days after such
Indebtedness has been accelerated (or, if such acceleration is the result of an
event of default which is not related to the failure to pay principal or
interest, within 30 days after such Indebtedness has been accelerated); or
(5) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction
in the premises adjudging the Company or a Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or a
Significant Subsidiary under the BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY ACT (Canada), the
COMPANIES' CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT (Canada) or any other applicable insolvency
law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
other similar official) of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary or of any
substantial part of the property of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or a
Significant Subsidiary, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed
and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; PROVIDED that the appointment
by or on behalf of a lender or holder of Non-Recourse Debt of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) in
respect of the property to which such lender or holder is entitled to have
recourse pursuant to the terms of such Non-Recourse Debt shall not be an event
constituting an "Event of Default"; or
(6) the institution by the Company or a Significant Subsidiary of
proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the
Company or a Significant Subsidiary to the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against the Company or a Significant Subsidiary, or the
filing by the Company or a Significant Subsidiary of a petition or answer or
consent seeking reorganization or relief under the BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY ACT
(Canada), the COMPANIES' CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT (Canada) or any other
applicable insolvency law, or the consent by the Company or a Significant
Subsidiary to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part
of the property of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary, or the making by the
Company or a Significant Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by the Company or a Significant Subsidiary in
writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; PROVIDED
that the appointment by or on behalf of a lender or holder of Non-Recourse Debt
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) in respect of the property to which such lender or holder is entitled
to have recourse pursuant to the terms of such Non-Recourse Debt shall not be an
event constituting an "Event of Default"; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that series.
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SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default described in Section 501 with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing,
unless the principal of, and premium, if any, on, all of the Securities of such
series shall have already become due and payable, then in every such case the
Trustee may, in its discretion, and shall upon request in writing made by the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all affected series, subject to any subordination provisions
thereof, declare the principal amount of, and premium, if any, on, (or, if the
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of that series) all of the Securities of that series and the interest
accrued thereon and all other money, if any, owing under the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of such Securities 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 portion thereof)
shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series (or of all affected series, as the case may be) has
been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series (or
of all affected series, as the case may be), by written notice to the Company
and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)):
(A) all overdue interest, if any, on all Outstanding
Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) and
any related coupons;
(B) all unpaid principal of, and premium, if any, on, any
Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case
may be) which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal, and premium, if
any, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest on overdue interest, if any, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities; and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder
and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
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(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series (or of all affected series, as the case may be), other than the
non-payment of amounts of principal of, or premium, if any, on, or interest on
Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which have
become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of a declaration
of acceleration in respect of the Securities because of an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(5) shall have occurred and be continuing, such
declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the indebtedness
that is the subject of such Event of Default has been discharged or the holders
thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such
indebtedness, and written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case
may be, shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company and countersigned by
the holders of such indebtedness or a trustee, fiduciary or agent for such
holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration in respect of the
Securities, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30 day period
which has not been cured or waived during such period.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF DEBT AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT
BY TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest
on any Security and any related coupon when such interest becomes due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, on, any Security at the Maturity thereof;
then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and coupons, the whole amount then due
and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal, and premium, if any,
and interest, if any, and interest on any overdue principal, and premium, if
any, and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in
such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amounts as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be
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payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any
other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (or of
all series, as the case may be) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series (or of all series, as the case may be) by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or the property of such other obligor
or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration
or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand
on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or
interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal,
and premium, if any, or such portion of the principal amount of any series of
Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities as may be specified in
the terms of such series, and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of
the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding; and
(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION
OF SECURITIES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the 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, be
for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect
of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal,
or premium, if any, or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities or
coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if
only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal
of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities and coupons in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal, and premium, if
any, and interest, if any, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or to such Person or Persons
as the Company Directs.
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons shall
have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect
to this Indenture, the Securities of any series, or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series
affected by such Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of those series (voting as one class) affected by
such Event of Default described in Section 501, shall have made written request
to the Trustee to
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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 or
more in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of those series in the
case of any Event of Default described in Section 501;
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
Holders of Securities of the same series, in the case of any Event of Default
described in Section 501, 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 Holders of Securities of the same series, in the case of any
Event of Default described in Section 501.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST, IF ANY.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment, as provided herein (including, if applicable, Article Fourteen)
and in such Security, of the principal of, and premium, if any, and (subject to
Section 307) interest, if any, on, such Security or payment of such coupon on
the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such 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 such rights shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
Securities and coupons shall be restored severally and respectively to their
former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee
and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
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SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last
paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons 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 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or
coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article
or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as
the case may be.
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.
