EXHIBIT 4.2
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SECURITY CAPITAL U.S. REALTY
Issuer
TO
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as of May 22, 1998
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Subordinated Debt Securities
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions........................................................................ 1
Act......................................................................................... 2
Additional Amounts.......................................................................... 2
Affiliate................................................................................... 2
Annual Service Charge....................................................................... 2
Authenticating Agent........................................................................ 2
Authorized Agent............................................................................ 2
Authorized Newspaper........................................................................ 2
Authorized Officer.......................................................................... 2
Bearer Security............................................................................. 3
Board of Directors.......................................................................... 3
Board Resolution............................................................................ 3
Business Day................................................................................ 3
Capital Stock............................................................................... 3
CEDEL....................................................................................... 3
Commission.................................................................................. 3
Common Depositary........................................................................... 3
Company..................................................................................... 3
Company Certificate......................................................................... 3
Company Request" and "Company Order......................................................... 3
Conversion Event............................................................................ 3
Corporate Trust Office...................................................................... 4
corporation................................................................................. 4
coupon...................................................................................... 4
covenant defeasance......................................................................... 4
Defaulted Interest.......................................................................... 4
defeasance.................................................................................. 4
Disqualified Stock.......................................................................... 4
Dollar or $................................................................................. 4
DTC......................................................................................... 4
Earnings from Operations.................................................................... 4
ECU......................................................................................... 4
Encumbrance................................................................................. 5
euro........................................................................................ 5
Euroclear................................................................................... 5
European Communities........................................................................ 5
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European Monetary System................................................................... 5
Event of Default........................................................................... 5
Exchange Act............................................................................... 5
Exchange Date.............................................................................. 5
Foreign Currency........................................................................... 5
GAAP....................................................................................... 5
Government Obligations..................................................................... 5
Holder..................................................................................... 6
Indebtedness............................................................................... 6
Indenture.................................................................................. 6
Indexed Security........................................................................... 7
interest................................................................................... 7
Interest Payment Date...................................................................... 7
Make-Whole Amount.......................................................................... 7
mandatory sinking fund payment............................................................. 7
Maturity................................................................................... 7
Notice of Default.......................................................................... 7
Opinion of Counsel......................................................................... 7
optional sinking fund payment.............................................................. 7
Original Issue Discount Security........................................................... 7
Outstanding................................................................................ 7
Paying Agent............................................................................... 9
Permitted Encumbrances..................................................................... 9
Permitted Investments...................................................................... 9
Person..................................................................................... 10
Place of Payment........................................................................... 10
Predecessor Security....................................................................... 10
Qualified GIC.............................................................................. 11
Redemption Date............................................................................ 11
Redemption Price........................................................................... 11
Registered Security........................................................................ 11
Regular Record Date........................................................................ 12
Repayment Date............................................................................. 12
Repayment Price............................................................................ 12
Responsible Officer........................................................................ 12
Securities Act............................................................................. 12
Security................................................................................... 12
Security Register" and "Security Registrar................................................. 12
Shares..................................................................................... 12
Significant Subsidiary..................................................................... 12
Special Record Date........................................................................ 12
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Stated Maturity............................................................................ 12
Strategic Investee......................................................................... 13
Subsidiary................................................................................. 13
Supplemental Indenture..................................................................... 13
Trust Indenture Act........................................................................ 13
Trustee.................................................................................... 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx.............................................................................. 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx person....................................................................... 13
Unsecured Indebtedness..................................................................... 13
Yield to Maturity.......................................................................... 13
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.............................................. 14
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee............................................ 14
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders................................................................... 15
SECTION 105. Notices to Trustee and Company.................................................... 17
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver......................................................... 17
SECTION 107. Applicability of Trust Indenture Act.............................................. 18
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.......................................... 18
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns............................................................ 18
SECTION 110. Separability Clause............................................................... 19
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture............................................................. 19
SECTION 112. No Personal Liability............................................................. 19
SECTION 113. Governing Law..................................................................... 19
SECTION 114. Legal Holidays.................................................................... 19
SECTION 115. Counterparts...................................................................... 19
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of Securities............................................................... 20
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication................................... 20
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form................................................ 20
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.............................................. 21
SECTION 302. Denominations..................................................................... 25
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.................................... 26
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.............................................................. 28
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange............................... 30
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.................................. 33
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.................................... 35
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners............................................................. 37
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SECTION 309. Cancellation...................................................................... 37
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest........................................................... 38
SECTION 311. Subordination..................................................................... 38
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture........................................... 38
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Funds........................................................ 40
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default................................................................. 40
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment................................ 42
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee................... 43
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.................................................. 44
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
or Coupons........................................................................ 45
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.................................................... 45
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits............................................................... 45
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
or Make-Whole Amount, Interest and Additional Amounts............................. 46
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies................................................ 46
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.................................................... 46
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver...................................................... 47
SECTION 512. Control by Holders of Securities.................................................. 47
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults........................................................... 47
SECTION 514. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws........................................... 48
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs............................................................. 48
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults................................................................ 48
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee......................................................... 49
SECTION 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities............................ 50
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities............................................................... 50
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust; Permitted Investments........................................ 51
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.................................................... 51
SECTION 607. Trustee Eligibility............................................................... 52
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interest............................................ 52
SECTION 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor................................. 57
SECTION 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor............................................ 58
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SECTION 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...................... 60
SECTION 612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.............................................. 60
SECTION 613. More Than One Trustee............................................................ 62
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders..................................... 62
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders........................... 62
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee............................................................... 64
SECTION 704. Reports by Company............................................................... 64
SECTION 705. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders........................ 65
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales,
Leases and Conveyances........................................................... 65
SECTION 802. Rights and Duties of Successor Entity............................................ 66
SECTION 803. Company Certificate and Opinion of Counsel....................................... 66
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders............................... 66
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.................................. 68
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures............................................. 69
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures................................................ 69
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.............................................. 69
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures............................... 69
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures................................................ 70
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium or Make-Whole Amount,
Interest and Additional Amounts.................................................. 70
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................................. 70
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust................................ 72
SECTION 1004. Existence........................................................................ 73
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties........................................................ 73
SECTION 1006. Insurance........................................................................ 74
SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims................................................ 74
SECTION 1008. Provision of Financial Information............................................... 74
SECTION 1009. Statement as to Compliance....................................................... 74
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SECTION 1010. Additional Amounts............................................................... 75
SECTION 1011. Waiver of Certain Covenants...................................................... 75
SECTION 1012. Venue............................................................................ 76
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article......................................................... 76
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee............................................ 76
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed................................ 77
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption............................................................. 77
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price...................................................... 78
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date............................................ 79
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part...................................................... 80
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article......................................................... 80
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities............................ 80
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund........................................ 80
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article......................................................... 81
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities.......................................................... 81
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option............................................................... 81
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due
and Payable...................................................................... 82
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part........................................................ 83
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance................................................ 83
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge......................................................... 83
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance.............................................................. 84
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.................................. 84
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions............................................ 86
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called........................................ 88
SECTION 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings............................................... 88
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings............................................. 88
SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action................................................................... 88
SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment
of Meetings...................................................................... 90
SECTION 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.................................. 90
SECTION 1507. Evidence of Action Taken by Holders.............................................. 91
SECTION 1508. Proof of Execution of Instruments................................................ 91
SECTION 1509. Inapplicability of Luxembourg Law................................................ 91
TESTIMONIUM
SIGNATURES AND SEAL
EXHIBIT A - FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT B - FORM OF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
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Reconciliation and tie between
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"),
and Indenture
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section
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310(a)(1), (2) and (5) 607(a)
310(a)(3) and (4) Not applicable
310(b) 609(d)
310(c) Not applicable
311 Not applicable
312(a) 704
312(b) Not applicable
312(c) 701
313(a) and (c) 702
313(b) Not applicable
314(a)(1), (2) and (3) 703
314(a)(4) 1009
314(b) Not applicable
314(c) and (e) 102
314(d) Not applicable
315(a), (c), (d) and (e) Not applicable
315(b) 601
316(a) (last sentence) 101 ("Outstanding")
316(a)(1)(A) 512
316(a)(1)(B) 513
316(a)(2) and (c) Not applicable
316(b) 508
317(a)(1) 503
317(a)(2) 504
317(b) Not applicable
318(a) 112
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Indenture.
Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act to the extent the indenture is qualified, which provides
that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the Trust
Indenture Act are a part of and govern every qualified indenture,
whether or not physically contained therein.
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INDENTURE, dated as of May 22, 1998, from SECURITY CAPITAL U.S. REALTY, a
Luxembourg corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal
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office at 00, xxxxx x'Xxxx, X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx, to STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, a Massachusetts banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (hereinafter
called the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office at Two International
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Place, Corporate Trust Department, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000.
RECITALS
The Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its lawful
purposes debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness
(hereinafter called the "Securities") and has duly authorized the execution and
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delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance in one or more series
from time to time of the Securities, unlimited as to aggregate principal amount,
to bear interest at the rates or formulas, to mature at such times and to have
such other provisions as shall be fixed therefor as hereinafter provided and
shall be set forth in such supplemental indentures (each a "Supplemental
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Indenture"), Board Resolutions (as hereinafter defined) or Company Certificates
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(as hereinafter defined) as may be adopted and delivered by the Company from
time to time.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
To the extent this Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act (as
herein defined), this Indenture will be subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission (as herein
defined) promulgated thereunder which are, when qualified, required to be part
of this Indenture and, to the extent, applicable, shall be governed by such
provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
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otherwise expressly provided or 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;
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(2) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP (as herein defined);
(3) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
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similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(4) to the extent this Indenture is qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, 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 or in the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 104(a).
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"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required by a
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Security, under circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Company in
respect of certain taxes imposed on certain Holders and which are owing to such
Holders.
"Affiliate" when used with respect to any Person, means any other Person
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directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control"
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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.
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"Annual Service Charge" as of any date means the maximum amount which is
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payable in any period for interest on, and original issue discount of,
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the amount of dividends
which are payable in respect of any Disqualified Stock.
"Authenticating Agent" means any authenticating agent appointed by the
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Trustee pursuant to Section 612.
"Authorized Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 1012.
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"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, printed in the English language
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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 each place in connection with which the
term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Whenever
successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the
successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized
Newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case
on any Business Day.
"Authorized Officer" means any Chairman, Co-Chairman, Managing Director,
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Senior Vice President or Vice President of the Company.
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"Bearer Security" means a Security which is payable to bearer.
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"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company, the
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executive committee or any other committee of such board or any one or more
directors and/or officers of the Company duly authorized to act for it in
respect hereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by an
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appropriate officer of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other
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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 a Saturday or Sunday, which is neither a legal holiday
nor a day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or particular
location are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
"Capital Stock" when used with respect to any Person, means any capital
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stock (including preferred stock), shares, interests, participations or other
ownership interests (however designated) of such Person and any rights (other
than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock),
warrants or options to purchase any thereof.
"CEDEL" means Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres, S.A., or its
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successor.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
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as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any
time after execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it, then the body performing such duties
on such date.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 304(b).
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"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
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of this Indenture until a successor corporation has become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor corporation, and any other obligor on the Securities.
