EXHIBIT 4.16
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PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.,
ISSUER
AND
PPL CORPORATION,
GUARANTOR
TO
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
TRUSTEE
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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
DATED AS OF _________________________
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PARTIES......................................................................1
ARTICLE ONE Definitions and other Provisions of General Application..........2
SECTION 101. Definitions...........................................2
Act...................................................2
Additional Interest...................................2
Affiliate.............................................2
Authenticating Agent..................................2
Authorized Officer....................................3
Board of Directors....................................3
Board Resolution......................................3
Business Day..........................................3
Commission............................................3
Common Securities.....................................3
Company...............................................3
Company Order or Company Request......................3
Corporate Trust Office................................3
corporation...........................................3
Defaulted Interest....................................3
[Discount Security]...................................4
Dollar or $...........................................4
[Eligible Obligations]................................4
Event of Default......................................4
Exchange Act..........................................4
Government Obligations................................4
Guarantee.............................................4
Guarantor.............................................4
Guarantor Order or Guarantor Request..................4
Holder................................................5
Indenture.............................................5
interest..............................................5
Interest Payment Date.................................5
Maturity..............................................5
Notice of Default.....................................5
Officer's Certificate.................................5
Opinion of Counsel....................................5
Outstanding...........................................5
Paying Agent..........................................7
Periodic Offering.....................................7
Person................................................7
Place of Payment......................................7
Predecessor Security..................................7
[Preferred Securities]................................7
Redemption Date.......................................7
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Redemption Price......................................7
Regular Record Date...................................7
Required Currency.....................................7
Responsible Officer...................................7
Securities............................................8
Securities Act........................................8
Security Register and Security Registrar..............8
[Senior Indebtedness].................................8
Special Record Date...................................8
Stated Interest Rate..................................8
Stated Maturity.......................................9
Tranche...............................................9
[Trust]...............................................9
Trust Agreement.......................................9
Trustee...............................................9
Trust Indenture Act...................................9
Trust Securities Guarantee............................9
United States.........................................9
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions..................9
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...............10
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders......................................11
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc. to Trustee, Company or Guarantor.......13
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver..............14
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act....................15
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.............15
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns...............................15
SECTION 110. Separability Clause..................................15
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture................................15
SECTION 112. Governing Law........................................15
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.......................................15
ARTICLE TWO Security Forms..................................................16
SECTION 201. Forms Generally......................................16
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication......16
ARTICLE THREE The Securities................................................17
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.................17
SECTION 302. Denominations........................................21
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.......21
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.................................24
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange.............................................25
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.....26
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.......27
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners................................28
SECTION 309. Cancellation.........................................28
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest..............................28
SECTION 311. Payment to Be in Proper Currency.....................29
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[SECTION 312. Extension of Interest Payment........................29
[SECTION 313. Additional Interest..................................29
ARTICLE FOUR Redemption of Securities.......................................30
SECTION 401. Applicability of Article.............................30
SECTION 402. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee................30
SECTION 403. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed...............30
SECTION 404. Notice of Redemption.................................31
SECTION 405. Securities Payable on Redemption Date................32
SECTION 406. Securities Redeemed in Part..........................32
ARTICLE FIVE Sinking Funds..................................................32
SECTION 501. Applicability of Article.............................32
SECTION 502. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities...........................................33
SECTION 503. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund............33
ARTICLE SIX Covenants 34
SECTION 601. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest...........34
SECTION 602. Maintenance of Office or Agency......................34
SECTION 603. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in
Trust................................................35
SECTION 604. Corporate Existence..................................36
SECTION 605. Annual Officer's Certificate.........................36
SECTION 606. Waiver of Certain Covenants..........................36
SECTION 607. Restriction on Payment of Dividends..................37
[SECTION 608. Maintenance of Trust Existence.......................37
[SECTION 609. Rights of Holders of Preferred Securities............38
ARTICLE SEVEN Satisfaction and Discharge....................................38
SECTION 701. Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities.............38
SECTION 702. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..............40
SECTION 703. Application of Trust Money...........................41
ARTICLE EIGHT Events of Default; Remedies...................................42
SECTION 801. Events of Default....................................42
SECTION 802. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment............................................43
SECTION 803. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee...............................44
SECTION 804. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.....................45
SECTION 805. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities...........................................46
SECTION 806. Application of Money Collected.......................46
SECTION 807. Limitation on Suits..................................46
SECTION 808. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest......................47
SECTION 809. Restoration of Rights and Remedies...................47
SECTION 810. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.......................48
SECTION 811. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.........................48
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SECTION 812. Control by Holders of Securities.....................48
SECTION 813. Waiver of Past Defaults..............................48
SECTION 814. Undertaking for Costs................................49
SECTION 815. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws..............49
ARTICLE NINE The Trustee....................................................50
SECTION 901. Certain Duties and Responsibilities..................50
SECTION 902. Notice of Defaults...................................51
SECTION 903. Certain Rights of Trustee............................51
SECTION 904. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities...........................................52
SECTION 905. May Hold Securities..................................52
SECTION 906. Money Held in Trust..................................53
SECTION 907. Compensation and Reimbursement.......................53
SECTION 908. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests..............53
SECTION 909. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility..............54
SECTION 910. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor............................................54
SECTION 911. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor...............56
SECTION 912. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business..........................................57
SECTION 913. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company..............................................57
SECTION 914. Appointment of Authenticating Agent..................58
SECTION 915. Co-trustee and Separate Trustees.....................59
ARTICLE TEN Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee, Company and Guarantor....61
SECTION 1001. Lists of Holders.....................................61
SECTION 1002. Reports by Trustee, Company and Guarantor............61
ARTICLE ELEVEN Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, or Other Transfer.........61
SECTION 1101. Company or Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only
on Certain Terms.....................................61
SECTION 1102. Successor Person Substituted.........................62
SECTION 1103. Limitation...........................................62
ARTICLE TWELVE Supplemental Indentures......................................63
SECTION 1201. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Holders..............................................63
SECTION 1202. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders......65
SECTION 1203. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.................66
SECTION 1204. Effect of Supplemental Indentures....................67
SECTION 1205. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act..................67
SECTION 1206. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures...........................................67
SECTION 1207. Modification Without Supplemental Indenture..........67
ARTICLE THIRTEEN Meetings of Holders; Action Without Meeting................68
SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called............68
SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings...................68
SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.................68
SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action.......................................69
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SECTION 1305. Attendance at Meetings; Determination of Voting
Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings..........70
SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings......70
SECTION 1307. Action Without Meeting...............................71
ARTICLE FOURTEEN Guarantee..................................................71
SECTION 1401. Guarantee............................................71
SECTION 1402. Guarantee Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness of
the Guarantor........................................73
SECTION 1403. Payment Over of Proceeds of Securities...............73
SECTION 1404. Disputes with Holders of Certain Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor........................75
SECTION 1405. Subrogation..........................................75
SECTION 1406. Obligation of the Guarantor Unconditional............76
SECTION 1407. Priority of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor
Upon Maturity........................................76
SECTION 1408. Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Guarantor............................................77
SECTION 1409. Notice to Trustee to Effectuate Subordination........77
SECTION 1410. Modification, Extension, etc. of Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor........................77
SECTION 1411. Trustee Has No Fiduciary Duty to Holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor.................78
SECTION 1412. Paying Agents Other Than the Trustee.................78
SECTION 1413. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Guarantor Not Impaired...............................78
SECTION 1414. Effect of Subordination Provisions; Termination......78
SECTION 1415. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee..................79
ARTICLE FIFTEEN Subordination of Securities.................................79
SECTION 1501. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness of
the Company..........................................79
SECTION 1502. Payment Over of Proceeds of Securities...............80
SECTION 1503. Disputes with Holders of Certain Senior
Indebtedness of the Company..........................81
SECTION 1504. Subrogation..........................................82
SECTION 1505. Obligation of the Company Unconditional..............82
SECTION 1506. Priority of Senior Indebtedness of the Company
Upon Maturity........................................83
SECTION 1507. Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company..............................................83
SECTION 1508. Notice to Trustee to Effectuate Subordination........83
SECTION 1509. Modification, Extension, etc. of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company..........................84
SECTION 1510. Trustee Has No Fiduciary Duty to Holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company...................84
SECTION 1511. Paying Agents Other Than the Trustee.................84
SECTION 1512. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company Not Impaired.................................85
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SECTION 1513. Effect of Subordination Provisions; Termination......85
ARTICLE SIXTEEN Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and
Directors............................................85
SECTION 1601. Liability Solely Corporate...........................85
Testimonium.................................................................85
Signatures and Seals........................................................85
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PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and Indenture, dated as of _________________
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section
ss.310 (a)(1)................................. 909
(a)(2)................................. 909
(a)(3)................................. 915
(a)(4)................................. Not Applicable
(b).................................... 908
910
ss.311 (a).................................... 913
(b).................................... 913
(c).................................... Not Applicable
ss.312 (a).................................... 1001
(b).................................... 1001
(c).................................... 1001
ss.313 (a).................................... 1002
(b)(1)................................. Not Applicable
(b)(2)................................. 1002
(c).................................... 1002
(d).................................... 1002
ss.314 (a).................................... 1002
(a)(4)................................. 605
(b).................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)................................. 102
(c)(2)................................. 102
(c)(3)................................. Not Applicable
(d).................................... Not Applicable
(e).................................... 102
ss.315 (a).................................... 901(a)
(b).................................... 902
(c).................................... 901(b)
(d).................................... 901(c)
(d)(1)................................. 901(a)(1), 901(c)(1)
(d)(2)................................. 901(c)(2)
(d)(3)................................. 901(c)(3)
(e).................................... 814
ss.316 (a).................................... 812
813
(a)(1)(A).............................. 802
812
(a)(1)(B).............................. 813
(a)(2)................................. Not Applicable
(b).................................... 808
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ss.317 (a)(1)................................. 803
(a)(2)................................. 804
(b).................................... 603
ss.318 (a).................................... 107
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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of _______________________ among PPL
CAPITAL FUNDING, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal
office at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, PPL
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (herein called the "Guarantor"), having its
principal office at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation, having its principal
corporate trust office at 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITAL OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called
the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as contemplated herein,
with Guarantees endorsed thereon in order to evidence loans made to the Company
or the Guarantor or their affiliates of the proceeds from the issuance from time
to time by one or more Trusts (as defined below) of undivided beneficial
ownership interests in the assets of such Trusts and all acts necessary to make
this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms,
have been performed.
RECITAL OF THE GUARANTOR
The Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the Guarantee of the Securities provided for herein;
and all acts necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series
thereof (except as otherwise contemplated herein), 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:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(b) all terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States of America, and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted
accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are
generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such
computation;
(d) any reference to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an
Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and
(e) 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 Nine, are defined in that
Article.
"ACT", when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the
meaning specified in Section 104.
["ADDITIONAL INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 313.]
"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 generally 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 or Persons authorized by the
Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Securities of one or
more series.
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"AUTHORIZED OFFICER" means the Chairman of the Board, the President,
any Vice President, the Treasurer, or any other Person duly authorized by the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case requires, to act in respect of matters
relating to this Indenture.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means either the board of directors of the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case requires, or any committee of that board
duly authorized to act in respect of matters relating to this Indenture
(including, in the case of the Guarantor, the finance committee of the board of
directors of the Guarantor).
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
requires, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or
the Guarantor, as the case requires, and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"BUSINESS DAY", when used with respect to a Place of Payment or any
other particular location specified in the Securities or this Indenture, means
any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking
institutions or trust companies in such Place of Payment or other location are
generally authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain
closed, except as may be otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is
not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body, if any, performing such duties at such time.
["COMMON SECURITIES" means any common trust interests issued by a
Trust or similar securities issued by permitted successors to such Trust in
accordance with the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust.]
"COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"COMPANY ORDER" or "COMPANY REQUEST" mean, respectively, a written
order or request, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by an
Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located
at [450 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000].
"CORPORATION" means a corporation, association, company, joint stock
company or business trust.
"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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"[DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802.]
"DOLLAR" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.
"[ELIGIBLE OBLIGATIONS" means:
(a) with respect to Securities denominated in Dollars, Government
Obligations; or
(b) with respect to Securities denominated in a currency other
than Dollars or in a composite currency, such other obligations or
instruments as shall be specified with respect to such Securities, as
contemplated by Section 301.]
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 801.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.
"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (a) (i) direct
obligations of the United States where the payment or payments thereunder are
supported by the full faith and credit of the United States or (ii) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States where the timely payment or payments
thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation
by the United States or (b) depository receipts issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or
other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from
any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or
the specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect
to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"GUARANTEE" means any guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed on a
Security authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and shall
include the guarantee set forth in Section 1401.
"GUARANTOR" means the Person named as "Guarantor" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Guarantor" shall include such successor Person.
"GUARANTOR ORDER" or "GUARANTOR REQUEST" mean, respectively, a written
order or request, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Guarantor by an
Authorized Officer of the Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee.
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"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this Indenture and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"[INTEREST", when used with respect to a Discount Security which by
its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity.]
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"MATURITY", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as provided in such Security or in this Indenture, whether at the
Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, upon call for redemption or
otherwise.
"NOTICE OF DEFAULT" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 801(c).
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by an Authorized
Officer of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case requires, and delivered to
the Trustee.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, and who shall be acceptable to the
Trustee.