Subject to Article Six, with respect to the Securities of any series,
the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, relating to or arising
under Section 501, PROVIDED that in each case
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Indenture;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in
personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of
such series not consenting.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series (or of all affected
series, as the case may be) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities
of such series waive any past default described in Section 501, and its
consequences, except a default
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(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of, or premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on any Security or any related coupon; or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder, by acceptance of
a Security, shall be deemed to have agreed that, in any suit for the enforcement
of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or any suit against the Trustee for
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, any court may, in its
discretion, require the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the provisions of this Section 515 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 Securities representing more than 10% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to
any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of any
installment of interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
expressed in such Security or for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of such Security at the Stated Maturity therefore.
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
notice 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 payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund
installment with respect to 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 determines that the withholding of such
notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series and any
related coupons; and PROVIDED FURTHER, that in the case of any Default of the
character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series,
no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the
occurrence thereof.
SECTION 602. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall
undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of any series, such duties
and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. If an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such
of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree
of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) 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:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and
after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
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(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act; but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision
hereof or Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a
duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate
the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated
therein);
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless it
shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding 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; and
(iv) notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, subject to the provisions of Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the
Trust Indenture Act, 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.
(c) 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 602.
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the
Trust Indenture Act:
(1) the Trustee may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of 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;
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(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
conclusively rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
(4) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, the Trustee
may consult with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such counsel
or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons
pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of 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 at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or
additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(9) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or
unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received
by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice
references the Securities and this Indenture;
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(10) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed
to act hereunder; and
(11) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer's
Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers
authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
SECTION 604. TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE
OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as
the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and
accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee
nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual
or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons
and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such
other agent. A Trustee that has resigned or was removed shall remain subject to
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as
the Trustee and the Company shall from time to time agree in writing for all
services
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rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of
this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee
and their agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss,
damage, claims, liability or expense (including, without limitation, the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, the performance of its duties hereunder and/or the exercise of its
rights hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other Person) or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the
Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and
advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such obligations
of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on particular Securities or any coupons.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with
any Event of Default specified in Sections 501(6) or 501(7), the expenses
(including reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) of and the
compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable U.S. or Canadian federal, state or
provincial bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture, the payment of the Securities and the resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
SECTION 608. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible
to act as Trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall have
a combined capital and surplus (together with that of its parent) of at least
$50,000,000 and shall have its Corporate Trust Office in New York, New York to
the extent there is such an institution eligible and willing to serve. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
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Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 609. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of
a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 610.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 610 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall acquire any conflicting interest as defined
in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act and fail to comply with the
provisions of Section 310(b)(i) of the Trust Indenture Act; or
(2) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six months; or
(3) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 608 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or
(4) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of such Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control
of such Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation;
then, in any such case, (1) the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to
all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (2) subject to Section
315(e) of the Trust
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Indenture Act, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series and the appointment of a
successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more
or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any particular series). If, within one year after
such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by
the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf
of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided for in
Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
SECTION 610. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
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(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company,
the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates. Whenever there is a successor Trustee with
respect to one or more (but less than all) series of securities issued pursuant
to this Indenture, the terms "Indenture" and "Securities" shall have the
meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definitions of those terms
in Section 101 which contemplate such situation.
(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 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 611. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION
TO BUSINESS.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation
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succeeding to all or substantially all 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 Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. In case
any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor
Trustee, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the
name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee. In
all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect which this
Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any
predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger,
conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 612. AUTHORIZATION OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee
may authorize an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more
series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee
to authenticate Securities of such series and the Trustee shall give written
notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with
respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided
for in Section 106. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as
if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such authorization shall be
evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the
Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and
delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate
of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all
times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized
under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and
surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 612,
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 612, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 612.
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Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, PROVIDED that such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section 612, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 612, the Trustee may authorize a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
written notice of such authorization to all Holders of Securities of the series
with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner
provided for in Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance
of its authorization hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers
and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named
as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
authorized unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 612.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 612.
If an authorization with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
certificate of authentication in the following form:
Dated: ____________________
This is one of the Securities of the series designated and referred to
in, and issued under, the within mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By _______________________________
as Authenticating Agent
By _______________________________
Authorized Signatory
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SECTION 613. APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE.
It is the purpose of this Indenture that there shall be no violation of
any law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right of banking
corporations or associations to transact business as trustee in such
jurisdiction. It is recognized that in case of litigation under this Indenture,
and in particular in case of the enforcement thereof on Default, or in the case
the Trustee deems that by reason of any present or future law of any
jurisdiction it may not exercise any of the powers, rights or remedies herein
granted to the Trustee or hold title to the properties, in trust, as herein
granted or take any action which may be desirable or necessary in connection
therewith, it may be necessary that the Trustee appoint an individual or
institution as a separate or co-trustee. The following provisions of this
Section are adopted to these ends.
In the event that the Trustee appoints an additional individual or
institution as a separate or co-trustee, each and every remedy, power, right,
claim, demand, cause of action, immunity, estate, title, interest and lien
expressed or intended by this Indenture to be exercised by or vested in or
conveyed to the Trustee with respect thereto shall be exercisable by and vest in
such separate or co-trustee but only to the extent necessary to enable such
separate or co-trustee to exercise such powers, rights and remedies, and only to
the extent that the Trustee by the laws of any jurisdiction is incapable of
exercising such powers, rights and remedies and every covenant and obligation
necessary to the exercise thereof by such separate or co-trustee shall run to
and be enforceable by either of them.
