Exhibit 4.1
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XXXXX & XXXXXXXX COMPANIES, INC.,
ISSUER
TO
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF MARCH 19, 2002
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Table of Contents
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01. DEFINITIONS.....................................................1
Section 1.02. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS...........................10
Section 1.03. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.........................10
Section 1.04. ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES..................................11
Section 1.05. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY..........................13
Section 1.06. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER......................................13
Section 1.07. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT..............................14
Section 1.08. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.......................14
Section 1.09. ASSIGNMENT.....................................................14
Section 1.10. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE............................................14
Section 1.11. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE..........................................14
Section 1.12. GOVERNING LAW..................................................14
Section 1.13. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.................................................15
Section 1.14. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS..................15
Section 1.15. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.....................................15
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01. FORMS GENERALLY................................................16
Section 2.02. FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY.......................................19
Section 2.03. FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY....................................21
Section 2.04. FORM OF LEGEND FOR SECURITIES..................................25
Section 2.05. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION................28
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES...........................28
Section 3.02. DENOMINATIONS..................................................31
Section 3.03. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.................31
Section 3.04. TEMPORARY SECURITIES...........................................33
Section 3.05. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE;
CERTAIN TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES................................33
Section 3.06. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES...............42
Section 3.07. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.................43
Section 3.08. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS..........................................44
Section 3.09. CANCELLATION...................................................44
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Section 3.10. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST........................................45
Section 3.11. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES..............................45
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE........................45
Section 4.02. DISCHARGE OF OBLIGATIONS.......................................46
Section 4.03. DEPOSITED MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST...........................46
Section 4.04. PAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENTS........................46
Section 4.05. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY...........................................46
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT..............................................47
Section 5.02. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT
BY TRUSTEE.....................................................49
Section 5.03. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.................................50
Section 5.04. LIMITATION ON SUITS............................................51
Section 5.05. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.............................51
Section 5.06. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.................................52
Section 5.07. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER...................................52
Section 5.08. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.............................................52
Section 5.09. UNDERTAKING TO PAY FOR COSTS...................................53
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES............................53
Section 6.02. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE......................................54
Section 6.03. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.........56
Section 6.04. MAY HOLD SECURITIES............................................56
Section 6.05. MONEY HELD IN TRUST............................................56
Section 6.06. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.................................56
Section 6.07. RELIANCE ON OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE..............................57
Section 6.08. DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS........................57
Section 6.09. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY........................57
Section 6.10. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR..............57
Section 6.11. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.........................59
Section 6.12. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS....60
Section 6.13. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY..............60
Section 6.14. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT............................61
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ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.01. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS......62
Section 7.02. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.........63
Section 7.03. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.............................................63
Section 7.04. REPORTS BY COMPANY.............................................63
ARTICLE 8
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 8.01. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS............64
Section 8.02. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED..........................................65
Section 8.03. EVIDENCE OF CONSOLIDATION, ETC. TO TRUSTEE.....................65
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.............65
Section 9.02. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS................66
Section 9.03. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES..............................67
Section 9.04. SECURITIES AFFECTED BY SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.................67
Section 9.05. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES...........................67
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
Section 10.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST....................68
Section 10.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY...............................68
Section 10.03. PAYING AGENTS.................................................68
Section 10.04. APPOINTMENT TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE OF TRUSTEE..............69
Section 10.05. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSOLIDATION PROVISIONS......................70
Section 10.06. LIMITATION ON LIENS ON STOCK OF SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES......70
Section 10.07. DELIVERY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION...............................71
ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
Section 11.01. REDEMPTION....................................................71
Section 11.02. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION..........................................71
Section 11.03. PAYMENT UPON REDEMPTION.......................................72
Section 11.04. SINKING FUND..................................................73
Section 11.05. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.........73
Section 11.06. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.....................74
Annex A-1 - Form of Transfer Certificate - Restricted Global Security to
Temporary Regulation S Global Security
Annex A-2 - Form of Transfer Certificate - Restricted Global Security to
Regulation S Global Security
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Annex B - Form of Transfer Certificate - Temporary Regulation S Global
Security or Regulation S Global Security to Restricted
Global Security
Annex C-1 - Form of Certification to be Given by Holders of Beneficial
Interests in a Temporary Regulation S Global Security to
Euroclear or Clearstream
Annex C-2 - Form of Certification to be Given by the Euroclear Operator or
Clearstream
Annex D-1 - Form of Transfer Certificate - Non-Global Restricted Security to
Restricted Global Security
Annex D-2 - Form of Certificate - Non-Global Restricted Security to
Regulation S Global Security or Temporary Regulation S
Global Security
Annex E - Accredited Investor Letter
Annex F - Form of Instruction for Exchange
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Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of March 19, 2002, between Xxxxx & McLennan
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), having its principal
office at 1166 Avenue of the Americas, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, and State
Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE").
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Company's
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called
the "SECURITIES"), to be issued in one or more series as provided in this
Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof,
as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01. DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case
may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) 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.
"ACT", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.
"AFFILIATE" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any Person
directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or
more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests of the
specified Person, (b) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting
securities or other ownership interests are directly or indirectly owned,
controlled or held with power to vote by the specified Person, (c) any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with
the specified Person, (d) a partnership in which the specified Person is a
general partner, (e) any officer or director of the specified Person, and (f) if
the specified Person is an individual, any entity of which the specified Person
is an officer, director or general partner.