"Company Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Authorized
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Officers and delivered to the Trustee.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
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request or order signed in the name of the Company by two Authorized Officers,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency
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(other than the ECU or other currency unit) both by the government of the
country which issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by a
central bank or other public institutions of or within the
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international banking community, (ii) the ECU both within the European Monetary
System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or
within the European Communities or (iii) any currency unit (or composite
currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was established.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which, at any
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particular time, its corporate trust business is principally administered, which
office at the date hereof is located at Two International Place, Corporate Trust
Department, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies, limited
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liability companies, real estate investment trusts and business trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
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"covenant defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1403.
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"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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"defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1402.
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"Disqualified Stock" when used with respect to any Person, means any
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Capital Stock of such Person which by the terms of such Capital Stock (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise, (i)
matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, (ii) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof, in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the Stated
Maturity of the series of Securities.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
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currency of the United States of America as at the time is legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
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"Earnings from Operations" when used with respect to any period means net
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earnings excluding gains and losses on sales of investments as reflected in the
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to
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time by the Council of the European Communities. When the euro first becomes
the monetary unit of participating member states of the European Communities,
references to the ECU in this Indenture shall be replaced by references to the
euro at a rate of one euro to one ECU.
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"Encumbrance" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any
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security interest existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary
securing indebtedness for borrowed money, other than a Permitted Encumbrance.
"euro" means the currency to be introduced at the third stage of economic
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and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Communities.
"Euroclear" means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
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Office, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the European
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Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System established
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by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European
Communities.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
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"Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
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amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission.
"Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 304(b).
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"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite
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currency, including, without limitation, the ECU issued by the government of one
or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized
confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as used in the Grand
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Duchy of Luxembourg applied on a consistent basis as in effect from time to
time; provided that, solely for purposes of calculating the financial covenants
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contained herein, "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as
used in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on the date hereof, applied on a
consistent basis.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct obligations
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of the United States of America or the government which issued the Foreign
Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable, for the
payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a
Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the United States of America or such government which issued the Foreign
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the
United States of America or such other government, which, in either case, are
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and also
includes 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; provided that
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(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 on or principal of the Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" when used with respect to a Registered Security, means the Person
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in whose name such Registered Security is registered in the Security Register
and, when used with respect to a Bearer Security or any coupon, means the bearer
thereof.
"Indebtedness" of the Company or any Subsidiary means any indebtedness of
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the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i)
borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments,
(ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, Encumbrance or
any security interest existing on property owned by the Company or any
Subsidiary, (iii) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in
connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or
services, except any such balance which constitutes an accrued expense or trade
payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title
retention agreement, (iv) the principal amount of all obligations of the Company
or any Subsidiary with respect to redemption, repayment or other repurchase of
any Disqualified Stock or (v) any lease of property by the Company or any
Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the Company's consolidated balance
sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP to the extent, in the case
of items of indebtedness under clauses (i) through (iii) above, that any such
items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on the
Company's consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes,
to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Company or any
Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise
(other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business),
Indebtedness of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) (it
being understood that Indebtedness shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company
or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
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time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and includes
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
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acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" when used with respect to
any one or more series of Securities with respect to which such Person is acting
as Trustee, shall mean this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more Supplemental Indentures
entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the
terms of the, or those, particular series of Securities with respect to which
such Person is acting as Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301,
exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other
series of Securities with respect to which such Person is not acting as 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
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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
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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
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which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity means interest payable
after Maturity, and when used with respect to a Security which provides for the
payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1010, includes such Additional
Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date" when used with respect to any Security means the
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Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Make-Whole Amount" means the amount, if any, in addition to principal
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which is required by a Security, under the terms and conditions specified
therein or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, to be paid by
the Company to the Holder thereof in connection with any optional redemption or
accelerated payment of such Security.
"mandatory sinking fund payment" has the meaning specified in Section
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1201.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security means the date on which
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the principal of such Security or an installment of principal become 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, repurchase or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
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employee of or counsel for the Company, satisfactory to the Trustee.
"optional sinking fund payment" has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
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"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for
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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.
"Outstanding" when used with respect to Securities means, as of the date
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of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, exclusive of:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
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(2) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption
or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than
the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company
(if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) for the holders of such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided that, if such
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Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or other provision therefor satisfactory
to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities, except solely to the extent provided in Section 401,
1402 or 1403, as applicable, with respect to which the Company has effected
defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Four or
Fourteen; and
(4) 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 has been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory
to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands
such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the required
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principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have concurred in any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are
present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and, if the Indenture is
qualified, for the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of
the Trust Indenture Act (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security which may be counted in making such determination or calculation and
which shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount
of principal thereof which would be (or has 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, (ii) the principal amount of
any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency which may be counted in making
such determination or calculation and which shall be deemed Outstanding for such
purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined pursuant to Section
301 as of the date such Security is originally issued by the Company, of the
principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the
Dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the amount determined
as provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, (iii) the principal amount of
any Indexed Security which may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and which 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 Indexed Security
pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not Outstanding, except that, for the
purposes of determining whether the Trustee is protected in making such
calculation or in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows are 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
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Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
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principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) and interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on any Securities or coupons on behalf of the
Company, or if no such Person is authorized, the Company.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means leases, Encumbrances securing taxes,
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assessments and similar charges, mechanics' liens and other similar
Encumbrances.
"Permitted Investments" means:
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(1) Government Obligations;
(2) Direct obligations and fully guaranteed certificates of
beneficial interest of the Export-Import Bank of the United States;
consolidated debt obligations and letter of credit-backed issues of the
Federal Home Loan Banks; participation certificates and senior debt
obligations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; debentures of
the Federal Housing Administration; mortgage-backed securities (except
stripped mortgage securities which are valued greater than par on the
portion of unpaid principal) and senior debt obligations of the Federal
National Mortgage Association; participation certificates of the General
Services Administration; guaranteed mortgage-backed securities and
guaranteed participation certificates and guaranteed pool certificates of
the Small Business Administration; debt obligations and letter of credit-
backed issues of the Student Loan Marketing Association; local authority
bonds of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; guaranteed
Title XI financing of the U.S. Maritime Administration; guaranteed transit
bonds of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; or Resolution
Funding Corporation securities;
(3) Direct obligations of any state of the United States of America
or any subdivision or agency thereof whose unsecured, uninsured and
unguaranteed general obligation debt is rated, at the time of purchase, at
least as high as the rating then in effect on the Securities by Standard &
Poor's Rating Services, or any obligation fully and unconditionally
guaranteed by any state, subdivision or agency whose unsecured, uninsured
and unguaranteed general obligation debt is rated, at the time of purchase,
at least as high as the rating then in effect on the Securities by Standard
& Poor's Rating Services;
(4) Commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 270
days) rated, at the time of purchase, "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's Rating
Services or "P-1" by Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc.;
(5) Federal funds, unsecured certificates of deposit, time deposits
or bankers acceptances (in each case having maturities of not more than 365
days) of any domestic bank (including the Trustee in its commercial
capacity), including a branch office of a foreign
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bank which branch office is located in the United States, provided that
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written legal opinions in form acceptable to the Trustee are received to
the effect that full and timely payment of such deposit or similar
obligation is enforceable against the principal office or any branch of
such bank, which, at the time of purchase, has a rating of "A-1+" by
Standard & Poor's Rating Services or "P-1" by Xxxxx'x Investors Services,
Inc.;
(6) Deposits of any bank or savings and loan association which has
combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than
$3,000,000, provided that such deposits are continuously and fully insured
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by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, including, without
limitation, an insured money market account of the Trustee;
(7) Investments in money-market funds rated in the highest rating
category by Standard & Poor's Rating Services or Xxxxx'x Investors
Services, Inc.; such funds may include those for which the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee provides services for a fee, whether as investment
advisor, custodian, transfer agent, sponsor, distributor or otherwise;
(8) Shares of an open-end, diversified investment company which is
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and which
(i) invests exclusively in permitted investments of the type set forth in
clauses (1) through (7) above; (ii) seeks to maintain a constant net asset
value per share in accordance with regulations of the Commission; and (iii)
has aggregate net assets of at least $50,000,000 on the date of purchase;
and
(9) Qualified GICs.
Any investment made in accordance with this Indenture may (i) be executed by the
Trustee or the Company with or through the Trustee or its affiliates and (ii) be
made in securities of any entity for which the Trustee or any of its affiliates
serves as offeror, distributor, advisor or other service provider.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
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company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, real estate investment
trust, business trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency
or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" when used with respect to the Securities of or within
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any series means the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, the office of an
affiliate of the Trustee in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and any other place or
places which the Company may from time to time designate as the place or places
where the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) and
interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities are payable as
specified as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002 and presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands with respect to such Securities and this
Indenture may be made.
"Predecessor Security" when used with respect to any particular Security
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means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as
evidenced by such Security; and,
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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.
"Qualified GIC" means an investment contract providing for the investment
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of funds held by the Trustee and insuring a minimum or fixed rate of return on
investments of such funds, which contract shall:
(1) be an obligation of an insurance company or bank whose senior
long-term debt obligations are rated in one of the two highest rating
categories by both Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc. and Standard & Poor's
Rating Services;
(2) provide that the Trustee may exercise all of the rights under
such contract without the necessity of the taking of action by any other
person;
(3) provide that, if at any time the then current credit standing of
the obligor under such guaranteed investment contract has been lowered or
withdrawn by Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Rating
Services, the Trustee may terminate such contract without penalty and be
entitled to the return of all funds previously invested thereunder,
together with accrued interest thereon at the interest rate provided under
such contract through the date of delivery of such funds to the Trustee;
(4) provide that interest shall be payable not less than annually;
(5) provide that the Trustee may withdraw funds invested without
penalty at any time and from time to time to be applied for the purposes
described therein;
(6) be accompanied by an enforceability opinion from counsel to the
obligor under such guaranteed investment contract in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee; and
(7) provide that the Trustee's interest thereunder shall be
transferable to any successor Trustee hereunder.
"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed
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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
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means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security which is registered in the
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Security Register.
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"Regular Record Date" when used with respect to an installment of interest
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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, whether or not a Business Day.
"Repayment Date" when used with respect to any Security to be repaid or
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repurchased at the option of the Holder means the date fixed for such repayment
or repurchase by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Repayment Price" when used with respect to any Security to be repaid or
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repurchased at the option of the Holder means the price at which it is to be
repaid or repurchased by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means any
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officer of the Trustee in the corporate trust department or similar group of the
Trustee or, with respect to any particular matter arising hereunder, any officer
of the Trustee to whom such matter has been assigned.
"Securities Act" means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
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amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission.
"Security" has the meaning specified in the first recital of this
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Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time
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there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture,
"Securities" when used with respect to the Indenture with respect to which such
Person is acting as 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 or within
any series with respect to which such Person is not acting as Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
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specified in Section 305.
"Shares" means the shares of common stock, par value $2.00 per share, of
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the Company.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is a "significant
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subsidiary" within the meaning of Regulation S-X promulgated under the
Securities Act.
"Special Record Date" when used with respect to the payment of any
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Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of or within any series means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any
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installment of principal thereof or interest thereon or any Additional Amounts
with respect thereto means 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, or
such Additional Amounts are, due and payable.
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"Strategic Investee" means the entities in which the Company has taken a
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significant strategic investment or ownership position in accordance with its
operating strategy. As of the date of this Indenture, the Strategic Investees
are CarrAmerica Realty Corporation, City Center Retail Trust, CWS Communities
Trust, Pacific Retail Trust, Regency Realty Corporation, Storage USA, Inc. and
Urban Growth Property Trust.