Should any instrument in writing from the Company be required by the
separate or co-trustee so appointed by the Trustee for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to him or it such properties, rights, powers, trusts,
duties and obligations, any and all such instruments in writing shall, on
request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Company; provided, that
if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Company
does not execute any such instrument within fifteen (15) days after request
therefor, the Trustee shall be empowered as an attorney-in-fact for the Company
to execute any such instrument in the Company's name and stead. In case any
separate or co-trustee or a successor to either shall die, become incapable of
acting, resign or be removed, all the estates, properties, rights, powers,
trusts, duties and obligations of such separate or co-trustee, so far as
permitted by law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee until the
appointment of a new trustee or successor to such separate or co-trustee.
Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights and powers, conferred or imposed upon the
Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and may be exercised or performed by
such separate trustee or co-trustee; and
(ii) No trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder.
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Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Indenture and the conditions
of this Article.
Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Trustee
as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent
not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Indenture on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successors trustee.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES
OF HOLDERS.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (1)
not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date a list, in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders as of such
Regular Record Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be obligated
to furnish or cause to be furnished such list at any time that the list shall
not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by
the Company and at such times as the Trustee is acting as Security Registrar for
the applicable series of Securities and (2) at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any
such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15
days prior to the time such list is furnished.
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF LIST OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
HOLDERS.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders
contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 and
as to the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity
as Security Registrar for the applicable series of Securities (if acting in such
capacity).
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section
701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
Holders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or under the Securities.
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SECTION 703. DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company or the
Trustee or any agent of either of them 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 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall
not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request
made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 704. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) Within 60 days after April 15 of each year commencing with the
first April 15 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this
Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders of Securities, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
a brief report dated as of such April 15 if required by Section 313(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b) and 313(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to the Holders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company (Attention: General
Counsel), with each securities exchange upon which any of the Securities are
listed (if so listed) and also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify
the Trustee promptly in writing when the Securities become listed on any
securities exchange and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 705. REPORTS BY THE COMPANY.
The Company shall:
(a) furnish to the Trustee, within 30 days after the Company is
required to file with or furnish to the same with the Commission, copies, which
may be in electronic format, of the annual and quarterly 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;
(b) 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;
(c) notwithstanding that the Company may not remain subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise
report
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on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly
reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) within the time periods required for the filing of
annual information forms and annual financial statements (or similar annual
filings) by the Canadian securities regulatory authorities, the information
required to be contained in annual reports on Form 40-F (or any successor form);
and
(2) within the time periods required for the filing of
quarterly reports by the Canadian securities regulatory authorities, the
information required to be contained in reports on Form 6-K (or any successor
form) which, regardless of applicable requirements shall, at a minimum, contain
such information required to be provided in quarterly reports under the laws of
Canada or any province thereof to security holders of a corporation with
securities listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, whether or not we have any of
our securities listed on such exchange.
Such reports, to the extent permitted by the rules and regulations of
the Commission, will be prepared in accordance with Canadian disclosure
requirements and GAAP; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be
obligated to file such reports with the Commission if the Commission does not
permit such filings; and
(d) transmit to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent
provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, 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 (a) and
(b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS
The Company shall not in a single transaction or a series of
transactions consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into or enter into
any statutory arrangement with any other corporation, or, directly or
indirectly, convey, transfer, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its property or assets to any Person, unless:
(1) the entity formed by or continuing from such consolidation or
amalgamation or into which the Company is merged or with which the Company
enters into such statutory arrangement, or the Person which acquires or leases
all or substantially all of the Company's property (a) shall be a corporation,
partnership or trust organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or the laws of Canada
or any province or territory thereof, or,
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if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, statutory arrangement or other
transaction would not impair the rights of Holders, in any other jurisdiction,
PROVIDED that if such successor entity is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, or the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, the
successor entity assumes the Company's obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture to pay Additional Amounts, with the name of such successor
jurisdiction being substituted for Canada in each place that Canada appears in
Section 1005, (b) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, or
shall assume by operation of law, the Company's obligation for the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any,
on all the Securities and the performance and observance of every covenant of
this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed and (c)
shall submit to the jurisdiction of United States federal and state courts in
accordance with Section 113;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event
of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company or such Person shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
amalgamation, statutory arrangement, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer
or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with.
This Section 801 shall only apply to a merger, amalgamation, statutory
arrangement or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving
corporation and to conveyances, leases and transfers by the Company as
transferor or lessor. For greater certainty, the Company shall be considered to
be the surviving corporation in the event of a statutory amalgamation by the
Company with any Subsidiary wholly-owned by it.