"AGENT MEMBER" means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
"APPLICABLE PROCEDURES" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the
rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Security, Euroclear and
Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in
effect from time to time.
"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification.
"BUSINESS DAY", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"CERTIFICATE" OR "OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by
the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer and by
an officer of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with
the
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terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in
Section 1.02, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
"CERTIFICATED SECURITY" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d).
"CLEARSTREAM" means Clearstream Banking, SOCIETE ANONYME, Luxembourg (or
any successor securities clearing agency).
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"COMPANY" means Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc., a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware 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" means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President or a Vice President of the
Company and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, a Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company 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 as of the date hereof is located at Two Avenue de Lafayette, 0xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 except that whenever a provision herein refers to
an office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, such office is located, at the date hereof, at 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000.
"DEFAULT" means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
"DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for
such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
"EUROCLEAR" means the Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. as operator of the
Euroclear System (or any successor securities clearing agency).
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"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"EXCHANGE SECURITY" means any Security issued in exchange for an Original
Security or Original Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer or otherwise, and
registered under the Securities Act, and any Security with respect to which the
next preceding Predecessor Security of such Security was an Exchange Security.
"EXPIRATION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect as of the date of determination.
"GLOBAL SECURITY" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series, registered in the name of the Depositary, and bears
the legend set forth in Section 2.04 (or such legend as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities).
"GOVERNMENTAL OBLIGATIONS" means securities that are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of
the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Governmental
Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such
Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
such depositary receipt; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (except as required by law)
such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable
to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such
depositary receipt.
"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"INDEBTEDNESS" has the meaning specified in Section 10.06.
"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
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indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR" means an institution that is an
"accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of
Regulation D under the Securities Act.
"INTEREST", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE", 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 therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"NOTICE OF DEFAULT" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.01(a)(3).
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means an opinion in writing of legal counsel, who
may be an employee of or counsel for the Company that is delivered to the
Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the
statements provided for in Section 1.02, if and to the extent required by the
provisions thereof.
"ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.01.
"ORIGINAL SECURITIES" means all Securities other than Exchange
Securities.
"OUTSTANDING", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or any
Paying Agent or delivered to the Trustee or any Paying Agent for
cancellation or that have previously been canceled;
(2) Securities or portions thereof for whose payment or
redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or
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set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall
act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; PROVIDED
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption
has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(3) Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered
pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of
which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory
to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose
hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.01, (B)
if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a
Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 3.01, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B)
above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities
owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be
so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be considered by the Trustee if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"PERSON" means any individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited
liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity, including a
government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
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"PLACE OF PAYMENT", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01.
"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 3.06 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.
"PURCHASE AGREEMENT" means, with respect to a series of Securities, the
agreement between the Company, on the one hand, and the initial purchasers of
such series of Securities named therein as such, on the other hand, setting
forth the terms and conditions for the initial offer and sale of such
Securities.
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" means a "qualified institutional buyer"
as defined in Rule 144A.
"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.
"REGISTERED SECURITIES" means the Exchange Securities and all other
Securities sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, together with their respective Successor
Securities.
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means, with respect to Securities of any
series, the Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and the Initial
Purchasers named under the Purchase Agreement in respect of the Securities of
such series.
"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 3.01.
"REGULATION S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
"REGULATION S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate substantially in the form
set forth in Annex A.
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"REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY" has the meaning specified in Section
2.01(b)(i).
"REGULATION S LEGEND" means a legend substantially in the form set forth
in Section 2.04 to be placed upon each Regulation S Security.
"REGULATION S SECURITIES" means all Securities offered and sold pursuant
to Regulation S. Such term includes the Regulation S Global Security.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any other officer 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 to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY" has the meaning specified in Section
2.01(c).
"RESTRICTED PERIOD" for a series means the period of 40 consecutive days
beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which Securities of that
series are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in
Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the original issuance date of
the Securities of that series.
"RESTRICTED SECURITIES" means all Securities offered and sold pursuant to
Rule 144A or to Institutional Accredited Investors in a transaction that is not
registered under the Securities Act. Such term includes the Restricted Global
Security and Certificated Securities.
"RESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE" means a certificate substantially in
the form set forth in Annex B.
"RESTRICTED SECURITIES LEGEND" means, collectively, the legends
substantially in the forms set forth in Section 2.04 to be placed upon each
Restricted Security.
"RULE 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
"RULE 144A SECURITIES" means the Securities of a series purchased upon
their original issuance by the initial purchasers from the Company for resale
pursuant to Rule 144A.
"SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
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"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"SECURITIES ACT LEGEND" means a Restricted Securities Legend or a
Regulation S Legend.
"SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 3.05(a).
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" has the meaning specified in Section 10.06.
"SPECIAL INTEREST" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.
"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
"STATED MATURITY", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at
least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or
by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any general
partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of whose
outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such
Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more
of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or
any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.
"SUCCESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every Security
issued after, and 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 3.06 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.
"TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(b)(i).
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
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"TRUSTEE" means State Street Bank and Trust Company, and, subject to the
provisions of Article 6, shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if
at any time there is more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder,
"TRUSTEE" shall mean each such Person. The term "TRUSTEE" as used with respect
to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to
that series.
