CENTURY CASINOS, INC. TO Trustee INDENTURE Dated as of __________, 200_
EXHIBIT
4.7
CENTURY
CASINOS, INC.
TO
______________________________
Trustee
________________
Dated
as of __________, 200_
________________
CENTURY
CASINOS, INC.
Reconciliation
and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture,
dated as of ______________, 200__
§310(a)(1)
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609
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(a)(2)
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609
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(a)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(5)
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609
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(b)
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608,
610
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(c)
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Not
Applicable
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§311(a)
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613
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(b)
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613
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§312(a)
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701,
702(a)
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(b)
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702(b)
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(c)
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702(c)
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§313(a)
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703(a)
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(b)
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703(a)
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(c)
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703(a)
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(d)
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703(b)
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§314(a)
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704,
1011
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(b)
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Not
Applicable
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(c)(1)
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102
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(c)(2)
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102
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(c)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(d)
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Not
Applicable
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(e)
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102
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§315(a)
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601
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(b)
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602
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(c)
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601
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(d)
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601
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(e)
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514
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§316(a)
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101
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(a)(1)(A)
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104(h),
502, 512
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(a)(1)(B)
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104(h),
513
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(a)(2)
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Not
Applicable
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(b)
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508
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(c)
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104(h)
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§317(a)(1)
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503
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(a)(2)
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504
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(b)
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1003
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§318(a)
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107
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(c)
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107
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_____________________________
Note:
This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be
part of the Indenture.
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
Parties
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1
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Recitals
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1
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ARTICLE
ONE
Definitions
and Other Provisions of General Application
Section
101.
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Definitions
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1
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Act
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2
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Affiliate
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2
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Authenticating
Agent
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2
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Authorized
Newspaper
|
2
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Bearer
Security
|
2
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Board
of Directors
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2
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Board
Resolution
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2
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Business
Day
|
2
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Clearstream
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2
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Commission
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2
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Company
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3
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|
Company
Request
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3
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Corporate
Trust Office
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3
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Corporation
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3
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Coupon
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3
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Debt
Securities
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3
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Defaulted
Interest
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3
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Depositary
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3
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Designated
Currency
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3
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Dollar
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3
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Euro
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3
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Euroclear
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4
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European
Communities
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4
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Event
of Default
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4
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Exchange
Rate
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4
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Exchange
Rate Agent
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4
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Exchange
Rate Officer’s Certificate
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4
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Foreign
Currency
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4
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GAAP
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4
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Global
Exchange Agent
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4
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Global
Exchange Date
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4
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Global
Security
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4
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Government
Obligations
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4
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Holder
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4
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Indebtedness
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5
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5
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||
Interest
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5
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Interest
Payment Date
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5
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Maturity
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5
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Mortgage
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5
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Officers’
Certificate
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5
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Opinion
of Counsel
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5
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Original
Issue Discount Security
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5
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Outstanding
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5
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Paying
Agent
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6
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Person
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6
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Place
of Payment
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6
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Predecessor
Security
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6
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Preferred
Stock
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6
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Redemption
Date
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7
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Redemption
Price
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7
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Registered
Security
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7
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Regular
Record Date
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7
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Remarketing
Entity
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7
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Repayment
Date
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7
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Repayment
Price
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7
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Responsible
Officer
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7
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Security
Register
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7
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Special
Record Date
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7
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Stated
Maturity
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7
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Subsidiary
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7
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Trust
Indenture Act
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7
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Trustee
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7
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United
States
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8
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United
States Alien
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8
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Voting
Stock
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8
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Section
102.
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
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8
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Section
103.
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Form
of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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9
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Section
104.
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Acts
of Holders
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9
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Section
105.
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Notices,
etc, to Trustee and Company
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12
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Section
106.
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Notice
to Holders; Waiver
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12
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ii
Section
107.
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Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act
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13
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Section
108.
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Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents
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13
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Section
109.
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Successors
and Assigns
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13
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Section
110.
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Separability
Clause
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13
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Section
111.
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Benefits
of Indenture
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13
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Section
112.
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Governing
Law
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13
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Section
113.
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Legal
Holidays
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14
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Section
114.
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Exemption
from Individual Liability
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14
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Section
115.
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Counterparts
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14
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ARTICLE
TWO
Debt
Security Forms
Section
201.
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Forms
Generally
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14
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Section
202.
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Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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15
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Section
203.
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Debt
Securities in Global Form
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15
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ARTICLE
THREE
The
Debt
Securities
Section
301.
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuance in Series
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16
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Section
302.
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Denominations
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19
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Section
303.
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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19
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Section
304.
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Temporary
Debt Securities
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22
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Section
305.
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Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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24
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Section
306.
|
Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities
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27
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Section
307.
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Payment
of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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28
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Section
308.
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Persons
Deemed Owners
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30
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Section
309.
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Cancellation
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30
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Section
310.
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Computation
of Interest
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31
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Section
311.
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Certification
by a Person Entitled to Delivery of a Bearer Security
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31
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Section
312.
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Judgments
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31
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iii
ARTICLE
FOUR
Satisfaction
and Discharge
Section
401.
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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32
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Section
402.
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Application
of Trust Money and Government Obligations
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33
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Section
403.
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Satisfaction,
Discharge and Defeasance of Debt Securities of any Series
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34
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ARTICLE
FIVE
Remedies
Section
501.
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Events
of Default
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36
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Section
502.
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Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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37
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Section
503.
|
Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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38
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Section
504.
|
Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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38
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Section
505.
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Trustee
May Enforce Claims without Possession of Debt Securities
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|
or
Coupons
|
39
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|
Section
506.
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Application
of Money Collected
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39
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Section
507.
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Limitation
on Suits
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40
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Section
508.
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest
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40
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Section
509.
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Restoration
of Rights and Remedies
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41
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Section
510.
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Rights
and Remedies Cumulative
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41
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Section
511.
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Delay
or Omission Not Waiver
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41
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Section
512.
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Control
by Holders of Debt Securities
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41
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Section
513.
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Waiver
of Past Defaults
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42
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Section
514.
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Undertaking
for Costs
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42
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Section
515.
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Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws
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42
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ARTICLE
SIX
The
Trustee
Section
601.
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Certain
Duties and Responsibilities
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43
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Section
602.
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Notice
of Default
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43
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Section
603.
|
Certain
Rights of Trustee
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43
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iv
Section
604.
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Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities
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44
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Section 605.
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May
Hold Debt Securities or Coupons
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44
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Section
606.
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Money
Held in Trust
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45
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Section 607.
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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45
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Section 608.
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Disqualification;
Conflicting Interests
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46
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Section
609.
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
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46
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Section
610.
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Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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46
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Section
611.
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Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor
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48
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Section
612.
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
|
49
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Section
613.
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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49
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Section
614.
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Authenticating
Agent
|
49
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
Holders’
Lists and Reports By Trustee and Company
Section
701.
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Company
to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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51
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Section
702.
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Preservation
of Information; Communications to Holders
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51
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Section
703.
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Reports
by Trustee
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51
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Section
704.
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Reports
by Company
|
52
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ARTICLE
EIGHT
Consolidation,
Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section
801.
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Company
May Consolidate, etc. Only on Certain Terms
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52
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Section
802.
|
Successor
Corporation Substituted
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53
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ARTICLE
NINE
Supplemental
Indentures
Section
901.
|
Supplemental
Indentures without Consent of Holders
|
53
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Section
902.
|
Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders
|
54
|
Section
903.
|
Execution
of Supplemental Indentures
|
55
|
Section
904.
|
Effect
of Supplemental Indentures
|
55
|
Section
905.
|
Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act
|
56
|
Section
906.
|
Reference
in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures
|
56
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v
ARTICLE
TEN
Covenants
Section
1001.
|
Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest
|
56
|
Section
1002.
|
Maintenance
of Office or Agency
|
56
|
Section
1003.
|
Money
for Debt Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
|
57
|
Section
1004.
|
Corporate
Existence
|
59
|
Section
1005.
|
Maintenance
of Properties
|
59
|
Section
1006.
|
Payment
of Additional Amounts
|
59
|
Section
1007.
|
Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims
|
60
|
Section
1008.
|
Officer’s
Certificate as to Default
|
60
|
Section
1009.
|
Waiver
of Certain Covenants
|
60
|
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
Redemption
of Debt Securities
Section
1101.
|
Applicability
of Article
|
61
|
Section
1102.
|
Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
|
61
|
Section
1103.
|
Selection
by Trustee of Debt Securities to be Redeemed
|
61
|
Section
1104.
|
Notice
of Redemption
|
62
|
Section
1105.
|
Deposit
of Redemption Price
|
62
|
Section
1106.
|
Debt
Securities Payable on Redemption Date
|
63
|
Section
1107.
|
Debt
Securities Redeemed in Part
|
63
|
ARTICLE
TWELVE
Sinking
Funds
Section
1201.
|
Applicability
of Article
|
64
|
Section
1202.
|
Satisfaction
of Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities
|
64
|
Section
1203.
|
Redemption
of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund
|
64
|
ARTICLE
THIRTEEN
Repayment
at the Option of Holders
Section
1301.
|
Applicability
of Article
|
65
|
Section
1302.
|
Repayment
of Debt Securities
|
65
|
Section
1303.
|
Exercise
of Option; Notice
|
65
|
vi
Section
1304.
|
Election
of Repayment by Remarketing Entities
|
66
|
Section
1305.
|
Securities
Payable on the Repayment Date
|
66
|
ARTICLE
FOURTEEN
Meetings
of Holders of Debt Securities
Section
1401.
|
Purposes
for Which Meetings May Be Called
|
67
|
Section
1402.
|
Call,
Notice and Place of Meetings
|
67
|
Section
1403.
|
Persons
Entitled to Vote at Meetings
|
67
|
Section
1404.
|
Quorum;
Action
|
68
|
Section
1405.
|
Determination
of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings
|
68
|
Section
1406.
|
Counting
Votes and Recording Action of Meetings
|
69
|
ARTICLE
FIFTEEN
Defeasance
Section
1501.
|
Termination
of Company’s Obligations
|
70
|
Section
1502.
|
Repayment
to Company
|
71
|
Section
1503.
|
Indemnity
for Government Obligations
|
71
|
vii
INDENTURE
(the “Indenture”) dated as of ________________, between CENTURY CASINOS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its principal
place of business at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx X, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, and _________________________, (hereinafter called the “Trustee”), having
its Corporate Trust Office at
______________________________________________.
RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY
The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds
and
other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Debt
Securities”).
All
things necessary have been done to make this Indenture a valid agreement of
the
Company, in accordance with its terms.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For
and
in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Debt Securities of
any
series created and issued on or after the date hereof by the Holders thereof,
it
is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the benefit of all Holders of such Debt
Securities or of any such series, as follows:
ARTICLE
ONE
Definitions
and Other Provisions
of
General Application
Section
101. Definitions.
For
all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the
terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article,
and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all
other
terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or by Commission
rule or regulation under the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by
reference therein, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was
executed, except as provided in Section 905, have the meanings assigned
to
them therein;
(3) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them
in accordance with GAAP; and
(4) the
words
“herein,”“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
Certain
terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that
Article.
“Act”
when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used
with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities by contract or otherwise, and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Debt Securities.
“Authorized
Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of
publication or in the English language customarily published on each Business
Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general
circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the
financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required
to
be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in
the
same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing
requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
“Bearer
Security” means any Debt Security established pursuant to Section 201 which
is payable to bearer including, without limitation, unless the context otherwise
indicates, a Debt Security in global bearer form.
“Board
of
Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company, or the executive
or any other committee of that board duly authorized to act in respect
hereof.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee. Where any provision of this Indenture refers
to
action to be taken pursuant to a Board Resolution (including the establishment
of any series of the Debt Securities and the forms and terms thereof), such
action may be taken by any committee of the Board of the Company or any officer
or employee of the Company authorized to take such action by a Board
Resolution.
“Business
Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means any day which is not
a Saturday or Sunday and which is not a legal holiday or a day on which banking
institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Clearstream”
means Clearstream Banking S.A.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or if at any time after
the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing
the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties on such date.
2
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean
such successor Person.