"Subsidiary" when used with respect to any Person means any corporation or
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other entity (other than a Strategic Investee) of which a majority of (a) the
voting power of the voting equity securities or (b) in the case of a partnership
or any other entity other than a corporation, the outstanding equity interests
of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person. For the purposes of
this definition, "voting equity securities" means equity securities having
voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long
as no senior class of securities has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.
"Supplemental Indenture" has the meaning specified in the first recital of
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this Indenture.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
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"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
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of this Indenture until a successor Trustee has become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or
include each Person who is then acting as a Trustee hereunder; provided,
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however, that, if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee",
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when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, shall mean
only the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
"United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
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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
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any Securities pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or an estate or
trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation
regardless of its source.
"Unsecured Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the types described in
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clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) of the definition thereof which is not secured by
any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest of any kind on any of
the properties of the Company or any Subsidiary.
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of
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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.
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SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or
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request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of
this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee a Company Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
(including any covenants, compliance with which constitute conditions precedent)
relating to the proposed action have been complied with and, if requested by the
Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that, in the
case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided
pursuant to Section 1009) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation on 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
condition or covenant has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case in which
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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 as to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other
matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters
in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, on an Opinion of Counsel, or a
certificate or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion, certificate or
representations with respect to the matters on which his or her certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel or certificate or
representations may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, on a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company stating that the information as to such factual matters is in the
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Company, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or
representations as to such matters are erroneous.
If 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.
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(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 the Outstanding Securities of
such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record
of such Holders voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies
duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of such Holders 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, if
expressly required herein, to the Company. Such instrument or instrument
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
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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 and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section. 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 (i) 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 or (ii) by any other means
acceptable to the Trustee. If such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date
of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the
Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other reasonable
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.
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(d) The ownership of Bearer Securities 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 is 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 (i) another
certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same
Bearer Security is produced, (ii) such Bearer Security is produced to the
Trustee by some other Person, (iii) such Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security or (iv) such Bearer Security is no
longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities may also be proved
in any other manner which 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 Act, the Company may, at its option, in or pursuant to a
Board Resolution or a Company Certificate, 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 not be obligated to do so. Notwithstanding Section 316(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent applicable, such record date shall
be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution or
Company Certificate, 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 purpose
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
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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, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent
or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action
is made on such Security.
(g) For purposes of determining the principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of any series, the Holders of which are required, requested or
permitted to give any request,
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demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or take any
other Act under this Indenture, (i) each Original Issue Discount Security
shall be deemed to have the principal amount determined by the Trustee that
could be declared to be due and payable pursuant to the terms of such
Original Issue Discount Security as of the date such Act is delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company and
(ii) each Security denominated in a Foreign Currency or composite currency
shall be deemed to have the principal amount determined by the Trustee,
based on the noon Dollar buying rate in The City of New York for cable
transfers payable in such Foreign Currency on the initial date of issuance
of such Security as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York.
SECTION 105. Notices to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand,
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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made on, given or
furnished to, or filed with:
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, highest class postage
prepaid, to the Trustee addressed to it at the address of its Corporate
Trust Office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration; or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, highest class postage prepaid, to the Company 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.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver. When this Indenture provides for
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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, highest class postage prepaid, to
each such Holder affected by such event, at such Holder's 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 in
which 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 herein. 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.
If, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause, it is impracticable to give such notice
by mail, then such notification to Holders of Registered Securities as is made
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification to
such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
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Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, when this Indenture provides
for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notices shall be
sufficiently given if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New
York and in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and in such other city or cities as
may be specified in such Securities and, if the Securities of such series are
listed on any securities exchange outside the United States, in any place at
which such Securities are listed on a securities exchange to the extent that
such securities exchange so requires, on a Business Day, such publication to be
not later than the latest date and not earlier than the earliest date,
prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any such notice shall be deemed to
have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once,
on the date of the first such publication.
If, by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper
or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause, it is impracticable to
publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such
notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as is 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 any particular
Holder 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.
When this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance on such waiver.
SECTION 107. Applicability of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture shall not
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be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act until such time as the Company, in
its sole discretion, shall elect to so qualify this Indenture upon 30 days'
prior written notice to the Trustee. When and if the Company qualifies this
Indenture with the Commission under the Trust Indenture Act, the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act shall govern this Indenture and a Supplemental Indenture
to this Indenture shall be executed which shall amend or replace all provisions
herein, if any, that are not permitted under that act.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and
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Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
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Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
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SECTION 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture
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or in any Security or any 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 111. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in any
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Security or any coupon, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than
the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating
Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. No Personal Liability. No recourse under or on any obligation,
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covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in any Security or any
coupon, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against
any promoter, as such, or against any past, present or future director, officer,
employee or shareholder, 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 thereof
and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 113. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES AND ANY
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COUPONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT THAT MATTERS RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZATION AND
EXECUTION BY THE COMPANY OF THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY LUXEMBOURG LAW BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS
THEREOF. TO THE EXTENT QUALIFIED, THIS INDENTURE WILL ALSO BE GOVERNED BY THE
TERMS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT WHICH BY THE TERMS THEREOF WILL BE REQUIRED TO
BE PART OF THIS INDENTURE AND WHEN QUALIFIED, IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS INDENTURE
LIMITS, QUALIFIES, OR CONFLICTS WITH THE DUTIES IMPOSED BY OPERATION OF SECTION
318(C) OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT, THE IMPOSED DUTIES SHALL CONTROL.
SECTION 114. Legal Holidays. In any case in which any Interest Payment
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Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated
Maturity or Maturity of any Security is not a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any
Security or any coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series
which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof)
payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on such Security need not be made at
such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made
on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund
payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided, however, that no
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interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund
payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 115. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in several
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counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of Securities. The Registered Securities, if any, of
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each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, and any coupons of each series,
shall be in substantially the forms as are established in or pursuant to one or
more Supplemental Indentures, Board Resolutions or Company Certificates, shall
have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture,
and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may
deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer
Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved
border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. Subject to
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Section 612, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
[name of Trustee],
as Trustee
By:__________________________________________
Authorized Officer
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form. If Securities of or
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within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of Section 301 and the provisions
of Section 302, any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding
Securities of such series as are 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
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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 the manner and in accordance with instructions given by such Person
or Persons specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or 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 in accordance with
instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 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 or Make-
Whole Amount, if any, on) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on any
Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons
specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the
preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding
Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the case of a
permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent
global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent global
Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal
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amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. Each series of
Securities issued hereunder shall be established in or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions, Company Certificates, or Supplemental Indentures, adopted
and/or delivered prior to the issuance of Securities of such series. Such Board
Resolutions, Company Certificates, or Supplemental Indentures may provide any or
all of the following with respect to such Securities (each of which (except for
the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (15) below), if so provided, may
be determined from time
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to time by the Company with respect to unissued Securities of or within the
series when issued from time to time):
(1) the title of the Securities of or within the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of such series from all other series of
Securities);
(2) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
or within the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of or within 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, on which the principal of the Securities of or within the
series shall be payable and the amount of principal payable thereon;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of or within the series
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 will 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
shall be determined, and the basis on which interest shall be calculated if
other than a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the
Corporate Trust Office where the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any, on) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on
Securities of or within the series shall be payable, any Registered
Securities of or within the series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange or conversion and notices or demands to or on the
Company in respect of the Securities of or within the series and this
Indenture may be served;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices (including
the premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) at which, the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in
which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of or within
the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company, if the Company is to have the option;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or
purchase Securities of or within 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 or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at
which, the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of
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or within the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Registered Securities of or within
the series shall be issuable and, if other than the denomination of $5,000,
the denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of or
within the series shall be issuable;
(9) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each other Trustee,
Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent and the manner of acceptance of such
other Trustee, Security Registrar or Paying Agent of its obligations
hereunder;
(10) the percentage of the principal amount at which Securities will
be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of Securities of or within the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 502, or, if applicable, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities which is convertible in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture, or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
(11) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies in
which payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any, on) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of or
within the series shall be payable or in which the Securities of or within
the series shall be denominated;
(12) whether the amount of payments of the principal of (and premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or interest or Additional Amounts, if
any, on the Securities of or within 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,
currency units, composite currencies, commodities, equity indices or other
indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(13) whether the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any, on) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of or
within the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a
Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies 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, and identity of the
exchange rate agent with responsibility for, determining the exchange rate
between the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which such Securities are denominated or stated
to be payable and the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which such Securities are to be so
payable;
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(14) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of or within the series on the occurrence of such events as may
be specified;
(15) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of or
within the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(16) whether Securities of or within 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 and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of or within the
series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of or within the series
and vice versa (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether
any Securities of or within the series are to be issuable initially in
temporary global form and whether any Securities of or within 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, and, if Registered Securities of or within the
series are to be issuable as a global Security, the identity of the
depositary for such series, and the date as of which any Bearer Securities
of or within the series and any temporary global Security representing
Outstanding Securities of or within the series shall be dated if other than
the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be
issued;
(17) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than 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, 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 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;
(18) the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 to the
Securities of or within the series and any provisions in modification of,
in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Fourteen;
(19) if the Securities of such 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, then the form and/or terms
of such certificates, documents or conditions;
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(20) if the Securities of or within the series are to be issued upon
the exercise of debt warrants, the time, manner and place for such
Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(21) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay
Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1010 on the Securities of or
within the series to any Holder who is not a United States person
(including any modification 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);
(22) the obligation, if any, of the Company to permit the conversion
of the Securities of such series into Shares or other securities of the
Company, and the terms and conditions on which such conversion shall be
effected (including, without limitation, the initial conversion price or
rate, the conversion period, any adjustment of the applicable conversion
price and any requirements relative to the reservation of such shares for
purposes of conversion); and
(23) any other terms of the series, including ranking of the
Securities of any series, subordination provisions and registration rights
associated with the Securities of any series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer
Securities of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except, in
the case of Registered or Bearer Securities issued in global form, as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such
Board Resolution, Company Certificate or in any such Supplemental Indenture.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the
Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or Company Certificates,
a copy of an appropriate record of such action(s) shall be certified by the
appropriate officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Company Order for authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
SECTION 302. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable
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as Bearer Securities, as Registered Securities or in any combination thereof,
and in such denominations and amounts as are specified as contemplated by
Section 301. With respect to any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence
of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, 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 Bearer Securities issued in global form
(which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $5,000
and any integral multiple thereof.
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SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities
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and any coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized
Officer, and attested by an Authorized Officer of the Company. The signature of
any of these officers on the Securities and any coupons may be manual or
facsimile signatures of the present or any future such Authorized Officer and
may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities and such coupons.
Any Securities or any 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 any 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
coupons, 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 shall authenticate and deliver such Securities in accordance with
the Company Order; provided, however, that, in connection with its original
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issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any
location in the United States; and provided, further, that, unless otherwise
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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 has furnished a
certificate to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, in the form set forth in
Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture or such other certificate as may be specified with
respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, 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.