"VICE PRESIDENT", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president."
"VOTING STOCK", as applied to stock of any Person, means shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however
designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a
majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason
of the occurrence of a contingency.
Section 1.02. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
(1) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent 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 have been complied with, except that in
the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.
(2) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the Person making such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (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 such Person, 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 or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.03. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE. In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of,
any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified
or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
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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 any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 1.04. ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the "ACT" of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
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. 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. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent,
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waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made
or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, PROVIDED that the Company may
not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply
with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or
direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant
to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the
relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; PROVIDED that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on
or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new
record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set
pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect),
and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any
action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly
after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders
and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to
each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.06.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 5.01, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 5.04(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 5.08, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; PROVIDED that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with
no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause
notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to
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each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.06.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "EXPIRATION
DATE" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; PROVIDED that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.06, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date
is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be
later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section 1.05. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, 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,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed
in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the
Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified
in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 1.06. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER. Where this Indenture provides
for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given
(unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his
address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date
(if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the
giving of such notice. 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
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of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for
notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
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 by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 1.07. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. If any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which
is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter
provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes
any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded,
the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified
or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.08. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.09. ASSIGNMENT. The Company will have the right at all times to
assign any of its rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or
indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, PROVIDED that, in the event of
any such assignment, the Company will remain liable for all such obligations.
Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture is binding upon and inures to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties hereto.
Section 1.10. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.11. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders of the Securities any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture
or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such
covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties
hereto and of the Holders of the Securities.
Section 1.12. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Section 1.13. 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 of any Security 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 with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity.
Section 1.14. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS. This
Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement
of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company. No such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 1.15. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for
any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against
any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either
directly or through the Company or of any such predecessor or successor
corporation whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach
to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or
directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom;
and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at
common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such
rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized,
or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the
execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities.
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ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01. FORMS GENERALLY. (a) The Securities of each series shall be
in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as
shall be established by or pursuant to authorization provided by a Board
Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or
Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If
the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to
authorization provided by a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the form set forth in this Article.
In certain cases described elsewhere herein, the legends set forth in
Section 2.04 may be omitted from Securities issued hereunder.
(b) (i) Securities of a series offered and sold in their initial
distribution in reliance on Regulation S shall be initially issued in the form
of one or more temporary Global Securities, in fully registered form without
interest coupons, substantially in the form of Security set forth in Section
2.02 and 2.03, as the case may be, with such applicable legends as are provided
for in Section 2.02 and Section 2.04, as the case may be. Such Global Securities
shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, and deposited
with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided, for credit to the
respective accounts at the Depositary of the depositories for Euroclear Bank
S.A./N.V., as operator of Euroclear and for Clearstream, for credit to the
respective accounts of owners of beneficial interests in such Securities or to
such other accounts as they may direct. Until such time as the Restricted Period
in respect of securities of a series shall have terminated, such temporary
Global Securities shall be referred to herein as "TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL
SECURITIES". On or after the termination of the Restricted Period, interests in
any Temporary Regulation S Global Security of a series shall be exchangeable for
corresponding interests in an unrestricted
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Regulation S Global Security of the same series (each a "REGULATION S GLOBAL
SECURITY") in fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in
the form set forth in Section 2.02 and Section 2.03, with such applicable
legends as are provided for in Section 2.02 and Section 2.04 and in accordance
with the immediately following paragraph.
(ii) Interests in a Temporary Regulation S Global Security of a
series may be exchanged for interests in a Regulation S Global Security
of the same series only on or after the termination of the Restricted
Period with respect to such securities after delivery by a beneficial
owner of an interest therein to Euroclear or Clearstream of a written
certification (an "OWNER SECURITIES CERTIFICATION") substantially in the
form of Annex C-1 hereto, and upon delivery by Euroclear or Clearstream
to the Trustee of a written certification (a "DEPOSITORY SECURITIES
CERTIFICATION") substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex C-2.
Upon receipt of such certification, the Trustee shall exchange the
portion of the Temporary Regulation S Global Security covered by such
certification for interests in a Regulation S Global Security.
Upon:
(A) the expiration of the Restricted Period,
(B) receipt by Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be,
and the Paying Agent of the certificates described in the
preceding paragraph,
(C) receipt by the Depositary of
(i) written instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing
the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited to
a specified Agent Member's account a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Security in a
principal amount equal to that of the beneficial
interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global
Security for which the necessary certificates have
been delivered, and
(ii) a written order given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information
regarding the account of the Agent Member, and the
Euroclear or Clearstream account for which such
Agent Member's account is held, to be credited with,
and the account of the Agent Member to be debited
for, such beneficial interest, and
(D) receipt by the Trustee of notification from the Depositary
of the transactions described in (C) above,
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the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary to
reduce the principal amount of the Temporary Regulation S Global Security
and to increase the principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security,
by the principal amount of the beneficial interest in such Temporary
Regulation S Global Security to be so transferred, and to credit or cause
to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such
instructions a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security
having a principal amount equal to the amount by which the principal
amount of the Temporary Regulation S Global Security was reduced upon
such transfer. The aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S Global
Security of a series may be increased or decreased from time to time by
adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, in connection with a corresponding decrease or increase in
the aggregate principal amount, as herein after provided.