“Company
Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, except as otherwise provided in
this Indenture, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company
by
the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a
Vice
President (any references to a Vice President of the Company herein shall be
deemed to include any Vice President of the Company whether or not designated
by
a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller,
the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or by another officer of
the
Company duly authorized to sign by a Board Resolution, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office
at the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at
________________________________________________ _______________, Attention:
_____________________, except that, with respect to presentation of the Debt
Securities for payment or registration of transfers or exchanges and the
location of the Security Registrar, such term means the office or agency of
the
Trustee in New York, which at the date of original execution of this Indenture
is located at ____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________.
The
term
“corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
The
term
“coupon” means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer
Security.
“Debt
Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means any Debt Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series issuable or issued
in
the form of a Global Security, the Person designated as Depositary by the
Company pursuant to Section 301 until a successor Depositary shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each person who is then a
Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Depositary” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any such series
shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of that
series.
“Designated
Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 312.
“Dollar”
or “$” means the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time
of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts.
“Euro”
means the single currency of the European Monetary Union as defined under EC
Regulation 1103/97 adopted under Article 235 of the EU Treaty and under
EC
Regulation 974/98 adopted under Article 109l(4)
of
the EU Treaty or under any successor European legislation from time to
time.
3
“Euroclear”
means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office, as operator
of
the Euroclear System.
“European
Communities” means the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
“Event
of
Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange
Rate” shall have the meaning specified as contemplated in
Section 301.
“Exchange
Rate Agent” shall have the meaning specified as contemplated in
Section 301.
“Exchange
Rate Officer’s Certificate,” with respect to any date for the payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any series of Debt
Securities, means a certificate setting forth the applicable Exchange Rate
and
the amounts payable in Dollars and Foreign Currencies in respect of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities denominated
in Euro, any other composite currency or Foreign Currency, and signed by the
Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice
President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer or the Controller of the
Company or the Exchange Rate Agent appointed pursuant to Section 301,
and
delivered to the Trustee.
“Foreign
Currency” means a currency issued by the government of any country other than
the United States of America.
“GAAP”
means, as of the date of any determination with respect thereto, generally
accepted accounting principles as used by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board and/or the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,
consistently applied and maintained throughout the periods
indicated.
“Global
Exchange Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 304.
“Global
Exchange Date” has the meaning specified in Section 304.
“Global
Security” means a Debt Security issued to evidence all or part of a series of
Debt Securities in accordance with Section 303.
“Government
Obligations” means, in respect of any series of Debt Securities, securities of
(i) the government which issued the currency in which Debt Securities
of
such series are denominated and/or in which interest is payable on the Debt
Securities of such series or (ii) government agencies backed by the
full
faith and credit of such government.
“Holder,”
with respect to a Registered Security, means a Person in whose name such
Registered Security is registered in the Security Register and, with respect
to
a Bearer Security or a coupon, means the bearer thereof.
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“Indebtedness”
means (i) all items of indebtedness or liability (except capital and
surplus) which in accordance with GAAP would be included in determining total
liabilities as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet as at the date
as
of which indebtedness is to be determined, (ii) indebtedness secured
by any
Mortgage existing on property owned subject to such Mortgage, whether or not
the
indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed, and (iii) guarantees,
endorsements (other than for purposes of collection) and other contingent
obligations in respect of, or to purchase or otherwise acquire, indebtedness
of
others, unless the amount thereof is included in indebtedness under the
preceding clause (i) or (ii); provided,
however,
that any
obligations or guarantees of obligations in respect of lease rentals, whether
or
not such obligations or guarantees of obligations would be included as
liabilities on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
shall not be included in Indebtedness.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time
be
supplemented, amended or restated by or pursuant to one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms of a
particular series of Debt Securities established as contemplated by
Section 301.
“Interest,”
when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its
terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date,” with respect to any Debt Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Debt Security.
“Maturity,”
when used with respect to any Debt Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Debt Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration,
call
for redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder or otherwise.
“Mortgage”
means and includes any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional
sale or other title retention agreement or other similar
encumbrance.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice
Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may (except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture) be an employee of or counsel for the
Company, or who may be other counsel acceptable to the Trustee, which is
delivered to the Trustee.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Debt Security which provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
“Outstanding,”
when used with respect to Debt Securities means, as of the date of
determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under
this Indenture, except:
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(i) Debt
Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for
cancellation;
(ii) Debt
Securities or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption money or
Government Obligations in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Debt Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto; provided,
however,
that if
such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Debt
Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been
authenticated and delivered, or which have been paid, pursuant to this
Indenture;
provided,
however,
that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt
Securities Outstanding have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or
any
other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of
such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Debt
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Debt
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or
any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on behalf of the
Company.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Place
of
Payment,” when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series means any
place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt
Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by
Section 301.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu of a
lost,
destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt
as
the lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security.
“Preferred
Stock,” as applied to the capital stock of any corporation, means stock of any
class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment
of
dividends, or as to the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation or dissolution of such corporation, over shares of stock of any
other class of such corporation.
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“Redemption
Date,” when used with respect to any Debt Security to be redeemed, means the
date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption
Price,” when used with respect to any Debt Security to be redeemed, means the
price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Registered
Security” means any Debt Security in the form of Registered Securities
established pursuant to Section 201 which is registered in the Security
Register.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the
Registered Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as
contemplated by Section 301.
“Remarketing
Entity,” when used with respect to Debt Securities of any series which are
repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity,
means any person designated by the Company to purchase any such Debt
Securities.
“Repayment
Date,” when used with respect to any Debt Security to be repaid upon exercise of
an option for repayment by the Holder, means the date fixed for such repayment
pursuant to this Indenture.
“Repayment
Price,” when used with respect to any Debt Security to be repaid upon exercise
of an option for repayment by the Holder, means the price at which it is to
be
repaid pursuant to this Indenture.
“Responsible
Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee
assigned by it to administer its corporate trust matters.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 305.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
“Stated
Maturity,” when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of
interest thereon, means the date specified in such Debt Security or a coupon
representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Debt Security or such installment is due and
payable.
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock,
except for directors’ qualifying shares, of which shall at the time be owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more of the Subsidiaries,
or
by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as
of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in
Section 905.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there
is
more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of that
series.
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“United
States” means the United States of America (including the District of Columbia)
and its possessions.
“United
States Alien” means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax
purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a
non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual
or a
non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
“Voting
Stock,” as applied to the stock (or the equivalent thereof) of any corporation,
means stock (or the equivalent thereof) of any class or classes, however
designated, entitled in the ordinary course to vote in an election of directors
of such corporation, other than stock (or such equivalent) having such power
only by reason of the happening of a contingency.
Section
102. Compliance
Certificates and Opinions.
Upon
any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee,
if so
requested by the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the
opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as
to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision
of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read
such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a
brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made
such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express
an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
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Section
103. Form
of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In
any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as
it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect
to
the matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based is erroneous.
Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates
to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by,
an
officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect
to
such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinions or representations with respect to such matters is
erroneous.
Where
any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Section
104. Acts
of Holders.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing.
If Debt Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part 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 may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of
Holders of Debt Securities voting in favor thereof, either in person or by
proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities
duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fourteen,
or a
combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument
or
instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and
any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument
or instruments and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any
such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any
Person of a Debt Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any
meeting of Holders of Debt Securities shall be proved in the manner provided
in
Section 1406.
(b) The
fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may
be
proved in any manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
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(c) The
ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) The
principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person,
and
the date of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer
Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company,
bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall
be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein
mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to
it,
the Bearer Securities in the amount and with the serial numbers therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the
Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is
deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume
that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another
certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same
Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced
to the
Trustee by some other person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered
in
exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no
longer Outstanding.
(e) The
fact
and date of execution of any such instrument or writing, the authority of the
Person executing the same and the principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer
Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the
date of holding the same may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient; and the Trustee may in any instance require further
proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this
Section.
(f) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act
of the Holder of any Debt Security shall bind every future holder of the same
Debt Security and the Holder of every Debt Security issued upon the registration
of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Debt
Security.
(g) For
purposes of determining the principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities
of
any series the Holders of which are required, requested or permitted to give
any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, 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 there is delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company, such Act by Holders
of
the required aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities
of
such series and (ii) each Debt Security denominated in a Foreign Currency
or composite currency shall be deemed to have the principal amount determined
by
the Exchange Rate Agent by converting the principal amount of such Debt Security
in the currency in which such Debt Security is denominated into Dollars at
the
Exchange Rate as of the date such Act is delivered to the Trustee and, where
it
is hereby expressly required, to the Company, by Holders of the required
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such
series.
(h) The
Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series entitled to give, make
or
take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken
by Holders of Debt Securities of such series, provided
that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Debt
Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided
that no
such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date (as defined below) by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on such record
date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from
setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously
been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set
shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no
effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective
any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Debt Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company,
at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in
writing and to each Holder of Debt Securities of the relevant series in the
manner set forth in Section 106.
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The
Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series entitled to join in the
giving or making of (i) any notice of an Event of Default, (ii) any
declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any
request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2), or
(iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with
respect to Debt Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant
to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on
such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such
notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided
that no
such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this
paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record
date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant
to
this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically
and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in
this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is
set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause
notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of
Debt
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106.
With
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which
sets such record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from
time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day;
provided
that no
such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration
Date
is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Debt
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106,
on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not
designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the
party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph.
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Section
105. Notices,
etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act
of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided), if in writing and sent
by certified mail or by courier to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
or
(2) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and sent
by
certified mail or by courier to the Company addressed to the attention of its
Secretary at the address of its principal office specified in the first
paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section
106. Notice
to Holders; Waiver.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice
to
Holders of any event, (1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to
Holders of Registered Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder of a Registered Security 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; and (2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders
of Bearer Securities by publication thereof in an Authorized Newspaper in The
City of New York and, if the Debt Securities of such series are then listed
on
The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland and such stock exchange shall so require, in London, and, if the Debt
Securities of such series are then listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
and
such stock exchange shall so require, in Luxembourg and, if the Debt Securities
of such series are then listed on any other stock exchange outside the United
States and such stock exchange shall so require, in any other required city
outside the United States or, if not practicable, in Europe on a Business Day
at
least twice, the first such publication to be not later than the latest date
and
not earlier than the earliest date prescribed for the giving of such
notice.
In
case,
by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or
for
any other reason, it shall be impossible or impracticable to mail notice of
any
event to Holders of Registered Securities when said notice is required to be
given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities,
then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee
shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Holders of Registered Securities is to be given by mail, neither
the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the sufficiency of
such
notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency
of any notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided
above.
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In
case,
by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper, or
by
reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible or impracticable to make
publication of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above,
then such method of publication or notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such
notice. Neither failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer
Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall
affect the sufficiency of any notice mailed to Holders of Registered Securities
as provided above.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived
in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers
of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not
be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon
such
waiver.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver
or
other Act 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.
Section
107. Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act.
If
any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof
which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions
of
the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
Section
108. Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents.
The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section
109. Successors
and Assigns.
All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section
110. Separability
Clause.
In
case
any provision in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or any coupons 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 the Debt Securities or any coupons, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, any Paying Agent and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
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Section
112. Governing
Law.
This
Indenture and the Debt Securities and any coupons shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section
113. Legal
Holidays.
In
any
case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or Stated
Maturity of any Debt Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the
Debt Securities or any coupons) payment of interest or principal (and premium,
if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made
on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force
and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment
Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount
so
payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date, Repayment Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Section
114. Exemption
from Individual Liability.
No
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture,
or of any Debt Security or any coupon, or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company,
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations of the Company, and that no such personal liability
whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
shareholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or any coupon
or
implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability, either at
common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all
such
rights and claims against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or
director, as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or any coupon
or
implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of,
and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of
such Debt Securities.
Section
115. Counterparts.
This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same Indenture.
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ARTICLE
TWO
Debt
Security Forms
Section
201. Forms
Generally.
The
Registered Securities, if any, and the Bearer Securities and related coupons,
if
any, of each series shall be in substantially the form (including temporary
or
permanent global form) as shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as
are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon, as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange,
or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Debt Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their signatures on the Debt
Securities or coupons. If the form of Debt Securities of any series or coupons
(including any such Global Security) is established by action taken pursuant
to
a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Debt Securities or coupons.
Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Debt Securities
in
bearer form other than Debt Securities in temporary or permanent global form
shall have coupons attached.
The
definitive Debt Securities and coupons, if any, shall be printed, lithographed
or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner,
all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as evidenced
by the execution of such Debt Securities and coupons.
Section
202. Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
This
is
one of the Debt Securities, of the series designated herein, described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
________________________________________
as
Trustee
By_______________________________________
Authorized
Officer
Section
203. Debt
Securities in Global Form.
If
Debt
Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, as
specified as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding
clause (10) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302,
such Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Debt Securities
of
such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall
represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to
time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges.
Any
endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or
decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby
shall
be made in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons
as
shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304.
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The
provisions of the last sentence of Section 303(g) shall apply to any
Debt
Securities represented by a Debt Security in global form if such Debt Security
was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee
the Debt 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 respect to the reduction in the principal amount of Debt
Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated
by the last sentence of Section 303(g).
Global
Securities may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in permanent
form or, in the case of Bearer Securities, either temporary or permanent
form.
ARTICLE
THREE
The
Debt Securities
Section
301. Amount
Unlimited; Issuance in Series.
The
aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The
Debt
Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established
in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Debt Securities of any series:
(1) the
title
of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Debt
Securities of the series from all other Debt Securities);
(2) the
price
or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which
the Debt Securities of the series may be issued;
(3) the
ranking of such Debt Securities;
(4) the
limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of
the
series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except
for
Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of,
or
in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of the series pursuant
to
Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1303 and except for any Debt Securities
which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder);
(5) the
date
or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Debt Securities
of
the series are payable;
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(6) the
rate
or rates, if any, at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear
interest, or the method or methods by which such rate or rates may be
determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable, the Regular
Record Date for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any Interest
Payment Date and the circumstances, if any, in which the Company may defer
interest payments;
(7) the
place
or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities of the series shall
be
payable, any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, Debt Securities of the series may be surrendered
for
exchange and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt
Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served and where notices
to
Holders pursuant to Section 106 will be published;
(8) if
applicable, the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which,
the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt
Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of
the Company;
(9) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Debt Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the
option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price
or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of
the
series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant
to
such obligation;
(10) whether
Debt Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered Securities,
Bearer Securities or both, whether Debt Securities of the series are to be
issuable with or without coupons or both and, in the case of Bearer Securities,
the date as of which such Bearer Securities shall be dated if other than the
date of original issuance of the first Debt Security of such series of like
tenor and term to be issued;
(11) whether
the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the
form of a Global Security or Securities and, in such case, the Depositary and
Global Exchange Agent for such Global Security or Securities, whether such
global form shall be permanent or temporary and, if applicable, the Global
Exchange Date;
(12) if
Debt
Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in the form of a temporary
Global Security, the circumstances under which the temporary Global Security
can
be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities and whether the definitive Debt
Securities will be Registered and/or Bearer Securities and will be in global
form and whether interest in respect of any portion of such Global Security
payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date prior to the Global Exchange
Date
shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to a portion of such
Global Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and
conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such
interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the
Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date if other
than
as provided in this Article Three;
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(13) whether,
and under what conditions, additional amounts will be payable to Holders of
Debt
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 1006;
(14) the
denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series shall be
issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, and the denominations in which any Bearer Securities of such series
shall be issuable, if other than the denomination of $5,000;
(15) if
other
than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration
of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(16) the
currency or currencies of denomination of the Debt Securities of any series,
which may be in Dollars, any Foreign Currency or any composite currency,
including but not limited to the Euro, and, if any such currency of denomination
is a composite currency other than the Euro, the agency or organization, if
any,
responsible for overseeing such composite currency;
(17) the
currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Debt Securities will be made, any other currency or
currencies in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or the
interest on Registered Securities, at the election of each of the Holders
thereof, may also be payable and the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made, and the Exchange Rate and
Exchange Rate Agent;
(18) if
the
amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Debt
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(19) if
payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt
Securities of the series are to be made in a Foreign Currency other than the
currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated, the manner in which
the
Exchange Rate with respect to such payments shall be determined;
(20) if
the
Debt Securities of the series are convertible or exchangeable into common stock
or preferred stock, the conversion price or exchange ratio therefor, the period
during which such Debt Securities are convertible or exchangeable and any terms
and conditions for the conversion or exchange of such Debt
Securities;
(21) any
Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, if not set
forth herein;
(22) any
other
covenant or warranty included for the benefit of the Debt Securities of the
series in addition to (and not inconsistent with) those set forth herein for
the
benefit of Debt Securities of all series, or any other covenant or warranty
included for the benefit of Debt Securities of the series in lieu of any
covenant or warranty set forth herein for the benefit of Debt Securities of
all
series, or any provision that any covenant or warranty set forth herein for
the
benefit of Debt Securities of all series shall not be for the benefit of Debt
Securities of such series, or any combination of such covenants, warranties
or
provisions and the applicability, if any, of the provisions of Section 1012
to such covenants and warranties;
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(23) the
terms
and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Company’s obligations under this
Indenture may be terminated through the deposit of money or Government
Obligations as provided in Articles Four and Fifteen;
(24) the
Person or Persons who shall be Security Registrar for the Debt Securities of
such series if other than the Trustee, and the place or places where the
Security Register for such series shall be maintained and the Person or Persons
who will be the initial Paying Agent or Agents, if other than the Trustee;
and
(25) any
other
terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture).
All
Debt
Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities
of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except, in the case
of
Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers’
Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
Debt
Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with
different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is
payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by
which
rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on which such interest
may be payable and with different Redemption or Repayment Dates and may be
denominated in different currencies or payable in different
currencies.
If
any of
the terms of a series of Debt Securities are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section
302. Denominations.
Debt
Securities of each series shall be issuable in such form and denominations
as
shall be specified in the form of Debt Security for such series approved or
established pursuant to Section 201 or in the Officers’ Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 301. In the absence of any specification
with
respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Registered Securities of
such
series, if any, shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof and the Bearer Securities of such series, if any, shall be
issuable in the denominations of $5,000.
Section
303. Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
(a) The
Debt
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and
by
its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers or its Secretary or one of
its
Assistant Secretaries under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. The signature
of any of these officers on the Debt Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the
Company.
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Debt
Securities and 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 Debt Securities or
coupons of any series or did not hold such offices at the date of such Debt
Securities or coupons.
(b) At
any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
Debt Securities of any series may be executed by the Company and delivered
to
the Trustee for authentication, and, except as otherwise provided in this
Article Three, shall thereupon be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
upon Company Order, without any further action by the Company; provided,
however,
that, in
connection with its original issuance, a Bearer Security may be delivered only
outside the United States and, except in the case of a temporary Global
Security, only if the Company or its agent shall have received the certification
required pursuant to Sections 304(b)(iii) and (iv), unless such
certification shall have been provided earlier pursuant to
section 304(b)(v) hereof, and only if the Company has no reason to know
that such certification is false.
To
the
extent authorized in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, such written Company Order may be given by any one officer or employee
of the Company, may be electronically transmitted, and may provide instructions
as to registration of holders, principal amounts, rates of interest, maturity
dates and other matters contemplated by such Board Resolution and Officers’
Certificate or supplemental indenture to be so instructed in respect thereof.
Before authorizing and delivering the first Debt Securities of any series (and
upon request of the Trustee thereafter), the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee (i) the certificates called for under Sections 201 and
301
hereof and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel described in the next
sentence.
In
authenticating such Debt Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to any such Debt Securities,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, prior to the initial authentication
of
such Debt Securities, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected
in relying upon:
(i) a
Board
Resolution relating thereto and, if applicable, an appropriate record of any
action taken pursuant to such resolution certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company;
(ii) an
executed supplemental indenture, if any, relating thereto;
(iii) an
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form and terms of the Debt Securities of
such series and coupons, if any, pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating
to
the issuance of such Debt Securities have been complied with; and
(iv) an
Opinion of Counsel stating
(A) that
the
form of such Debt Securities and coupons, if any, has been established in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or by a supplemental indenture as permitted
by
Section 201 in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
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(B) that
the
terms of such Debt Securities and coupons, if any, have been established in
or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or by a supplemental indenture as permitted
by
Section 301 in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and
(C) that
such
Debt Securities and coupons, if any, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject,
as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and
the application of general principles of equity and except further as
enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) requirements that a claim
with
respect to any Debt Securities denominated other than in Dollars (or a Foreign
Currency or currency unit judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into
Dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to
applicable law or (ii) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit
the making of payments in Foreign Currencies or currency units or payments
outside the United States.
(c) If
the
Company shall establish pursuant to Section 301 that the Debt Securities
of
a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance
with this Section and the Company Order with respect to such series,
authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities in permanent or temporary
form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an aggregate
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Securities,
(ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global
Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary and (iii) shall
be
delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s
instructions.
(d) The
Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debt
Securities under this Section 303 if the issuance of such Debt Securities
will adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Debt Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
(e) If
all
the Debt Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall
not
be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance of each
Debt Security, but such Opinion of Counsel, with appropriate modifications,
may
instead be delivered at or prior to the time of the first issuance of Debt
Securities of such series.
(f) Each
Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer
Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by
Section 301.
(g) No
Debt
Security or coupon attached thereto shall be entitled to any benefit under
this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on
such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Trustee, and such certificate upon any
Debt
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as
permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver
any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured
have been detached and cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt
Security or portion thereof shall have been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 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 Debt Security or portion thereof has never been issued and sold by
the
Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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(h) Each
Depositary designated pursuant to Section 301 for a Global Security
in
registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while
it
serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable statute or
regulation.
Section
304. Temporary
Debt Securities.
(a) Pending
the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Company may
execute, and upon receipt of documents required by Sections 301 and
303,
together with a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Debt Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any denomination, substantially of the
tenor and terms of the definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are
issued in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more
coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Debt
Securities may determine, as evidenced by their signatures on such Debt
Securities. In the case of Debt Securities of any series issuable as Bearer
Securities, such temporary Debt Securities may be in global form, representing
all or any part of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series.
(b) Unless
otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301:
(i) Except
in
the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form, if temporary Debt
Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt
Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After
the
preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the related temporary
Debt Securities shall be exchangeable for such definitive Debt Securities upon
surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or
agency of the Company in the Place of Payment for such series, without charge
to
the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt
Securities of any series (accompanied, if applicable, by all unmatured coupons
and all matured coupons in default appertaining thereto), the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor
a
like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of like
tenor and terms and of authorized denominations; provided,
however,
that no
Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a Registered Security; and
provided,
further,
that a
Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a Bearer Security only in
compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 305.
(ii) If
Debt
Securities of any series are issued in temporary global form, any such temporary
Global Security shall, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301,
be delivered to the Depositary for the benefit of Euroclear and Clearstream,
for
credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Debt
Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).
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(iii) 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
“Global Exchange Date”), the Company shall deliver definitive Debt Securities to
the Trustee or the agent appointed by the Company pursuant to Section 301
to effect the exchange of the temporary Global Security for definitive Debt
Securities (the “Global Exchange Agent”), in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of such temporary Global Security, executed by the
Company. On or after the Global Exchange Date, such temporary Global Security
shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Global Exchange Agent, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities
without charge and the Trustee or the Global Exchange Agent, if authorized
by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 614, shall authenticate and deliver,
in
exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor and terms as the portion of such temporary
Global Security to be exchanged. Upon any exchange of a part of such temporary
Global Security for definitive Debt Securities, the portion of the principal
amount and any interest thereon so exchanged shall be endorsed by the Global
Exchange Agent on a schedule to such temporary Global Security, whereupon the
principal amount and interest payable with respect to such temporary Global
Security shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and
endorsed. The definitive Debt Securities to be delivered in exchange for any
such temporary Global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, global
registered form or global bearer form, or any combination thereof, as specified
as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination thereof is so
specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; provided,
however,
that, in
the case of the exchange of the temporary Global Security for definitive Bearer
Securities (including a definitive Global Bearer Security), upon such
presentation by the Depositary, such temporary Global Security shall be
accompanied by a certificate signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such
temporary Global Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a
certificate signed by Clearstream as to the portion of such temporary Global
Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth
in Exhibit B to this Indenture; and provided,
further,
that
definitive Bearer Securities (including a definitive Global Bearer Security)
shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Security
only
in compliance with the requirements of Section 303.