"OUTSTANDING", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(b) Securities deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this
Indenture in accordance with Section 701 (whether or not the Company's
indebtedness in respect thereof shall be satisfied and discharged for
any other purpose); and
(c) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it and the Company that such
Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
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provided, however, that in determining whether or not the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Securities Outstanding under this Indenture,
or the Outstanding Securities of any series or Tranche, have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or whether
or not a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities,
(x) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor
(unless the Company, such Affiliate or such obligor owns all
Securities Outstanding under this Indenture, or all Outstanding
Securities of each such series and each such Tranche, as the case may
be, determined without regard to this clause (x)) shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or upon
any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities
which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded;
provided, however, that Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if it is established to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee that the pledgee, and not the
Company, or any such other obligor or Affiliate of either thereof, has
the right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor;
[(y) the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be
deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the
principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 802; and]
[(z) the principal amount of any Security which is denominated in
a currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency that shall be
deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of
Dollars which could have been purchased by the principal amount (or,
in the case of a Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent on the date
determined as set forth below of the amount determined as provided in
(y) above) of such currency or composite currency evidenced by such
Security, in each such case certified to the Trustee in an Officer's
Certificate, based (i) on the average of the mean of the buying and
selling spot rates quoted by three banks which are members of the New
York Clearing House Association selected by the Company in effect at
11:00 A.M. (New York time) in The City of New York on the fifth
Business Day preceding any such determination or (ii) if on such fifth
Business Day it shall not be possible or practicable to obtain such
quotations from such three banks, on such other quotations or
alternative methods of determination which shall be as consistent as
practicable with the method set forth in (i) above;]
provided, further, that in the case of any Security the principal of which is
payable from time to time without presentment or surrender, the principal amount
of such Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding at any time for all
purposes of this Indenture shall be the original principal amount thereof less
the aggregate amount of principal thereof theretofore paid.
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"PAYING AGENT" means any Person, including the Company or the
Guarantor, authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, and premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company or the
Guarantor.
"PERIODIC OFFERING" means an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time any or all of the specific terms of which Securities, including
without limitation the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the Stated
Maturity or Maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with
respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents from time to
time subsequent to the initial request for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities by the Trustee, as contemplated in Section 301 and clause (b) of
Section 303.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust or unincorporated organization or any
government or any political subdivision, instrumentality or agency thereof.
"PLACE OF PAYMENT", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, or Tranche thereof, means the place or places, specified as contemplated
by Section 301, at which, subject to Section 602, principal of and premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series or Tranche are
payable.
"PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
["PREFERRED SECURITIES" means any preferred trust interests issued by
a Trust or similar securities issued by permitted successors to such Trust in
accordance with the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust.]
"REDEMPTION DATE", when used with respect to any 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 Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"[REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 311.]
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER", when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman
of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any
assistant cashier, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or assistant
trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer
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of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such
matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.
"SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS", when used with respect to the Company or the
Guarantor, means all obligations (other than non-recourse obligations and the
indebtedness issued under this Indenture) of, or guaranteed or assumed by, the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, for borrowed money, including both
senior and subordinated indebtedness for borrowed money (other than the
Securities), or for the payment of money relating to any lease which is
capitalized on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company or the Guarantor,
as the case may be, and its subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time, or evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, and in each case, amendments,
renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of any such indebtedness or
obligations, whether existing as of the date of this Indenture or subsequently
incurred by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, unless, in the
case of any particular indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding, the
instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the
same expressly provides that such indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding
is not superior in right of payment to or is pari passu with the Securities or
the Guarantees, as the case may be; provided that the Guarantor's obligations
under the Trust Securities Guarantee shall not be deemed to be Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor. [Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary,
the Company's obligations under this Indenture shall be equal in right and
payment and pari passu with the Company's obligations under the Subordinated
Indenture, dated May 9, 2001, with JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The
Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee.
"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
307.
"STATED INTEREST RATE" means a rate (whether fixed or variable) at
which an obligation by its terms is stated to bear simple interest. Any
calculation or other determination to be made under this Indenture by reference
to the Stated Interest Rate on a Security shall be made without regard to the
effective interest cost to the Company of such Security and without regard to
the Stated Interest Rate on, or the effective cost to the Company of, any other
indebtedness the Company's obligations in respect of which are evidenced or
secured in whole or in part by such Security.
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"STATED MATURITY", when used with respect to any Security or any
obligation or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means
the date on which the principal of such obligation or such installment of
principal or interest is stated to be due and payable (without regard to any
provisions for redemption, prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension).
"TRANCHE" means a group of Securities which (a) are of the same series
and (b) have identical terms except as to principal amount and/or date of
issuance.
["TRUST" means PPL Capital Funding Trust II, a statutory business
trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any other trust
designated pursuant to Section 301 hereof or any permitted successor under the
Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust.]
["TRUST AGREEMENT" means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement,
dated as of ______, ____, relating to PPL Capital Funding Trust II, or an
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement relating to a Trust designated pursuant to
Section 301 hereof, in each case, among PPL Corporation, as Depositor and Trust
Securities Guarantor, the trustees named therein and the several holders
referred to therein, as such agreement or agreements, as the case may be, may be
amended from time to time.]
"TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
with respect to one or more series of Securities 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 Securities of any
series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means, as of any time, the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 as in force at such time.
["TRUST SECURITIES GUARANTEE" means the Trust Securities Guarantee
Agreement between the Guarantor, as Trust Securities Guarantor, and a guarantee
trustee for the benefit of the holders of Preferred Securities [and Common
Securities] issued by such Trust.]
"UNITED STATES" means the United States of America, its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
[Additional Definitions to be included if Securities are issued in
connection with Stock Purchase Units].
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor
shall each furnish to the Trustee an Officer's 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
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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:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(b) 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;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
(a) Any Officer's Certificate may be based (without further
examination or investigation), insofar as it relates to or is dependent upon
legal matters, upon an opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless, in
any case, such officer has actual knowledge that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which such Officer's
Certificate may be based as aforesaid are erroneous.
Any Opinion of Counsel may be based (without further examination or
investigation), insofar as it relates to or is dependent upon factual matters,
information with respect to which is in the possession of the Company or the
Guarantor, upon a certificate of, or representations by, an officer or officers
of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such counsel has
actual knowledge that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect
to the matters upon which his opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous.
In addition, any Opinion of Counsel may be based (without further examination or
investigation), insofar as it relates to or is dependent upon matters covered in
an Opinion of Counsel rendered by other counsel, upon such other Opinion of
Counsel, unless such counsel has actual knowledge that the Opinion of Counsel
rendered by such other counsel with respect to the matters upon which his
Opinion of Counsel may be based as aforesaid are erroneous. If, in order to
render any Opinion of Counsel provided for herein, the signer thereof shall deem
it necessary that additional facts or matters be stated in any Officer's
Certificate provided for herein, then such certificate may state all such
additional facts or matters as the signer of such Opinion of Counsel may
request.
(b) 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
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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. Where (i) any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, or (ii) two or more Persons are each required to make, give or
execute any such application, request, consent, certificate, statement, opinion
or other instrument, any such applications, requests, consents, certificates,
statements, opinions or other instruments may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
(c) Whenever, subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board
Resolution, Officer's Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document or
instrument, a clerical, typographical or other inadvertent or unintentional
error or omission shall be discovered therein, a new document or instrument may
be substituted therefor in corrected form with the same force and effect as if
originally filed in the corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of
the actual execution and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document or
instrument shall be deemed to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date
or dates required with respect to the document or instrument for which it is
substituted. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, if any
such corrective document or instrument indicates that action has been taken by
or at the request of the Company which could not have been taken had the
original document or instrument not contained such error or omission, the action
so taken shall not be invalidated or otherwise rendered ineffective but shall be
and remain in full force and effect, except to the extent that such action was a
result of willful misconduct or bad faith. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, any Securities issued under the authority of such defective
document or instrument shall nevertheless be the valid obligations of the
Company entitled to the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all
other Outstanding Securities, except as aforesaid.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, 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 or, alternatively, may be embodied in and evidenced by the
record of Holders voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly
appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in
accordance with the provisions of Article Thirteen, 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 and the Guarantor. 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 of the holding by any
Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Section 901) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and the
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Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any
meeting of Holders shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof or may be
proved in any other manner which the Trustee and the Company deem sufficient.
Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority.
(c) The ownership, principal amount (except as otherwise contemplated
in clause (y) of the first proviso to the definition of Outstanding) and serial
numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same,
shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or other Act of a Holder shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or the
Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
(e) Until such time as written instruments shall have been delivered
to the Trustee with respect to the requisite percentage of principal amount of
Securities for the action contemplated by such instruments, any such instrument
executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Holder may be revoked with respect
to any or all of such Securities by written notice by such Holder or any
subsequent Holder, proven in the manner in which such instrument was proven.
(f) Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, authenticated
and delivered after any Act of Holders may, and shall if required by the
Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any action taken
by such Act of Holders. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any
series, or any Tranche thereof, so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Company, to such action may be prepared and executed by the
Company and the Guarantor and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche.
(g) Each of the Company and the Guarantor may, at its option, by
Company Order or Guarantor Order, as appropriate, fix in advance a record date
for the determination of Holders entitled to give any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act solicited by the
Company, but neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall have any obligation to
do so; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantor may fix a
record date for the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or
direction referred to in the next sentence. In addition, the Trustee may, at its
option, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled
to join in the giving or making of any Notice of Default, any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 802, any request to institute proceedings
referred to in Section 807 or any direction referred to in Section 812. If any
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such record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act, or such notice, declaration, request or
direction, may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders
of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be
Holders for the purposes of determining (i) whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of the Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented
to such Act (and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed
as of the record date) and/or (ii) which Holders may revoke any such Act
(notwithstanding subsection (e) of this Section ); and any such Act, given as
aforesaid, shall be effective whether or not the Holders which authorized or
agreed or consented to such Act remain Holders after such record date and
whether or not the Securities held by such Holders remain Outstanding after such
record date.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE, COMPANY OR GUARANTOR.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or the Guarantor, or the Company or the
Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder, shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise expressly provided herein) if in writing and
delivered personally to an officer or other responsible employee of the
addressee, or transmitted by facsimile transmission, telex or other direct
written electronic means to such telephone number or other electronic
communications address set forth for such party below or such other address as
the parties hereto shall from time to time designate, or transmitted by
registered mail, charges prepaid, to the applicable address set forth for such
party below or to such other address as any party hereto may from time to time
designate:
If to the Trustee, to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Institutional Trust Services
Telephone:
Telecopy:
If to the Company, to:
PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
Telephone:(610) 774-____
Telecopy: (610) 774-____
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With a copy to:
PPL Corporation
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
Telephone: (610) 774-____
Telecopy:(610) 774-____
If to the Guarantor, to:
PPL Corporation
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
Telephone: (610) 774-____
Telecopy: (610) 774-____
Any communication contemplated herein shall be deemed to have been
made, given, furnished and filed if personally delivered, on the date of
delivery, if transmitted by facsimile transmission, telex or other direct
written electronic means, on the date of transmission, and if transmitted by
registered mail, on the date of receipt.
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently
given, and shall be deemed given, to Holders if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the
address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not later than
the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such Notice.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to
Holders by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of
the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders.
Any notice required by this Indenture may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event
otherwise to be specified therein, 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.
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SECTION 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this
Indenture by, or is otherwise governed by, any provision of the Trust Indenture
Act, such other provision shall control; and if any provision hereof otherwise
conflicts with the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act shall control.
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings in this Indenture 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 or the
Guarantor shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture or the Securities or the
Guarantees shall be held to 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, the Securities or the Guarantees, express
or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, their
successors hereunder, the Holders and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture [,
provided, however, that for so long as any Preferred Securities remain
outstanding, the holders of such Preferred Securities, subject to certain
limitations set forth in this Indenture, may enforce the Company's and the
Guarantor's obligations hereunder, directly against the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, as third party beneficiaries of this Indenture
without proceeding against the Trust issuing such Preferred Securities].
SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York (including
without limitation Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law or any
successor to such statute), except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act
shall be applicable.
SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
other than a provision in Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or
in the indenture supplemental hereto, Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate
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which establishes the terms of the Securities of such series or Tranche, which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)
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 [, except that if such Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day, in each case] with the same force and effect as if made
on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity, and, if such
payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day, no interest shall
accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such
Business Day.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
The definitive Securities of each series and the Guarantees to be
endorsed thereon as contemplated by Article Fourteen shall be in substantially
the form or forms thereof established in the indenture supplemental hereto
establishing such series or in a Board Resolution establishing such series, or
in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to such a supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution, 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 Securities or Guarantees endorsed
thereon, as the case may be, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the
form or forms of Securities of any series or Guarantees endorsed thereon are
established in a Board Resolution or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a
Board Resolution, such Board Resolution and Officer's Certificate, if any, shall
be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 or 1201(g),
the Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without
coupons. The definitive Securities and Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be
produced in such manner as shall be determined by the officers executing such
Securities or Guarantees, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
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SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially
the form set forth below:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
--------------------------------,
as Trustee
By: _____________________________
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited [; provided,
however, that all Securities shall be issued to a Trust to evidence loans by a
Trust of the proceeds of the issuance of Preferred Securities and Common
Securities of such Trust.]