(iii) Until such time as the Restricted Period shall have
terminated, investors may hold interests in the Temporary Regulation S
Global Security only through Euroclear and Clearstream, unless delivery
of such beneficial interest upon transfer shall be made through a
Restricted Global Security in accordance with the certification
requirements discussed below in Section 3.05(b)(iv).
(c) Securities of a series offered and sold in their initial
distribution in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more
Global Securities (each, a "RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY"), in fully registered
form without interest coupons, substantially in the form of Security set forth
in Section 2.02 and 2.03 with such applicable legends as are provided for in
Section 2.02 and Section 2.04, except as otherwise permitted herein. Such Global
Securities shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and
deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by
the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided, for credit
to the respective accounts of owners of beneficial interests in such Securities
or to such other accounts as they may direct. The aggregate principal amount of
a Restricted Global Security of a series may be increased or decreased from time
to time by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, in connection with a corresponding decrease or increase in the
aggregate principal amount, as hereinafter provided.
(d) Securities that are to be offered and sold to Institutional
Accredited Investors that are not Qualified Institutional Buyers, sold in each
case to an Institutional Accredited Investor that has executed and delivered to
the Trustee, as Security Registrar, a letter substantially in the form of Annex
E hereto (an "ACCREDITED INVESTOR LETTER"), shall be issued in definitive, fully
registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form set forth in
Section 2.02 and Section 2.03, with such applicable legends as are provided for
in Section 2.02 and Section 2.04. The Securities sold to Institutional
Accredited Investors in accordance with the foregoing sentence (individually, a
"CERTIFICATED SECURITY" and collectively, the "CERTIFICATED SECURITIES") shall
not be issued in the form of
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Global Securities. Certificated Securities acquired from the initial purchasers
named in the Purchase Agreement in respect of the Securities of such series may
be transferred initially only to Qualified Institutional Buyers in accordance
with Rule 144A, to a transferee who will acquire such security in reliance on
Regulation S or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, and
exchanged for interests in Global Securities pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(v).
Certificated Securities shall be duly executed by the Company and authenticated
by the Trustee as provided herein, and shall be registered in the name of the
Institutional Accredited Investor purchasing such Security and shall bear the
Restricted Securities Legend.
Section 2.02. FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY.
[INSERT ANY LEGEND AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2.04]
[INSERT ANY LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE
REGULATIONS thereunder.]
Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc.
[Insert title of Securities]
No. ......... $ ........
Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "COMPANY",
which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
................................................, or registered assigns, the
principal sum of $__________ Dollars on
........................................................., [IF THIS SECURITY IS
TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT -- and to pay interest thereon from
................. or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or as duly provided for, semi-annually on ............ and
............. in each year, commencing ........., ........., at the rate of ....%
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [IF
APPLICABLE, THEN INSERT --, PROVIDED that any principal and premium, and any
such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate
of .....% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or
made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand], [IF
ORIGINAL SECURITIES ARE NOT ALSO REGISTERED SECURITIES, THEN INSERT, AS
APPROPRIATE, -- PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon the occurrence of certain events (a
"REGISTRATION DEFAULT"), as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement,
Special Interest shall accrue (in addition to the stated interest on the
Securities) at an additional annual rate of 0.50% immediately following the
Registration Default until the Registration Default is cured, as provided in the
Registration Rights Agreement. Notwithstanding the existence of more than one
Registration Default, in no event shall Special Interest accrue at an annual
rate in excess of 0.50%. Interest
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accruing as a result of a Registration Default is referred to herein as "SPECIAL
INTEREST".
Whenever in this Security or in the Indenture there is a reference, in
any context, to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on, or in respect of, any Security, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of the payment of Special Interest (if applicable) payable as described
in the preceding paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Special Interest
is, was or would be payable in respect of such Security and express mention of
the payment of Special Interest (if applicable) in any provisions of this
Security shall not be construed as excluding Special Interest in those
provisions of this Security where such express mention is not made.
Any accrued and unpaid interest (including Special Interest) on this
Security upon the issuance of an Exchange Security (as defined in the Indenture)
in exchange for this Security shall cease to be payable to the Holder hereof but
such accrued and unpaid interest (including Special Interest) shall be payable
on the next Interest Payment Date for such Exchange Security to the Holder
thereof on the related Regular Record Date.]
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the ....... or ....... (whether or not a Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
[IF THE SECURITY IS NOT TO BEAR INTEREST PRIOR TO MATURITY, INSERT -- The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of ....% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand. [Any such interest on overdue
principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate
of ....% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest
shall be legally
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enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid
or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable
on demand.]]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT -- any such] interest on this Security shall be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in ............, [IF
APPLICABLE, INSERT -- in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts] [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- or such other currencies] [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT --; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
Dated:
XXXXX & XXXXXXXX COMPANIES, INC.
By:
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Attest:
..........................................