(iv) The
interest of a beneficial owner of Debt Securities of a series in a temporary
Global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities of the same
series and of like tenor and terms following the Global Exchange Date when
the
account holder instructs Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, to
request such exchange on such account holder’s behalf and, in the case of the
exchange of the temporary Global Security for definitive Bearer Securities
(including a definitive Global Bearer Security), the account holder delivers
to
Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-1 and, if applicable, A-2 to this Indenture, dated
no
earlier than 15 days prior to the Global Exchange Date, copies of which
certificate shall be available from the offices of Euroclear and Clearstream,
the Global Exchange Agent, any authenticating agent appointed for such series
of
Debt 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 Debt Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage,
transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery
of such definitive Debt Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear and
Clearstream. Definitive Debt Securities in bearer form to be delivered in
exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Security shall be delivered
only
outside the United States.
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(v) Until
exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Debt Securities of
any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of the same series and of like tenor
and
terms authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that interest payable on
a
temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date shall be payable to
Euroclear and Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date only if there has been
delivered by Euroclear and Clearstream to the Global Exchange Agent a
certificate or certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this
Indenture dated no earlier than the first Interest Payment Date, for credit
without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the
respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such
temporary Global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each
delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate in
the
form set forth in Exhibit A-1 and, if applicable, A-2 to this Indenture
dated no earlier than the first Interest Payment Date. Any interest so received
by Euroclear and Clearstream and not paid as herein provided prior to the Global
Exchange Date shall be returned to the Global Exchange Agent which, upon
expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date, shall repay such
interest to the Company in accordance with Section 1003.
Section
305. Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The
Company shall cause to be kept at one of the offices or agencies to be
maintained by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 305 and Section 1002, with respect to the Debt Securities
of
each series which are Registered Securities, a register (herein sometimes
referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration
of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. Pursuant
to
Section 301, the Company shall appoint, with respect to Debt Securities
of
each series which are Registered Securities, a “Security Registrar” for the
purpose of registering such Debt Securities and transfers and exchanges of
such
Debt Securities as herein provided.
Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name
of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities
of the same series of any authorized denomination or denominations, of like
tenor and terms and aggregate principal amount.
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 form and
denomination, of like tenor and terms and aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Bearer Securities may not be delivered in exchange for Registered
Securities.
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At
the
option of the Holder, Registered Securities or Bearer Securities of any series
may be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities (except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to a Bearer Security in
global
form) of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and
terms and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities
to
be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all
matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer
Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured
coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer
Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and
the
Trustee 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 be furnished to them such security or indemnity as
they
may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter
the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however,
that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented
by
coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons
at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such
office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and
like tenor and terms 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 date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall
be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date of payment, as the case may be.
Whenever
any Debt Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Debt Securities which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
If
at any
time the Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Debt Securities
of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Debt Securities of
such
series shall no longer be eligible under Section 303(h), the Company
shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of such
series. If a successor Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is
not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice
or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company’s election pursuant to
Section 301(9) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities
of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the
principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series
in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
The
Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Debt
Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities
shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such
event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order
for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in
definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange
for such Global Security or Securities.
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If
specified by the Company pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series
of Debt Securities, the Depositary for such series of Debt Securities may
surrender a Global Security for such series of Debt Securities in exchange
in
whole or in part for Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms
and
in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such
Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without charge to any Holder,
(a) to
each
Person specified by such Depositary a new Debt Security or Securities of the
same series, of like tenor and terms and of any authorized denominations as
requested by such person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
(b) to
such
Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in a denomination
equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered
Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities delivered
to Holders thereof.
In
any
exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the Company
will
execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver Debt Securities
(a) in definitive registered form in authorized denominations, if the
Debt
Securities of such series are issuable as Registered Securities, (b) in
definitive bearer form in authorized denominations, with coupons attached,
if
the Debt Securities of such series are issuable as Bearer Securities or
(c) as either Registered or Bearer Securities, as shall be specified
by the
beneficial owner thereof, if the Debt Securities of such series are issuable
in
either form; provided,
however,
that no
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Global
Security unless the Company or its agent shall have received from the person
entitled to receive the definitive Bearer Security a certificate substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 and, if applicable, A-2 hereto;
and
provided
further
that
delivery of a Bearer Security shall occur only outside the United States; and
provided
further
that no
definitive Bearer Security will be issued if the Company has reason to know
that
any such certificate is false.
Upon
the
exchange of a Global Security for Debt Securities in definitive form, such
Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Registered Securities issued
in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered
in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such
Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver
such Registered Securities to the persons in whose names such Debt Securities
are so registered. The Trustee shall deliver Bearer Securities issued in
exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section to the persons, and
in
such authorized denominations, as the Depositary for such Global Security,
pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee; provided,
however,
that no
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Global
Security unless the Company or its agent shall have received from the person
entitled to receive the definitive Bearer Security a certificate substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 and, if applicable, A-2 hereto;
and
provided
further
that
delivery of a Bearer Security shall occur only outside the United States; and
provided
further
that no
definitive Bearer Security will be issued if the Company has reason to know
that
any such certificate is false.
All
Debt
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Debt
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
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Every
Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for
exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Security Registrar or the
Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee
duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or such Xxxxxx’s attorney duly authorized in
writing.
No
charge
to any Holder shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Debt
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer, registration of transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than
exchanges expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own
expense or without expense or without charge to the Holders.
The
Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of
or
exchange Debt Securities of any particular series to be redeemed for a period
of
fifteen days preceding the first publication of the relevant notice of
redemption or, if Registered Securities are outstanding and there is no
publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption of Debt Securities
of such series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending
at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption
in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of such Registered Security
being redeemed in part, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so
selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged
for
a Registered Security of like tenor and terms of that series, provided
that
such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for
redemption.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the exchange of Bearer Securities into
Registered Securities shall be subject to applicable laws and regulations in
effect at the time of exchange; neither the Company, the Trustee nor the
Security Registrar shall exchange any Bearer Securities into Registered
Securities if it has received an Opinion of Counsel that as a result of such
exchanges the Company would suffer adverse consequences under the United States
Federal income tax laws and regulations then in effect and the Company has
delivered to the Trustee a Company Order directing the Trustee not to make
such
exchanges thereafter unless and until the Trustee receives a subsequent Company
Order to the contrary. The Company shall deliver copies of such Company Orders
to the Security Registrar.
Section
306. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities.
If
(i) any mutilated Debt Security or a Bearer Security with a mutilated
coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to a Paying Agent outside the United
States designated by the Company, or, in the case of any Registered Security,
to
the Trustee, or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to
their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security or coupon,
and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence
of notice to the Company and the Trustee that such Debt Security or coupon
has
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon
its
written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
any
such mutilated Debt Security or Bearer Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining to it or to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains
(with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen) or in lieu of
any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security, a new Debt Security of like tenor
and terms and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining
to
such destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or to the Debt Security to which
such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains; provided,
however,
that any
such new Bearer Security will be delivered only in compliance with the
conditions set forth in Section 305.
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In
case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or coupon has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Debt Security, pay such Debt Security or coupon;
provided,
however,
that
payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Bearer
Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable
only at an office or agency located outside the United States; and provided,
further,
that,
with respect to any such coupons, interest represented thereby (but not any
additional amounts payable as provided in Section 1006), shall be payable
only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining
thereto.
Upon
the
issuance of any new Debt Security or coupons under this Section, the Company
may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee and printing expenses) connected
therewith.
Every
new
Debt Security of any series, with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this
Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security, or in exchange
for a Bearer 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 Debt Security and its coupons,
if
any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable
by
anyone, and any such new Debt Security and coupons, if any, shall be entitled
to
all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and
all
other Debt Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued
hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities or coupons.
Section
307. Payment
of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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 that Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest. 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. At
the
option of the Company, payment of interest on any Registered Security may be
made by check in the currency designated for such payment pursuant to the terms
of such Registered Security mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer to
an
account in such currency designated by such Person in writing not later than
ten
days prior to the date of such payment.
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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 (herein
called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at
its
election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in
whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed
in
the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security
of
such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money and/or Government
Obligations the payments of principal and interest on which when due (and
without reinvestment) will provide money in such amounts as will (together
with
any money irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee, without investment)
be equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money and/or
Government Obligations when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of
the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10
days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date. Unless the
Trustee is acting as the Security Registrar, promptly after such Special Record
Date, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with a list, or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee with respect thereto, of the names
and
addresses of, and principal amounts of Registered Securities of such series
held
by, the Holders appearing on the Security Register at the close of business
on
such Special Record Date. In the name and at the expense of the Company, the
Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder of Registered Securities of such series at his address as it
appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the
Special Record Date therefor having been 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 the following Clause (2). 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.
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(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 the Registered Securities may be listed,
and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given
by
the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt Security delivered under
this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu
of
any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid,
and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt Security.
Subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 1002, the Holder of any coupon
appertaining to a Bearer Security shall be entitled to receive the interest
payable on such coupon upon presentation and surrender of such coupon on or
after the Interest Payment Date of such coupon at an office or agency maintained
for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002.
Section
308. Persons
Deemed Owners.
Prior
to
due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or of the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner
of
such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal
of
(and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such
Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Registered Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the
bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the absolute
owner
of such Bearer Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof
or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
such
Bearer Security or coupon be overdue, and neither the 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 will have
any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security
or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests.
Section
309. Cancellation.
Unless
otherwise provided with respect to a series of Debt Securities, all Debt
Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment, transfer,
exchange or credit against any sinking fund payment pursuant to this Indenture
shall, if surrendered to the Company or any agent of the Company, be delivered
to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in
any
manner whatsoever, and all Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of
or in exchange for any Debt Securities cancelled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Debt Securities
and coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed and certification of their
destruction delivered to the Company unless by a Company Order the Company
shall
direct that the cancelled Debt Securities or coupons be returned to
it.
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Section
310. Computation
of Interest.
Except
as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Debt Securities
of
any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall be computed
on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section
311. Certification
by a Person Entitled to Delivery of a Bearer Security.
Whenever
any provision of this Indenture or a Debt Security contemplates that
certification be given by a Person entitled to delivery of a Bearer Security,
such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1 and, if applicable, A-2 hereto, with only such changes as
shall
be approved by the Company and consented to by the Trustee, whose consent shall
not unreasonably be withheld.
Section
312. Judgments.
The
Company agrees that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law and
except as may otherwise be specified as contemplated in Section 301,
(a) the obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series and any
appurtenant coupons in a Foreign Currency, composite currency or Dollars (the
“Designated Currency”) as may be specified pursuant to Section 301 is of
the essence, and judgments in respect of such Debt Securities shall be given
in
the Designated Currency; (b) the obligation of the Company to make payments
in the Designated Currency of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on such Debt Securities and any appurtenant coupons shall,
notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a
judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the
Designated Currency that the Holder receiving such payment may, in accordance
with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other
currency (after any premium and cost of exchange) in the country of issue of
the
Designated Currency in the case of Foreign Currency or Dollars or in the
international banking community in the case of a composite currency on the
Business Day immediately following the day on which such Holder receives such
payment; (c) if the amount in the Designated Currency that may be so
purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company
shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such
shortfall; and (d) any obligation of the Company not discharged by such
payment shall be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until
discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and
effect.