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any amalgamation or consolidation by the Company with or merger by
the Company into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of
all or substantially all of the property of the Company to any Person in
accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such amalgamation or
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance,
transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the
same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein,
and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term
shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Person which shall theretofore
become such in the manner described in Section 801), except in the case of a
lease, shall be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture
and the Securities and the coupons and may be dissolved and liquidated.
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SECTION 803. SECURITIES TO BE SECURED IN CERTAIN EVENTS.
If, upon any such amalgamation, consolidation or statutory arrangement
of the Company with or merger of the Company into any other corporation, or upon
any conveyance, lease or transfer of all or substantially all of the property of
the Company to any other Person, any Restricted Property of the Company would
thereupon become subject to any Security Interest, then unless such Security
Interest could be created pursuant to Section 1006 without equally and ratably
securing the Securities, the Company, prior to or simultaneously with such
consolidation, amalgamation, statutory arrangement, merger, conveyance, lease or
transfer, will, as to such Restricted Property, secure the Securities
Outstanding hereunder (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any
other indebtedness of the Company now existing or hereafter created which is not
subordinate to the Securities) equally and ratably with (or prior to) the
indebtedness which upon such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, statutory
arrangement, conveyance, lease or transfer is to become secured as to such
Restricted Property by such Security Interest, or will cause such Securities to
be so secured; PROVIDED that, for the purpose of providing such equal and
ratable security, the principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities and
Indexed Securities shall mean that amount which would at the time of making such
effective provision be due and payable pursuant to Section 502 and the terms of
such Original Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof, and the extent of such
equal and ratable security shall be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, as
and when said amount changes over time pursuant to the terms of such Original
Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
contained herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities and any related coupons (and if such
covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such covenants are being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
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(3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of
Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating
that such Events of Default are being included solely for the benefit of such
series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or
eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any premium or
interest on Bearer Securities, 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 or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; PROVIDED that any
such action shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series or any related coupons; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture; PROVIDED that any such change or elimination shall become effective
only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of
such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of
Section 803 or 1006 or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
610(b); or
(9) to close this Indenture with respect to the authentication and
delivery of additional series of Securities; or
(10) 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 Sections 401, 1402 and 1403;
PROVIDED that any such action shall not materially adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or
any other series of Securities; or
(11) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be inconsistent with any other
provision herein or in any supplemental indenture or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or in any
supplemental indenture; PROVIDED such action shall not materially adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series and any related
coupons.
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SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of a series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to 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 which affect such series of Securities
or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
of such series,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, if
any, or any installment of interest on any Security of such series (except to
the extent provided by Section 308 herein), or reduce the principal amount
thereof, or premium, if any, or the rate of interest, if any, thereon, or change
any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts contemplated by Section
1005 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)),
or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security of
such series that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in
bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or adversely affect any right of repayment
at the option of any Holder of any Security of such series, or change any Place
of Payment where, or the Currency in which, any Security of such series or any
premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
(or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or
after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be), or adversely
affect any right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided pursuant
to Section 301 herein; or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series required for any such supplemental indenture, or the
consent of whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the
provisions of this Indenture or any waiver of compliance with certain provisions
of this Indenture which affect such series or certain defaults applicable to
such series hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or
reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or voting with respect to
Securities of such series; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1010, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture which affect such series cannot be modified
or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be
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deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of
Securities of any other series. Any such supplemental indenture adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Indenture, or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series, shall not affect the rights under this Indenture of
the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an
Officer's Certificate collectively stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall,
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
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SECTION 907. NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company
shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected,
in the manner provided for in Section 106, setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each
series of Securities and any related coupons that it will duly and punctually
pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the
Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities, any
coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any
interest installments 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.
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
If the Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered
Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of that series that
are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange,
as applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the
Company will maintain (a) in New York, 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 may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for
exchange, where Securities of that series that are convertible or exchangeable
may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable, where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the 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 Securities
of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
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if the Securities of that series are listed on any securities exchange located
outside the United States and such securities exchange shall so require, the
Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in any
required city located outside the United States so long as the 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 Securities
of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where Securities of that series
that are convertible and exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or
exchange, as applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish, in writing, 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 any
series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at
the offices specified in the Security, in London, United Kingdom, and the
Company hereby appoints the same as its agents to receive such respective
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, 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
the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Bearer Security shall be made at
the office of the Company's Paying Agent in New York, New York if (but only if)
payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or interest, as
the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained
for such purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
any such designation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of
any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location
of any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise specified with respect to
any Securities as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to a series of
Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series
of Securities the Corporate Trust Office in Xxx Xxxx,
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Xxx Xxxx and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as
Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated
in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than
Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this
Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of
Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the principal
of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Securities of such series 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 in writing of its
action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, prior to or on each due
date of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency
described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal, or
premium, if any, or interest, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or
interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) for
any series of Securities 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, and interest, if any, on 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 written notice of any default by the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any
payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Securities of such series; and
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(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.