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. Subject to the
last paragraph of this Section, prior to the authentication and delivery of
Securities of any series there shall be established by specification in a
supplemental indenture or in a Board Resolution of the Company or in an
Officer's Certificate of the Company (which need not, comply with Section 102)
pursuant to a supplemental indenture or a Board Resolution:
(a) the title of the Securities of such series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of such series from Securities of all other
series);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305,
306, 406 or 1206 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to
Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(c) the Person or Persons (without specific identification) to
whom any interest on Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(d) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of
such series or any Tranche thereof, is payable or any formulary or
other method or other means by which such date or dates shall be
determined, by reference to an index or other fact or event
ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise (without regard
to any provisions for redemption, prepayment, acceleration, purchase
or extension);
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(e) the rate or rates at which the Securities of such series, or
any Tranche thereof, shall bear interest, if any (including the rate
or rates at which overdue principal shall bear interest after Maturity
if different from the rate or rates at which such Securities shall
bear interest prior to Maturity, and, if applicable, the rate or rates
at which overdue premium or interest shall bear interest, if any), or
any formulary or other method or other means by which such rate or
rates shall be determined by reference to an index or other fact or
event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise, the date
or dates from which such interest shall accrue; the Interest Payment
Dates and the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the interest payable
on such Securities on any Interest Payment Date; [the right of the
Company, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the
duration of any such extension as contemplated by Section 312;] and
the basis of computation of interest, if other than as provided in
Section 310;
(f) the place or places at which or methods (if other than as
provided elsewhere in this Indenture) by which (i) the principal of
and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (ii) registration of
transfer of Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be
effected, (iii) exchanges of Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, may be effected and (iv) notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, and this Indenture may be served; the Security Registrar and
any Paying Agent or Agents for such series or Tranche; and if such is
the case, that the principal of such Securities shall be payable
without presentment or surrender thereof;
(g) 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 the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and any
restrictions on such redemptions;
(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
or repay the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof,
pursuant to any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions
or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within
which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed
or purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation and applicable exceptions to the requirements of Section
404 in the case of mandatory redemption or redemption or repayment at
the option of the Holder;
(i) the denominations in which Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, shall be issuable if other than denominations of
$[25] and any integral multiple thereof;
(j) if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any,
on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin
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or currency other than that in which the Securities are stated to be
payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made and the manner in
which the amount of such coin or currency payable is to be determined;
(k) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies,
in which payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, shall be payable (if other than Dollars) and the manner in
which the equivalent of the principal amount thereof in Dollars is to
be determined for any purpose, including for the purpose of
determining the principal amount deemed to be Outstanding at any time;
(l) if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable,
or are to be payable at the election of the Company or a Holder
thereof, in securities or other property, the type and amount of such
securities or other property, or the formulary or other method or
other means by which such amount shall be determined, and the period
or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, any
such election may be made;
(m) if the amount payable in respect of principal of or premium,
if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, may be determined with reference to an index or other
fact or event ascertainable outside this Indenture, the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined to the extent not established
pursuant to clause (e) of this paragraph;
(n) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 802;
(o) any Events of Default, in addition to those specified in
Section 801, or any exceptions to those specified in Section 801, with
respect to the Securities of such series, and any covenants of the
Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, in addition to
those set forth in Article Six, or any exceptions to those set forth
in Article Six;
(p) the terms, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, may be converted into or exchanged for
shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any
other Person;
(q) the obligations or instruments, if any, which shall be
considered to be Eligible Obligations in respect of the Securities of
such series, or any Tranche thereof, denominated in a currency other
than Dollars or in a composite currency, and any provisions for
satisfaction and discharge of Securities of any series, in addition to
those set forth in Section 701 and 702, or any exceptions to those set
forth in Section 701 and 702;
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(r) if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are
to be issued in global form, (i) any limitations on the rights of the
Holder or Holders of such Securities to transfer or exchange the same
or to obtain the registration of transfer thereof, (ii) any
limitations on the rights of the Holder or Holders thereof to obtain
certificates therefor in definitive form in lieu of global form and
(iii) any other matters incidental to such Securities;
(s) if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, are
to be issuable as bearer securities, any and all matters incidental
thereto which are not specifically addressed in a supplemental
indenture as contemplated by clause (g) of Section 1201;
(t) to the extent not established pursuant to clause (r) of this
paragraph, any limitations on the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of such Series, or any Tranche thereof, to transfer or
exchange such Securities or to obtain the registration of transfer
thereof; and if a service charge will be made for the registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, the amount or terms thereof;
(u) any exceptions to Section 113, or variation in the definition
of Business Day, with respect to the Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof;
(v) any terms of the Guarantees with respect to the Securities of
such series, or any Tranche thereof, in addition to those set forth in
Section 1401, or any exceptions to those set forth in Section 1401;
and
[w) the designation of the Trust to which Securities of such
series are to be issued;]
(x) any other terms of the Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering,
the indenture supplemental hereto or the Board Resolution which establishes such
series, or the Officer's Certificate pursuant to such supplemental indenture or
Board Resolution, as the case may be, may provide general terms or parameters
for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of
Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be specified in a
Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company or its
agents in accordance with procedures specified in a Company Order as
contemplated in clause (b) of Section 303.
[All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical,
except as to principal amount and date of issue and except as may be set forth
in the terms of such series as contemplated above.] The Securities of each
series shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness of the
Company as provided in Article Fifteen. The Guarantees relating to such
Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness of
the Guarantor as provided in Article Fourteen.
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Unless otherwise provided with respect to a series of Securities as
contemplated in Section 301(b), the aggregate principal amount of a series of
Securities may be increased and additional Securities of such series may be
issued up to the maximum aggregate principal amount authorized with respect to
such series as increased.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Securities of each
series shall be issuable in denominations of $[25] and any integral multiple
thereof.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities or any Tranche thereof, the Securities shall be
executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer of the Company, and
may have the corporate seal of the Company affixed thereto or reproduced thereon
attested by its Secretary, one of its Assistant Secretaries or any other
Authorized Officer. The signature of any or all of these officers on the
Securities may be manual or facsimile.
A Security bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual
who was at the time of execution an Authorized Officer of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that any such individual has ceased to be an
Authorized Officer prior to the authentication and delivery of the Security or
did not hold such office at the date of such Security.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, with respect
to any series of Securities or any Tranche thereof, Guarantees to be endorsed on
any Securities shall be executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions
of Section 1402.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities of a series,
with the Guarantees endorsed thereon, for original issue, at one time or from
time to time in accordance with the Company Order referred to below, upon
receipt by the Trustee of:
(a) the instrument or instruments establishing the form or forms
and terms of the Securities of such series and the Guarantees to be
endorsed thereon, as provided in Sections 201 and 301;
(b) a Company Order requesting the authentication and delivery of
such Securities, with the Guarantees endorsed thereon, and, to the
extent that the terms of such Securities and Guarantees shall not have
been established in an indenture supplemental hereto or in a Board
Resolution, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a supplemental
indenture or Board Resolution, all as contemplated by Sections 201 and
301, either (i) establishing such terms or (ii) in the case of
Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, specifying
procedures, acceptable to the Trustee, by which such terms are to be
established (which procedures may provide, to the extent acceptable to
the Trustee, for authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or
electronic instructions from the Company or any agent or agents
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thereof, which oral instructions are to be promptly confirmed
electronically or in writing), in either case in accordance with the
instrument or instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above;
(c) A Guarantor Order approving the terms and delivery of the
Guarantees to be endorsed on such Securities as contemplated by the
Company Order delivered pursuant to clause (b) above;
(d) Securities of such series, each executed on behalf of the
Company by an Authorized Officer of the Company and having a Guarantee
endorsed thereon executed on behalf of the Guarantor by an Authorized
Officer of the Guarantor;
(e) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(i) (A) the forms of such Securities have been duly authorized by
the Company, (B) the forms of such Guarantees have been duly
authorized by the Guarantor, and (C) the forms of the Securities and
the Guarantees have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture;
(ii) (A) the terms of such Securities have been duly authorized
by the Company, (B) the terms of such Guarantees have been duly
authorized by the Guarantor and (C) the terms of the Securities and
the Guarantees have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture; and
(iii) such Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, when
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued and delivered by
the Company and the Guarantor in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will have been duly
issued under this Indenture and will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively,
entitled to the benefits provided by this Indenture, and enforceable
in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to laws
relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors'
rights, including, without limitation, bankruptcy and insolvency laws
and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity as at law);
provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of
Counsel only once at or prior to the time of the first authentication and
delivery of Securities of such series, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, and
that in lieu of the opinions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above such
Opinion of Counsel may, alternatively, state, respectively,
(x) that, when the terms of such Securities and the Guarantees to
be endorsed thereon shall have been established pursuant to a Company
Order or Orders and, if applicable, a Guarantor Order or Orders or
pursuant to such procedures as may be specified from time to time by a
Company Order or Orders, and, if applicable, a Guarantor Order or
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Orders all as contemplated by and in accordance with the instrument or
instruments delivered pursuant to clause (a) above, such terms will
have been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantor,
respectively, and will have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; and
(y) that such Securities, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon,
when (1) executed by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be,
(2) authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this
Indenture, (3) issued and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor
and (4) paid for, all as contemplated by and in accordance with the
aforesaid Company Order or Orders and, if applicable, a Guarantor
Order or Orders or specified procedures, as the case may be, will have
been duly issued under this Indenture and will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantor,
respectively, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, and
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to
enforcement, to laws relating to or affecting generally the
enforcement of creditors' rights, including, without limitation,
bankruptcy and insolvency laws and to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company and
the Guarantor of any of such Securities and Guarantees, the forms and terms
thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof,
upon the Opinion of Counsel and other documents delivered pursuant to Sections
201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, at or prior to the time of the
first authentication of Securities of such series, with the Guarantees endorsed
thereon, unless and until such opinion or other documents have been superseded
or revoked or expire by their terms. In connection with the authentication and
delivery of Securities of a series, with Guarantees endorsed thereon, pursuant
to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to assume that the
Company's instructions to authenticate and deliver such Securities, and the
Guarantor's approval of the delivery of the Guarantees thereon, do not violate
any applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of any
governmental agency or commission having jurisdiction over the Company or the
Guarantor.
If the forms or terms of the Securities of any series have been
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate as
permitted by Sections 201 or 301, the Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture will adversely affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities
under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of securities, or any Tranche thereof, each Security, and
any Guarantee endorsed thereon, shall each be dated the date of its
authentication.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, no Security or
Guarantee endorsed thereon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture
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or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security
a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee or its agent by manual signature of an authorized
officer thereof, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security or Guarantee endorsed
thereon has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security
shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder to the Company, or any
Person acting on its behalf, but shall never have been issued and sold by the
Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which
need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the
Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security (including any
Guarantee endorsed thereon) shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits hereof.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, or any
Tranche thereof, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order and a Guarantor
Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities
in lieu of which they are issued, having Guarantees endorsed thereon, with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Securities or Guarantees may determine, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities or Guarantees; provided, however, that
temporary Securities need not recite specific redemption, sinking fund,
conversion or exchange provisions.
If temporary Securities of any series or Tranche are issued, the
Company shall cause definitive Securities of such series or Tranche to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series or Tranche, the temporary Securities of such series or
Tranche shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series or
Tranche, with the definitive Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon, upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series or Tranche at the office or
agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of Payment
for such series or Tranche, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series or Tranche,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor definitive Securities of the same series or Tranche, of
authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, with
the definitive Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, temporary Securities
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of the same series and Tranche and of like tenor
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
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SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
The Company shall cause to be kept in one of the offices or agencies
designated pursuant to Section 602, with respect to the Securities of each
series or any Tranche thereof, a register (the "Security Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities of such series or Tranche and the
registration of transfer thereof. The Company shall designate one Person to
maintain the Security Register for the Securities of each series, and such
Person is referred to herein, with respect to such series, as the "Security
Registrar." Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may
designate one or more of its offices or an office of any Affiliate (including
the Guarantor) as an office in which a register with respect to the Securities
of one or more series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, shall be maintained,
and the Company may designate itself or any Affiliate (including the Guarantor)
as the Security Registrar with respect to one or more of such series. The
Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee and the Company at
all reasonable times.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, upon surrender
for registration of transfer of any Security of such series or Tranche at the
office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of
Payment for such series or Tranche, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of
authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, with
the Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, any Security of
such series or Tranche may be exchanged at the option of the Holder for one or
more new Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized denominations
and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities, with the Guarantees of the
Guarantor endorsed thereon, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Securities and Guarantees delivered upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be
valid obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, evidencing the
same obligation, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities and Guarantees surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Guarantor, or the
Trustee) be duly endorsed or shall be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee,
duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
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Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, with
respect to Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, no service charge
shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section
304, 406 or 1206 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required to execute or to provide for the
registration of transfer of or the exchange of (a) Securities of any series, or
any Tranche thereof, during a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date
notice is to be given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of such
series or Tranche called for redemption or (b) any Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and Tranche, and of like tenor and
principal amount, having a Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and the
Trustee (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the ownership of and the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) such security or indemnity as
may be reasonably required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, the Guarantor or
the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series
and Tranche, and of like tenor and principal amount, having a Guarantee of the
Guarantor endorsed thereon and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case any such mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the
Company or the Guarantor in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new
Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) in
connection therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security and any Guarantee endorsed
thereon shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company and the Guarantor, respectively, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone other than the Holder
of such new security, and any such new Security shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of such series duly issued hereunder, and the Guarantees endorsed on
such Securities.
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The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, interest on any
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 Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
[Subject to Section 312,] any interest on any 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 Holder on the related Regular Record Date by virtue of
having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company
or the Guarantor, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b)
below:
(a) The Company or the Guarantor may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of
such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a date (a "Special Record
Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Company or the Guarantor shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of
the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited 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 and the Guarantor of such Special Record
Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company or the
Guarantor, shall promptly 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 Securities of such
series at the address of such Holder 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 so mailed, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of
such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date.
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(b) The Company or the Guarantor may make payment of any
Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company or the Guarantor 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 and Section 305,
each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the
Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 305 and
307) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor,
the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and, if not theretofore canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. The
Company or the Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation
any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the
Company or the Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever or which the
Company shall not have issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be
promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by
the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the Trustee's customary
procedures, and the Trustee shall promptly deliver a certificate of disposition
to the Company unless, by a Company Order, the Company shall direct that
canceled Securities be returned to it.
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, or Tranche thereof, interest on the Securities of each
series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months, and with respect to any period less than a full calendar month,
on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during such period.
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SECTION 311. PAYMENT TO BE IN PROPER CURRENCY.