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ARTICLE
FOUR
Satisfaction
and Discharge
Section
401. Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
This
Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except
as to
any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Debt Securities
herein expressly provided for and rights to receive payments of principal and
interest thereon and any right to receive additional amounts, as provided in
Section 1006) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
when
(1) either
(A) all
Debt
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered and all coupons appertaining
thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities
surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such
exchange, surrender of which is not required or has been waived as provided
in
Section 305, (ii) Debt Securities and coupons which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided
in
Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities
called
for redemption or surrendered for repayment and maturing after the relevant
Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as appropriate, surrender of which has been
waived as provided in Section 1106 or 1303 and (iv) Debt Securities
and coupons for whose payment money and/or Government Obligations have
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 cancelled
or
for cancellation; or
(B) all
such
Debt Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have
become due and payable, or
(ii) will
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are
to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name,
and
at the expense, of the Company,
and
the
Company, in the case of (B)(i), (B)(ii) or (B)(iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
for
the purpose money and/or Government Obligations the payments of principal and
interest on which when due (and without reinvestment) will provide money in
such
amounts as will (together with any money irrevocably deposited in trust with
the
Trustee, without investment) be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Debt Securities and coupons of such series for principal
(and premium, if any) and interest, and any mandatory sinking fund, repayment
or
analogous payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor to the date
of
such deposit (in the case of Debt Securities and coupons which have become
due
and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, if any, and all
Repayment Dates (in the case of Debt Securities repayable at the option of
the
Holders thereof); provided,
however,
that in
the event a petition for relief under any applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law is filed with
respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit, the obligations of
the
Company under the Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series
shall not be deemed terminated or discharged, and in such event the Trustee
shall be required to return the deposited money and Government Obligations
then
held by the Trustee to the Company;
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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 an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company
to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money or Government Obligations
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Subclause (B)
of
Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under
Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall
survive.
Section
402. Application
of Trust Money and Government Obligations.
(a) Subject
to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and
Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401,
403 or 1501 shall be held in trust and such money and the principal and interest
received on such Government Obligations shall be applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Debt Securities, any coupons and this Indenture,
to
the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose
payment such money or Government Obligations have been deposited with the
Trustee.
(b) The
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request any Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in
Section 403 or 1501 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then
would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such
Government Obligations or money were deposited or received.
(c) The
Trustee shall deliver to the Company from time to time upon Company Request
any
Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 403 or 1501,
provided that the Company in substitution therefor simultaneously delivers
to
the Trustee, money or other Government Obligations which, in the opinion of
a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, would then be sufficient
to satisfy the Company’s payment obligations in respect of the Debt Securities
in the manner contemplated by Section 403 or 1501.
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Section
403. Satisfaction,
Discharge and Defeasance of Debt Securities of Any Series.
If
this
Section 403 is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to
be
applicable to Debt Securities of any series, then, notwithstanding
Section 401, (i) the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Debt Securities of
any
such series and related coupons; (ii) the provisions of this Indenture
as
it relates to such Outstanding Debt Securities and related coupons shall no
longer be in effect (except as to (A) the rights of Holders of Debt
Securities to receive, from the trust fund described in subparagraph (1)
below, payment of (x) the principal of (and premium, if any) and any installment
of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Securities and
related coupons on the Stated Maturity of such principal (and premium, if any)
or installment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest or (y) any
mandatory sinking fund, repayment or analogous payments applicable to the Debt
Securities of that series on that day on which such payments are due and payable
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Debt Securities,
(B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Debt Securities under
Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002, 1003 and 1006, and (C) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, including those
under Section 607 hereof); and (iii) the Trustee, at the expense
of
the Company, shall, upon Company Order, execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of such indebtedness, when
(1) either
(A) with
respect to all Outstanding Debt Securities of such series and related coupons,
with reference to this Section 403, the Company has deposited or caused
to
be deposited with the Trustee irrevocably, as trust funds in trust, money and/or
Government Obligations the payments of principal and interest on which when
due
(and without reinvestment) will provide money in such amounts as will (together
with any money irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee, without
investment) be sufficient to pay and discharge (i) the principal of
(and
premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series
on the Stated Maturity of such principal or interest or, if such series may
be
redeemed by the Company prior to the Stated Maturity thereof and the Company
shall have given irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to effect such
redemption, at the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to Article Eleven,
and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments
applicable to Debt Securities of such series on the date on which such payments
are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Debt Securities; or
(B) the
Company has properly fulfilled such other means of satisfaction and discharge
as
is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable to the
Debt
Securities of such series;
(2) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable with respect to the
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series and related coupons;
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(3) such
deposit will not result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, this
Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound;
(4) no
Event
of Default or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both,
would become an Event of Default pursuant to Section 501(1), (2), (3),
(6)
or (7) with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred
and be continuing on the date of such deposit and no Event of Default under
Section 501(6) or Section 501(7) or event which, with the giving
of
notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under
Section 501(6) or Section 501(7) shall have occurred and be continuing
on the 91st day after such date; provided, however, that should that condition
fail to be satisfied on or before such 91st day, the Trustee shall promptly,
upon satisfactory receipt of evidence of such failure, return such deposit
to
the Company;
(5) if
the
Debt Securities of that series are then listed on any domestic or foreign
securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that such deposit, defeasance and discharge will not
cause such Debt Securities to be delisted; and
(6) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of all Outstanding
Debt Securities and related coupons have been complied with.
Any
deposits with the Trustee referred to in Section 403(1)(A) above shall
be
irrevocable and shall be made under the terms of an escrow or trust agreement
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee. If any Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity,
whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with
any
mandatory sinking fund requirement, the applicable escrow or trust agreement
shall provide therefor and the Company shall make such arrangements as are
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
Upon
the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 403 with respect
to all the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the terms and conditions
of such series, including the terms and conditions with respect thereto set
forth in this Indenture, shall no longer be binding upon, or applicable to,
the
Company; provided
that the
Company shall not be discharged from any payment obligations in respect of
Debt
Securities of such series which are deemed not to be Outstanding under
clause (iii) of the definition thereof if such obligations continue
to be
valid obligations of the Company under applicable law.
Notwithstanding
the cessation, termination and discharge of all obligations, covenants and
agreements (except as provided above in this Section 403) of the Company
under this Indenture with respect to any series of Debt Securities, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, and the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph
of
Section 1003, shall survive with respect to such series of Debt
Securities.
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ARTICLE
FIVE
Remedies
Section
501. Events
of Default.
“Event
of
Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of any series,
means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default
in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security of such series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days; or
(2) default
in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Security
of
such series at its Maturity; or
(3) default
in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of
a
Debt Security of such series; or
(4) default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in
this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance
or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which
has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Debt
Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default
or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given by registered
or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice
of Default” hereunder, or
(5) the
entry
by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order
for
relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt
or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under
any
applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding
up
or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order
for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period
of 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the
commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt
or
insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief
in
respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
or
to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against
it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the
consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator
or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property,
or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance
of
any such action; or
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(7) any
other
Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of such series
specified as contemplated by Section 301.
Section
502. Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If
an
Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee
or
the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Debt
Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) of
and
all accrued but unpaid interest on all the Debt Securities of such series to
be
due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to
the
Trustee if given by such Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. Upon
payment of such amount, all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment
of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate.
At
any
time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities
of
any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article
provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt
Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee,
may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the
Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all
overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities of such
series,
(B) the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities of such series which
have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest
thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt
Securities,
(C) to
the
extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue
installments of interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt
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;
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and
(2) all
Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, other than
the
non-payment of the principal of Debt 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 consequent
thereon.
Section
503. Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The
Company covenants that if:
(1) default
is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security
when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period
of
30 days, or
(2) default
is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt
Security at the Maturity thereof,
the
Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Debt Securities and any related coupons, the amount then due
and
payable on such Debt Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if
any)
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and,
upon
overdue installments of interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor
in
such Debt Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall
be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
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, may institute a judicial
proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against
the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and coupons and
collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided
by
law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt
Securities and coupons, wherever situated.
If
an
Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its
rights and the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series and
any
related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid
of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper
remedy.
Section
504. Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
In
case
of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy
laws as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company or any other
obligor upon the Debt Securities of a particular series or any related coupons
or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors,
the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt Securities shall
then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise
and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company
for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise,
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(1) to
file
and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities of such series
and
any appurtenant coupons and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including
any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(2) to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on
any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and
any
receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to
make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debt
Securities or any coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
Section
505. Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities or
Coupons.
All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt Securities or
coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of
any of the Debt Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name, as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities
and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section
506. Application
of Money Collected.
Any
money
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the
following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the
distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or
interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities or any 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:
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FIRST:
To
the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
SECOND:
To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Debt Securities and any coupons, in respect of
which
or for the benefit of which such money has been collected ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable
on
such Debt Securities and any coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, respectively. The Holders of each series of Debt Securities
denominated in Euro, any other composite currency or a Foreign Currency and
any
matured coupons relating thereto shall be entitled to receive a ratable portion
of the amount determined by the Exchange Rate Agent by converting the principal
amount Outstanding of such series of Debt Securities and matured but unpaid
interest on such series of Debt Securities in the currency in which such series
of Debt Securities is denominated into Dollars at the Exchange Rate as of the
date of declaration of acceleration of the Maturity of the Debt Securities;
and
THIRD:
The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
Section
507. Limitation
on Suits.
No
Holder
of any Debt Securities of any series or any related coupons shall have any
right
to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event
of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series;
(2) the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Trustee hereunder;
(3) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against
the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(4) the
Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of
the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series;
it
being
understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any
right
in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders,
or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of
such
Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
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Section
508. Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Debt Security or coupon
shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive payment
of
the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Debt Security or payment of such coupon on the respective
Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or coupon (or,
in
the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or the Repayment
Date, as the case may be) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such
payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
Section
509. Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.
If
the
Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceedings to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or
to
such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter
all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though
no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section
510. Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred
upon
or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any
other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The
assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall
not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy.
Section
511. Delay
or Omission Not Waiver.
No
delay
or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Debt Security or coupon
to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
Section
512. Control
by Holders of Debt Securities.
The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities
of
any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities
of such series, provided, that
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(1) such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture;
(2) subject
to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by
a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, determine that
the
proceedings so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Debt
Securities of such series not joining in any such direction; and
(3) the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
Section
513. Waiver
of Past Defaults.
The
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt
Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities
of any such series and any related coupons 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, if any) or interest on any Debt
Security of such series, 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
Debt Security of such series affected.
Upon
any
such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section
514. Undertaking
for Costs.
All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt Security or coupon
by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may
in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may
in
its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having a due regard to the merits
and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company
or the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders,
holding in the aggregate more than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for
the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any Debt Security or the payment of any coupons on or after the respective
Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or coupon (or,
in
the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or
Repayment Date, as the case may be).
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Section
515. Waiver
of Stay or Extension Laws.
The
Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not
at
any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law whenever enacted, now or
at
any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE
SIX
The
Trustee
Section
601. Certain
Duties and Responsibilities.
Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee’s duties and
responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by the Trust Indenture
Act. In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her
own
affairs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds
for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly
so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section
602. Notice
of Default.
If
a
default occurs hereunder with respect to Debt Securities of any series the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series
notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture
Act;
provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified
in
Section 501(4) with respect to Debt Securities of such series no such
notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence
thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event
which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series.
Section
603. Certain
Rights of Trustee.
Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 601
(a) the
Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon
any signature, 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;
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(b) any
request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board
of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’
Certificate;
(d) the
Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect
of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon;
(e) the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
of Debt Securities of such series or any related coupons pursuant to this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might
be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon,
other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or
matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney, other
than any such books or records containing information as to the affairs of
the
customers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided
that the
Trustee may examine such books and records relating to customers to the extent
that such books and records contain information as to any payments made to
such
customers in their capacity as Holders of Debt Securities; provided, further,
that the Trustee shall treat all information regarding the Company which it
receives pursuant to this Indenture and its duties hereunder as confidential
and
shall not disclose such information unless necessary in order to fulfill its
duties under this Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act; and
(g) the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee
shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; no Exchange Rate
Agent, Global Exchange Agent, Depositary or Paying Agent shall be deemed an
agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or
omission by any of them.
Section 604. Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities, except the Trustee’s
certificates of authentication, and in any coupons, and the information in
any
registration statement, including all attachments thereto, except information
provided by the Trustee therein, shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series or any coupons. The Trustee
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt
Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible for
and
makes no representations as to the Company’s ability or authority to issue
Bearer Securities or the lawfulness thereof.
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Section 605. May
Hold Debt Securities or Coupons.
The
Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the
Company or the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become
the
owner or pledgee of Debt Securities and coupons, and, subject to Sections 608
and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have
if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such
agent.
Section
606. Money
Held in Trust.
Money
held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the
Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the
Company.
Section 607. Compensation
and Reimbursement.