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 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
sums.
Except as provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for
the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any
Security of any series, or any coupon appertaining thereto, and remaining
unclaimed for two years (or such shorter period as may be specified in the
applicable abandoned property statutes) after such principal, premium or
interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company
Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust;
and the Holder of such Security 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 Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating that a review of the
activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year
has been made under the supervision of the signing Company Officers with a view
to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled
its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to such Company
Officers signing such certificate, that to the best of their knowledge the
Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant
contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or
observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or,
if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or
Events of Default of which such Company Officers may have knowledge and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that
to the best of their knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by
reason of which payments on account of the principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on the Securities is
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prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
So long as any of the Securities are outstanding, the Company will
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Company Officer becoming aware of any
Default or Event of Default, an Officer's Certificate specifying such Default or
Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
SECTION 1005. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
(a) Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301, all
payments made by or on behalf of the Company under or with respect to the
Securities of any series will be made free and clear of and without withholding
or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost,
assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other
liabilities related thereto) imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Government
of Canada or of any province or territory thereof or by any authority or agency
therein or thereof having power to tax (hereinafter "CANADIAN TAXES"), unless
the Company is required to withhold or deduct Canadian Taxes by law or by the
interpretation or administration thereof. If the Company is so required to
withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Canadian Taxes from any
payment made under or with respect to the Securities, the Company will pay to
each Holder as additional interest such additional amounts ("ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS") as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each Holder
after such withholding or deduction (and after deducting any Canadian Taxes on
such Additional Amounts) will not be less than the amount the Holder would have
received if such Canadian Taxes had not been withheld or deducted. However, no
Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to a payment made to a Holder
(such Holder, an "EXCLUDED HOLDER") in respect of the beneficial owner thereof:
(1) with which the Company does not deal at arm's length
(within the meaning of the INCOME TAX ACT (Canada)) at the time of the making of
such payment;
(2) which is subject to such Canadian Taxes by reason of the
Holder being a resident, domicile or national of, or engaged in business or
maintaining a permanent establishment or other physical presence in or otherwise
having some connection with Canada or any province thereof otherwise than by the
mere holding of Securities or the receipt of payments thereunder;
(3) which is subject to such Canadian Taxes by reason of the
Holder's failure to comply with any certification, identification, information,
documentation or other reporting requirements if compliance is required by law,
regulation, administrative practice or an applicable treaty as a precondition to
exemption from, or a reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, such
Canadian Taxes; or
(4) which by reason of the legal nature of the Holder of the
Securities is disentitled to the benefit of an applicable treaty.
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The Company will also:
(i) make such withholding or deduction; and
(ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the
relevant authority in accordance with applicable law.
The Company will furnish to the Holders of the Securities, within 60
days after the date the payment of any Canadian Taxes is due pursuant to
applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts or other documents evidencing
such payment by the Company.
(b) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder
(other than an Excluded Holder) and, upon written request, reimburse each such
Holder for the amount, excluding any Additional Amounts that have been
previously been paid by the Company with respect thereto, of:
(1) any Canadian Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such
Holder as a result of payments made under or with respect to the Securities;
(2) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses)
arising therefrom or with respect thereto; and
(3) any Canadian Taxes imposed with respect to any
reimbursement under clause (1) or (2) in this paragraph, but excluding any such
Canadian Taxes on such Holder's net income.
At least fifteen (15) days prior to each date on which any payment
under or with respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the Company is
aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such
payment, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable and specifying the
amounts so payable and will set forth such other information necessary to enable
the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders on the payment date.
Wherever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the
payment of principal, and premium, if any, interest, if any, or any other amount
payable under or with respect to a Security, such mention shall be deemed to
include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such
context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
SECTION 1006. LIMITATION ON SECURITY INTERESTS.
So long as any Securities are outstanding and subject to the provisions
of this Indenture, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or otherwise have outstanding any Security
Interest in, on or over any of its or their interest in property, present or
future, securing any Indebtedness of any
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Person, other than Permitted Encumbrances, unless at the time thereof or prior
thereto the Securities then outstanding under this Indenture are equally and
ratably secured with such Indebtedness for so long as such Indebtedness is so
secured.
SECTION 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, all material taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required
to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment
or charge whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1008. CORPORATE EXISTENCE
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and the rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company
and any Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be
required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine
that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole.
SECTION 1009. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may, with respect to any series of Securities, omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition which
affects such series set forth in Section 803 or Sections 1006 through 1009
inclusive or, as specified pursuant to Section 301(20) for Securities of such
series, in any covenants of the Company added to Article Ten pursuant to Section
301(20) or Section 301(25) in connection with Securities of such series, if
before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or of all
affected series, as the case may be), by Act of such Holders, waive such
compliance in such instance with such term, provision or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee to Holders of
Securities of such series in respect of any such term, provision or condition
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1010. CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.