In the case of any Security denominated in any currency other than
Dollars or in a composite currency (the "Required Currency"), except as
otherwise specified with respect to such Security as contemplated by Section
301, the obligation of the Company or the Guarantor to make any payment of the
principal thereof, or the premium or interest thereon, shall not be discharged
or satisfied by any tender by the Company or the Guarantor, or recovery by the
Trustee, in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent
that such tender or recovery shall result in the Trustee timely holding the full
amount of the Required Currency then due and payable. If any such tender or
recovery is in a currency other than the Required Currency, the Trustee may take
such actions as it considers appropriate to exchange such currency for the
Required Currency. The costs and risks of any such exchange, including without
limitation the risks of delay and exchange rate fluctuation, shall be borne by
the Company and the Guarantor, the Company and the Guarantor shall remain fully
liable for any shortfall or delinquency in the full amount of Required Currency
then due and payable, and in no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable
therefor except in the case of its negligence or willful misconduct. The Company
and the Guarantor hereby waive any defense of payment based upon any such tender
or recovery which is not in the Required Currency, or which, when exchanged for
the Required Currency by the Trustee, is less than the full amount of Required
Currency then due and payable.
[SECTION 312. EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT.
The Company shall have the right at any time, so long as no Event of
Default hereunder has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities
of any series, to extend interest payment periods from time to time on all
Securities of such series, if so specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to such Securities and upon such terms as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities.]
[SECTION 313. ADDITIONAL INTEREST.
So long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, if the Trust
which issued such Preferred Securities shall be required to pay, with respect to
its income derived from the interest payments on the Securities of any series,
any amounts for or on account of any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental
charges of whatever nature imposed by the United States, or any other taxing
authority, then, in any such case, the Company will pay as interest on such
series such additional interest ("Additional Interest") as may be necessary in
order that the net amounts received and retained by such Trust after the payment
of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges shall result in such
Trust's having such funds as it would have had in the absence of any such
payments.]
[Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the
payment of interest on the Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include
the payment of Additional Interest to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof.]
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ARTICLE FOUR
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, 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 Securities
of such series or Tranche) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 402. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate. 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 [and in
the case of Securities of a series held by a Trust, the Property Trustee under
the related Trust Agreement] in writing of such Redemption Date and of the
principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any
redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a
condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company and the
Guarantor shall each furnish the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
SECTION 403. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche not
previously called for redemption, by such method as shall be provided for such
particular series or Tranche, or in the absence of any such provision, by such
method of random selection as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may, in any case, provide for the selection for redemption of portions
(equal to any authorized denomination for Securities of such series or Tranche)
of the principal amount of Securities of such series or Tranche of a
denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of
such series or Tranche; provided, however, that if, as indicated in an Officer's
Certificate, the Company shall have offered to purchase all or any principal
amount of the Securities then Outstanding of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
and less than all of such Securities as to which such offer was made shall have
been tendered to the Company for such purchase, the Trustee, if so directed by
Company Order, shall select for redemption all or any principal amount of such
Securities which have not been so tendered.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
to be redeemed in part, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
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in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 404. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section
106 to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than
60 days prior to the Redemption Date.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date,
(b) the Redemption Price,
(c) if less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche are
to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and the portion of the principal amount of any Security to be
redeemed in part,
(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, together
with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date, will become due
and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest,
if any, unless it shall have been specified as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to such Securities that such surrender shall not be
required,
(f) that the redemption is for a sinking or other fund, if such
is the case, and
(g) such other matters as the Company shall deem desirable or
appropriate.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities in
accordance with Section 301, with respect to any notice of redemption of
Securities at the election of the Company, unless, upon the giving of such
notice, such Securities shall be deemed to have been paid in accordance with
Section 701, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional
upon the receipt by the Paying Agent or Agents for such Securities, on or prior
to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal
of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and that if
such money shall not have been so received such notice shall be of no force or
effect and the Company shall not be required to redeem such Securities. In the
event that such notice of redemption contains such a condition and such money is
not so received, the redemption shall not be made and within a reasonable time
thereafter notice shall be given, in the manner in which the notice of
redemption was given, that such money was not so received and such redemption
was not required to be made.
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Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company, and any notice of non-satisfaction of a condition for redemption as
aforesaid, shall be given by the Company or, on Company Request, by the Trustee
in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 405. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, and the
conditions, if any, set forth in such notice having been satisfied, the
Securities or portions thereof so 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, in the case of an unconditional notice of redemption,
the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any) such Securities or portions thereof, if interest-bearing,
shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption
in accordance with such notice, such Security or portion thereof shall be paid
by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any,
to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that no such surrender shall be a
condition to such payment if so specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to such Security; and provided, further, that except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Security, any
installment of interest on any Security the Stated Maturity of which installment
is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holder of such
Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close
of business on the related Regular Record Date according to the terms of such
Security and subject to the provisions of Sections 305 and 307.
SECTION 406. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon the surrender of any Security which is to be redeemed only in
part at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company, the Guarantor or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee duly executed
by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same
series and Tranche, of any authorized denomination requested by such Holder and
of like tenor and in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered, with the
Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon.
ARTICLE FIVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 501. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of
such series or Tranche.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is herein referred to
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as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum
amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as
provided in Section 502. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of the series or Tranche in respect of which it was
made as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 502. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company (a) may deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities
(other than any previously called for redemption) of a series or Tranche in
respect of which a mandatory sinking fund payment is to be made and (b) may
apply as a credit Securities of such series or Tranche which have been redeemed
either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities
or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant
to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part
of such mandatory sinking fund payment; provided, however, that no Securities
shall be applied in satisfaction of a mandatory sinking fund payment if such
Securities shall have been previously so applied. Securities so applied shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price
specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
SECTION 503. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for the
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company shall deliver to
the Trustee an Officer's Certificate specifying:
(a) the amount of the next succeeding mandatory sinking fund
payment for such series or Tranche;
(b) the amount, if any, of the optional sinking fund payment to
be made together with such mandatory sinking fund payment;
(c) the aggregate sinking fund payment;
(d) the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment
which is to be satisfied by the payment of cash;
(e) the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking fund payment
which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of
such series or Tranche pursuant to Section 502 and stating the basis
for such credit and that such Securities have not previously been so
credited, and the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. If the Company shall not deliver such
Officer's Certificate, the next succeeding sinking fund payment for
such series or Tranche shall be made entirely in cash in the amount of
the mandatory sinking fund payment. Not less than 30 days before each
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such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities
to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner
specified in Section 403 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 404. Such notice having been duly given,
the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in
the manner stated in Sections 405 and 406.
ARTICLE SIX
COVENANTS
SECTION 601. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company shall pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any [(including Additional Interest)], on the Securities of each
series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 602. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company and the Guarantor shall maintain in each Place of Payment
for the Securities of each series, or any Tranche thereof, an office or agency
where payment of such Securities shall be made or surrendered for payment, where
registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities may be effected and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of
such Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company and the Guarantor
shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change
in the location, of each such office or agency and prompt notice to the Holders
of any such change in the manner specified in Section 106. If at any time the
Company or the Guarantor shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency in respect of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or shall
fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, payment of such Securities
may be made, registration of transfer or exchange thereof may be effected and
notices and demands in respect thereby may be served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby appoint
the Trustee as its agent for all such purposes in any such event.
The Company or the Guarantor may also from time to time designate one
or more other offices or agencies with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, or any Tranche thereof, for any or all of the foregoing purposes and may
from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the
Securities of such series or Tranche, no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company or the Guarantor of its obligation to maintain an
office or agency for such purposes in each Place of Payment for such Securities
in accordance with the requirements set forth above. The Company and the
Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee, and prompt notice to
the Holders in the manner specified in Section 106, of any such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any office or agency
required by this Section may be maintained at an office of the Company or the
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Guarantor or any Affiliate of either of them, in which event the Company, the
Guarantor or such Affiliate, as the case may be, shall perform all functions to
be performed at such office or agency.
SECTION 603. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, on or
before each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on any of such Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and premium
or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, it shall, prior to each due
date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such
Securities, deposit with such Paying Agents sums sufficient (without
duplication) to pay the principal and premium 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 shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for the Securities of any
series, or any Tranche thereof, other than the Company or the Trustee, to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent shall:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of
and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Securities of such series
or Tranche 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;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any
payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on
the Securities of such series or Tranche; and
(c) 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 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, if as
stated in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of Article Seven; 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 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, if any, on any Security 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 Security
shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company and
the Guarantor for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such
Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company
as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment to the
Company, may at the expense of the Company, either (a) cause to be mailed, on
one occasion only, notice to such Holder 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 mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be paid to the Company or (b) cause to be published once, in a newspaper
published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication,
any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be paid to the Company.
SECTION 604. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to the rights of the Company and the Guarantor under Article
Eleven, each of the Company and the Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence.
SECTION 605. ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
Not later than ________ in each year, commencing ________, ____, each
of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate which need not comply with Section 102, executed by its principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer,
as to such officer's knowledge of such obligor'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 under this Indenture.
SECTION 606. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in
(a) Section 607, 608 or any covenant or restriction specified
with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
as contemplated by Section 301 or by Section 1201(b), if before the
time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and
Tranches with respect to which compliance with such covenant or
restriction is to be omitted, considered as one class, shall, by Act
of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or
generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition; and
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(b) Section 604 or 1101, if before the time for such compliance
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities
Outstanding under this Indenture shall, by Act of such Holders, either
waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance
with such term, provision or condition;
but, in either case, no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term,
provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of
the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect [; provided, however, so long as a Trust holds Securities
of any series, such Trust may not waive compliance or waive any default in
compliance by the Company with any covenant or other term contained in this
Indenture or the Securities of such series without the approval of the holders
of at least a majority in aggregate liquidation preference of the outstanding
Preferred Securities issued by such Trust affected, obtained as provided in the
Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust.]
SECTION 607. RESTRICTION ON PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
So long as any Preferred Securities of any series remain outstanding,
if at such time (a) the Guarantor shall be in default with respect to its
payment obligations under the Trust Securities Guarantee relating to such
Preferred Securities, (b) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event
of Default (whether before or after expiration of any period of grace) resulting
from a payment default hereunder or (c) the Company shall have elected to extend
any interest payment period as provided in Section 312, and any such period, or
any extension thereof, shall be continuing, then the Guarantor shall not (i)
declare or pay any dividends or distributions on its capital stock, other than
dividends paid in shares of capital stock of the Guarantor, or (ii) redeem,
purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to any of the
Guarantor's capital stock, or (iii) pay any principal, interest or premium on,
or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities that are equal or junior in
right of payment to the Guarantees, or (iv) make any payments with respect to
any guarantee of debt securities by the Guarantor if such guarantee is equal or
junior in right of payment to the Guarantees (other than payments under the
Guarantee or the Trust Securities Guarantee relating to such Preferred
Securities).
[SECTION 608. MAINTENANCE OF TRUST EXISTENCE.
So long as Preferred Securities of any series remain outstanding, the
Company shall (i) maintain direct or indirect ownership of all interests in the
Trust which issued such Preferred Securities, other than such Preferred
Securities, (ii) not voluntarily (to the extent permitted by law) dissolve,
liquidate or wind up such Trust, except in connection with a distribution of the
Securities to the holders of the Preferred Securities in liquidation of such
Trust, (iii) remain the sole Depositor under the Trust Agreement (the
"Depositor") of such Trust and timely perform in all material respects all of
its duties as Depositor of such Trust, and (iv) use reasonable efforts to cause
such Trust to remain a business trust and otherwise continue to be treated as a
grantor trust for Federal income tax purposes, provided that any permitted
successor to the Guarantor or the Company under this Indenture may succeed to
the Guarantor's or the Company's duties as Depositor of such Trust; and provided
further that the Guarantor or the Company may permit such Trust to consolidate
or merge with or into another business trust or other permitted successor under
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the Trust Agreement pertaining to such Trust so long as the Guarantor agrees to
comply with this Section 608 with respect to such successor business trust or
other permitted successor.]
[SECTION 609. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF PREFERRED SECURITIES.
The Company agrees that, for so long as any Preferred Securities
remain outstanding, its obligations under this Indenture will also be for the
benefit of the holders from time to time of Preferred Securities, and the
Company acknowledges and agrees that such holders will be entitled to enforce
this Indenture, as third party beneficiaries, directly against the Company to
the same extent as if such holders of Preferred Securities held a principal
amount of Securities equal to the stated liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities held by such holders.]
ARTICLE SEVEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 701. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF SECURITIES.
Any Security or Securities, or any portion of the principal amount
thereof, shall be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture,
and the entire indebtedness of the Company and the Guarantor in respect thereof
shall be satisfied and discharged, if there shall have been irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or the
Guarantor), in trust:
(a) money in an amount which shall be sufficient, or
(b) in the case of a deposit made prior to the Maturity of such
Securities or portions thereof, Eligible Obligations, which shall not
contain provisions permitting the redemption or other prepayment
thereof at the option of the issuer thereof, the principal of and the
interest on which when due, without any regard to reinvestment
thereof, will provide moneys which, together with the money, if any,
deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, shall be
sufficient, or
(c) a combination of (a) or (b) which shall be sufficient,
to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest [(including
any Additional Interest)], if any, due and to become due on such Securities or
portions thereof; provided, however, that in the case of the provision for
payment or redemption of less than all the Securities of any series or Tranche,
such Securities or portions thereof shall have been selected by the Trustee as
provided herein and, in the case of a redemption, the notice requisite to the
validity of such redemption shall have been given or irrevocable authority shall
have been given by the Company to the Trustee to give such notice, under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee; and provided, further, that the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and such Paying Agent:
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(x) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity of
such Securities, a Company Order stating that the money and Eligible
Obligations deposited in accordance with this Section shall be held in
trust, as provided in Section 603;
(y) if Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited, an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that such obligations constitute Eligible
Obligations and do not contain provisions permitting the redemption or
other prepayment thereof at the option of the issuer thereof, and an
opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized
standing, selected by the Company, to the effect that the other
requirements set forth in clause (b) and (c) above have been
satisfied; and
(z) if such deposit shall have been made prior to the Maturity of
such Securities, an Officer's Certificate stating the Company's
intention that, upon delivery of such Officer's Certificate, its
indebtedness in respect of such Securities or portions thereof will
have been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in this Section.