The
Company agrees
(1) to
pay to
the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered
by it hereunder which shall have from time to time been separately agreed to
by
the Company and the Trustee in writing (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(2) except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by
the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to
indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out
of
or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or
performance of its duties hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses
of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek
indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture. The Company shall
be entitled to participate in, and to the extent that it shall wish, to assume
the defense of such claim, with counsel satisfactory to the Trustee (and the
Trustee shall cooperate in the defense thereof), and after notice from the
Company to the Trustee of the Company’s election so to assume the defense
thereof, the Company shall not be liable to the Trustee under this Indenture
for
any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Trustee in connection
with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. The
Company shall not be obligated under any settlement agreement relating to any
claim under this Indenture to which it has not agreed in writing.
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As
security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Section the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities and any
coupons upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if
any)
or interest on particular Debt Securities or any coupons.
The
provisions of this Section 607 shall survive the resignation or removal
of
the Trustee and the termination of this Indenture.
Section 608. Disqualification;
Conflicting Interests.
If
the
Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of
the
Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign,
to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions
of,
the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such
Act,
the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect
to
Debt Securities of any series by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture
with respect to any particular series of Debt Securities.
Section
609. Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation that
is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000, and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority; provided,
however, that if Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act or the rules
and
regulations of the Commission under the Trust Indenture Act at any time permit
a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of any other
jurisdiction to serve as trustee of an indenture qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, this Section 609 shall be automatically amended to permit
a
corporation organized and doing business under the laws of any such other
jurisdiction to serve as Trustee hereunder. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of
this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to
be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
Section
610. Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 611.
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(b) The
Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of one or
more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument
of
acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such
series.
(c) The
Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of any
series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to
the
Company.
(d) If
at any
time:
(1) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or by
any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for
at
least six months, or
(2) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 with respect to
any
series of Debt Securities and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series of Debt
Securities or a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in
the
premises shall have been entered in respect of the Trustee in an involuntary
case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or
any
other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law; or
a
decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been
entered for the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs, or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation, winding up or liquidation, or
(4) the
Trustee shall commence a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws,
as
now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or shall consent to the appointment of
or
taking possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Trustee or its property or
affairs, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall
admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due,
or
shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such action,
then,
in
any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee
with
respect to such series at any time or (ii) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of any series for
at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
for
the Debt Securities of such series and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If
the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting with respect
to
any series of Debt Securities, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of
Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series
(it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with
respect to the Debt Securities of one or more or all of such series and that
at
any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities
of
any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities
of
such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor
Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment,
become the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series
and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If
no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall
have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment
in
the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a
Debt Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to
Section 514, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.
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(f) The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and each appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Debt Securities of such series
are issuable as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once
in an
Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to
the
Debt Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
Section
611. Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In
the
case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Debt
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on 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.
(b) In
the
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring
Trustee upon payment of its charges and each successor Trustee with respect
to
the Debt Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Debt Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those
series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be
vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in 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 Debt Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on
the
request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Debt
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates.
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(c) Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No
successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article.
Section
612. Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall, with the written approval of the Company, be the successor
of
the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified
and eligible under this Article, without the executing or filing of any paper
or
any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Debt
Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then
in office, any successor by merger, conversion, consolidation or sale to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Debt
Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee
had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt Securities
shall
not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor
Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in either its own
name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which
this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.
If
the Trustee’s successor by merger, conversion, consolidation or sale shall not
have received the written approval of the Company, such successor shall resign
within 20 days after the merger, conversion, consolidation or sale and such
vacancy in the office of the Trustee shall be filled in the manner specified
in
Section 610.
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Section
613. Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.
If
and
when the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor, directly or indirectly,
secured or unsecured, of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt
Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act regarding collection of claims against the Company (or any such
other obligor).
Section
614. Authenticating
Agent.
The
Trustee may upon Company request appoint one or more Authenticating Agents
(including, without limitation, the Company or any Affiliate thereof) with
respect to one or more series of Debt Securities which shall be authorized
on
behalf of the Trustee in authenticating Debt Securities of such series in
connection with the issue, delivery, registration of transfer, exchange, partial
redemption or repayment of such Debt Securities. Wherever reference is made
in
this Indenture to the authentication of Debt Securities by the Trustee or the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication 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 must be acceptable to the
Company and, in the case of Registered Securities, must be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any
State
or the District of Columbia, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$25,000,000, authorized under such laws to do a trust business and subject
to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities, and in the case
of
Bearer Securities and an authenticating agent who is not organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, is subject to supervision or examination by the
appropriate foreign authorities.
Any
corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of an authenticating
agent shall continue to be an authenticating agent without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or such
authenticating agent.
An
authenticating agent may at any time resign with respect to one or more series
of Debt Securities by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and
to
the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any
authenticating agent with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities
by
giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the
Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination,
or in case at any time an authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a
successor authenticating agent. Any successor authenticating agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all 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
Trustee agrees to pay to each authenticating agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the provisions of
Section 607.
The
provisions of Sections 104, 111, 306, 309, 603, 604 and 605 shall be
applicable to any authenticating agent.
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Pursuant
to each appointment made under this Section, the Debt Securities of each series
covered by such appointment may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in
substantially the following form:
This
is
one of the Debt Securities, of the series designated herein, described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
________________________________________
By
_______________________________________
As
Authenticating Agent for the Trustee
By
_______________________________________
Authorized
Officer
ARTICLE
SEVEN
Holders’
Lists and Reports By Trustee and Company
Section
701. Company
to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to
Debt Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee:
(1) semi-annually,
not later than ____________ and ____________ in each year, a list, in such
form
as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders
of Registered Securities as of the preceding ______________ or _____________,
as
the case may be, and
(2) at
such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after
the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished;
provided,
however,
that if
and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar, no such list need
be
furnished.
Section
702. Preservation
of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the
names and addresses of Holders of Registered Securities contained in the most
recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and
the
names and addresses of Holders of Registered Securities received by the Trustee
in its capacity as Paying Agent or Security Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee
may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon
receipt of a new list so furnished. The Trustee shall preserve for at least
two
years the names and addresses of Holders of Bearer Securities filed with the
Trustee by such Holders.
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(b) The
rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities, and the corresponding rights
and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act.
(c) Every
Holder of Debt Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall
be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to the names
and addresses of the Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act.
Section
703. Reports
by Trustee.
(a) Within
60
days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after
the
first issuance of Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture and at any other
time required by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders
such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture and
such other matters as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act in
the
manner required by the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) A
copy of
each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed
by
the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Debt Securities of such
series are listed, with the Commission and also with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any series of Debt Securities are listed on any
stock exchange.
Section
704. Reports
by Company.
The
Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders
such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof,
as
may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the time and in the
manner pursuant to such Act; provided that such information, documents or
reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13
or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be filed
with
the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
ARTICLE
EIGHT
Consolidation,
Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section
801. Company
May Consolidate, etc. Only on Certain Terms.
The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with
or merge into the Company, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in
case
the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another corporation or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any
Person, the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which
leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety
shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
(including all additional amounts, if any, payable pursuant to
Section 1006) on all the Debt Securities and the performance of every
covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or
observed;
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(2) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event
which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default,
shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer
or
lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
been
met.
Section
802. Successor
Corporation Substituted.
Upon
any
consolidation with or merger into any other corporation, or any conveyance,
transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially
as
an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor corporation
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which
such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture
with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company herein,
and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the Company (which term for
this
purpose shall mean the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of
this instrument or any successor corporation which shall theretofore have become
such in the manner presented in this Article) shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Debt Securities and
any
coupons.
ARTICLE
NINE
Supplemental
Indentures
Section
901. Supplemental
Indentures without Consent of Holders.
Without
the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any
of
the following purposes:
(1) to
evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, and the
assumption by such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in
the
Debt Securities contained; or
(2) to
add to
the covenants of the Company, for the benefit of the Holders of all or any
series of Debt Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit
of
less than all series of Debt Securities, stating that such covenants are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or any coupons,
to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the
Trustee, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
or
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(3) to
add
any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be
applicable to less than all series of Debt Securities, stating that such Events
of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series);
or
(4) to
add
to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide
that
Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate
any
restrictions on the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) Registered
Securities or of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or any interest on Bearer
Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Debt Securities in uncertificated form, provided
any such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;
or
(5) to
change
or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided
that any
such change or elimination (a) shall become effective only when there
is no
Debt Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provisions
or
(b) shall not apply to any Debt Security Outstanding; or
(6) to
establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301; or
(7) to
secure
the Debt Securities; or
(8) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series and to add
to
or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b);
or
(9) to
cure
any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture
which shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture,
provided
such
other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Debt
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;
or
(10) to
add to
or change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture as shall be necessary
or
desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act, provided
such action shall not adversely affect the interest of Holders of Debt
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material
respect.
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Section
902. Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With
the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental
indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee,
the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into
an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights under this Indenture
of
the Holders of such Debt Securities of such series and any related coupons;
provided,
however,
that no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Debt Security or coupon affected thereby,
(1) change
the Stated Maturity of the principal or any installment of principal of, or
any
installment of interest on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption or
repayment thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay additional
amounts pursuant to Section 1006 (except as contemplated by
Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or reduce the
amount
of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to
Section 502, or change any Place of Payment, or the coin or currency
in
which any Debt Security or the interest thereon or any coupon 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,
on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be),
or
(2) reduce
the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any
series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of
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 1404 for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify
any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1012,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent
of
the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby; provided,
however,
that
this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with
respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in
this Section and Section 1012, or the deletion of this proviso, in
accordance with the requirements of Section 611(b) and 901(8),
or
(4) adversely
affect the right to repayment, if any, of Debt Securities of any series at
the
option of the Holders thereof.
A
supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Debt Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Debt 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 Debt Securities of any other series.
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It
shall
not be necessary for any Act of Holders of the Debt Securities under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance
thereof.
Section
903. Execution
of Supplemental Indentures.
In
executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts
created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture
is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Section
904. Effect
of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture
shall
be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall
form
a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Debt Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any
coupons appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section
905. Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act.
Every
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section
906. Reference
in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Debt
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of
any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required
by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Debt Securities of any series and any appurtenant coupons 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 Debt Securities of such
series and any appurtenant coupons.
ARTICLE
TEN
Covenants
Section
1001. Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities
and any appurtenant coupons that it will duly and punctually pay the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in accordance
with
the terms of the Debt Securities, any appurtenant coupons and this Indenture.
Any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity, other than
additional amounts, if any, payable as provided in Section 1006 in respect
of principal of (or premium, if any, on) such a Debt Security, shall be payable
only upon presentation and surrender of the coupon or coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
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Section
1002. Maintenance
of Office or Agency.
The
Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Debt Securities
an office or agency where Debt Securities (but, except as otherwise provided
below, unless such Place of Payment is located outside the United States,
not
Bearer Securities or coupons) may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where
Debt Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt
Securities and this Indenture may be served. If Debt Securities of a series
are
issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain, subject to any
laws or
regulations applicable thereto, an office or agency in a Place of Payment
for
such series which is located outside the United States where Debt Securities
of
such series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for
payment
(including payment of any additional amounts payable on Debt Securities of
such
series pursuant to Section 1006); provided, however, that if the Debt
Securities of such series are listed on a stock exchange located outside
the
United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will
maintain a Paying Agent in any required city located outside the United States,
as the case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of such series are listed
on
such exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of the
location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If
at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency
or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices or demands may be made or served at
_______________________, and the Company hereby appoints
____________________________ its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the
related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment
of any additional amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant
to Section 1006) at the place specified for the purpose pursuant to
Section 301(5).
No
payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on Bearer Securities
shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or
by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, payment
of principal of and any premium and interest (including additional amounts
payable in respect thereof) on any Bearer Security denominated in Dollars may
be
made at an office or agency of, and designated by, the Company located in the
United States if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal,
premium, interest or additional amounts in Dollars at all offices 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 and the Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel that such
payment within the United States is legal. Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Debt Securities,
at the option of the Holder of any Bearer Security or related coupon, payment
may be made by check in the currency designated for such payment pursuant to
the
terms of such Bearer Security presented or mailed to an address outside the
United States or by transfer to an account in such currency maintained by the
payee with a bank located outside the United States.