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 canceled. If all of the Securities of any series
are not to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution, Company
Certificate or Supplemental Indenture establishing such series so permits, such
Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the
issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular Securities
of such series, such as the interest rate or formula, maturity date, 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 and any
coupons appertaining thereto, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (to
the extent this Indenture is qualified, subject to Section 315(a) through 315(d)
of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying on:
(1) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 102 and stating
that:
(A) the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto have been, or will have been upon compliance with
such procedures as may be specified therein, established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture;
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(B) the terms of such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto have been, or will have been upon compliance with such
procedures as may be specified therein, established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture; and
(C) such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining
thereto, when executed by the Company, completed pursuant to such
procedures as may be specified therein 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
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 generally and to general equitable principles and to such other
matters as may be specified therein; and
(2) a Company Certificate complying with Section 102 and stating that
all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the
issuance of such Securities have been, or will have been upon compliance
with such procedures as may be specified therein, complied with and that,
to the best of the knowledge of the signers of such certificate, no Event
of Default with respect to such Securities has occurred and is continuing.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue
of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own
rights, duties, obligations or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver a Company Order, an Opinion of Counsel or a
Company Certificate otherwise required pursuant to the preceding paragraph at
the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but such order, opinion
and certificate with appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances,
shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of
such series.
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
or the Security to which such coupon appertains 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 on 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.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security has been authenticated and
delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company
delivers such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section
309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security
has never been issued or 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 be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
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(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series,
the Company may execute, and upon a Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form, or, if
authorized, in bearer form (with or without coupons), and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively
evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities
of any series, 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 Section 304(b) or as otherwise provided in
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Company Certificate), if temporary
Securities of any series are issued, the Company shall cause definitive
Securities of such 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 such series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities of any series, together with any nonmatured
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
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exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a
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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 or coupons appertaining
thereto of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities or coupons
appertaining thereto of such series.
(b) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated in Section 301, this
Section 304(b) shall govern the exchange of temporary Securities issued in
global form, if any, other than through the facilities of DTC. If any such
temporary Security is issued in global form, then such temporary global
Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered
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to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the "Common
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Depositary"), for the benefit of Euroclear and CEDEL.
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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
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Trustee definitive Securities, in an 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 the name of Euroclear or CEDEL, as the
case may be, in exchange for each portion of such temporary global
Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of
or within 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 Common Depositary;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary
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global Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such
temporary global Security shall be 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 CEDEL 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
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Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary
global Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section 303.
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 CEDEL, as the case may be, to request such
exchange on his behalf and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL, 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 CEDEL, 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 unless such Person takes delivery of such
definitive Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or CEDEL.
Definitive Securities in bearer
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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 CEDEL on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery
by Euroclear and CEDEL to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in
the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other forms
as may be established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further
interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts
of Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security
on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or
CEDEL, 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 forms
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 304(b) 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 interest 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 has been
exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so
received by Euroclear and CEDEL and not paid as herein provided shall be
repaid to the Company.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The
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Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, the
office of an affiliate of the Trustee in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or in any
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a register for each series
of Securities (the registers maintained in such office or in any such office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to
collectively as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable
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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. The Trustee, at its
Corporate Trust Office and at the office of an affiliate of the Trustee in
Luxembourg, is hereby initially appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose
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of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities on
such Security Register as herein provided. In the event that the Trustee ceases
to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine the Security
Register at all reasonable times.
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Subject to the provisions of this Section 305, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount, being a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and
containing identical terms and provisions.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 305, 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 or denominations
and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical terms and
provisions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at any
such office or agency. Whenever any such 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) permitted 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 denominations and of a like
aggregate 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 appertaining thereto. If the Holder of a Bearer
Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured
coupon or coupons in default, 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 Bearer Security surrenders to any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which such a payment has been made, such Holder shall be
entitled to receive the amount of payment; provided, however, that, except as
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otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by a coupon shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of such 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
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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 the depositary for any permanent global
Security is DTC, then, unless the terms of such global Security expressly permit
such global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive
Securities, a global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only
to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC, or to a successor to DTC for
such global Security selected and approved by the Company or to a nominee of
such successor to DTC. If at any time DTC notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the applicable global Security
or Securities or if at any time DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act if so required by applicable law or regulation, the
Company shall appoint a successor depositary with respect to such global
Security or Securities. If (i) a successor depositary for such global Security
or Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company
receives such notice or becomes aware of such unwillingness, inability or
ineligibility, (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
beneficial owners representing a majority in principal amount of the applicable
series of Securities represented by such global Security or Securities advise
DTC to cease acting as depositary for such global Security or Securities or
(iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, determines at any time that all
Outstanding Securities (but not less than all) of any series issued or issuable
in the form of one or more global Securities shall no longer be represented by
such global Security or Securities (provided, however, that the Company may not
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make such determination during the one year restricted period provided by
Regulation S under the Securities Act, if any, or during any other similar
period during which the Securities must be held in global form as may be
required by the Securities Act), then, upon surrender of the global Security or
Securities appropriately endorsed, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, definitive Securities of like series, rank,
tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such global Security or Securities. If any beneficial owner
of an interest in a permanent global Security is otherwise 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 has been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event
not earlier than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged,
upon surrender of the global Security or Securities appropriately endorsed, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver definitive
Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
beneficial owner's interest in such permanent global Security. On or after the
earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global
Security shall be surrendered for exchange by DTC or such other depositary as is
specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the
Company's agent for such purpose; provided, however, that no such exchanges may
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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
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exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be mailed or
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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.
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 or redemption shall 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 which 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 or the Trustee, as applicable, shall not be required (i) to
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may be
among those selected for redemption during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before selection of the Securities to be redeemed under Section
1103 and ending at the close of business on (A) if such Securities are issuable
only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption and (B) if such Securities are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day
of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if such
Securities are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no
publication, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, (ii)
to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Registered Security
to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, (iii) to
exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a
Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of such series and
like tenor, provided that such Registered Security is simultaneously surrendered
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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
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mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining thereto is
surrendered to the Trustee or the
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Company, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be
required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them or any of their
agents harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and principal
amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if
any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there is delivered to the Company and 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 of their agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company
or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute, and upon Company Request the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security
or in exchange for the Security to 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 principal amount, containing identical terms and
provisions 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 destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to
which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or
coupon; provided, however, that payment of principal of (and premium or Make-
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Whole Amount, if any, on) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on any
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 which may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series and any coupons appertaining thereto
issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen
coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security
and any coupons appertaining thereto or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon are
at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of
such series and any coupons appertaining thereto duly issued hereunder.
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The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as
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otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with
the provisions of Section 301, interest on any Registered Security which is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such 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
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installment of interest on any Registered Security may at the Company's option
be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written
order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of
such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) transfer to an
account maintained by the payee located inside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to
the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a
Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank
located outside the United States.
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 DTC, Euroclear and/or CEDEL, as the case may be,
with respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for its
account by Cede & Co. or the Common Depositary, as the case may be, for the
purpose of permitting such party to credit the interest received by it in
respect of such permanent global Security to the accounts of the beneficial
owners thereof.
In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or
agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any Regular Record Date and
before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the
coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest will not be payable
on such Interest Payment Date 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.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in
accordance with the provisions of Section 301, 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 ("Defaulted Interest") shall
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forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof upon the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted
Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in paragraph
(1) or (2) below:
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(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 (which shall not be less than 20 days after such notice is
received by the Trustee), and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency
unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities
of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series) 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 provided in this paragraph. 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 mailed, highest class
postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities of such series at
such Holder's address as it appears in the Security Register not less than
10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its
discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar
notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in each
Place of Payment, but such publications shall not be a condition precedent
to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to
the Persons in whose names 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 paragraph (2) below. In case a Bearer Security of any series is
surrendered at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series
in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of
business at such office or agency on 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 proposed date of payment
and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of payment
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.
(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 on such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
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the proposed payment pursuant to this paragraph, such manner of payment is
deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a
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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 Security for the purpose
of receiving payment of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any,
on) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest and Additional Amounts, if
any, on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons shall pass by delivery. The
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Holder of any Bearer Security and the Holder 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 coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security
Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests 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 309. Cancellation. All Securities and coupons surrendered for
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payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee,
and any such Securities and coupons and any Securities and coupons surrendered
directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it.
The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or
to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
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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
canceled by the Trustee. If the Company so acquires 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 canceled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. Canceled
Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee in
accordance with its standard practices and procedures and the Trustee shall
deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company unless the Company
delivers a Company Order which directs their return to it.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as
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contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series, interest
on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 311. Subordination. The Securities are subordinate to the
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guarantee by the Company of the borrowings of Security Capital Holdings S.A.
("HOLDINGS") under the provisions of a secured revolving credit facility (the
"Credit Facility") dated June 12, 1996, as supplemented, amended, renewed or
modified from time to time entered into between HOLDINGS and Commerzbank AG, New
York Branch, as administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent"). Pursuant to
the terms of the Credit Facility, the Company and the Trustee, solely in its
capacity as trustee are required to enter into a subordination agreement (a
"Subordination Agreement") perfecting the interest of the lenders under the
Credit Facility. Pursuant to the terms of the Subordination Agreement, the
Trustee may not permit the terms of any of the Securities to be changed in such
a manner as to have an adverse effect upon the rights of the Administrative
Agent or of the lenders under the Credit Facility. In addition, in specified
circumstances, the terms of the Subordination Agreement require that certain
payments be made to the lenders under the Credit Facility before any payments
may be made to Holders and that the Trustee take certain actions in those
circumstances in furtherance of assuring that such payments be made to the
lenders under the Credit Facility before any payments are made to Holders. The
Company hereby authorizes the Trustee to execute and deliver, and the Trustee
shall, on the date hereof, execute and deliver, the form of Subordination
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B, the terms of which are incorporated
herein as if stated herein in full.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall
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upon 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 herein
expressly provided for and any right to receive Additional Amounts, as provided
in Section 1010), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order and at the
expense
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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 any coupons 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 Section
305, (ii) Securities of such series and coupons appertaining thereto
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced
or 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 of such series and coupons
appertaining thereto for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of clauses
(i) and (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation which:
(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 clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds
in trust for the purpose, in the currency or currencies, currency unit
or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities
of such series are payable, and in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and such coupons
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for the
principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the case
of Securities which have become due and payable) or the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
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(2) The Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(3) The Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company 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 and any predecessor Trustee under
Section 606, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under
Section 612 and, if money has been deposited with and held by the Trustee
pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this Section, the obligations
of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003, shall
survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Funds. Subject to the provisions of the
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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 or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, for the payment of which such money has been
deposited with or received by 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. Subject to any modifications, additions or
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deletions relating to any series of Securities as contemplated pursuant to
Section 301, "Event of Default," whenever used herein with respect to any
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particular series of Securities, means any one of the following events (whatever
the reason for such Event of Default and whether or not it is voluntary or
involuntary or 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):
(1) default in the payment of any interest on or any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of any Security of or within such series or of
any coupon appertaining thereto, when such interest, Additional Amounts or
coupon becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium or Make-
Whole Amount, if any, on) any Security of such series when due and payable
at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as
due by the terms of any Security of such series; or
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(4) default in the conversion of any Securities, if any, when and as
required by the terms of any Securities of such series, and continuance of
such default for a period of 30 days; or
(5) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture with respect to any Security of
such series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance
of which or the breach of which is elsewhere specifically provided for in
this Section), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60
days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it
to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(6) default, under any Indebtedness or under any mortgage, indenture
or other instrument of the Company (including a default with respect to
Securities of any series other than such series) under which there may be
issued or by which there may be secured any Indebtedness (or by any
Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Company has guaranteed or for which
the Company is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor),
whether such Indebtedness exists or is hereafter created, which default
constitutes a failure to pay an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000
of such Indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any
applicable grace period with respect thereto and has resulted in such
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,0000,000
becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it
would otherwise have become due and payable, without such Indebtedness
having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or
annulled, within a period of ten days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount
at maturity of the Outstanding Securities of such series a written notice
specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such
Indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or
annulled and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
or
(7) any nonappealable order shall be made by any competent court or
an effective resolution shall be passed for the winding up or dissolution
of the Company; or:
(8) any nonappealable order shall be made by any competent court or
an effective resolution shall be passed for the winding up or dissolution
of a Significant Subsidiary, other than for purposes of amalgamation,
merger, consolidation, reorganization, reconstruction or other similar
arrangement not involving or arising out of the insolvency of such
Significant Subsidiary; or
(9) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall suspend or
announce its intention to suspend payment of its debts generally or shall
be declared or adjudicated by a competent court to be unable, or shall
admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts generally
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as they fall due, or shall be adjudicated or found insolvent by a competent
court or shall enter into any composition or other similar arrangement with
its creditors generally; or
(10) a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or other
similar official shall be appointed in relation to the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or in relation to the whole or a substantial part of
the undertaking of assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or a
distress, execution or other process shall be levied or enforced upon or
sued out against, or any encumbrancer shall take possession of, the whole
or a substantial part of the assets of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary and in any of the foregoing cases it or he shall not be paid out
or discharged within 90 days;
(11) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
such series.
Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary of the Company shall be
deemed to be unable to pay its debts for purposes of sub-paragraph (8) above if
any such demand is being contested in good faith by the Company or the relevant
Significant Subsidiary with recourse to all appropriate measures and procedures.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an
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Event of Default (other than an Event of Default set forth in Section 501(7),
(8), (9) or (10)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case, unless the
principal of all of the Outstanding Securities of such series already has become
due and payable, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal
(or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed
Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms
thereof) of, and the Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, all the Securities of such
series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company
(and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such
principal or specified portion thereof shall become immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default set forth in Section 501(7), (8), (9) or (10) occurs and
is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series, then in each such
case, the principal of or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount
Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal as may be
specified in the terms thereof, and the Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, all the
Securities of such series shall be due and payable immediately, without notice
to the Company.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided in this Article, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) The Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay, in the currency, currency unit or composite currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series):
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(A) all overdue installments of interest on and any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of all Outstanding Securities of such
series and any coupons appertaining thereto;
(B) the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any,
on) any Outstanding Securities of such series which have become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest
thereon at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities;
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest on overdue installments of interest and any Additional
Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for 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
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series,
other than the nonpayment of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any, on) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on
Securities of such series 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
resulting therefrom.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
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Trustee. The Company covenants that if:
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(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest or
Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security of any series or any coupon
appertaining thereto when such interest or Additional Amount 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 or
Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Security of any series at its Maturity,
then the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series and any such coupons,
the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities and any such coupons
for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, with interest on any overdue principal (and premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest
is legally enforceable, on any overdue installments of interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as is sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel.
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If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the benefit of
the Holders of the Securities of such series and any such coupons, may institute
a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of such series and
collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by
law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of
such series, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any
coupons appertaining thereto by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the
Trustee deems 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
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any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to
the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of such series or the
property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee
(irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of any series is then
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee has made any demand on the Company for the
payment of overdue principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest
or Additional Amounts, if any) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention
in such proceeding or otherwise:
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of
principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities
of such series and to file such other papers or documents and take such
other action, including participating as a member of any official creditors
committee appointed in the matter, as it may deem 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 of Securities of such series and any coupons appertaining thereto to
make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee consents 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
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Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or
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Coupons. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
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Securities or any 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
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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 or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on 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:
(1) to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 606;
(2) to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid on the
Securities and coupons for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, payable, 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 aggregate
amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts,
if any, respectively; and
(3) to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series
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or any coupon appertaining thereto shall have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
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(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its
own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such
Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
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or Make-Whole Amount, Interest and Additional Amounts. Notwithstanding any other
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provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the
right which is absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the principal of
(and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on ) and (subject to Sections 305 and
307) interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Security or payment of
such coupon on or after the respective due dates 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 or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any
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Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or
to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of Securities and coupons shall, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided
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with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Securities or coupons in the last
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paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred on 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
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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 of Securities or coupons, as the
case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders of Securities. The Holders of not less than
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a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided
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that:
(1) such direction is not 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 unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of
such series not joining therein (but the Trustee shall have no obligation
as to the determination of such undue prejudice).
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of at least a majority in
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principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of
the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any coupons appertaining
thereto waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any, on) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any
Security of such series or any coupons appertaining thereto; 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 thereby.
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Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or Event of Default or impair any right resulting therefrom.
SECTION 514. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants
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(to the extent which it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist
on, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage
of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Company (to the extent which it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree,
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and each Holder of any Security by such Holder's acceptance thereof shall be
deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing
by any party litigant in such suit of any undertaking to pay the costs of such
suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group
of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount,
if any, on) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security on or
after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the
case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any
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default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee
shall give to the Holders of the Securities of such series, and in the manner
and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act to the
extent this Indenture is qualified (transmitted by mail to all Holders of
Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Security
Register and to the extent the Securities are Bearer Securities, such Holders of
Securities as have, within the two years preceding such transmission, filed
their names and addresses with the Trustee for that purpose and to all Holders
of Securities whose names and addresses have been furnished to or received by
the Trustee pursuant to Article VII) notice of such default hereunder known to
the Trustee, unless such default has been cured or waived; provided, however,
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that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or interest or
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Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security of such series, or in the payment of
any sinking fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding
of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities and coupons
of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default or breach
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of the character specified in clause (4) of Section 501 with respect to the
Securities of such series and any coupons appertaining thereto, no such notice
to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof.
For the purposes of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is,
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or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of such series.
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
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Section 315(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent this Indenture is
qualified, and with respect to Securities of any series, except during the
continuance of an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series:
(1) the Trustee shall perform only such duties as are expressly
undertaken by it to perform under this Indenture;
(2) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document believed by it to
be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(3) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than
delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto,
to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303,
which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any
resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(4) whenever, in the administration of this Indenture, the Trustee
deems it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence is specifically prescribed herein) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely on a Company Certificate;
(5) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(6) 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 coupons
appertaining thereto pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders 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;
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(7) 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, coupon 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 determines 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;
(8) 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;
(9) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized
or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred on it by this
Indenture;
(10) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any event or
fact upon the occurrence of which it may be required to take action
hereunder or any other fact or matter, including without limitation, any
such event or fact requiring an adjustment in any conversion rate or
conversion price, unless it has actual knowledge of the occurrence of such
event or fact; and
(11) 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
has reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.
SECTION 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The
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recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificate 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 any 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. 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 604. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security
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Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Company, 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
to the extent this Indenture is qualified, may otherwise deal with the Company
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such other agent.
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SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust; Permitted Investments. Money held by the
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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,
or investment of, any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed
with and for the sole benefit of the Company.
Pending their use under this Indenture, moneys held by the Trustee
hereunder may be invested in Permitted Investments maturing or redeemable at the
option of the holder at or before the time when such moneys are expected to be
needed by the Trustee and shall be so invested pursuant to a Company Order if no
Event of Default known to the Trustee then exists under this Indenture and
otherwise at the discretion of the Trustee. Any investment pursuant to this
Section 605 shall be held by the Trustee as a part of the moneys held by the
Trustee hereunder, as applicable, and shall be sold or redeemed to the extent
necessary to make payments or transfers or anticipated payments from such
moneys.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on all written investment
instructions provided by the Company hereunder, and shall have no duty to
monitor the compliance thereof with the restrictions set forth herein. The
Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for any depreciation in the
value of any investment or for any loss, direct or indirect, resulting from any
investment made in accordance with a Company Order. The Trustee shall be
without liability to the Company or any Holder or any other person in the event
that any investment made in accordance with a Company Order shall cause any
person to incur any liability or rebates or other monies payable pursuant to the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Any interest realized on investments and any profit realized upon the sale
or other disposition thereof shall be credited to moneys held by the Trustee
hereunder and any loss shall be charged thereto.
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees:
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(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse each
of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by it in
connection with its administration of the trust hereunder (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents
and counsel), except to the extent any such expense, disbursement or
advance may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for,
and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust
or trusts or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs
and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in
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connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be
attributable to its own negligence or bad faith.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on 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 or Make-Whole Amount, if
any, on) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on particular Securities or
any coupons.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture.
SECTION 607. Trustee Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee
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hereunder which, to the extent the Indenture is qualified, is eligible to act as
Trustee under Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Trustee publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of federal,
state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Trustee shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in
its most recent report of condition so published. No obligor on the Securities
or Affiliate of any such obligor shall serve as Trustee on such Securities. If
at any time the Trustee ceases 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 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interest.
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(a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as
defined in this Section, with respect to the Securities of any series, it
shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting
interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect
to the Securities of that series in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
(b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the
provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section with respect to the Securities
of any series, the Trustee shall, within ten days after the expiration of
such 90-day period, transmit by mail to the Company and all Holders of
Securities of that series, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, notice of such failure.
(c) For the purposes of this Section, the Trustee shall be deemed to
have a conflicting interest with respect to the Securities of any series if
the Securities of such series are in default (as determined in accordance
with the provisions of Section 501, but exclusive of any period of grace or
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requirement of notice) and
(1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to
the Outstanding Securities of any series other than that series or is
trustee under another
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indenture under which any other securities or certificates of interest
or participation in any other securities of the Company are
outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust
indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities
issued under this Indenture;
(2) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is
an obligor upon the Securities or an underwriter for the Company upon
the Securities;
(3) the Trustee directly or indirectly controls or is directly
or indirectly controlled by or is under direct or indirect common
control with the Company or an underwriter for the Company;
(4) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is
a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee, or representative
of the Company, or of an underwriter (other than the Trustee itself)
for the Company who is currently engaged in the business of
underwriting, except that (i) one individual may be a director or an
executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director or an
executive officer, or both, of the Company but may not be at the same
time an executive officer of both the Trustee and the Company; (ii) if
and so long as the number of directors of the Trustee in office is
more than nine, one additional individual may be a director or an
executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director of the
Company; and (iii) the Trustee may be designated by the Company or by
any underwriter for the Company to act in the capacity of transfer
agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent, escrow agent
or depositary, or in any other similar capacity, or, subject to the
provisions of paragraph (1) of this Subsection, to act as trustee,
whether under an indenture or otherwise;
(5) 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is
beneficially owned either by the Company or by any director, partner
or executive officer thereof, or 20% or more of such voting securities
is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more of such
persons; or 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is
beneficially owned either by an underwriter for the Company or by any
director, partner or executive officer thereof, or is beneficially
owned, collectively, by any two or more such persons;
(6) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as
collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as
hereinafter in this Subsection defined), (i) 5% or more of the voting
securities, or 10% or more of any other class of security, of the
Company not including the Securities issued under this Indenture and
securities issued under any other indenture for which the Trustee is
also trustee, or (ii) 10% or more of any class of security of an
underwriter for the Company;
(7) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as
collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as
hereinafter in this Subsection defined), 5%
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or more of the voting securities of any person who, to the knowledge
of the Trustee, owns 10% or more of the voting securities of, or
controls directly or indirectly or is under direct or indirect common
control with, the Company;
(8) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as
collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as
hereinafter in this Subsection defined), 10% or more of any class of
security of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 50%
or more of the voting securities of the Company; or
(9) the Trustee owns, on the date of an Event of Default upon
the Securities of any series or any anniversary of such date while
such default upon the Securities remains outstanding, in the capacity
of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter vivos trustee,
guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other similar capacity,
an aggregate of 25% or more of the voting securities, or of any class
of security, of any person, the beneficial ownership of a specified
percentage of which would have constituted a conflicting interest
under paragraph (6), (7) or (8) of this Subsection. As to any such
securities of which the Trustee acquired ownership through becoming
executor, administrator or testamentary trustee of an estate which
included them, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not
apply, for a period of two years from the date of such acquisition, to
the extent that such securities included in such estate do not exceed
25% of such voting securities or 25% of any such class of security.