Upon the deposit of money or Eligible Obligations, or both, in
accordance with this Section, together with the documents required by clauses
(x), (y) and (z) above, the Trustee shall, upon Company Request, acknowledge in
writing that such Securities or portions thereof are deemed to have been paid
for all purposes of this Indenture and that the entire indebtedness of the
Company in respect thereof has been satisfied and discharged as contemplated in
this Section. In the event that all of the conditions set forth in the preceding
paragraph shall have been satisfied in respect of any Securities or portions
thereof except that, for any reason, the Officer's Certificate specified in
clause (z) (if otherwise required) shall not have been delivered, such
Securities or portions thereof shall nevertheless be deemed to have been paid
for all purposes of this Indenture, and the Holders of such Securities or
portions thereof shall nevertheless be no longer entitled to the benefits
provided by this Indenture or of any of the covenants of the Company under
Article Six (except the covenants contained in Sections 602 and 603) or any
other covenants made in respect of such Securities or portions thereof as
contemplated by Section 301 or Section 1201(b), but the indebtedness of the
Company in respect of such Securities or portions thereof shall not be deemed to
have been satisfied and discharged prior to Maturity for any other purpose; and,
upon Company Request, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing that such
Securities or portions thereof are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of
this Indenture.
If payment at Stated Maturity of less than all of the Securities of
any series, or any Tranche thereof, is to be provided for in the manner and with
the effect provided in this Section, the Trustee shall select such Securities,
or portions of principal amount thereof, in the manner specified by Section 403
for selection for redemption of less than all the Securities of a series or
Tranche.
In the event that Securities which shall be deemed to have been paid
for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is the case, in respect of which
the Company's indebtedness shall have been satisfied and discharged, all as
provided in this Section, do not mature and are not to be redeemed within the
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sixty (60) day period commencing with the date of the deposit of moneys or
Eligible Obligations, as aforesaid, the Company shall, as promptly as
practicable, give a notice, in the same manner as a notice of redemption with
respect to such Securities, to the Holders of such Securities to the effect that
such deposit has been made and the effect thereof.
Notwithstanding that any Securities shall be deemed to have been paid
for purposes of this Indenture, as aforesaid, the obligations of the Company,
the Guarantor and the Trustee in respect of such Securities under Sections 304,
305, 306, 404, 602, 603, 907 and 914 and this Article shall survive.
The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee or any Paying
Agent with which Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited as provided in
this Section against, any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed
against such Eligible Obligations or the principal or interest received in
respect of such Eligible Obligations, including, but not limited to, any such
tax payable by any entity deemed, for tax purposes, to have been created as a
result of such deposit.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) if, at any time
after a Security would be deemed to have been paid for purposes of this
Indenture, and, if such is the case, the Company's indebtedness in respect
thereof would be deemed to have been satisfied and discharged, pursuant to this
Section (without regard to the provisions of this paragraph), the Trustee or any
Paying Agent, as the case may be, (i) shall be required to return the money or
Eligible Obligations, or combination thereof, deposited with it as aforesaid to
the Company or its representative under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or (ii) are unable to apply any
money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason
of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, such Security shall
thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been paid and any satisfaction and
discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof shall retroactively
be deemed not to have been effected, and such Security shall be deemed to remain
Outstanding and (b) any satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness
in respect of any Security shall be subject to the provisions of the last
paragraph of Section 603.
SECTION 702. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further
effect (except as hereinafter expressly provided), and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments as the Company shall
reasonably request to evidence and acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture, when:
(a) no Securities remain Outstanding hereunder; and
(b) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid
all other sums payable hereunder by the Company or the Guarantor;
provided, however, that if, in accordance with the last paragraph of Section
701, any Security, previously deemed to have been paid for purposes of this
Indenture, shall be deemed retroactively not to have been so paid, this
Indenture shall thereupon be deemed retroactively not to have been satisfied and
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discharged, as aforesaid, and to remain in full force and effect, and the
Company shall execute and deliver such instruments as the Trustee shall
reasonably request to evidence and acknowledge the same.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as
aforesaid, the obligations of the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee under
Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 602, 603, 907 and 914 and this Article shall
survive.
Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as provided in this
Section, the Trustee shall turn over to the Company any and all money,
securities and other property then held by the Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities (other than money and Eligible Obligations held by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 703) and shall execute and deliver to the Company
and the Guarantor such instruments as, in the judgment of the Company and the
Guarantor, shall be necessary, desirable or appropriate to effect or evidence
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
SECTION 703. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Neither the Eligible Obligations nor the money deposited pursuant to
Section 701, nor the principal or interest payments on any such Eligible
Obligations, shall be withdrawn or used for any purpose other than, and shall be
held in trust for, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities or portions of principal amount thereof in
respect of which such deposit was made, all subject, however, to the provisions
of Section 603; provided, however, that any cash received from such principal or
interest payments on such Eligible Obligations, if not then needed for such
purpose, shall, to the extent practicable and upon Company Request and delivery
to the Trustee of the documents referred to in clause (y) in the first paragraph
of Section 701, be invested in Eligible Obligations of the type described in
clause (b) in the first paragraph of Section 701 maturing at such times and in
such amounts as shall be sufficient, together with any other moneys and the
proceeds of any other Eligible Obligations then held by the Trustee, to pay when
due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due and to
become due on such Securities or portions thereof on and prior to the Maturity
thereof, and interest earned from such reinvestment shall be paid over to the
Company as received, free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this
Indenture (except the lien provided by Section 907); and provided, further, that
any moneys held in accordance with this Section on the Maturity of all such
Securities in excess of the amount required to pay the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest, if any, then due on such Securities shall be paid over to
the Company free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture
(except the lien provided by Section 907); and provided, further, that if an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, moneys to be paid over
to the Company pursuant to this Section shall be held until such Event of
Default shall have been waived or cured.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
SECTION 801. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events:
(a) default in the payment of any interest [, including any
Additional Interest,] on any Security of such series when it becomes
due and payable [(whether or not payment is prohibited by the
subordination provisions of Article Fifteen or the subordination
provisions of Article Fourteen hereof)] and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; [provided, however, that a valid
extension of the interest payment period by the Company as
contemplated in Section 312 of this Indenture shall not constitute a
default in the payment of interest for this purpose;] or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable
[(whether or not payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions
of Article Fifteen or the subordination provisions of Article Fourteen
hereof)]; or
(c) default in the performance of, or breach of, any covenant or
warranty of the Company or the Guarantor in this Indenture (other than
a covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or breach
of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which
has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit
of one or more series of Securities 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
and the Guarantor by the Trustee, or to the Company, the Guarantor and
the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying
such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, unless the
Trustee, or the Trustee and the Holders of a principal amount of
Securities of such series not less than the principal amount of
Securities the Holders of which gave such notice, as the case may be,
shall agree in writing to an extension of such period prior to its
expiration; provided, however, that the Trustee, or the Trustee and
the Holders of such principal amount of Securities of such series, as
the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed to an extension of
such period if corrective action is initiated by the Company or the
Guarantor within such period and is being diligently pursued; or
(d) except as provided by the terms hereof, the Securities of
such series and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the cessation of
effectiveness of the Guarantee endorsed on a Security of such series
or the finding by any judicial proceeding that the Guarantee endorsed
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on a Security of such series is unenforceable or invalid or the denial
or disaffirmation by the Guarantor of its obligations under the
Guarantee endorsed on a Security of such series; or
(e) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of
(1) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or the
Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or (2) a decree or order adjudging the Company or the
Guarantor a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a
petition by one or more Persons other than the Company or the
Guarantor seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company or the Guarantor under any
applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
for the Company or the Guarantor or for any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs,
and any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or
order shall have remained unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days; or
(f) the commencement by the Company or the Guarantor 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 the Company or the Guarantor to the entry of a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Company or the Guarantor in a
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 the Company
or the Guarantor, or the filing by the Company or the Guarantor of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under
any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by the Company or
the Guarantor 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 the
Guarantor or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by
the Company or the Guarantor of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by the Company or the Guarantor in writing
of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the
authorization of such action by the Board of Directors of the Company
or the Guarantor; or
(g) any other Event of Default specified with respect to
Securities of such series.
SECTION 802. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with
respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, then in every such
case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if
any of the Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of
the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof
as contemplated by Section 301) of all of the Securities of such series to be
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due and payable immediately (provided that the payment of principal and interest
on such Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in this
Indenture), by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), and upon receipt by the Company of notice of such declaration such
principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable;
provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing with respect to more than one series of Securities, the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as one class, may make
such declaration of acceleration, and not the Holders of the Securities of any
one of such series (provided that the payment of principal and interest on such
Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in this Indenture).
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series shall have been made and before a judgment or decree
for payment of the money due shall have been obtained by the Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article provided, such declaration and its consequences
shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if
(a) the Company or the Guarantor shall have paid or deposited
with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(1) all overdue interest [including Additional Interest], if
any, on all Securities of such series then Outstanding;
(2) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities
of such series then Outstanding which have become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;
(3) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities;
(4) all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907;
and
(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such
series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of
such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, shall have been cured or waived as provided in Section
813.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 803. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 801
shall have occurred, the Company or the Guarantor shall, upon demand of the
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Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the
series with respect to which such Event of Default shall have occurred, the
whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and premium,
if any, and interest, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on
premium, if any, and on any overdue principal and interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under
Section 907.
If the Company shall fail 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, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Company and the Guarantor or any other obligor upon
such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the
manner provided by law out of the property of the Company and the Guarantor or
any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of
such series 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 804. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the Guarantor or any other
obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or the Guarantor or
of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether
the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand on the Company or the Guarantor for the payment of
overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention
in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of
the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907)
and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amounts due it under Section 907.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, be a member of a creditors' or
similar other committee.
SECTION 805. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture, the Securities
or the Guarantees endorsed thereon may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee
without the possession of any of the Securities 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 in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 806. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, to the extent permitted by law, at the date or
dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal or premium, if any, or interest, if any, upon presentation
of the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money
shall have been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
907;
SECOND: Subject to the provisions of Articles Fourteen and Fifteen, to
the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for
principal of and premium, if any, and interest [including Additional
Interest], if any, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, respectively;
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or to
whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may direct.
SECTION 807. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial
or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
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(a) such Holder shall have previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such series;
(b) the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, considered as one
class, 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;
(c) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall
have been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all series in respect of which an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, considered as one class;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
SECTION 808. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND
INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security 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 [and 312]) interest [including Additional Interest], if any, on such
Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in
the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder. [In addition, in the case of Securities of a series
held by a Trust, a holder of Preferred Trust Securities may directly institute a
proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder of principal of or interest
on the Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation
preference amount of the Preferred Trust Securities of such holder on or after
the due dates specified or provided for in the Securities.
SECTION 809. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding shall have been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined
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adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject
to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee
and such Holder shall be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and
such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 810. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of 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 811. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or 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 812. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing in
respect of a series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of such series; provided, however, that if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to more than one
series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as one class, shall
have the right to make such direction, and not the Holders of the Securities of
any one of such series; and provided, further, that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Indenture, and could not involve the Trustee in personal
liability in circumstances where indemnity would not, in the Trustee's
sole discretion, be adequate, and
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 813. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all
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the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to
such series and its consequences, except a default
(a) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest [including Additional Interest], if any, on any Security of
such series, or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Section 1202 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
; provided, however, that so long as a Trust holds the Securities of any series,
such Trust may not waive any past default without the consent of at least a
majority in aggregate liquidation preference of the outstanding Preferred
Securities issued by such Trust affected, obtained as provided in the Trust
Agreement pertaining to such Trust. Any such waiver by holders of a majority in
aggregate liquidation preference of outstanding Preferred Securities issued by
any such Trust shall be deemed to be on behalf of all holders of Preferred
Securities issued by any such Trust.]
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any and
all Events 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 814. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee agree, and each Holder 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 due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, in each case
in the manner, to the extent, and subject to the exceptions provided in the
Trust Indenture Act; provided, that the provisions of this Section shall not be
deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an
assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or the Guarantor.
SECTION 815. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor 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 usury, stay
or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which
may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the
Company and the Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE NINE
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 901. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect
to Securities of any series,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform, with respect to Securities of
such series, such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth
in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with
respect to Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the
same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall exercise, with
respect to Securities of such series, such of the rights and powers vested in it
by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise,
as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any one or more series, as provided herein, relating to the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
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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.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
SECTION 902. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
The Trustee shall give notice of any default hereunder with respect to
the Securities of any series to the Holders of Securities of such series in the
manner and to the extent required to do so by the Trust Indenture Act, unless
such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that in the
case of any default of the character specified in Section 801(c), no such notice
to Holders shall be given until at least 90 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 the Securities of such series.
SECTION 903. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 901 and to the applicable
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company or the Guarantor
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request
or Company Order, or a Guarantor Request or Guarantor Order, as the
case may be, or as otherwise expressly provided herein, and any
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or the Guarantor
may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution thereof;
(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 Officer's Certificate
of the Company or the Guarantor, as appropriate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice
of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
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(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 Holder pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holder
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, 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 (subject to applicable legal
requirements) be entitled to examine, during normal business hours,
the books, records and premises of the Company or the Guarantor,
personally or by agent or attorney;
(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; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it
is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trustee Administration Department
and agency group of the Trustee (or any successor division or
department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of the Event of
Default or (2) written notice of such Event of Default shall have been
given to the Trustee by the Company or the Guarantor or any other
obligor on such Securities, or by any Holder of such Securities.