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The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies (in or outside of such Place of Payment) where the Debt Securities
of
one or more series and any related coupons (subject to the preceding paragraph)
may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes, and may from
time
to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation
or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for any series of Debt
Securities for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to
the
Trustee of any such designation and any change in the location of any such
other
office or agency.
Section
1003. Money
for Debt Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If
the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series
of Debt Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of
(and
premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
a
sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
Whenever
the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to any series
of
Debt Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium,
if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify
the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The
Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt
Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject
to
the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will
(1) hold
all
sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give
the
Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Debt
Securities of such series or any appurtenant coupons) in the making of any
payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities
of such series; and
(3) at
any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent.
The
Company may at any time, for the purpose of terminating its obligations under
this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of any series or for any other
purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee
all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be
held
by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held
by
the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent
to
the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability
with
respect to such money.
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Any
principal and interest received on the Government Obligations deposited with
the
Trustee or any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on any Debt Security of any series or any money on deposit
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent representing amounts deducted from the
Redemption Price or Repayment Price with respect to unmatured coupons not
presented upon redemption or exercise of the Holder’s option for repayment
pursuant to Section 1106 or 1303 and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by
the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Debt
Security or any coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money
(including the principal and interest received on Government Obligations
deposited with the Trustee), and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided,
however,
that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized
Newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, and each Place of Payment or mailed to each such Holder, or both, 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 or
mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to
the Company.
Section
1004. Corporate
Existence.
Subject
to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary
to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights
(charter and statutory) and franchises, provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if
the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Holders.
Section
1005. Maintenance
of Properties.
The
Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business
or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition,
repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will
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,
however,
that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is,
in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect
to
the Holders.
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Section
1006. Payment
of Additional Amounts.
If
the
Debt Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts,
the
Company will pay to the Holder of any Debt Security of any series or any coupon
appertaining thereto additional amounts upon the terms and subject to the
conditions provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned,
in
any context, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on, or in respect of, any Debt Security of any series or the net proceeds
received on the sale or exchange of any Debt Security of any series, such
mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional amounts
provided for in the terms of such Debt Securities and this Section to the extent
that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section 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 where such express mention is not made.
If
the
Debt Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts,
at
least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect
to that
series of Debt Securities (or if the Debt Securities of that series will not
bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal
(and premium, if any) is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date
of
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest if there has been any
change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’
Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company’s principal
Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers’
Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents
whether such payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Debt Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Debt Securities
of
that series or the related coupons who are United States Aliens without
withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge described in the Debt Securities of that series. If any such withholding
shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall specify by country the
amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of
Debt
Securities or coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying
Agent the additional amounts, if any, required by the terms of such Debt
Securities and the first paragraph of this Section. 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 in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished
pursuant to this Section.
Section
1007. Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims.
The
Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the
same
shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges
levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits
or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2) all lawful claims for
labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien
upon
the property of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided,
however,
that
the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability
or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
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Section
1008. Officer’s
Certificate as to Default.
The
Company will furnish to the Trustee not more than 120 days after the end of
the
Company’s fiscal year in each year (beginning with 200__) a brief certificate
from the principal executive, financial or accounting officer or treasurer
or
controller of the Company as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s compliance
with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (such compliance to
be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under this Indenture), and, if he or she has knowledge of any default,
specifying each such default of which the signer has knowledge and the nature
thereof.
Section
1009. Waiver
of Certain Covenants.
The
Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or
condition set forth in Sections 1004, 1005 and 1007 with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series if, before the time for such compliance the Holders
of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time
Outstanding shall, 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
covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
Redemption
of Debt Securities
Section
1101. Applicability
of Article.
Debt
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall
be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301 for Debt Securities of any series) in
accordance with this Article.
Section
1102. Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The
election of the Company to redeem any Debt Securities shall be evidenced by
a
Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company
of
less than all of the Debt Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least
45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount and the tenor and terms of the
Debt
Securities of any series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Debt
Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture,
the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.
Section
1103. Selection
by Trustee of Debt Securities to be Redeemed.
Except
as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Debt Securities
of
any series, if less than all the Debt Securities of any series with like tenor
and terms are to be redeemed, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
by the
Trustee, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series with like tenor
and
terms not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall
deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption
of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities
of
such series or any integral multiple thereof which is also an authorized
denomination) of the principal amount of Registered Securities or Bearer
Securities (if issued in more than one authorized denomination) of such series
of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Debt
Securities of such series.
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The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Debt Securities
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For
all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Debt Security which has been or is
to be
redeemed.
Section
1104. Notice
of Redemption.
Notice
of
redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106 not
less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each
Holder
of Debt Securities to be redeemed.
All
notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the
Redemption Date,
(2) the
Redemption Price,
(3) if
less
than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts)
of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that
on
the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that interest thereon shall cease to
accrue on and after said date,
(5) the
Place
or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities, together in the case of Bearer
Securities with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the
Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption
Price,
(6) that
Bearer Securities may be surrendered for payment only at such place or places
which are outside the United States, except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002,
(7) that
the
redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and
(8) the
CUSIP
number, if any.
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A
notice
of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need not identify
particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice
of
redemption of Debt Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company
shall be given by the Company, or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in
the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section
1105. Deposit
of Redemption Price.
On
or
prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or
with
a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate
and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money and/or
Government Obligations the payments of principal and interest on which when
due
(and without reinvestment) will provide money on or prior to the Redemption
Date
in such amounts as will (together with any money irrevocably deposited in trust
with the Trustee, without investment) be sufficient to pay the Redemption Price
of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date)
accrued interest on, all the Debt Securities or portions thereof which are
to be
redeemed on that date; provided, however, that deposits with respect to Bearer
Securities shall be made with a Paying Agent or Paying Agents located outside
the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301.
Section
1106. Debt
Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice
of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Debt Securities to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default
in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Debt
Securities shall 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 Debt Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid
by
the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer
Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall
be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at
an
office or agency located outside the United States except as otherwise provided
in Section 1002), and provided further, that installments of interest
on
Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption
Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Debt Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Record Dates
according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If
any
Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all
appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Bearer Security
may
be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon
or
coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished
to
them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and
any
Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall
surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect
of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted without interest thereon;
provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located
outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002.
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If
any
Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof
for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Debt
Security.
Section
1107. Debt
Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any
Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at
a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or
the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in
form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing),
and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
the
Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Registered Security
or Registered Securities of the same series and of like tenor and terms, of
any
authorized denominations as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal
of
the Debt Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE
TWELVE
Sinking
Funds
Section
1201. Applicability
of Article.
The
provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the
retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Debt Securities of such
series.
The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund
payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to an “optional
sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any
series, the amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction
as
provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied
to the
redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Debt
Securities of such series.
Section
1202. Satisfaction
of Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities.
The
Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Debt Securities of a 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 (2) may
apply as a credit Debt Securities of a series which have been redeemed either
at
the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities or
through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant
to
the terms of such Debt Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any
part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Debt Securities of such
series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Debt Securities
have not been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received
and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified
in
such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and
the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as
a
result of the delivery or credit of Debt Securities in lieu of cash payments
pursuant to this Section 1202, the principal amount of Debt Securities to be
redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than
$100,000, the Trustee need not call Debt Securities for redemption, except
upon
Company Request, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying
Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided,
however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall at the request of the
Company from time to time pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment
so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company
to the Trustee of Debt Securities purchased by the Company having an unpaid
principal amount equal to the cash payment requested to be released to the
Company.
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Section
1203. Redemption
of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not
less
than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt
Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee),
the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to
the
terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied
by
payment of cash, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
crediting Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and the basis
for any such credit and, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of such
Officers’ Certificate, will also deliver to the Trustee any Debt Securities to
be so credited and not theretofore delivered to the Trustee. Not less than
30
days (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) before
each
such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Debt Securities
to
be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the
name
of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104.
Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities
shall
be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1105, 1106 and
1107.
ARTICLE
THIRTEEN
Repayment
at the Option of Holders
Section
1301. Applicability
of Article.
Debt
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders
thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with their
terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for Debt
Securities of such series) in accordance with this Article.
Section
1302. Repayment
of Debt Securities.
Each
Debt
Security which is subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of
the
Holder thereof on a Repayment Date shall be repaid at the applicable Repayment
Price together with interest accrued to such Repayment Date as specified
pursuant to Section 301.
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Section
1303. Exercise
of Option; Notice.
Each
Holder desiring to exercise such Xxxxxx’s option for repayment shall, as
conditions to such repayment, surrender the Debt Security to be repaid in whole
or in part together with written notice of the exercise of such option at any
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, not less than 30 nor
more
than 45 days prior to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that surrender
of
Bearer Securities together with written notice of exercise of such option shall
be made at an office or agency located outside the United States except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002. Such notice, which shall be irrevocable,
shall specify the principal amount of such Debt Security to be repaid, which
shall be equal to the minimum authorized denomination for such Debt Security
or
an integral multiple thereof, and shall identify the Debt Security to be repaid
and, in the case of a partial repayment of the Debt Security, shall specify
the
denomination or denominations of the Debt Security or Debt Securities of the
same series to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal of
the
Debt Security surrendered which is not to be repaid.
If
any
Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied by all
unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default, such Bearer Security
may
be paid after deducting from the Repayment Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon
or
coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished
to
them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and
any
Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall
surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect
of which a deduction shall have been made from the Repayment Price, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted without interest thereon;
provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only
at
an office or agency located outside the United States except as otherwise
provided in Section 1002.
The
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver without
service charge to the Holder of any Registered Security so surrendered a new
Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination specified in the foregoing notice, in an aggregate principal amount
equal to any portion of the principal of the Registered Security so surrendered
which is not to be repaid.
The
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver without
service charge to the Holder of any Bearer Security so surrendered a new
Registered Security or Securities or new Bearer Security or Securities (and
all
appurtenant unmatured coupons and matured coupons in default) or any combination
thereof of the same series of any authorized denomination or denominations
specified in the foregoing notice, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
any
portion of the principal of the Debt Security so surrendered which is not to
be
paid; provided, however, that the issuance of a Registered Security therefor
shall be subject to applicable laws and regulations, including provisions of
the
United States Federal income tax laws and regulations in effect at the time
of
the exchange; neither the Company, the Trustee nor the Security Registrar shall
issue Registered Securities for Bearer Securities if it has received an Opinion
of Counsel that as a result of such issuance the Company would suffer adverse
consequences under the United States Federal income tax laws then in effect
and
the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company Order directing the Trustee
not to make such issuances thereafter unless and until the Trustee receives
a
subsequent Company Order to the contrary. The Company shall deliver copies
of
such Company Order to the Security Registrar.
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For
all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the repayment of Debt Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Debt Security repaid or to be repaid only in part, to the portion
of
the principal of such Debt Security which has been or is to be
repaid.
Section
1304. Election
of Repayment by Remarketing Entities.
The
Company may elect, with respect to Debt Securities of any series which are
repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity,
at
any time prior to any Repayment Date to designate one or more Remarketing
Entities to purchase, at a price equal to the Repayment Price, Debt Securities
of such series from the Holders thereof who give notice and surrender their
Debt
Securities in accordance with Section 1303.
Section
1305. Securities
Payable on the Repayment Date.
Notice
of
exercise of the option of repayment having been given and the Debt Securities
so
to be repaid having been surrendered as aforesaid, such Debt Securities shall,
unless purchased in accordance with Section 1304, on the Repayment Date become
due and payable at the price therein specified and from and after the Repayment
Date such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest and shall be paid on
the
Repayment Date, and the coupons for such interest appertaining to Bearer
Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent provided above, shall be void,
unless the Company shall default in the payment of such price in which case
the
Company shall continue to be obligated for the principal amount of such Debt
Securities and shall be obligated to pay interest on such principal amount
at
the rate borne by such Debt Securities from time to time until payment in full
of such principal amount.
ARTICLE
FOURTEEN
Meetings
of Holders of Debt Securities
Section
1401. Purposes
for Which Meetings May Be Called.
If
Debt
Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part as Bearer Securities,
a
meeting of Holders of Debt Securities of such 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
Act
provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Debt
Securities of such series.