Section 2.03. FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY. This Security is one of a duly
authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "SECURITIES"),
issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
March 19, 2002 (herein called the "INDENTURE", which term shall have the meaning
assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and State Street Bank
and Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE", which term includes
any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the
Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- This Security is one of
the
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series designated on the face hereof, [initially] limited in aggregate principal
amount to $____________.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' but no more than 60 days' notice by mail,
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- (1) on ........... in any year commencing with the
year ...... and ending with the year ...... through operation of the sinking
fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal
amount, and (2)] at any time [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- on or after ..........,
20..], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If
redeemed [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- on or before ..............., ...%, and if
redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning ............. of the years
indicated,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
-------------------- -------------------- ----------------- -----------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' but no more than 60 days' notice by mail,
(1) on ............ in any year commencing with the year .... and ending with
the year .... through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the
Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below,
and (2) at any time [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- on or after ............], as a
whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for
redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed
during the 12-month period beginning ............ of the years indicated,
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Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
---- ----------------- ----------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall not, prior to ............., redeem any Securities of this series as
contemplated by [IF APPLICABLE, insert -- Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph
as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application,
directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the
Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of
less than .....% per annum.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on ............ in each year beginning with the year ....... and
ending with the year ...... of [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- not less than
$.......... ("MANDATORY SINKING FUND") and not more than] $......... aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [IF APPLICABLE,
INSERT -- mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT -- mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT --, in the inverse order in which they become
due].]
[IF THE SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION OF ANY KIND, INSERT -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS NOT AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
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[IF THE SECURITY IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY, INSERT -- If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- INSERT FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE
AMOUNT. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
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on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of [IF OTHER THAN A CERTIFICATED SECURITY, THEN
INSERT -- $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof] [if a CERTIFICATED SECURITY,
THEN INSERT -- $250,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof].
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
Section 2.04. FORM OF LEGEND FOR SECURITIES. Unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every
Security that is a Global Security, a Restricted Security or a Regulation S
Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear one or more of the
appropriate legends in substantially the following forms, as appropriate:
[IF THE SECURITY IS A RESTRICTED SECURITY OR A TEMPORARY REGULATION S SECURITY,
THEN INSERT -- THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
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UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT) OR (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE
501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN
"INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR") OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD
REFERRED TO IN RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF
THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT
(A) TO XXXXX & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC. OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT,
PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING
CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
OF THIS SECURITY (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE)
AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES OF LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO XXXXX &
XXXXXXXX COMPANIES, INC. THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (F)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3)
AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED
A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO IN RULE 144(k)
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE SECURITIES, THE
HOLDER MUST TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE. IF THE PROPOSED
TRANSFEREE IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO
SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND XXXXX & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC. SUCH
CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY
REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT
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SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION
NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED
HEREIN, THE TERMS "OFFSHORE TRANSACTION," "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S. PERSON" HAVE
THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE
INDENTURE CONTAINS PROVISIONS REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY, THEN INSERT
-- THIS SECURITY IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING
OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER. EXCEPT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN SECTION 305(b) OF THE INDENTURE, NO TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN
THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN THE RESTRICTED
GLOBAL SECURITY. NO EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY
MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY EXCEPT ON OR
AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD AND UPON DELIVERY OF
THE OWNER SECURITIES CERTIFICATION AND THE DEPOSITORY SECURITIES CERTIFICATION
RELATING TO SUCH INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS A REGULATION S SECURITY, THEN INSERT -- THIS SECURITY
HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, OR DELIVERED IN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON, UNLESS THIS
SECURITY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF IS AVAILABLE.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, THEN INSERT -- THIS SECURITY IS A
GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY
MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF
ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY AND DTC IS TO BE THE DEPOSITARY
THEREFOR, THEN INSERT B UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
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COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS A CERTIFICATED SECURITY, THEN INSERT -- THIS SECURITY
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IN EXCHANGE FOR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A GLOBAL SECURITY
UNLESS THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH EXCHANGE, WILL HOLD A
MINIMUM OF AGGREGATE BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH GLOBAL SECURITY OF AT LEAST TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($250,000).]
Section 2.05. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. The
Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
AS TRUSTEE
By_____________________________
AUTHORIZED OFFICER
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series
up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to
time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or pursuant
to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of
Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution of the Company, and set forth in an Officers' Certificate of the
Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:
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(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except
for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or
in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any;
(5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner of
determination of such Interest Payment Dates and the record date for the
determination of Holders to whom interest is payable on any such Interest
Payment Dates;
(6) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the
duration of such extension;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions
(including payments made in cash in participation of future sinking fund
obligations) or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than as set forth in this Indenture, the form of the
Securities of the series including the form of the Trustee's certificate of
authentication for such series;
(10) if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000)
or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of
the series shall be issuable;
(11) any and all other terms with respect to such series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture) including any terms
which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or
advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series;
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(12) whether the Securities will be convertible into shares of common
stock or other securities of the Company and, if so, the terms and conditions
upon which such Securities will be so convertible, including the conversion
price and the conversion period;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.01;
(14) any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive
covenants provided for with respect to the Securities of the series;
(15) any provisions granting special rights to Holders when a specified
event occurs; and
(16) any special tax implications of the notes, including provisions
for original issue discount securities, if offered;
(17) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium
or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of
determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of
America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of
"Outstanding";
(18) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder
thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in
which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or
currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such
Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods
within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made
and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be
determined);
(19) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such
case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, which shall be DTC
if no Depositary is specified, the form of any legend or legends which shall be
borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in
Section 2.04, whether such Global Securities shall be in the form of Restricted
Securities or Regulation S Securities and any circumstances in addition to or in
lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 3.05(a)
in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof; and
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(20) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay
additional amounts on the Securities of the series held by a person who is not a
U.S. person in respect of taxes or similar charges withheld or deducted and, if
so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather
than pay such additional amounts.