If any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, then the
Company shall file with the Trustee promptly after the end of each calendar year
(i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including
daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end
of such year and (ii) such other
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specified information relating to such original issue discount as may then be
relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with the terms of such Securities and
(except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of
any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election
of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date and of the
principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall deliver
to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to
select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1103. In the case of
any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 90 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions of the principal of Securities of such series; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the
principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of such series established pursuant to Section 301.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any 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 Securities shall relate,
in the case of any
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Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice of
redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 106 not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of
Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice in the manner provided in
Section 106 to the Holder of any Securities designated for redemption as a whole
or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities or
portion thereof.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the
Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, if any;
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are
to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the
Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder will receive,
without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(5) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106
will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to
be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on
and after said date;
(6) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, together
in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any,
maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any;
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case;
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied
by all coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption Date or the amount of any
such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price unless
security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying
Agent is furnished; and
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(9) 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 such Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as
determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York, New York time) on any Redemption
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the Redemption
Price of, and accrued interest, if any, on, all the Securities which are to be
redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified in the Currency in which the Securities of
such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301
for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in
Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) (together with accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any)
such Securities shall, if the same were interest bearing, cease to bear interest
and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of
any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with
all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date,
such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together
with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
installments of interest on Bearer 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 1002)
and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon
presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and PROVIDED FURTHER,
that installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
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If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or 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. If thereafter the Holder of such Security
shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent 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; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office
or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any 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 of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth
in such Security.
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the
provisions of this Article or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place
of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
SECTION 1108. TAX REDEMPTION.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Company shall
have the right to redeem, at any time, the Securities of a series, in whole but
not in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof
together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption, upon
the giving of a notice as described below, if (1) the Company (or its successor)
determines that (a) as a result of (i) any amendment to or change, including any
announced prospective change, in the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of
Canada (or the jurisdiction of organization of the Company's successor) or of
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting
taxation, as applicable or (ii) any amendment to or change in an interpretation
or application of such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court,
government agency or regulatory authority (including the enactment of any
legislation and the publication of any judicial decision or regulatory
determination), which amendment or change is announced or becomes effective on
or after the date specified
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pursuant to Section 301, if any date is so specified (or the date a party
organized in a jurisdiction other than Canada or the United States becomes the
Company's successor), the Company has or will become obligated to pay, on the
next succeeding date on which interest is due, Additional Amounts pursuant to
Section 1005 or (b) on or after a date specified pursuant to Section 301, if any
date is so specified (or the date a party organized in a jurisdiction other than
Canada or the United States becomes the Company's successor), any action has
been taken by any taxing authority of, or any decision has been rendered by a
court of competent jurisdiction in, Canada (or the jurisdiction of organization
of the Company's successor) or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein, including any of those actions specified in (a) above,
whether or not such action was taken or decision was rendered with respect to
the Company, or any change, amendment, application or interpretation shall be
officially proposed, which, in any such case, in the Opinion of Counsel to the
Company, will result in the Company becoming obligated to pay, on the next
succeeding date on which interest is due, Additional Amounts with respect to any
Security of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) no such notice of
redemption may be given earlier than 60 or later than 30 days prior to the
earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such Additional
Amounts were a payment in respect of the Securities then due, and (ii) at the
time such notice of redemption is given, such obligation to pay such Additional
Amounts remains in effect.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Retirements of Securities of any series pursuant to any sinking fund
shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series)
in accordance with this Article.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of 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 Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "OPTIONAL
SINKING FUND PAYMENT." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series,
the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES.
Subject to Section 1203, in lieu of making all or any part of any
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a series in
cash, the
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Company may at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities of a
series (other than any previously called for redemption) theretofore purchased
or otherwise acquired by the Company together in the case of any Bearer
Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto,
and/or (2) receive credit for the principal amount of Securities of such series
which have been previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company or for
Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of the same series required
to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms
of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Securities have not been previously
so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by
the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking
fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer's
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 in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) and the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that series
pursuant to Section 1202 (which Securities will, if not previously delivered,
accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its
right 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 that series shall be
paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of
such Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option
to deliver or credit Securities as provided in Section 1202 and without the
right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such
series.
Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
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On or prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York, New York time) on any sinking fund
payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee or a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) in cash a sum equal to any interest that will accrue
to the date fixed for redemption of Securities or portions thereof to be
redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 1203.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking fund for any
series of Securities, if at any time the amount of cash to be paid into such
sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date, together with any
unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or payments for such
series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the Trustee, unless requested
by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the redemption of
Securities of such series through the operation of the sinking fund. Any such
unused balance of moneys deposited in such sinking fund shall be added to the
sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash on the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Company, shall be applied at
any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities of such series, by
public or private purchase, in the open market or otherwise, at a purchase price
for such Securities (excluding accrued interest and brokerage commissions, for
which the Trustee or any Paying Agent will be reimbursed by the Company) not in
excess of the principal amount thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at
the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such
Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1302. REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES.
Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at
the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms
of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof,
together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified
in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or
before the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay
the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities of any series,
a percentage of
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the principal) of and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment
Date) accrued interest, if any, on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as
the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1303. EXERCISE OF OPTION.
Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the
Holders thereof will contain an "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse
of such Securities. To be repaid at the option of the Holder, any Security so
providing for such repayment, with the "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the
reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the
Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such
other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the
Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days
prior to the Repayment Date. If less than the entire principal amount of such
Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the
principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum
denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or
denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the
portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be
repaid, must be specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for
repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if,
following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be
less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of
which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided
by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder
thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable
unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1304. WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPAYMENT BECOME
DUE AND PAYABLE.
If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of
the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article and
as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities or
the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and
payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein
specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest bearing, cease to bear interest and
the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of
any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together
with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment
Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the
Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the
United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002)
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and, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, only upon presentation
and surrender of such coupons; and PROVIDED FURTHER, that, in the case of
Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity
is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as
provided in Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing
coupons, or 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. If
thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any
Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have
been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled
to receive the amount so deducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest represented
by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the
United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and
surrender of those coupons.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall
not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with
interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to
Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such
Security.
SECTION 1305. SECURITIES REPAID IN PART.
Upon surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part
only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
to the Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the
Company, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such
Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR
COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Fourteen shall apply to
each series of Securities, and the Company may, at its option, effect defeasance
(as defined below) of
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the Securities of or within a series under Section 1402, or covenant defeasance
(as defined below) of or within a series under Section 1403 in accordance with
the terms of such Securities and in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall
be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such
Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the date the conditions set
forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCE"). For this
purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities
and any related coupons, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding"
only for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture
referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture
insofar as such Securities and any related coupons are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any related coupons to receive, solely from the trust
fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such Section,
payments in respect of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on such Securities and any related coupons when such payments are due, (b)
the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304,
305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts,
if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1005, (c) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's
obligation under Section 607 and (D) this Article Fourteen. Subject to
compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under
this Section 1402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section
1403 with respect to such Securities and any related coupons.
SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall
be released from its obligations under Section 803 and Sections 1006 through
1009 inclusive and, if specified pursuant to Section 301, its obligations under
any other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related
coupons on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"), and such Securities and any
related coupons shall thereafter be deemed not to be "Outstanding" for the
purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and
the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall
continue to be deemed "OUTSTANDING" for all other purposes hereunder. For this
purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons, the Company may omit to comply with and
shall
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have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in
any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under
Section 501(4) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above,
the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any related coupons
shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section
1402 or Section 1403 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any
related coupons:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of
Section 608 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article
Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely
to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons, (a)
an amount (in such Currency in which such Securities and any related coupons are
then specified as payable at Stated Maturity), or (b) Government Obligations
applicable to such Securities (determined on the basis of the Currency in which
such Securities are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through
the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance
with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any
payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, under such
Securities and any related coupons, money in an amount, or (c) a combination
thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants (which shall be expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Company, that is attached to an Officer's
Certificate delivered to the Trustee), to pay and discharge, and which shall be
applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i)
the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons on the Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date,
if applicable) of such principal, and premium, if any, or installment of
interest, if any, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on
the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture and of such Securities and any related coupons; PROVIDED that
the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the
proceeds of such Government Obligations to said payments with respect to such
Securities and any related coupons. Before such a deposit, the Company may give
to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 1102 hereof, a notice of its election
to redeem all or any portion of such Outstanding Securities at a future date in
accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and Article Eleven
hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice,
if given, shall be given effect in applying the foregoing.
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(2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities
or any related coupons shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or, insofar as paragraphs (6) and (7) of Section 501 are concerned, at
any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit
(it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).
(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any
other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.
(4) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by,
the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of execution of
this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income
tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall
confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons
will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such defeasance had not occurred.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any
additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations in connection
therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(6) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 1402 or
the covenant defeasance under Section 1403 (as the case may be) have been
complied with.
(7) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States
to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities will not recognize
income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such
covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(8) Either the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel in Canada or a ruling from Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to the
effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Canadian federal or provincial income tax or other tax
purpose as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be
subject to Canadian federal or provincial income tax and other tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case
had such defeasance not occurred (and for the purposes of such opinion, such
Canadian counsel shall assume that Holders of the Securities include Holders who
are not resident in Canada).
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(9) The Company is not an "insolvent person" within the meaning of
the BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY ACT (Canada) on the date of such deposit or at any
time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it
being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).