SECTION 904. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and the Guarantees
endorsed thereon (except the Trustee's certificates of authentication) shall be
taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be,
and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Guarantees endorsed
thereon. Neither Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for
the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 905. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
Each of the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any
Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or the Guarantor, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
[and/or Preferred Securities] and, subject to Sections 908 and 913, may
otherwise deal with the Company or the Guarantor with the same rights it would
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have if it were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 906. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds, except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on or investment of any money received by it
hereunder except as expressly provided herein or otherwise agreed with, and for
the sole benefit of, the Company or the Guarantor.
SECTION 907. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company and the Guarantor jointly and severally agree
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances reasonably 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, willful misconduct or bad
faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee and hold it harmless from and
against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out
of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust
or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company and
the Guarantor under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
other than property and funds held in trust under Section 703 (except moneys
payable to the Company as provided in Section 703).
SECTION 908. DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Trustee shall have or acquire any conflicting interest within
the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall either eliminate such
conflicting interest or resign to the extent, in the manner and with the effect,
and subject to the conditions, provided in the Trust Indenture Act and this
Indenture. For purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and to
the extent permitted thereby, the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee in respect
of the Securities of any series, shall not be deemed to have a conflicting
interest arising from its capacity as trustee in respect of (i) the Securities
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of any other series, (ii) the Trust Agreement and the Trust Securities Guarantee
Agreement pertaining to each Trust [OTHERS].
SECTION 909. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
(a) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or
examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority, or
(b) if and to the extent permitted by the Commission by rule,
regulation or order upon application, a corporation or other Person organized
and doing business under the laws of a foreign government, authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000 or the Dollar equivalent of the applicable foreign
currency and subject to supervision or examination by authority of such foreign
government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to
supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustees
and, in either case, qualified and eligible under this Article and the Trust
Indenture Act. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of such 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 and the Trust Indenture Act, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
SECTION 910. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 911.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities
of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and the
Guarantor. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 911 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee, the
Company and the Guarantor [; provided that so long as any Preferred Securities
remain outstanding, the Trust which issued such Preferred Securities shall not
execute any Act to remove the Trustee without the consent of the holders of a
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majority in aggregate liquidation preference of Preferred Securities issued by
such Trust outstanding, obtained as provided in the Trust Agreement pertaining
to such Trust.]
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 908 after
written request therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months,
or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 909
or Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company, the
Guarantor or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or
of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall
take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in any such case, (x) the Company and the Guarantor by Board Resolutions
may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or (y) subject to Section
814, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder 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 with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause
(other than as contemplated by clause (y) in subsection (d) or this Section),
with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company and the
Guarantor, by Board Resolutions, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being
understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time (subject to
Section 915) there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of
any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 911. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 911, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company and the Guarantor. If no successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so
appointed by the Company and the Guarantor or the Holders and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 911, any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on
behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series.
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(f) So long as no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time, or
both, would become, an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
and except with respect to a Trustee appointed by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities pursuant to
subsection (e) of this Section, if the Company and the Guarantor shall have
delivered to the Trustee (i) Board Resolutions of the Company and the Guarantor
appointing a successor Trustee, effective as of a date specified therein, and
(ii) an instrument of acceptance of such appointment, effective as of such date,
by such successor Trustee in accordance with Section 911, the Trustee shall be
deemed to have resigned as contemplated in subsection (b) of this Section, the
successor Trustee shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Company and the
Guarantor pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section and such appointment shall
be deemed to have been accepted as contemplated in Section 911, all as of such
date, and all other provisions of this Section and Section 911 shall be
applicable to such resignation, appointment and acceptance except to the extent
inconsistent with this subsection (f).
(g) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all
Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 911. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of all series, every such successor Trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the Guarantor
and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company, the Guarantor or
the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of all sums
owed to it, 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 case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
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Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of
such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company, the Guarantor or any
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of all sums owed to it,
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities
of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and the
Guarantor shall execute any instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in
and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in subsection (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 912. 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 the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 913. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
If the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company, the
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities (other than by reason of a
relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), the
Trustee shall be subject to any and all applicable provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company, the
Guarantor or such other obligor. For purposes of Section 311(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act (a) the term "cash transaction" shall have the meaning provided in
Rule 11b-4 under the Trust Indenture Act, and (b) the term "self-liquidating
paper" shall have the meaning provided in Rule 11b-6 under the Trust Indenture
Act.
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SECTION 914. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series or Tranche issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of
transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and the Guarantor and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State or
territory thereof or the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating
Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to
the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor. The Trustee may at
any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent, the Company and the Guarantor. Upon
receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at
any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and the Guarantor.
Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
Unless appointed at the request of the Company pursuant to the last
paragraph of this Section 914, the Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating
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Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this
Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments,
in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 907.
The provisions of Sections 308, 904 and 905 shall be applicable to
each Authenticating Agent.
If an appointment with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series or Tranche may have endorsed thereon, in addition to
the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of
authentication substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
_______________________________________
As Trustee
By ____________________________________
As Authenticating Agent
By ____________________________________
Authorized Officer
If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at
one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating
Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the
Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Company in writing (which writing
need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel), shall appoint, in accordance with this Section and in accordance with
such procedures as shall be acceptable to the Trustee, an Authenticating Agent
having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to
such series of Securities.
SECTION 915. CO-TRUSTEE AND SEPARATE TRUSTEES.
At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal
requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company, the Guarantor and the
Trustee shall have power to appoint, and, upon the written request of the
Trustee or of the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount of the Securities
then Outstanding, the Company and the Guarantor shall for such purpose join with
the Trustee in the execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements
necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Trustee
either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Trustee, or to act as separate
trustee, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of
appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in the capacity aforesaid,
any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to
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the other provisions of this Section. If the Company or the Guarantor does not
join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so
to do, or if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment.
Should any written instrument or instruments from the Company or the
Guarantor be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee to more fully
confirm to such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right or
power, any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged
and delivered by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following conditions:
(a) the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered, and all
rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of
securities, cash and other personal property held by, or required to be
deposited or pledged with, the Trustee hereunder, shall be exercised solely, by
the Trustee;
(b) the rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee in respect of any property covered by such appointment
shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed either by the
Trustee or by the Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as
shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate
trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which
any particular act is to be performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate
trustee.
(c) the Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by
it, with the concurrence of the Company and the Guarantor, may accept the
resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this
Section, and, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or remove, any such
co-trustee or separate trustee without the concurrence of the Company or the
Guarantor. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company and the
Guarantor shall join with the Trustee in the execution and delivery of all
instruments and agreements necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or
removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or
removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section;
(d) no co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of the Trustee, or any other such
trustee hereunder, and the Trustee shall not be personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any such co-trustee or separate trustee; and
(e) any Act of Holders delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed to
have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
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ARTICLE TEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
SECTION 1001. LISTS OF HOLDERS.
Semiannually, not later than June 30 and December 31 in each year, and
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, the Company and the
Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee information as
to the names and addresses of the Holders, and the Trustee shall preserve such
information and similar information received by it in any other capacity and
afford to the Holders access to information so preserved by it, all to such
extent, if any, and in such manner as shall be required by the Trust Indenture
Act; provided, however, that no such list need be furnished so long as the
Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.
SECTION 1002. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the time and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more than 12
months shall be transmitted no later than November 15 in each calendar year with
respect to the 12-month period ending on the preceding September 15 commencing
September 15, 200_. 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 Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company and
the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor will notify the Trustee when any
Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
The Company and the Guarantor shall file with the Trustee (within
thirty (30) days after filing with the Commission in the case of reports that
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act must be filed with the Commission and
furnished to the Trustee) and transmit to the Holders, such other information,
reports and other documents, if any, at such times and in such manner, as shall
be required by the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, OR OTHER TRANSFER
SECTION 1101. COMPANY OR GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
Neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge
into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless
(a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or the Person
which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the
properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may
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be, substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, and 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, if any, on all
Outstanding Securities (or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, as the
case may be) and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture
on the part of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to be
performed or observed;
(b) 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 occurred and be
continuing; and
(c) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
other transfer or lease and such indenture supplemental hereto
complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transactions have been complied with.
SECTION 1102. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation by the Company or the Guarantor with or merger
by the Company or the Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance or other
transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 1101, the successor
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor,
as the case may be, is merged or the Person to which such conveyance, or other
transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may
be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had
been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, and
thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be
relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities Outstanding hereunder (or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, as the
case may be).
SECTION 1103. LIMITATION.
Nothing in this Indenture shall be deemed to prevent or restrict:
(a) any consolidation or merger after the consummation of which
the Company or the Guarantor would be the surviving or resulting
entity,
(b) any consolidation of the Company with the Guarantor or any
other Person all of the outstanding voting securities of which are
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Guarantor; or any merger of any
of such Persons into any other of such Persons; or any conveyance or
other transfer, or lease, of its properties substantially as an
entirety by any thereof to any other thereof,
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(c) any conveyance or other transfer, or lease, of any part of
the properties of the Company or the Guarantor which does not
constitute the entirety, or substantially the entirety, thereof or
(d) the approval by the Company or the Guarantor of, or the
consent by the Company or the Guarantor to, any consolidation or
merger to which any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case requires, may be a party or any
conveyance, transfer or lease by any such subsidiary or affiliate of
any of its assets.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 1201. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, the Guarantor 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:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company
or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and the assumption by any such
successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, herein and in the Securities or the Guarantees endorsed
thereon, all as provided in Article Eleven; or
(b) to add one or more covenants of the Company or the Guarantor
or other provisions for the benefit of the Holders of all or any
series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof or to surrender any right
or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor (and if
such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series); or
(c) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all
or any series of Securities Outstanding hereunder (and if such
additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than
all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of
Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series); or
(d) to change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture or to
add any new provision to this Indenture; provided, however, that if
such change, elimination or addition shall adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche
Outstanding on the date of such supplemental indenture in any material
respect, such change, elimination or addition shall become effective
with respect to such series or Tranche only pursuant to the provisions
of Section 1202 hereof or when no Security of such series or Tranche
remains Outstanding; or
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(e) to provide collateral security for the Securities of any
series; or
(f) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series or
Tranche or any Guarantees as contemplated by Sections 201 and 301; or
(g) to provide for the authentication and delivery of bearer
securities and coupons appertaining thereto representing interest, if
any, thereon and for the procedures for the registration, exchange and
replacement thereof and for the giving of notice to, and the
solicitation of the vote or consent of, the holders thereof, and for
any and all other matters incidental thereto; or
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a separate or successor Trustee or co-trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or
change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of
Section 911(b); or
(i) to provide for the procedures required to permit the Company
to utilize, at its option, a non certificated system of registration
for all, or any series or Tranche of, the Securities; or
(j) to change any place or places where (1) the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all or any series of
Securities, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (2) all or any
series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, (3) all or any series of Securities, or any
Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for exchange and (4) notices and
demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of all or
any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, and this Indenture
may be served; or
(k) 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 changes to the provisions hereof or to
add other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture, provided that such other changes or additions
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities
of any series or Tranche in any material respect.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Trust
Indenture Act as in effect at the date of the execution and delivery of this
Indenture or at any time thereafter shall be amended and
(x) if any such amendment shall require one or more changes to
any provisions hereof or the inclusion herein of any additional
provisions, or shall by operation of law be deemed to effect such
changes or incorporate such provisions by reference or otherwise, this
Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended so as to conform to
such amendment to the Trust Indenture Act, and the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders,
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enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to evidence such amendment
hereof; or
(y) if any such amendment shall permit one or more changes to, or
the elimination of, any provisions hereof which, at the date of the
execution and delivery hereof or at any time thereafter, are required
by the Trust Indenture Act to be contained herein or are contained
herein to reflect any provision of the Trust Indenture Act as in
effect at such date, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been
amended to effect such changes or elimination, and the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders,
enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to this Indenture to
effect such changes or elimination or evidence such amendment.
SECTION 1202. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Subject to the provisions of Section 1201, with the consent of the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of all series then Outstanding under this Indenture, considered as
one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and
the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor, when authorized by Board
Resolutions, 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; provided,
however, that if there shall be Securities of more than one series Outstanding
hereunder and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the
rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such
series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly
affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further,
that if the Securities of any series shall have been issued in more than one
Tranche and if the proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the
rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such
Tranches, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all Tranches so directly
affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of each series or Tranche so directly affected,
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on (except as provided in
Section 312 hereof), any Security (other than pursuant to the terms
thereof), or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of
interest thereon (or the amount of any installment of interest
thereon) or change the method of calculating such rate or reduce any
premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of
the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable
upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 802, or change the coin or currency (or other property), in
which any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable,
or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
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(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series [(or, if applicable, in liquidation
preference of any series of Preferred Securities)] or any Tranche
thereof, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is
required for any waiver of compliance with any provision of this
Indenture or of any default hereunder and its consequences, or reduce
the requirements of Section 1304 for quorum or voting, or
(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 606 or
Section 813 with respect to the Securities of any series or any
Tranche thereof, except to increase the percentages in principal
amount referred to in this Section or such other Sections or to
provide that other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding 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, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 911(b) and 1201(h).
[Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as any of the Preferred Securities
remain outstanding, the Trustee may not consent to a supplemental indenture
under this Section 1202 without the prior consent, obtained as provided in a
Trust Agreement pertaining to a Trust which issued such Preferred Securities, of
the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate liquidation preference of
all Preferred Securities issued by such Trust affected, considered as one class,
or, in the case of changes described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, 100% in
aggregate liquidation preference of all such Preferred Securities then
outstanding which would be affected thereby, considered as one class.] A
supplemental indenture which (x) changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of the Holders of, or which is to remain in effect only so long as there
shall be Outstanding, Securities of one or more particular series, or one or
more Tranches thereof, or (y) modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities
of such series or Tranches with respect to such covenant or other provision,
shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of
Securities of any other series or Tranche.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 1203. 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 901) 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, immunities or liabilities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
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SECTION 1204. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby. Any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article may
restate this Indenture in its entirety, and, upon the execution and delivery
thereof, any such restatement shall supersede this Indenture as theretofore in
effect for all purposes.