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any
such Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record
of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 3.02. DENOMINATIONS. The Securities of each series shall be
issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations
as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any
such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.03. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING. The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer or one of its
Vice Presidents and attested by an officer. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed on
behalf of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established by or pursuant to authorization provided by one or more Board
Resolutions as permitted by Section 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating,
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(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or
pursuant to authorization provided by Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 3.01, that such form has been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to authorization provided by Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 3.01, that such terms have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance
with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will materially and adversely affect the Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
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Section 3.04. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company shall cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of
such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of
any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
SECTION 3.05. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE;
CERTAIN TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES.
(a) REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE GENERALLY. The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a
register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively
referred to as the "SECURITY REGISTER") in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration
of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
"SECURITY REGISTRAR" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series
at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount.
Subject to this Section 3.05(a) and Section 3.05(b), at the option of the
Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the
same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such
office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company
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shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Successive registrations and registrations of transfers and exchanges as
aforesaid may be made from time to time as desired, and each such registration
shall be noted on the Security Register. 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 3.04, Section 9.04or
Section 11.03 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor)
are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that
series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 11.02(b)
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed
in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to
Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture
shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or
a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security
shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture or
the Securities, no Global Security of any series may be exchanged in
whole or in part for Securities of that series registered, and no
transfer of a Global Security of a series in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or
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a nominee thereof unless (A) the Depositary (i) has notified the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global
Security and a successor Depositary has not been appointed by the Company
within 90 days of receipt by the Company of such notification or (ii) has
ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a
successor Depositary has not been appointed by the Company within 90 days
after the Company became aware of such cessation, (B) the Company, at its
option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the
issuance of Certificated Securities or (C) there shall have occurred and
be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security.
Any Global Security of a series exchanged pursuant to clause (A) above
shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part and any Global Security of
a series exchanged pursuant to clause (B) or (C) above may be exchanged
in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Company or the
Trustee. In addition, beneficial interests in Global Securities of a
series may be exchanged for non-global, Certificated Securities of such
series upon request by or on behalf of the Depositary upon not less than
60 days' prior written notice to the Trustee, with a copy of such notice
delivered to the Company.
(3) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security of a
series or any portion thereof pursuant to clause (2) above shall be
issued in definitive, registered form without interest coupons, shall
have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Security
or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names
and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate
and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global Security of a
series to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to
the Trustee, as Security Registrar. With regard to any Global Security of
a series to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so
surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for
the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the
principal amount thereof shall be reduced by an amount equal to the
portion thereof to be so exchanged by means of an appropriate adjustment
made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery a Security of such series issuable on such exchange to or upon
the written order of the Depositary or an authorized representative
thereof.
(4) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events
specified in clause (2) above, the Company shall promptly make available
to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Certificated Securities in
definitive, registered form without interest coupons.
(5) No Agent Members nor any other Persons on whose behalf
Agent Members may act (including Euroclear and Clearstream and account
holders and participants therein and any holder or owner of any
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beneficial interest in any Global Security) shall have any rights under
the Indenture with respect to any Global Security, or under any Global
Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be
treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Security for all
purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case
may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any
other person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of
customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights
of a Holder of any Security. Neither the Company, the Trustee nor the
Securities Registrar shall have any liability in respect of any transfers
effected by the Depositary or by any Agent Member or any other Person
that acquires a beneficial interest in a Security. Neither the Trustee
nor the Depositary shall have any duty or obligation to monitor
compliance with any restrictions on transfer with respect to the transfer
of any interest in the Securities (including transfers between Agent
Members or any such other Persons that acquire a beneficial interest in a
Security) other than to require delivery of any documents or certificates
specifically required by this Indenture.
(b) CERTAIN TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers and exchanges of
Securities and beneficial interests in a Global Security of the kinds specified
in this Section 3.05(b) shall be made only in accordance with this Section
3.05(b).
(i) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF A GLOBAL SECURITY. A Global
Security of a series may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any
Person other than DTC or a nominee thereof, and no such transfer to any
such other Person may be registered; PROVIDED that this clause (i) shall
not prohibit any transfer of a Security of a series that is issued in
exchange for a Global Security of that series but is not itself a Global
Security pursuant to (a). No transfer of a Security of a series to any
Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless
and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person.
Nothing in this Section 3.05(b)(i) shall prohibit or render ineffective
any transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Security effected in
accordance with the other provisions of this Section 3.05(b).