Promptly after the dates of any such default and annually in each
succeeding year that the Securities remain in default, the Trustee
shall make a check of its holdings of such securities in any of the
above-mentioned capacities as of such dates. If the Company fails to
make payment in full of the principal of or, if any Securities are
Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion
of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof, premium (if
any), or interest on any of the Securities of any series when and as
the same becomes due and payable, and such failure continues for 30
days thereafter, the Trustee shall make a prompt check of its holdings
of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of the
date of the expiration of such 30-day period, and after such date,
notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all such
securities so held by the Trustee, with sole or joint control over
such securities vested in it, shall, but only so long as such failure
shall continue, be considered as though beneficially owned by the
Trustee for the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) of this
Subsection.
The specification of percentages in paragraphs (5) to (9), inclusive,
of this Subsection shall not be construed as indicating that the ownership
of such percentages of the securities of a person is or is not necessary or
sufficient to constitute direct or indirect control for the purposes of
paragraphs (3) or (7) of this Subsection.
For the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), (8) and (9) of this
Subsection only, (i) the terms "security" and "securities" shall include
only such securities as are generally known
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as corporate securities, but shall not include any note or other evidence
of indebtedness issued to evidence an obligation to repay moneys lent to a
person by one or more banks, trust companies or banking firms, or any
certificate of interest or participation in any such note or evidence of
indebtedness; (ii) an obligation shall be deemed to be "in default" when a
default in payment of principal shall have continued for 30 days or more
and shall not have been cured; and (iii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to
be the owner or holder of (A) any security which it holds as collateral
security, as trustee or otherwise, for an obligation which is not in
default as defined in clause (ii) above, or (B) any security which it holds
as collateral security under this Indenture, irrespective of any default
hereunder, or (C) any security which it holds as agent for collection, or
as custodian, escrow agent or depositary, or in any similar representative
capacity.
(d) For the purposes of this Section:
(1) The term "underwriter," when used with reference to the
Company, means every person who, within one year prior to the time as
of which the determination is made, has purchased from the Company
with a view to, or has offered or sold for the Company in connection
with, the distribution of any security of the Company outstanding at
such time, or has participated or has had a direct or indirect
participation in any such undertaking, or has participated or has had
a participation in the direct or indirect underwriting of any such
undertaking, but such term shall not include a person whose interest
was limited to a commission from an underwriter or dealer not in
excess of the usual and customary distributors' or sellers'
commission.
(2) The term "director" means any director of a corporation or
any individual performing similar functions with respect to any
organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated.
(3) The term "person" means an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, an
unincorporated organization or a government or political subdivision
thereof. As used in this paragraph, the term "trust" shall include
only a trust where the interest or interests of the beneficiary or
beneficiaries are evidenced by a security.
(4) The term "voting security" means any security presently
entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or
management of the affairs of a person, or any security issued under or
pursuant to any trust, agreement or arrangement whereby a trustee or
trustees or agent or agents for the owner or holder of such security
are currently entitled to vote in the direction or management of the
affairs of a person.
(5) The term "Company" means any obligor upon the Securities of
any series.
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(6) The term "executive officer" means the president, every vice
president, every trust officer, the cashier, the secretary and the
treasurer of a corporation, and any individual customarily performing
similar functions with respect to any organization whether
incorporated or unincorporated, but shall not include the chairman of
the board of directors.
(e) The percentages of voting securities and other securities
specified in this Section shall be calculated in accordance with the
following provisions:
(1) A specified percentage of the voting securities of the
Trustee, the Company or any other person referred to in this
Section (each of whom is referred to as a "person" in this
paragraph) means such amount of the outstanding voting securities
of such person as entitles the holder or holders thereof to cast
such specified percentage of the aggregate votes which the
holders of all the outstanding voting securities of such person
are entitled to cast in the direction or management of the
affairs of such person.
(2) A specified percentage of a class of securities of a
person means such percentage of the aggregate amount of
securities of the class outstanding.
(3) The term "amount," when used in regard to securities,
means the principal amount if relating to evidences of
indebtedness, the number of shares if relating to capital shares
and the number of units if relating to any other kind of
security.
(4) The term "outstanding" means issued and not held by or
for the account of the issuer. The following securities shall not
be deemed outstanding within the meaning of this definition:
(i) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund
relating to securities of the issuer of the same class;
(ii) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund
relating to another class of securities of the issuer, if the
obligation evidenced by such other class of securities is not in
default as to principal or interest or otherwise;
(iii) securities pledged by the issuer thereof as
security for an obligation of the issuer not in default as to
principal or interest or otherwise; and
(iv) securities held in escrow if placed in escrow by
the issuer thereof;
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provided, however, that any voting securities of an issuer shall
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be deemed outstanding if any person other than the issuer is
entitled to exercise voting rights thereof.
(5) A security shall be deemed to be of the same class as
another security if both securities confer upon the holder or
holders thereof substantially the same rights and privileges;
provided, however, that, in the case of secured evidences of
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indebtedness, all of which are issued under a single indenture,
differences in the interest rates or maturity dates of various
series thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute such
series different classes and provided, further, that, in the case
of unsecured evidences of indebtedness, differences in the
interest rates or maturity dates thereof shall not be deemed
sufficient to constitute them securities of different classes,
whether or not they are issued under a single indenture.
SECTION 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 609.
(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
an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee has not 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.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the
Trustee and the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with the provisions of Section
608 and, if the Indenture is qualified, Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act, after written request therefor by the Company or any
Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for
at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee ceases to be eligible under Section 607 and
fails to resign after written request therefor by the Company or any
Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for
at least six months, or
(3) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting or is adjudged a
bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
is appointed or any public
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officer takes charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities or (ii) subject to Section 515 and, to the extent
the Indenture is qualified, Section 315(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, any
Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six months may, on behalf of such Holder and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a
successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee resigns, is removed or becomes incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy occurs in the office of Trustee 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 Trustee
or Trustees with respect to the Securities of such 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 is 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 has been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities
and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of
a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for
at least six months may, on behalf of such Holder and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to 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 in the manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities 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.
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(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and, thereupon, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor
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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 request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers
and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such
retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any,
provided for in Section 606.
(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 a Supplemental
Indenture, pursuant to Article Nine, wherein each successor Trustee shall
accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as are
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 such series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee
is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as are necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring
shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee and (iii) shall add to
or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as are 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 such 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 such
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
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SECTION 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided that such
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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 or coupons 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 or coupons so authenticated with
the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities or coupons. In case any Securities or coupons have not been
authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may
authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in either its own name or
that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this
Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.
SECTION 612. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of
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the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating
Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or
repayment thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as
if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company.
Whenever 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, except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 301, shall at all times be a bank or
trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing
under the laws of the United States of America or of 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, state or District of Columbia
authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising
or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent ceases to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this
Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or
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consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent is a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an
Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided
such corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution
or filing of any paper or further act on the part of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time resign
by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series and the
Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time terminate the
agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to
such Authenticating Agent and the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent ceases to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment to all Holders of Securities of or within the series with respect to
which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set forth in Section
106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for
its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
[name of Trustee],
as Trustee
By:____________________________,
as Authenticating Agent
By:____________________________
Authorized Officer
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SECTION 613. More Than One Trustee. At any time when more than one Person
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is acting as Trustee under this Indenture, no Trustee of one series will be
responsible for any of the acts or omissions of the Trustee of another series or
have any liability to the holders of Notes of such other series.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders. Every Holder of
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Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be
held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names
and addresses of Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312 of the
Trust Indenture Act to the extent this Indenture is qualified and to Section 702
of this Indenture, 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 in accordance with Section 702.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
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(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of each series received by
the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.
(b) If three or more Holders, or three or more Persons who own a
beneficial interest in a global Security, of any series (herein referred
to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the
Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security, or
a beneficial interest in a global Security, of such series for a period of
at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such
application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other
Holders, or Persons who own a beneficial interest in a global Security, of
such series, with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under
such Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee
shall, within five business days after the receipt of such application, at
its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved
at the time by the Trustee with respect to such series in accordance
with Section 702(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of
Holders whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved
at the time by the Trustee with respect to such series in accordance
with Section 702(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such
Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in
such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to
such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each Holder of such series whose name and address
appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee with
respect to such series in accordance with Section 702(a) a copy of the
form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request,
with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material
to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of
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the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such
tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants, together with a copy of
the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the
opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interest
of the Holders or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written
statement shall specify the basis of such opinion.
(c) Every Holder, by receiving and holding Securities of each series,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason
of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of
the Holders of such series in accordance with Section 702(b), 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 702(b).
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee. Within 60 days after February 1 of each
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year commencing with the first February 1 after the first issuance of Securities
pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of
Securities, as provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act to the
extent the Indenture is qualified and a report is required thereunder, a brief
report dated as of such February 1 briefly describing any disqualifying or
conflicting interest contained in Section 608.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company. The Company shall:
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(a) file with the Trustee and transmit to Holders, within 15 days
after the earlier of when the Company transmits to its shareholders or, to
the extent this Indenture is qualified, files the same with the Commission,
copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other
reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing) as to which
the Company is required to provide to its shareholders pursuant to the laws
of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and, to the extent the Indenture is
qualified and the Company is subject to the reporting obligations of the
Exchange Act, to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act; or if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections,
then, to the extent the Indenture is qualified, the Company will file with
the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the Commission from time to time under the Trust Indenture Act,
such of the information, documents and reports as may be prescribed from
time to time by such rules and regulations.
(b) file with the Trustee and the Commission to the extent the
Indenture is qualified, in accordance with the rules and regulations
prescribed by the Commission, such additional information, documents, and
reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and
covenants provided for in this Indenture, as may be required by such rules
and regulations; and
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(c) transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities, within 30 days
after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent
provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act and to the extent the
Indenture is qualified, such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to subparagraphs (1)
and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations
prescribed by the Commission.
SECTION 705. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The
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Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record
Date for interest for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Registered Securities of such series as of such Regular Record
Date, or if there is no Regular Record Date for interest for such series of
Securities, semi-annually, on such dates as are set forth in the Board
Resolution, Company Certificate or Supplemental Indenture authorizing such
series, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that, so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no
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such list shall be required to be furnished.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales, Leases and
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Conveyances. The Company may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or
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substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into any other Person,
provided that in any such case, (i) either the Company is the continuing entity,
or the successor entity (if other than the Company) is a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and such successor
entity expressly assumes the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) and interest and Additional Amounts,
if any, on all of the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and
punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of
this Indenture to be performed by the Company by Supplemental Indenture,
complying with Article Nine, satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered
to the Trustee by such Person and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the
Company, the successor entity (if other than the Company) or any Subsidiary as a
result thereof as having been incurred by the Company, such successor entity or
such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event
of Default, has occurred and is continuing.