SECTION 1205. 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 1206. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, 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 and the Guarantor shall so determine, new Securities
of any series, or any Tranche thereof, so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee, the Company and Guarantor, to any such supplemental indenture
may be prepared and executed by the Company (with Guarantees of the Guarantor
endorsed thereon), and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange
for Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche.
SECTION 1207. MODIFICATION WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
To the extent, if any, that the terms of any particular series of
Securities shall have been established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or
an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution as contemplated by Section 301, and not in an indenture supplemental
hereto, additions to, changes in or the elimination of any of such terms may be
effected by means of a supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate,
as the case may be, delivered to, and accepted by, the Trustee; provided,
however, that such supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate shall
not be accepted by the Trustee or otherwise be effective unless all conditions
set forth in this Indenture which would be required to be satisfied if such
additions, changes or elimination were contained in a supplemental indenture
shall have been appropriately satisfied. Upon the acceptance thereof by the
Trustee, any such supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate shall
be deemed to be a "supplemental indenture" for purposes of Section 1204 and
1206.
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS; ACTION WITHOUT MEETING
SECTION 1301. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or
any Tranche or Tranches thereof, may be called at any time and from time to time
pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such
series or Tranches.
SECTION 1302. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof,
for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Trustee shall
determine, or, with the approval of the Company, at any other place. Notice of
every such meeting, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in
general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given,
in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days
prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) If the Trustee shall have been requested to call a meeting of the
Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches
thereof, by the Company, the Guarantor or by the Holders of 33% in aggregate
principal amount of all of such series and Tranches, considered as one class,
for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the
Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 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, the Guarantor or the Holders of
Securities of such series and Tranches in the amount above specified, as the
case may be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, or in such other place as shall be determined or approved
by the Company or the Guarantor, for such meeting and may call such meeting for
such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this
Section.
(c) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or all,
series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, shall be valid without notice if the
Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches are present in
person or by proxy and if representatives of the Company, the Guarantor and the
Trustee are present, or if notice is waived in writing before or after the
meeting by the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series, or by such
of them as are not present at the meeting in person or by proxy, and by the
Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee.
SECTION 1303. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of one
or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, a Person shall be
(a) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches,
or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or
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Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to attend any meeting
of Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche 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 the Guarantor and
their counsel.
SECTION 1304. QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which a
meeting shall have been called as hereinbefore provided, considered as one
class, shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such
series and Tranches; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at
such meeting which this Indenture expressly provides may be taken by the Holders
of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class,
the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class,
shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within one hour of the
time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the
request of Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches, be dissolved. In
any other case the meeting may be adjourned for such period as may be determined
by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the
absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be
further adjourned for such period as may be determined by the chairman of the
meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Except as provided
by Section 1305(e), notice of the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for more
than 30 days shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a) not less than ten
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
Securities of such series and Tranches which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by Section 1202, 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 a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the
series and Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have been called,
considered as one class; provided, however, that, except as so limited, any
resolution with respect to any action which this Indenture expressly provides
may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a
majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and
Tranches, considered as one class, 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 Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one
class.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the
Holders of Securities of the series and Tranches with respect to which such
meeting shall have been held, whether or not present or represented at the
meeting.
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SECTION 1305. ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS; DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS;
CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.
(a) Attendance at meetings of Holders of Securities may be in person
or by proxy; and, to the extent permitted by law, any such proxy shall remain in
effect and be binding upon any future Holder of the Securities with respect to
which it was given unless and until specifically revoked by the Holder or future
Holder of such Securities before being voted.
(b) 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 Securities in regard to proof of the holding of such
Securities and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment
and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as
otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of
Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104.
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.
(c) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by
the Company or the Guarantor or by Holders as provided in Section 1302(b), in
which case the Company or the Guarantor or the Holders of Securities of the
series and Tranches calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like
manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to
vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
all series and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one class.
(d) At any meeting each Holder or proxy shall be entitled to one vote
for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him;
provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in
respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman
of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no
right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security or proxy.
(e) Any meeting duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum
is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all
series and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one class; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1306. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall
be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders
or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial
numbers of the Outstanding Securities, of the series and Tranches with respect
to which the meeting shall have been called, held or represented by them. The
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permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, in duplicate, of the
proceedings of each meeting of Holders 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 1302
and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
SECTION 1307. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
In lieu of a vote of Holders at a meeting as hereinbefore contemplated
in this Article, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action may be made, given or taken by Holders by written
instruments as provided in Section 104.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
GUARANTEE
SECTION 1401. GUARANTEE.
The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a
Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee on
behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest [including any Additional Interest], if any, on
the Securities of such series when and as the same shall become due and payable,
whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption, or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of
this Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any
such payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be
absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any
invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of such Security or this Indenture,
any failure to enforce the provisions of such Security or this Indenture, or any
waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto,
by the Holder of such Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which
may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety
or guarantor; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no such
waiver, modification or indulgence shall, without the consent of the Guarantor,
increase the principal amount of such Security, or increase the interest rate
thereon, or change any redemption provisions thereof (including any change to
increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof), or change the Stated
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Maturity thereof, or increase the principal amount of any Discount Security that
would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration or the maturity
thereof pursuant to Article Eight of this Indenture.
The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment,
demand for payment, any requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders
exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any other Person,
filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the
Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or
notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and
all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged
in respect of any Security except by complete performance of the obligations
contained in such Security and in this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall
constitute a guaranty of payment and not of collection. The Guarantor hereby
agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal, or premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on any Security, whether at its Stated Maturity, by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise, legal
proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of
such Security, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture,
directly against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee without first
proceeding against the Company.
The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder with respect to any
Security shall be continuing and irrevocable until the date upon which the
entire principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Security has been, or
has been deemed pursuant to the provisions of Article Seven of this Indenture to
have been, paid in full or otherwise discharged.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the
Securities upon which its Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in respect
of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of such Securities pursuant to
the provisions of its Guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising
out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Securities issued hereunder shall
have been paid in full.
This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue
notwithstanding any petition filed by or against the Company for liquidation or
reorganization, the Company becoming insolvent or making an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or a receiver or trustee being appointed for all or any
significant part of the Company's assets, and shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, if
at any time payment of any Security, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded
or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Holder of
such Security, whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent transfer," or
otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the
event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or
returned on a Security, such Security shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, be reinstated and deemed paid only by such amount paid and not so
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
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SECTION 1402. GUARANTEE SUBORDINATE TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE GUARANTOR.
The Guarantor, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and
agrees, and each Holder of the Securities of each series, by its acceptance
thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment under the Guarantee of
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest [including any Additional
Interest], if any, on each and all of the Securities is hereby expressly
subordinated and subject to the extent and in the manner set forth in this
Article, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor.
Each Holder of the Securities of each series, by its acceptance
thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on its behalf to take such action as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in
this Article, and appoints the Trustee its attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
SECTION 1403. PAYMENT OVER OF PROCEEDS OF SECURITIES.
In the event (a) of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in
respect of the Guarantor or a substantial part of its property, or of any
proceedings for liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Guarantor,
whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (b) subject to the
provisions of Section 1404, that (i) a default shall have occurred with respect
to the payment of principal of or interest on or other monetary amounts due and
payable on any Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, or (ii) there shall have
occurred a default (other than a default in the payment of principal or interest
or other monetary amounts due and payable) in respect of any Senior Indebtedness
of the Guarantor, as defined therein or in the instrument under which the same
is outstanding, permitting the holder or holders thereof to accelerate the
maturity thereof (with notice or lapse of time, or both), and such default shall
have continued beyond the period of grace, if any, in respect thereof, and, in
the cases of subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (b), such default shall not
have been cured or waived or shall not have ceased to exist, or (c) that the
principal of and accrued interest on the Securities of any series shall have
been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 801 and such declaration shall
not have been rescinded and annulled as provided in Section 802, then:
(1) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor
shall first be entitled to receive payment of the full amount due
thereon, or provision shall be made for such payment in money or
money's worth, before the Holders of any of the Securities are
entitled to receive a payment on account of the Guarantee of the
principal of or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the
Securities, including, without limitation, any payments made
pursuant to Articles Four and Five;
(2) any payment by, or distribution of assets of, the
Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, to which any Holder or the Trustee would be entitled
except for the provisions of this Article, shall be paid or
delivered by the Person making such payment or distribution,
whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating
trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor or their representative or
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representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture
under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor may have been issued, ratably
according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of
such Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor held or represented by
each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor remaining unpaid after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution (or
provision therefor) to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of
the Guarantor, before any payment or distribution is made to the
Holders of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities or to the
Trustee under the Guarantee and this Indenture; and
(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment by, or distribution of assets of, the Guarantor of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, in
respect of principal of or interest on the Securities or in
connection with any repurchase by the Guarantor of the
Securities, shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder before
all Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor is paid in full, or
provision is made for such payment in money or money's worth,
such payment or distribution in respect of principal of or
interest on the Securities or in connection with any repurchase
by the Guarantor of the Securities shall be paid over to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor or their
representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees
under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any
such Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor may have been issued,
ratably as aforesaid, for application to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor remaining unpaid until all
such Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor shall have been paid in
full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution (or provision therefor) to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after the 123rd day
following the date of deposit of cash or Eligible Obligations pursuant to
Section 701 or 702 (provided all conditions set out in such Section shall have
been satisfied), the funds so deposited and any interest thereon will not be
subject to any rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor
including, without limitation, those arising under this Article Fourteen;
provided that no event described in clauses (e) and (f) of Section 801 with
respect to the Guarantor has occurred during such 123-day period.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Guarantor as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Guarantor or any other
corporation provided for by a plan or reorganization or readjustment which are
subordinate in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor
which may at the time be outstanding to the same extent as, or to a greater
extent than, the Guarantee of the Securities are so subordinated as provided in
this Article. The consolidation of the Guarantor with, or the merger of the
Guarantor into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the
Guarantor following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety,
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or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and
conditions provided for in Article Eleven hereof shall not be deemed a
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this
Section 1403 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation,
merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article
Eleven hereof. Nothing in Section 1402 or in this Section 1403 shall apply to
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 907.
SECTION 1404. DISPUTES WITH HOLDERS OF CERTAIN SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS
OF THE GUARANTOR.
Any failure by the Guarantor to make any payment on or perform any
other obligation in respect of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, other than
any indebtedness incurred by the Guarantor or assumed or guaranteed, directly or
indirectly, by the Guarantor for money borrowed (or any deferral, renewal,
extension or refunding thereof) or any other obligation as to which the
provisions of this Section shall have been waived by the Guarantor in the
instrument or instruments by which the Guarantor incurred, assumed, guaranteed
or otherwise created such indebtedness or obligation, shall not be deemed a
default under clause (b) of Section 1403 if (i) the Guarantor shall be disputing
its obligation to make such payment or perform such obligation and (ii) either
(A) no final judgment relating to such dispute shall have been issued against
the Guarantor which is in full force and effect and is not subject to further
review, including a judgment that has become final by reason of the expiration
of the time within which a party may seek further appeal or review, or (B) in
the event that a judgment that is subject to further review or appeal has been
issued, the Guarantor shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or other
proceeding for review and a stay or execution shall have been obtained pending
such appeal or review.
SECTION 1405. SUBROGATION.
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor shall not be deemed to have been
paid in full unless the holders thereof shall have received cash (or securities
or other property satisfactory to such holders) in full payment of such Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor then outstanding. Upon the payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, the rights of the Holders of the
Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor to receive any further payments or distributions
of cash, property or securities of the Guarantor applicable to the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor until all amounts owing on the
Securities shall be paid in full; and such payments or distributions of cash,
property or securities received by the Holders of the Securities, by reason of
such subrogation, which otherwise would be paid or distributed to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor shall, as between the Guarantor, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, and
the Holders, be deemed to be a payment by the Guarantor to or on account of
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, it being understood that the provisions of
this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the
relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor, on the other hand.
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SECTION 1406. OBLIGATION OF THE GUARANTOR UNCONDITIONAL.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Guarantee is intended to or shall impair, as among the Guarantor, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor and the
Holders, the obligation of the Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay to the Holders, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantee, the principal of
and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable
in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative
rights of the Holders and creditors of the Guarantor other than the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, nor shall anything herein or therein
prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the
rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Guarantor in respect of cash, property or securities of the Guarantor received
upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the
Guarantor referred to in this Article, the Trustee and the Holders shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction
in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings
are pending for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate
in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor
and other indebtedness of the Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon,
the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon, and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor (or a representative of such holder or a trustee
under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any such Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor may have been issued) to establish that such
notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor
or such representative or trustee on behalf of such holder. In the event that
the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with
respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Guarantor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness
of the Guarantor held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts
pertinent to the right of such Person under this Article, and, if such evidence
is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending
judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment or
distribution.
SECTION 1407. PRIORITY OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE GUARANTOR UPON MATURITY.
Upon the maturity of the principal of any Senior Indebtedness of the
Guarantor by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, all matured principal of
Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor and interest and premium, if any, thereon
shall first be paid in full before any payment of principal or premium, if any,
or interest, if any, is made upon the Securities under the Guarantee.
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SECTION 1408. TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE GUARANTOR.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all rights set forth in this Article
with respect to any Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor at any time held by it,
to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor.
Nothing in this Article shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder.