(ii) RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL
SECURITY. If the holder of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global
Security wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a Person who
wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
the Temporary Regulation S Global Security, such transfer may be
effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with
the
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provisions of this Section 3.05(b)(ii). Upon receipt by the Trustee, as
Security Registrar, of (A) written instructions given in accordance with
the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Trustee to
credit or cause to be credited to a specified Agent Member's account a
beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security in a
principal amount equal to that of the beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Security to be so transferred, (B) a written order
given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information
regarding the account of the Agent Member (and the Euroclear or
Clearstream account, as the case may be) to be credited with, and the
account of the Agent Member to be debited for, such beneficial interest
and (C) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Annex A-1
given by the holder of such beneficial interest, the Trustee, as Security
Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary to reduce the principal amount
of the applicable Restricted Global Security, and to increase the
principal amount of the Temporary Regulation S Global Security, by the
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Restricted Global
Security to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to
the account of the Person specified in such instructions (which shall be
the Agent Member for Euroclear or Clearstream or both, as the case may
be) a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security
having a principal amount equal to the amount by which the principal
amount of the Restricted Global Security was reduced upon such transfer.
(iii) RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY.
If the holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security
wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a Person who wishes to
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to
the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this Section
3.05(b)(iii). Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, of (A)
written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
from an Agent Member directing the Trustee to credit or cause to be
credited to a specified Agent Member's account a beneficial interest in a
Regulation S Global Security in a principal amount equal to that of the
beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security to be so
transferred, (B) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent
Member (and, if applicable, the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the
case may be) to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member to
be debited for, such beneficial interest and (C) a certificate in
substantially the form set forth in Annex A-2 given by the holder of such
beneficial interest, the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct
the Depositary to reduce the principal amount of the applicable
Restricted Global Security, and to increase the principal amount of the
Regulation S Global Security, by the principal amount of the beneficial
interest in the Restricted Global
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Security to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to
the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Security having a principal amount
equal to the amount by which the principal amount of the Restricted
Global Security was reduced upon such transfer.
(iv) TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY OR REGULATION S
GLOBAL SECURITY TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY. If the holder of a
beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Security or a
Regulation S Global Security wishes at any time to transfer such interest
to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security, such transfer may
be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance
with this Section 3.05(b)(iv). Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security
Registrar, of (A) written instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Trustee to
credit or cause to be credited to a specified Agent Member's account a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security in a principal amount
equal to that of the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S
Global Security or the Regulation S Global Security to be so transferred,
(B) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member to be
credited with, and the account of the Agent Member (and, if applicable,
the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the case may be) to be debited
for, such beneficial interest and (C) a certificate in substantially the
form set forth in Annex B given by the owner of such beneficial interest,
the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall instruct the Depositary to
reduce the principal amount of the applicable Temporary Regulation S
Global Security or the Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be,
and to increase the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security,
by the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Temporary
Regulation S Global Security or the Regulation S Global Security to be so
transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the
Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Security having a principal amount equal to the amount
by which the principal amount of the Temporary Regulation S Global
Security or the Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be, was
reduced upon such transfer.
(v) NON-GLOBAL RESTRICTED SECURITY TO GLOBAL SECURITY. If the
Holder of a Restricted Security (other than a Global Security) wishes at
any time to transfer all or a portion of such Security to a Person who
wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
the Restricted Global Security, the Temporary Regulation S Global
Security or the Regulation S Global Security, in each case, such transfer
may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance
with this Section 3.05(b)(v). Upon receipt by (1) the Depositary of (A)
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instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an
Agent Member directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited
to a specified Agent Member's account a beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Security, the Temporary Regulation S Global Security or
the Regulation S Global Security, as the case may be, in a specified
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Security
(or portion thereof) to be so transferred, (B) a written order given in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information
regarding the account of the Agent Member (and, in the case of any
transfer pursuant to Regulation S, the Euroclear and Clearstream account
for which such Agent Member's account is held, or if such account is held
for Euroclear or Clearstream, the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as
the case may be) to be credited with such beneficial interest, and (C) an
appropriately completed certificate substantially in the form set forth
in Annex D-1 hereto, if the specified account is to be credited with a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, or Annex D-2 hereto,
if the specified account is to be credited with a beneficial interest in
the Temporary Regulation S Global Security or the Regulation S Global
Security, given by the holder of such beneficial interest, and (2) the
Trustee of (A) the Restricted Security to be so transferred, (B) the
notification from the Depositary of the transaction described in (1)
above and (C) the certificate described in (1)(C) above, the Trustee, as
Security Registrar, shall cancel such Restricted Security (and issue a
new Security in respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as provided
in (a) and increase the principal amount of the Restricted Global
Security, Temporary Regulation S Global Security or Regulation S Global
Security, as the case may be, by the specified principal amount as
provided in Section 3.05(b)(i)(ii).
The Trustee shall not be required to accept for such registration
of transfer or exchange any Restricted Security unless the Trustee and
the Company are satisfied that such transfer or exchange is being
effected in compliance with the restrictions on transfer as set forth in
this Indenture and in such Security. In addition, in connection with a
transfer of a Certificated Security by an Institutional Accredited
Investor, such Institutional Accredited Investor shall be required, prior
to such transfer, to furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
certifications, legal opinions or other information as they or either of
them may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(vi) OTHER EXCHANGES. (1) In the event that a Global Security or
any portion thereof is exchanged for Securities other than Global
Securities, such other Securities may in turn be exchanged (on transfer
or otherwise) for Securities that are not Global Securities or for
beneficial interests in a Global Security (if any is then outstanding)
only in
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accordance with such procedures, which shall be substantially consistent
with the provisions of clauses (i) through (v) above and (vii) below
(including the certification requirements intended to insure that
transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in a Global Security
comply with Rule 144A, Rule 144 (if available) or Regulation S, as the
case may be) and any Applicable Procedures, as may be from time to time
adopted by the Company and the Trustee; PROVIDED that except as permitted
in (3) hereof, no beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global
Security shall be exchangeable for a definitive Security until the
expiration of the Restricted Period and then only if the certifications
described in Section 2.01 shall have been provided in respect of such
interest.