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SECTION 802. Rights and Duties of Successor Entity. In case of any such
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consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance and upon any such assumption by
the successor entity, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted
for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the
party of the first part, and the predecessor entity, except in the event of a
lease, shall be relieved of any further obligation under this Indenture and the
Securities. Such successor entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may
issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the
Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore have not been signed by the
Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor
entity, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and
limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and
shall deliver any Securities which previously have been signed and delivered by
the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any
Securities which such successor entity thereafter shall cause to be signed and
delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall
in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the
Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the
execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, such
changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
SECTION 803. Company Certificate and Opinion of Counsel. Any consolidation,
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merger, sale, lease or conveyance permitted under Section 801 is also subject to
the condition that the Trustee receive a Company Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or
conveyance, and the assumption by any successor entity, complies with the
provisions of this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without
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the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, 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 Supplemental Indentures, 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 if such covenants are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such
covenants are expressly being included solely for the
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benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
on the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (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 expressly being included solely for the
benefit of such series); provided, however, that, in respect of any such
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additional Events of Default, such Supplemental Indenture may provide for a
particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or
longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for
an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such series of
Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such
default; 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 the principal of (or
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, 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 adversely
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affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any
coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only
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when there is no 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; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any
coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301,
including the provisions and procedures, if applicable, for the conversion
of such Securities into Shares or other securities of the Company; 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 are necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
hereof which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
hereof, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture which shall not
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be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture or to make any other
changes, provided that, in each case, such provisions shall not adversely
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affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any
coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(10) to close this Indenture with respect to the authentication and
delivery of additional series of Securities; or
(11) to qualify, or maintain qualification of, this Indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act; or
(12) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as are necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 1401, 1402 and
1403; provided that, in each case, any such action shall not adversely
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affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series and any
coupons appertaining thereto or any other series of Securities in any
material respect.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the
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consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities affected by such Supplemental Indenture, by Act of such
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 or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Securities and coupons under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
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Supplemental Indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or any installment of principal of or
interest on any Security; or reduce the principal amount thereof or the
rate or amount of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts payable in
respect thereof, or any premium or Make-Whole Amount payable upon the
redemption thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay
Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1010 (except as contemplated by
clause (1) of Section 801 and permitted by clause (1) of Section 901), or
reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security
or Make-Whole Amount, if any, which 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 the Holder of any
Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in
which, the principal of any Security or any premium or Make-Whole Amount or
any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof or the interest thereon
is payable; or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case
of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the
Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be); or
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(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required
for any such Supplemental Indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which
is required for any waiver with respect to such series (or compliance with
certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and
their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the
requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or voting; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1011, except to increase the required percentage to effect such
action or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot
be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby.
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 approves the substance thereof.
A Supplemental Indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included 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 deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the
Holders of Securities of any other series.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
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accepting the additional trusts created by, any Supplemental Indenture permitted
by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying on, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such Supplemental
Indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
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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 and of any coupon appertaining
thereto shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every Supplemental
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Indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect if at that date the Indenture shall
then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities
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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. Failure to make such a notation
shall
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not affect the validity or enforceability of any such Supplemental Indenture. If
the Company so determines, 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.
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures. Promptly after the
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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 or Make-Whole Amount, Interest
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and Additional Amounts. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the
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Holders of each series of Securities that it shall duly and punctually pay to
the Trustee prior to 12:00 noon on the applicable date of payment the principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) and interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on the Securities of such series in accordance with the terms
of such series of 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 and Additional Amounts, if
any, on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity, other than Additional Amounts,
if any, payable as provided in Section 1010 in respect of principal of (or
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) such a Security, shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to Securities of any series pursuant to Section
301, at the option of the Company, all payments of principal may be paid by
check to the registered Holder of the Registered Security or other person
entitled thereto against surrender of such Security.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. If Securities of a series
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are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company shall maintain in each
Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where
Securities of such series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or on the Company in respect of the
Securities of such series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a
series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall maintain: (i) in the
city of Boston, Massachusetts, an office or agency where any Registered
Securities of such series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any
Registered Securities of such series may be surrendered for exchange, where
notices and demands to or on the Company in respect of the Securities of such
series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of such
series and any coupons appertaining thereto may be presented or surrendered for
payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not
otherwise); (ii) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a
Place of Payment for such
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series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where
Securities of such series and any coupons appertaining thereto may be presented
and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional Amounts payable
on Securities of such series pursuant to Section 1010); provided, however, that
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if the Securities of such series are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange,
the International Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the
United States and such stock exchange so requires, the Company shall maintain a
Paying Agent for the Securities of such series in Luxembourg, London, England or
any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be,
so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange; and (iii)
subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for
such series located outside the United States an office or agency where any
Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where
Securities of such series may be surrendered for exchange and where notices and
demands to or on the Company in respect of the Securities of such series and
this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of each such office
or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office
or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such
series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment
(including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Bearer Securities of
such series pursuant to Section 1010) at the offices specified in the Security,
in London, England, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to
receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands, and the Company
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, no payment of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any, on) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on Bearer Securities shall
be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check
mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that, if
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the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of the principal of
(and premium and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) and interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on any Bearer Security shall be made at the office of the
Company's Paying Agent in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, if (but only if)
payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, Make-Whole
Amount, interest or Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or
agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in
accordance with this Indenture, is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange
controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities of one or more series and any coupons appertaining
thereto may be presented or surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may
from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such
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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
shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section
301,
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the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of
Securities the office or agency of the Company in the city of Boston,
Massachusetts, 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.
This Indenture shall be available for inspection by a Holder at the offices
of the Company or at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and through the
office of an affiliate of the Trustee in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and, upon
the request of a Holder, a copy of the Indenture will be promptly transmitted to
the requesting Holder, at the expense of the Company.
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 Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long
as it is required under any other provision of the Indenture, then the Company
shall 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
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Company at any time acts as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
any Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, it shall, on or before each
due date of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any of the Securities of such series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency
or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series)
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, so becoming due until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company has one or more Paying Agents for any series of
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, it shall, on or before each due
date of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Securities of such series,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the currency or currencies, currency unit
or units or composite currency or currencies described in the preceding
paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal,
premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts and (unless such
Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute
and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying
Agent shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, on Securities
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in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor on the Securities) in the making of any such payment of
principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest or
Additional Amounts, if any; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, on 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 on the
same trusts as those on which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
Except as otherwise 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 (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any, on) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security of any
series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any), interest or Additional Amounts, if any, has
become due and payable shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request or (if
then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of
such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to
the Company for payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount,
if any, on) and interest and any Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security of
such series, without interest thereon, 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
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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. Existence. Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or
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cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect the existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the
Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
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required to preserve any right or franchise if the Board of Directors determines
that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of
Securities of any series.
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties. The Company shall cause all of
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its properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of
any Subsidiary to be maintained and
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kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary
equipment and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of
the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided,
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however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company or any
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Subsidiary from selling or otherwise disposing for value its properties in the
ordinary course of its business.
SECTION 1006. Insurance. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
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Subsidiaries to, keep all of its insurable properties insured against loss or
damage at least equal to their then full insurable value with financially sound
and reputable insurance companies.
SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company shall pay or
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discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same become delinquent,
(i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed on the
Company or any Subsidiary or on the income, profits or property of the Company
or any Subsidiary and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies
which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien on the property of the Company or
any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay
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or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge
or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1008. Provision of Financial Information. At any time when the
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Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or is not
exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, for the
benefit of Holders from time to time of any of the Securities which are not
registered under the Securities Act ("Exempt Securities"), upon request of a
Holder of Exempt Securities, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished
at its expense information satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act to that Holder or to a prospective purchaser of the Exempt
Security designated by that Holder, as the case may be, unless at that time (1)
the Commission shall have waived such requirement in writing or otherwise taken
the position that subsection 144A(d)(4)(i) does not apply to the Company or (2)
the provision of such information shall no longer be required by law to effect
resales under Rule 144A under the Securities Act or otherwise to effect resales
without registration under the Securities Act. As used in this Section 1008
only, "Holder" shall include a holder of interest in a global Security which is
an Exempt Security and a prospective purchaser of an Exempt Security shall
include a prospective purchaser of an interest represented by a global Security
which is an Exempt Security.
SECTION 1009. Statement as to Compliance. The Company shall deliver to the
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Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate
from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with
all conditions and covenants under this Indenture verified in the case of
conditions precedent compliance with which is subject to verification by
accountants by the certificate or opinion of an accountant and, in the event of
any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status
thereof. For purposes of this Section 1009, such compliance shall be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under
this Indenture.
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SECTION 1010. Additional Amounts. If any Securities of a series provide for
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the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company covenants and agrees for the
benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series that it shall pay to the
Holder of any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto
Additional Amounts as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301. Whenever
in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context except in the case of
clause (1) of Section 502, the payment of the principal of or of any premium,
Make-Whole Amount or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series
or payment of any coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of
any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of
the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series
established pursuant to Section 301 to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to
such terms and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if
applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding
Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof in which such express mention is
not made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
ten days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to Securities of
such series (or if the Securities of such series will not bear interest prior to
Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is
made), and at least ten days prior to each date of payment of principal and any
premium or Make-Whole Amount or interest, if there has been any change with
respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Company Certificate, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying
Agents, if other than the Trustee, with a Company Certificate instructing the
Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal
of and any premium or Make-Whole Amount or interest on the Securities of such
series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or any coupons
appertaining thereto who are not United States persons without withholding for
or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in
the Securities of or within the series. If any such withholding is required,
then such Company Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any,
required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of such
series or any coupons appertaining thereto and the Company shall pay to the
Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of
such Securities. In the event that the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case
may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned certificate, then the Trustee
or such Paying Agent shall be entitled (i) to assume that no such withholding or
deduction is required with respect to any payment of principal or interest with
respect to any Securities of such series or any coupons appertaining thereto
until it has received a certificate advising otherwise and (ii) to make all
payments of principal and interest with respect to the Securities of such series
or any coupons appertaining thereto without withholding or deductions until
otherwise advised. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any
Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part
arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them or
in reliance on any Company Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or in
reliance on the Company's not furnishing such a Company Certificate.
SECTION 1011. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any
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particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in
Sections 1004 to 1008,
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inclusive, and with any other term, provision or condition with respect to the
Securities of any series specified in accordance with Section 301 (except any
such term, provision or condition which could not be amended without the consent
of all Holders of Securities of such series pursuant to Section 902), if before
or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of all outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such
Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to
or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived,
and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company
and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1012. Venue. Any legal suit, action or proceeding against the
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Company brought by any Holder arising out of or based upon this Indenture may be
instituted in any State or Federal Court located in the Borough of Manhattan,
City of New York. The Company waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively
do so, any objection which it may not or hereafter have to the laying of venue
of any such proceeding and the Company submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company has
appointed CT Corporation System, New York, New York, as its authorized agent
(the "Authorized Agent") upon whom process may be served in any such action
arising out of or based on this Indenture which may be instituted in any State
of Federal Court located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, by any
Holder. The Company expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in
respect of any such action and waives any other requirements of or objections to
personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. The Company represents and warrants
that the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as such agent for service of process
and agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all
documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in
full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized
Agent and written notice of such service to the Company shall be deemed, in
every respect, effective service of process upon the Company.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are
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redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with
their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the
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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 of less
than all of the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 45 days
prior to the giving of the notice of redemption in Section 1104 (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount, or if any Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal
as may be specified in the terms thereof, of
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Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of
Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with a Company Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less
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than all the Securities of any series issued on the same day with the same terms
are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with the same terms
not previously called for redemption, by lot or pro rata and which may provide
for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of
the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than
the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar
(if other than itself) 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 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. Notice of redemption shall be given in
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the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified by the terms
of such series established pursuant to Section 301, to each Holder of Securities
to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to
the Holder of any Security 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 such Security or portion
thereof.