(10) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such deposit shall not cause the Trustee or the trust so
created to be subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 1405. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO
BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant
to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or
other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1405, the
"TRUSTEE") pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of such Outstanding Securities
and any related coupons shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any related coupons 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 Securities and any related coupons of all sums
due and to become due thereon in respect of 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.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to
Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(1) has been made,
(a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 312(b) or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a
Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section 312(d) or 312(e) or by the
terms of any Security in respect of which the deposit pursuant to Section
1404(1) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any
related coupons shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and
satisfied through the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on such Security as they become due out of the proceeds
yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any
such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such
Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of
such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable Market Exchange Rate
for such Currency in effect on the third Business Day prior to each payment
date, except, with respect to a Conversion Event, for such Currency in effect
(as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest received in respect
thereof other
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than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons.
Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds
therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants (evidenced by an
Officer's Certificate) delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount
thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this
Article.
SECTION 1406. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with Section 1405 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and such
Securities and any related coupons shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 1402 or 1403, as the case may be, until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 1405; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company makes any
payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any such
Security or any related coupon following the reinstatement of its obligations,
the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities
and any related coupons to receive such payment from the money held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
A meeting of Holders of one or more series of Securities may be called
at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series.
SECTION 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held
at such time and at such place in New York, New York, in Calgary, Alberta or in
London, England as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of
Holders of one or more series of Securities, setting forth the time and the
place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at
such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided for in
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Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for
the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board
Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in
Section 1501, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the
first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of
such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in
the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the
place in New York, New York, in Calgary Alberta or in London, England for such
meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 1502.
SECTION 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder of Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Person
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1504. QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if any action is
to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a
specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a
series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum.
In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such
meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities
of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for
a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such
adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period
of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to
the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any
adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1502(a), except that
such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on
which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of
any adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided
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above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
which shall constitute a quorum.
Subject to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned
for lack of a quorum, the Persons entitled to vote 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities at the time shall constitute a quorum for the taking
of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of
not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series who have cast their votes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as
limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by
the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a
meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than such
specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons,
whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1504, if any
action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given
or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and
one or more additional series:
(A) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such
meeting; and
(B) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into
account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given
or taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of
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Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of 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. Except as
otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of
Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104
or by having the signature of the Person executing the proxy witnessed or
guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to
certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed
valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) 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 Securities as provided in Section 1502(b), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A
permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by
vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting, each Holder of a Security of such series or
proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him (determined as
specified in the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security
challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not
Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as
a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers, if
any, of the Outstanding Securities of such series 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, at least in
duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to said record the
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original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat
and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting
forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given
as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable, Section 1504. Each copy shall be
signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of
the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to
the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto
the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be
conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
SECTION 1507. COUNTERPARTS.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts (either by
facsimile or by original manual signature) each of which so executed shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR
TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION
[Insert title of sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof, and except as set forth
below, the above captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned
by Person(s) (as defined in the indenture, dated [_____ __], 2004, by and
between Precision Drilling Corporation and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company
of New York, as trustee), that are not citizens or residents of the United
States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the
income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless
of its source ("UNITED STATES PERSON(S)"), (ii) are owned by United States
Person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions
(financial institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations
Section 2.165 12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS")
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States Person(s)
who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial
institutions and who hold the 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 Precision Drilling Corporation or its agent that such
financial institution 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 regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign
financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163 5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)),
and, in addition, if the owner 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 Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to
a United States Person or to a Person within the United States or its
possessions.
As used herein, "UNITED STATES" means the United States of America
(including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
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 above
captioned Securities 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.
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This certificate excepts and does not relate to [U.S.$] [________] of
such interest in the above captioned Securities in respect of which we are not
able to certify and as to which we understand an exchange for an interest in a
permanent global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive
Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we
do so certify.
We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with
certain tax legislation in 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.
Dated:
____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CLEARSTREAM
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION
[Insert title of sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that based solely on written certifications that we
have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from
each of the Persons (as defined in the Indenture, dated [_____ __], 2004, by and
between Precision Drilling Corporation and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company
of New York, as trustee), appearing in our records as Persons entitled to a
portion of the principal amount set forth below (our "MEMBER Organizations")
substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, [U.S.$]
[_______] principal amount of the above captioned Securities (i) is owned by
Person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic
partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source
("UNITED STATES PERSON(S)"), (ii) is owned by United States Person(s) that are
(a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial
institutions, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165 12(c)(1)(v)
are herein referred to as "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS") purchasing for their own
account or for resale, or (b) United States Person(s) who acquired the
Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and
who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the
date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has
agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise Precision
Drilling Corporation or its agent that such financial institution 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 regulations thereunder), or (iii) is
owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of
resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury
Regulations Section 1.163 5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, to the further effect, that
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
Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States
Person or to a Person within the United States or its possessions.
As used herein, "UNITED STATES" means the United States of America
(including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the
temporary global Security representing the above captioned Securities excepted
in the above referenced
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certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) 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, if relevant, collection
of any interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date
hereof.
We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain tax legislation in 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.
Dated:
[EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.A, as
Operator of the Euroclear System]
[CLEARSTREAM]
By _____________________________
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