SECTION 1409. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision
of the Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys
to or by the Trustee unless and until the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof from the Guarantor, from a Holder or from a holder of any Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor or from any representative or representatives of
such holder or any trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any
instruments evidencing any such Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor may have
been issued and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee
shall be entitled, subject to Section 901, in all respects to assume that no
such facts exist; provided, however, that, if prior to the fifth Business Day
preceding the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become
payable for any purpose, or in the event of the execution of an instrument
pursuant to Section 701 or 702 acknowledging that Securities or portions thereof
are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture, acknowledging
that the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof has been
satisfied and discharged or acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, then if prior to the second Business Day preceding the date of such
execution, the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys the
notice provided for in this Section, then, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee may, in its discretion, receive such
moneys and/or apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be received by it
on or after such date; provided, however, that no such application shall affect
the obligations under this Article of the Persons receiving such moneys from the
Trustee.
SECTION 1410. MODIFICATION, EXTENSION, ETC. OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS
OF THE GUARANTOR.
The holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor may, without
affecting in any manner the subordination of the payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities under the Guarantee, at
any time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion, agree with the
Guarantor to change the manner, place or terms of payment, change or extend the
time of payment of, or renew or alter, any Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor,
or amend or supplement any instrument pursuant to which any Senior Indebtedness
of the Guarantor is issued, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of
their rights under the Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor including, without
limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, all without notice to or assent
from the Holders or the Trustee.
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SECTION 1411. TRUSTEE HAS NO FIDUCIARY DUTY TO HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE GUARANTOR.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor,
the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and
objectives as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Guarantor shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee
shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Guarantor, and shall not be liable to any such holders if it
shall mistakenly pay over or deliver to the Holders or the Guarantor or any
other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Guarantor shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
SECTION 1412. PAYING AGENTS OTHER THAN THE TRUSTEE.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Guarantor and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context shall otherwise
require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its
meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named
in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however,
that Sections 1408, 1409 and 1411 shall not apply to the Guarantor if it acts as
Paying Agent.
SECTION 1413. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE
GUARANTOR NOT IMPAIRED.
No right of any present or future holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Guarantor to enforce the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Guarantor
or by any noncompliance by the Guarantor with the terms, provisions and
covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder
may have or be otherwise charged with.
SECTION 1414. EFFECT OF SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS; TERMINATION.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, other than
as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence, all the provisions of this
Indenture shall be subject to the provisions of this Article, so far as the same
may be applicable thereto.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
provisions of this Article Fourteen shall be of no further effect, and the
Guarantee shall no longer be subordinated in right of payment to the prior
payment of Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantor, if the Guarantor shall have
delivered to the Trustee a notice to such effect. Any such notice delivered by
the Guarantor shall not be deemed to be a supplemental indenture for purposes of
Article Twelve.
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SECTION 1415. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEE.
The Guarantee to be endorsed on the Securities of each series shall
include the terms of the Guarantee set forth in this Article Fourteen and any
other terms that may be set forth as established pursuant to Section 301. The
Guarantor hereby agrees to execute its Guarantee, in a form established pursuant
to Section 201, to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee.
The Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by an
Authorized Officer of the Guarantor. The signature of any such officer on the
Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.
A Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual
who was at the time of execution an Authorized Officer of the Guarantor shall
bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding that any such individual has ceased to be an
Authorized Officer prior to the authentication and delivery of the Security on
which such Guarantee is endorsed or was not an Authorized Officer at the date of
such Guarantee.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee endorsed
thereon on behalf of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its
Guarantee set forth in this Article Fourteen shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security. The
Guarantor by its execution of this Indenture hereby authorizes the Company, in
the name and on behalf of the Guarantor, to confirm the applicable Guarantee to
the Holder of each Security authenticated and delivered hereunder by its
execution and delivery of each such Security, with such Guarantee endorsed
thereon, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. SECURITIES SUBORDINATE TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY.
The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and
agrees, and each Holder of the Securities of each series, by its acceptance
thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on each and all of the Securities is
hereby expressly subordinated and subject to the extent and in the manner set
forth in this Article, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company.
Each Holder of the Securities of each series, by its acceptance
thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on its behalf to take such action as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in
this Article, and appoints the Trustee its attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
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SECTION 1502. PAYMENT OVER OF PROCEEDS OF SECURITIES.
In the event (a) of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in
respect of the Company or a substantial part of its property, or of any
proceedings for liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company,
whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (b) subject to the
provisions of Section 1503, that (i) a default shall have occurred with respect
to the payment of principal of or interest on or other monetary amounts due and
payable on any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, or (ii) there shall have
occurred a default (other than a default in the payment of principal or interest
or other monetary amounts due and payable) in respect of any Senior Indebtedness
of the Company, as defined therein or in the instrument under which the same is
outstanding, permitting the holder or holders thereof to accelerate the maturity
thereof (with notice or lapse of time, or both), and such default shall have
continued beyond the period of grace, if any, in respect thereof, and, in the
cases of subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (b), such default shall not have
been cured or waived or shall not have ceased to exist, or (c) that the
principal of and accrued interest on the Securities of any series shall have
been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 801 and such declaration shall
not have been rescinded and annulled as provided in Section 802, then:
(1) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company
shall first be entitled to receive payment of the full amount due
thereon, or provision shall be made for such payment in money or
money's worth, before the Holders of any of the Securities are
entitled to receive a payment on account of the principal of or
interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities,
including, without limitation, any payments made pursuant to
Articles Four and Five;
(2) any payment by, or distribution of assets of, the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, to which any Holder or the Trustee would be entitled
except for the provisions of this Article, shall be paid or
delivered by the Person making such payment or distribution,
whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating
trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness of the Company or their representative or
representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture
under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior
Indebtedness of the Company may have been issued, ratably
according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of
such Senior Indebtedness of the Company held or represented by
each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution (or provision
therefor) to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the
Company, before any payment or distribution is made to the
Holders of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities or to the
Trustee under this Indenture; and
(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment by, or distribution of assets of, the Company of any kind
or character, whether in cash, property or securities, in respect
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of principal of or interest on the Securities or in connection
with any repurchase by the Company of the Securities, shall be
received by the Trustee or any Holder before all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, or provision is made
for such payment in money or money's worth, such payment or
distribution in respect of principal of or interest on the
Securities or in connection with any repurchase by the Company of
the Securities shall be paid over to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness of the Company or their representative or
representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture
under which any instruments evidencing any such Senior
Indebtedness of the Company may have been issued, ratably as
aforesaid, for application to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company remaining unpaid until all such
Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall have been paid in full,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution (or
provision therefor) to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of
the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after the 123rd day
following the date of deposit of cash or Eligible Obligations pursuant to
Section 701 or 702 (provided all conditions set out in such Section shall have
been satisfied), the funds so deposited and any interest thereon will not be
subject to any rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company
including, without limitation, those arising under this Article Fifteen;
provided that no event described in clauses (e) and (f) of Section 801 with
respect to the Company has occurred during such 123-day period.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation
provided for by a plan or reorganization or readjustment which are subordinate
in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company which may at the
time be outstanding to the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the
Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation of
the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer
of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another
corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article Eleven hereof
shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for
the purposes of this Section 1502 if such other corporation shall, as a part of
such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions
stated in Article Eleven hereof. Nothing in Section 1501 or in this Section 1502
shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 907.
SECTION 1503. DISPUTES WITH HOLDERS OF CERTAIN SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS
OF THE COMPANY.
Any failure by the Company to make any payment on or perform any other
obligation in respect of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, other than any
indebtedness incurred by the Company or assumed or guaranteed, directly or
indirectly, by the Company for money borrowed (or any deferral, renewal,
extension or refunding thereof) or any other obligation as to which the
provisions of this Section shall have been waived by the Company in the
instrument or instruments by which the Company incurred, assumed, guaranteed or
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otherwise created such indebtedness or obligation, shall not be deemed a default
under clause (b) of Section 1502 if (i) the Company shall be disputing its
obligation to make such payment or perform such obligation and (ii) either (A)
no final judgment relating to such dispute shall have been issued against the
Company which is in full force and effect and is not subject to further review,
including a judgment that has become final by reason of the expiration of the
time within which a party may seek further appeal or review, or (B) in the event
that a judgment that is subject to further review or appeal has been issued, the
Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or other proceeding for
review and a stay or execution shall have been obtained pending such appeal or
review.
SECTION 1504. SUBROGATION.
Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall not be deemed to have been
paid in full unless the holders thereof shall have received cash (or securities
or other property satisfactory to such holders) in full payment of such Senior
Indebtedness of the Company then outstanding. Upon the payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the rights of the Holders of the Securities
shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company to receive any further payments or distributions of cash, property or
securities of the Company applicable to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness
of the Company until all amounts owing on the Securities shall be paid in full;
and such payments or distributions of cash, property or securities received by
the Holders of the Securities, by reason of such subrogation, which otherwise
would be paid or distributed to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the
Company shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the Holders, be deemed to be a payment
by the Company to or on account of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, it being
understood that the provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for
the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company, on the other hand.
SECTION 1505. OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY UNCONDITIONAL.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company and the
Holders, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to
pay to the Holders the principal of and interest on the Securities as and when
the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is
intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders and creditors of
the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, nor
shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under
this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders
of Senior Indebtedness of the Company in respect of cash, property or securities
of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the
Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee and the Holders shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction
in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings
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are pending for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate
in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company and
other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon, and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company (or a representative of such holder or a trustee
under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any such Senior
Indebtedness of the Company may have been issued) to establish that such notice
has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness of the Company or such
representative or trustee on behalf of such holder. In the event that the
Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect
to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee
may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness of the Company held by such
Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the right of such
Person under this Article, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee
may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the
right of such Person to receive such payment or distribution.
SECTION 1506. PRIORITY OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY UPON MATURITY.
Upon the maturity of the principal of any Senior Indebtedness of the
Company by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, all matured principal of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company and interest and premium, if any, thereon
shall first be paid in full before any payment of principal or premium, if any,
or interest, if any, is made upon the Securities or before any Securities can be
acquired by the Company or any sinking fund payment is made with respect to the
Securities (except that required sinking fund payments may be reduced by
Securities acquired before such maturity of such Senior Indebtedness of the
Company).
SECTION 1507. TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all rights set forth in this Article
with respect to any Senior Indebtedness of the Company at any time held by it,
to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company.
Nothing in this Article shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder.
SECTION 1508. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision
of the Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys
to or by the Trustee unless and until the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof from the Company, from a Holder or from a holder of any Senior
Indebtedness of the Company or from any representative or representatives of
such holder or any trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any
instruments evidencing any such Senior Indebtedness of the Company may have been
issued and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall
be entitled, subject to Section 901, in all respects to assume that no such
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facts exist; provided, however, that, if prior to the fifth Business Day
preceding the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become
payable for any purpose, or in the event of the execution of an instrument
pursuant to Section 701 or 702 acknowledging that Securities or portions thereof
are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this Indenture, acknowledging
that the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect thereof has been
satisfied and discharged or acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, then if prior to the second Business Day preceding the date of such
execution, the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys the
notice provided for in this Section, then, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee may, in its discretion, receive such
moneys and/or apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be received by it
on or after such date; provided, however, that no such application shall affect
the obligations under this Article of the persons receiving such moneys from the
Trustee.
SECTION 1509. MODIFICATION, EXTENSION, ETC. OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS
OF THE COMPANY.
The holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company may, without
affecting in any manner the subordination of the payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities, at any time or from
time to time and in their absolute discretion, agree with the Company to change
the manner, place or terms of payment, change or extend the time of payment of,
or renew or alter, any Senior Indebtedness of the Company, or amend or
supplement any instrument pursuant to which any Senior Indebtedness of the
Company is issued, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of their
rights under the Senior Indebtedness of the Company including, without
limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, all without notice to or assent
from the Holders or the Trustee.
SECTION 1510. TRUSTEE HAS NO FIDUCIARY DUTY TO HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE COMPANY.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the
Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and
objectives as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Company shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee
shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, and shall not be liable to any such holders if it
shall mistakenly pay over or deliver to the Holders or the Company or any other
Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
SECTION 1511. PAYING AGENTS OTHER THAN THE TRUSTEE.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have
been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee"
as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context shall otherwise
require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its
meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named
in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however,
that Sections 1507, 1508 and 1510 shall not apply to the Company if it acts as
Paying Agent.
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SECTION 1512. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS OF THE
COMPANY NOT IMPAIRED.
No right of any present or future holder of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company to enforce the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants
of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have
or be otherwise charged with.
SECTION 1513. EFFECT OF SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS; TERMINATION.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, other than
as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence, all the provisions of this
Indenture shall be subject to the provisions of this Article, so far as the same
may be applicable thereto.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
provisions of this Article Fifteen shall be of no further effect, and the
Securities shall no longer be subordinated in right of payment to the prior
payment of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, if the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee a notice to such effect. Any such notice delivered by
the Company shall not be deemed to be a supplemental indenture for purposes of
Article Twelve.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 1601. LIABILITY SOLELY CORPORATE.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities, any Guarantees or any
part thereof, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or
of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement under this Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer
or director, as such, past, present or future of the Company or the Guarantor or
of any predecessor or successor of either of them (either directly or through
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or a predecessor or successor
of either of them), whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute
or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise;
it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the
Securities and Guarantees are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal
liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company or of
the Guarantor or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or
indirectly through the Company or the Guarantor or any predecessor or successor
of either of them, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by
reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities or Guarantees or to be implied herefrom or
therefrom, and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution
of this Indenture and the issuance of the Securities and the Guarantees.
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This instrument 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 instrument.
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.
PPL CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
_______________________________
PPL CORPORATION
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
_______________________________
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
_______________________________