Any notice which is mailed to the Holders of Registered Securities in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price, accrued interest to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 1106, if any, and Additional Amounts, if
any;
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(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or 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, on surrender of such Security, the holder will receive, without a
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 to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, if
any, will become due and payable on each such Security, or the portion
thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall
cease to accrue on and after such 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 appertaining thereto maturing subsequent to the
date fixed for redemption 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 for such series and any
Paying Agent is furnished;
(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
the redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or
otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such
exchanges may be made; and
(10) the CUSIP number of such Security, if any, provided that neither
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the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any such
CUSIP number.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed 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. At least one Business Day prior
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to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, which it may
not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve, segregate and
hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount
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of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series) sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of,
and (except if the Redemption Date is an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest
on, all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on such
date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption
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having been given as provided above, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on
the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein
specified in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date),
and from and after such date (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall, if the same are
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 such notice, together with any coupons
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
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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
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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.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption is not accompanied by all
coupons appertaining thereto 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 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 surrenders to
the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a
deduction has been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled
to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented
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by a coupon 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 such coupon.
If any Security called for redemption is not so paid upon surrender thereof
for redemption, the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the
Security.
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SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be
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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 his attorney duly authorized in writing and
accompanied by appropriate evidence of genuineness and authority) 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.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article
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shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a
series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series.
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
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payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
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terms of such Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
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sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any
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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. The
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Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
with respect to the Securities of a series, (i) deliver Outstanding Securities
of such series (other than any previously called for redemption), together in
the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto and (ii) apply as a credit 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, as provided for by the terms
of such Securities, or which have otherwise been acquired by the Company,
provided that such Securities so delivered or applied as a credit have not been
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previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such
purpose by the Trustee at the applicable 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
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days prior to each sinking payment date for Securities of any series, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Certificate specifying the amount
of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for such series pursuant to
the terms of such series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
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satisfied by payment of cash in the currency or currencies, currency unit or
units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of such series pursuant to
Section 1202, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next
ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and shall also deliver to the Trustee
any Securities to be so delivered and credited. If such Company Certificate
specifies an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory
sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount
therein specified. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed on 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.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article. Repayment of Securities of any
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series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall be
made in accordance with the terms of such Securities, if any, and (except as
otherwise specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section
301) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities. Securities of any series subject to
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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 at least one Business Day prior to the Repayment Date
it shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as it own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or
units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided
by the terms of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of,
and (except if the Repayment Date is an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest
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
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repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an "Option to Elect
Repayment" form on the reverse of such Securities. In order for any Security to
be repaid at the option of the Holder, the Trustee must receive 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 60 days nor later than 30 days prior to the
Repayment Date, (i) the Security so
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providing for such repayment together with the "Option to Elect Repayment" form
on the reverse thereof duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder's attorney
duly authorized in writing) or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or
a letter from a member of a national securities exchange, or the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or a commercial bank or trust company
in the United States setting forth the name of the Holder of the Security, the
principal amount of the Security, the principal amount of the Security to be
repaid, the CUSIP number, if any, or a description of the tenor and terms of the
Security, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised
thereby and a guarantee that the Security to be repaid, together with the duly
completed form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" on the reverse of the
Security, will be received by the Trustee not later than the fifth Business Day
after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter;
provided, however, that such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter
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shall only be effective if such Security and form duly completed are received by
the Trustee by such fifth Business Day. 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 which is not to be
repaid, must be specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for
prepayment 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 or within 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
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Payable. If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of
the Holders thereof 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 defaults 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 any coupons
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
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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) and, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301, only upon presentation and surrender of such coupons; and provided,
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further, that, in the case of Registered Securities, installments of interest,
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if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be
payable (but without interest thereon, unless the Company defaults in the
payment thereof) 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 repayment is not accompanied by all
coupons appertaining thereto 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 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 surrenders to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such
missing coupon in respect of which a deduction has 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 a coupon shall be
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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 such
coupon.
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
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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. Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect
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Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If, pursuant to Section 301, provision is
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made for either or both of (i) defeasance of the Securities of or within a
series under Section 1402 or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or
within a series under Section 1403 to be applicable to the Securities of any
series, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be,
together with the other provisions of this Article (with such modifications
thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any
Securities), shall be applicable to such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time,
with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, elect to
defease such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
pursuant to Section 1402 (if applicable) or Section 1403 (if applicable) upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article.
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's exercise of the
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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
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Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set
forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this
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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 coupons appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be deemed
"Outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of
this Indenture referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied
all of its other obligations under such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto 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: (i) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto 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 or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) and interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto when such payments are due; (ii) the Company's obligations with respect
to such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to
the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by
Section 1010; (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder; and (iv) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with
this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect
to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of the
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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
Sections 1004 to 1008, inclusive, and, if specified pursuant to Section 301, its
obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant
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defeasance"), and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
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thereafter be deemed not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction,
waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with Sections 1004 to 1008, inclusive, or such other
covenant, 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 coupons appertaining thereto, the Company
may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant,
whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to
any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such
Section or such other 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 clause (5) or (10) of Section 501 or otherwise, as the case may
be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The
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following shall be the conditions to application of Section 1402 or Section 1403
to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining
thereto:
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(a) The Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section
607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen
applicable to it) 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 coupons appertaining
thereto: (i) an amount in such currency or currencies, currency unit or
units or composite currency or currencies in which such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated
Maturity; (ii) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in
which such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto 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 or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) and
interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, money in an amount; or (iii) a combination thereof in
an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such
principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied
by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge (A) the
principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) and interest
and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Outstanding Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or
installment of principal or interest and (B) any mandatory sinking fund
payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto 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 coupons appertaining thereto, provided that the Trustee
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has been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such
Government Obligations to such payments with respect to such Securities.
Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance
with Section 1102, 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, which notice shall be
irrevocable. Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given
effect in applying the foregoing.
(b) 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 (and shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest pursuant to Section 608, and Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act to the extent the Indenture is qualified, with respect
to any Security of the Company).
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or
both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto has occurred and is continuing on the date
of such deposit or, insofar
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as clauses (7), (8), (9) or (10) 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).
(d) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture,
there has been a change in the applicable 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 coupons appertaining
thereto 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.
(e) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders
of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will
not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such covenant 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 covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(f) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the
defeasance under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403
(as the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that either (i) as a result of a deposit pursuant to paragraph
(a) above and the related exercise of the Company's option under Section
1402 or Section 1403 (as the case may be), registration is not required
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Company with
respect to the trust funds representing such deposit or by the Trustee for
such trust funds or (ii) all necessary registrations under such Act have
been effected.
(g) After the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not
be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally.
(h) 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 which may be
imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
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Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last
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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) pursuant to
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Section 1404 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee
or such other qualifying trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto 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 or such other qualifying trustee
may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, 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(a) has been made, (i) the
Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to,
and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such Security to receive
payment in a currency, currency unit or composite currency other than that in
which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(a) has been made in respect of such
Security or (ii) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the currency, currency
unit or composite currency in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(a) has
been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any coupons
appertaining thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged
and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any, on), and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such
Security as the same 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, currency
unit or composite 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, currency unit or composite currency in effect on the second
Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion
Event, for such currency, currency unit or composite 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 than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the
account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee or
such other qualifying 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 expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee or such other qualifying trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof
which would then be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant
defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article.
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. A meeting of
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Holders of Securities of any series 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.
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(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 the city of Boston, Massachusetts,
as the Trustee determines. Notice of every meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such
meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such
meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not less
than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution,
or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount at maturity of the
Outstanding Securities of any series 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 has
not made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days
after receipt of such request or does 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 the city of Boston,
Massachusetts, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes
by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a) above.
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings. To be entitled to vote
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at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (i) a
Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or (ii) 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 or Holders. The only
Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series are the Persons entitled to vote at such
meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel,
and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in
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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,
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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 at maturity of
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the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such
specified percentage in principal amount at maturity of the Outstanding
Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum
within 30 minutes after 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 ten 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 ten 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 above,
of the principal amount at maturity of the Outstanding Securities of such series
which shall constitute a quorum.
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 a majority
in principal amount at maturity of the Outstanding Securities of such series;
provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any
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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 at maturity 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 such specified percentage in principal amount at maturity 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 any coupons
appertaining thereto, 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 which this Indenture expressly provides may be made,
given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount at
maturity of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of
such series and one or more additional series:
(1) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and
(2) the principal amount at maturity of the Outstanding Securities of
such series which 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.
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SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
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Meetings.
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(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 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
deems 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 has 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 or within the series calling
the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary
chairman. A permanent chairman of the meeting shall be elected by vote of
the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount at maturity 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 at maturity
of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by such
Holder; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any
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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 at
maturity 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 on
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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 series numbers 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
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who shall make and file with an Authorized Officer 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 an Authorized Officer and there shall be attached to
such record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by
ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of
the fact, setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that
such notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable, Section
1504. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavit of the permanent
chairman or his or her duly appointed representative 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. Evidence of Action Taken by Holders. Any request, demand,
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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by a specified percentage in principal
amount at maturity of the Holders of any or all series may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such specified percentage of Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in
writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the
Trustee. Proof of execution of any instrument or of a writing appointing any
such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Article Six) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Article.
SECTION 1508. Proof of Execution of Instruments. Subject to Article Six,
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the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy may be proved
in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by
the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee.
SECTION 1509. Inapplicability of Luxembourg Law. Articles 86 to 94-8
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(inclusive) of the law of August 10, 1915 on commercial companies (as amended)
of Luxembourg relating to the representation of Holders shall not be applicable.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and the corporate seal of the Trustee to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
SECURITY CAPITAL U.S. REALTY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
title: Senior Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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name: Xxxxx Xxxx
title: Vice President
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
As Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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[SEAL] Title: Assistant Vice President
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Attest:
/s/ N. V. Ashtim
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Assistant Secretary
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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
CERTIFICATE
[INSERT TITLE OR SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE DELIVERED]
This is to certify that, as of the date hereof, and except as set forth
below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned
by person(s) which 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) which are
(a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial
institutions, as defined in United States 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 United States financial
institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may
advise Security Capital U.S. Realty or its agent that such financial institution
will provide a certificate within a reasonable time stating that it agrees to
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 a financial institution 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, such financial institution
described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or
(ii)), certifies that it 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); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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.
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: __________ ___, ____
[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day prior
to the earlier of (i) the Exchange Date or
(ii) the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
[Name of Person Making Certification]
____________________________________
(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR
AND CEDEL S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF
A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO
OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[INSERT TITLE OR 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 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)
which 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 persons(s) which are (a) foreign
branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as
defined in United States 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 Security
Capital U.S. Realty or its agent that such financial institution will provide a
certificate within a reasonable time stating that it agrees to 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 a
financial institution 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 that such 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); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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 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 on 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: __________ ___, 19___
[To be dated no earlier than the earlier of
the Exchange Date or the relevant Interest
Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange
Date, as applicable]
[Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
Brussels Office,] as Operator of the Euroclear
System [Cedel S.A.]
By:______________________________________