Section
1402. Call,
Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The
Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Debt Securities of any
series issuable as Bearer Securities for any purpose specified in Section 1401,
to be held at such time and at such place in
____________________________________________________ as the Trustee shall
determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Debt 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.
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(b) In
case
at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of
at
least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series
shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Debt
Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1401, by written
request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken
at
the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the
notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall
not
thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then
the
Company or the Holders of Debt Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in
__________________________________________________ for such meeting and may
call
such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in
subsection (a) of this Section.
Section
1403. Persons
Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To
be
entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities of any series,
a
Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Debt Securities of
such
series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a
Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Debt 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 Debt Securities of any series shall be
the
Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives
of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its
counsel.
Section
1404. Quorum;
Action.
The
Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt
Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of
Debt Securities of such series. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes
of
the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at
the
request of Holders of Debt Securities of such series, be dissolved. In the
absence of a quorum in any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period
of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairperson of the meeting prior
to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such
adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period
of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairperson of the meeting prior
to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of this reconvening of
any
adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1402(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 an
adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above,
of
the principal amount of the Outstanding Debt 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 only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series, provided, however,
that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given
or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a
majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt 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 of the Outstanding Debt Securities
of
that series.
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Any
resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities
of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on
all
the Holders of Debt Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether
or not present or represented at the meeting.
Section
1405. Determination
of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable
regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Debt
Securities of such series in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities
of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the
appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination
of
proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other
matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.
Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding
of Debt 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, in the case of Bearer Securities, 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 chairperson
of
the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by
Holders of Debt Securities as provided in Section 1402(b), in which case the
Company or the Holders of Debt Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as
the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairperson. A
permanent chairperson and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected
by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series represented at the
meeting.
(c) At
any
meeting each Holder of a Debt Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled
to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or the equivalent in Euro, any
other composite currency or a Foreign Currency) of Debt Securities of such
series held or represented by him; provided,
however,
that no
vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security
challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairperson of the meeting not
to
be Outstanding. The chairperson of the meeting shall have no right to vote,
except as a Holder of a Debt Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any
meeting of Holders of Debt Securities of any series duly called pursuant to
Section 1402 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time
by
Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt
Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be
held as so adjourned without further notice.
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Section
1406. Counting
Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The
vote
upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Debt Securities
of
any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or of their
representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairperson of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes
who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and
who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least
in
triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Debt Securities
of
any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall
be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on
any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1402 and,
if
applicable, Section 1401. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairperson and secretary of the meeting and one
such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to
be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE
FIFTEEN
Defeasance
Section
1501. Termination
of Company’s Obligations.
If
this
Section 1501 is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable
to
any series of Debt Securities and if the Company deposits irrevocably in trust
with the Trustee money and/or Government Obligations the payments of principal
and interest on which when due (and without reinvestment) will provide money
in
such amounts as will (together with any money irrevocably deposited in trust
with the Trustee, without investment) be sufficient to pay the principal of
(and
premium, if any) and any installment of principal of (and premium, if any)
or
interest when due on the Debt Securities of such series and any coupons
appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or interest or,
if
such series may be redeemed by the Company prior to the Stated Maturity thereof
and the Company shall have given irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to
effect such redemption, at the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to
Article Eleven, and any mandatory sinking fund, repayment or analogous payments
thereon on the scheduled due dates therefor, the Company’s obligations under
Sections 801, 1005, and 1007 and any other covenant determined pursuant
to
Section 301 to be subject to this Section shall terminate and
Sections 501(4) (with respect to Sections 801, 1005, and 1007),
501(5), 501(6), 501(7) and 501(8) (if specified as contemplated by
Section 301) shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default, in each
case
with respect to the Debt Securities of the series for which such deposit was
made; provided, however, that (i) no Event of Default with respect to
the
Debt Securities of such series under Section 501(6) or 501(7) or event
that
with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date,
(ii) such deposit will not result in a breach of, or constitute a default
under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party or by which it is bound, and (iii) such termination shall
not
relieve the Company of its obligations under the Debt Securities of such series
and this Indenture to pay when due the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest and additional amounts on such Debt Securities if such amounts are
not
paid (or payment is not provided for) when due from the money and Government
Obligations (and the proceeds thereof) so deposited.
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It
shall
be a condition to the deposit of cash and/or Government Obligations and the
termination of the Company’s obligations pursuant to the provisions of this
Section with respect to the Debt Securities of any series under
Sections 801, 1005, and 1007 and any other covenant determined pursuant
to
Section 301 to be subject to this Section and the inapplicability of
the
Events of Default contained in Sections 501(4), 501(5), 501(6), 501(7)
and
501(8) to the extent set forth above pursuant to the provisions of this Section
with respect to Debt Securities of any series that the Company deliver to the
Trustee (i) an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that under the laws in
effect on the date such money and/or Government Obligations are deposited with
the Trustee, the amount thereof will be sufficient, after payment of all
Federal, state and local taxes in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, to
pay
principal (and premium, if any) and interest when due on the Debt Securities
of
such series; and (ii) an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
the
defeasance contemplated in this Section have been complied with.
It
shall
be an additional condition to the deposit of cash and/or Government Obligations
and the termination of the Company’s obligations pursuant to the provisions of
this Section under Sections 801, 1005, and 1007 and any other covenant
determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this Section and
the
inapplicability of the Events of Default contained in Section 501(4),
501(5), 501(6), 501(7) and 501(8) to the extent set forth above pursuant to
the
provisions of this Section, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series
then listed on any securities exchange, that the Company deliver an Opinion
of
Counsel that the Debt Securities of such series will not be delisted from such
exchange as a result of such deposit and termination.
After
a
deposit as provided herein, the Trustee shall, upon Company Request, acknowledge
in writing the discharge of the Company’s obligations pursuant to the provisions
of this Section with respect to the Debt Securities of such series under
Sections 801, 1005 and 1007 and any other covenant determined pursuant
to
Section 301 to be subject to this Section and the inapplicability of the Events
of Default contained in Sections 501(4), 501(5), 501(6), 501(7) and
501(8)
to the extent set forth above.
Section
1502. Repayment
to Company.
The
Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon Company
Request any money or Government Obligations not required for the payment of
the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any
series for which money or Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant
to
Section 1501 held by them at any time.
The
Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon Company
Request any money held by them for the payment of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of
the
Debt Securities for which a deposit has been made pursuant to Section 1501.
After such payment to the Company, the Holders of the Debt Securities of such
series and any related coupons shall thereafter, as unsecured general creditors,
look only to the Company for the payment thereof.
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Section
1503. Indemnity
for Government Obligations.
The
Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against the deposited Government Obligations
or
the principal or interest received on such Government Obligations.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
CENTURY
CASINOS, INC.
By _______________________________________
Its ______________________________________
[CORPORATE
SEAL]
Attest:
_____________________________________
Secretary
___________________________________________
By ________________________________________
Its _______________________________________
[CORPORATE
SEAL]
Attest:
_____________________________________
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EXHIBIT
A-1
[Form
of
Certificate of Beneficial Ownership by a
Non-United
States Person or by Certain Other Persons]
Certificate
CENTURY
CASINOS, INC.
[Insert
title or sufficient description of
Debt
Securities to be delivered]
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of _______________________ (the
“Indenture”) between Century Casinos, Inc. and
________________________________________ (the “Trustee”), covering the
above-captioned Debt Securities. This is to certify that as of the date hereof,
____________ principal amount of Debt Securities credited to you for our account
(i) is owned by persons that are not United States Persons, as defined
below; (ii) is owned by United States Persons that are (a) foreign
branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in U.S. Treasury
Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v)) (“financial institutions”)
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States
Persons who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United
States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such
United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case
(a)
or (b), each such United States financial institution encloses herewith a
certificate in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Indenture); or (iii) is
owned
by United States or foreign financial institutions for purposes of resale during
the restricted period (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations
Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), which United States or foreign financial
institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described
in clause (i) or (ii)) certify that they have not acquired the Debt Securities
for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States Person or
to a
person within the United States or its possessions.
[Insert
if certificate does not relate to an interest payment--We undertake to advise
you by tested telex followed by written confirmation if the above statement
as
to beneficial ownership is not correct on the date of delivery of the
above-captioned Debt Securities in bearer form as to all of such Debt Securities
with respect to such of said Debt Securities as then appear in your books as
being held for our account.] We understand that this certificate is required
in
connection with United States tax laws. We irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative
or legal proceedings with respect to the matters covered by this certificate.
“United States Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States of
America (including the District of Columbia), a corporation, partnership or
other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States
or
any political subdivision thereof or an estate or trust that is subject to
United States Federal income taxation regardless of the source of its
income.
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[This
certificate excepts and does not relate to
principal amount of Debt Securities credited to you for our account and to
which
we are not now able to make the certification set forth above. We understand
that definitive Debt Securities cannot be delivered and interest cannot be
paid
until we are able to so certify with respect to such principal amount of Debt
Securities.]*
Dated:
_______________
[To
be
dated on or after
(the
date
determined
as provided in the
Indenture)]
[Name
of Person Entitled to Receive Bearer
Security]
|
____________________________________
(Authorized
Signatory)
Name:______________________________
Title:_______________________________
_________________
*Delete
if inappropriate
EXHIBIT
A-2
[Form
of
Certificate of Status as a
Foreign
Branch of a United States Financial Institution]
Certificate
CENTURY
CASINOS, INC.
[Insert
title or sufficient description of
Debt
Securities to be delivered]
Reference
is hereby made to the Indenture dated as of _____________________ (the
“Indenture”), between Century Casinos, Inc. and
__________________________________________, relating to the offering of the
above-captioned Debt Securities (the “Debt Securities”). Unless herein defined,
terms used herein have the same meaning as given to them in the
Indenture.
The
undersigned represents that it is a branch located outside the United States
of
a United States securities clearing organization, bank or other financial
institution (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulation
Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v)) that holds customers’ securities in the ordinary
course of its trade or business and agrees, and authorizes you to advise the
issuer or the issuer’s agent, that it will comply with the requirements of
Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the
regulations thereunder and is not purchasing for resale directly or indirectly
to a United States Person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions. We undertake to advise you by tested telex followed by written
confirmation if the statement in the immediately preceding sentence is not
correct on the date of delivery of the above-captioned Debt Securities in bearer
form.
We
understand that this certificate is required in connection with the United
States tax laws. We irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a
copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings
with respect to the matters covered by this certificate.
Dated:
_________________
[To
be
dated on or after
(the
date
determined as provided
in
the
Indenture)]
[Name
of
Person Entitled to Receive Bearer Security]
___________________________________________
(Authorized
Signatory)
Name:______________________________________
Title:______________________________________
EXHIBIT
B
[Form
of
Certificate to be Given by Euroclear and Clearstream Banking, S.A.
in
Connection with the Exchange of All or a Portion of a
Temporary
Global Security or to Obtain
Interest
Prior to Exchange]
Certificate
CENTURY
CASINOS, INC.
[Insert
title or sufficient description of Debt Securities
to
be
delivered]
We
refer
to that portion, ,
of the
Global Security representing the above-captioned issue [which is herewith
submitted to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities]* [for which we are
seeking to obtain payment of interest]* (the “Submitted Portion”). This is to
certify, pursuant to the Indenture dated as of _______________________ (the
“Indenture”) between Century Casinos, Inc. and
_____________________________________ (the “Trustee”), that we have received in
writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from member organizations
with respect to each of the persons appearing in our records as being entitled
to a beneficial interest in the Submitted Portion a Certificate of Beneficial
Ownership by a Non-United States Person or by Certain Other Persons [and, in
some cases, a Certificate of Status as a Foreign Branch of a United States
Financial Institution, authorizing us to inform the issuer or the issuer’s agent
that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C)
of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations thereunder]* substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-1 [and A-2]* to the Indenture.
We
hereby
request that you deliver to the office of _____________ in _____________
definitive Bearer Securities in the denominations on the attached Schedule
A.
We
further certify that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification
from any of the persons giving such certificates to the effect that the
statements made by them with respect to any part of the Submitted Portion are
no
longer true and cannot be relied on as of the date hereof.
Dated:
________________________
[XXXXXX
GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS OFFICE, as Operator
of the
Euroclear System] [Clearstream Banking,
S.A.]
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By:_______________________________________
_______________
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