(2) Subject to Section 2.01(d), in connection with a transfer
of a Restricted Security or of an interest therein to an Institutional
Accredited Investor, such Institutional Accredited Investor shall be
required, prior to such transfer, to furnish to the Company and the
Trustee, an appropriately completed certificate substantially in the form
of Annex E and such other certifications, legal opinions or other
information as they or either of them may reasonably require to confirm
that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the purchaser of a Certificated
Security directly from the initial purchaser thereof named as such in the
Purchase Agreement in respect of the securities of such series may, so
long as such security is a Restricted Security, transfer such security
only in accordance with Section 3.05(b)(v) above.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.05,
an initial purchaser named as such in the Purchase Agreement in respect
of the Securities of a series may exchange beneficial interests in the
Temporary Regulation S Global Securities of that series held by it for
one or more Restricted Securities of that series (including an interest
in the Restricted Global Security of that series) upon delivery by such
initial purchaser of instructions for such exchange substantially in the
form of Annex F. Upon receipt of the instruction described in the
preceding sentence, the Trustee shall instruct the Depositary to reduce
the principal amount of a Temporary Regulation S Global Security by the
principal amount of the beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation
S Global Security to be so transferred and either (A) the Trustee shall
instruct the Depositary to increase the principal amount of the
Restricted Global Security and credit or cause to be credited to the
account of such initial purchaser a beneficial interest in such
Restricted Global Security having a principal amount equal to the amount
by which the principal amount of the Temporary Regulation S Global
Security was reduced upon such transfer or (B) authenticate and deliver
one or more Restricted Securities in definitive form and in the aggregate
principal amount of the beneficial
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interest in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security to be so
transferred, pursuant to the instructions described in the first sentence
of this paragraph.
(vii) INTERESTS IN TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY TO BE
HELD THROUGH EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM. Until the termination of the
Restricted Period, interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global
Securities may be held only through Agent Members acting for and on
behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream, PROVIDED that this clause (viii)
shall not prohibit any transfer in accordance with Section 3.05(b)(iv)
hereof.
(viii) In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee, as Security
Registrar, shall effect and register, upon receipt of a written request
from the Company to do so, a transfer not otherwise permitted by this
Section 3.05(b), such registration to be done in accordance with the
otherwise applicable provisions of this Section 3.05, upon the furnishing
by the proposed transferor or transferee of a written opinion of counsel
(which opinion and counsel are satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee) to the effect that, and such other certifications or information
as the Company or the Trustee may require to confirm that, the proposed
transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction
not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The
Company may require such transfer to be effected by the issuance of
Certificated Securities.
(c) SECURITIES ACT LEGENDS. Restricted Securities and their Successor
Securities shall bear the legends required by Section 2.02 and Section 2.04,
subject to the following:
(i) subject to the following Clauses of this Section 3.05(c), a
Security of a series or any portion thereof which is exchanged, upon
transfer or otherwise, for a Global Security of that series or any
portion thereof shall bear the Securities Act Legend borne by such Global
Security while represented thereby;
(ii) subject to the following Clauses of this Section 3.05(c), a
new Security of a series which is not a Global Security and is issued in
exchange for another Security of that series (including a Global
Security) or any portion thereof, upon transfer or otherwise, shall bear
the Securities Act Legend borne by such other Security, PROVIDED that, if
such new Security is required pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(iv) to be
issued in the form of a Restricted Security, it shall bear a Restricted
Securities Legend and, if such new Security is so required to be issued
in the form of a Regulation S Security, it shall bear a Regulation S
Legend;
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(iii) Registered Securities and Regulation S Securities that are
not Temporary Regulations S Securities shall not bear a Securities Act
Legend;
(iv) at any time after the Securities of a series may be freely
transferred without registration under the Securities Act or without
being subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to the Securities Act, a
new Security of that series which does not bear a Securities Act Legend
may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Security of that series
(other than a Global Security) or any portion thereof which bears such a
legend if the Trustee has received an Unrestricted Securities
Certificate, satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the Holder
of such legended Security or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
after such date and receipt of such certificate, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver such a new Security in exchange for or in lieu
of such other Security as provided in this Article 3;
(v) a new Security of a series which does not bear a Securities
Act Legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Security of that
series (other than a Global Security) or any portion thereof which bears
such a legend if, in the Company's judgment, placing such a legend upon
such new Security is not necessary to ensure compliance with the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, and the Trustee, at the
direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver such a new
Security as provided in this Article 3; and
(vi) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.05(c), a Successor Security of a Security of a series that does not
bear a particular form of Securities Act Legend shall not bear such form
of legend unless the Company has reasonable cause to believe that such
Successor Security is a "restricted security" within the meaning of Rule
144 under the Securities Act, in which case the Trustee, at the direction
of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver a new Security of that
series bearing a Restricted Securities Legend in exchange for such
Successor Security as provided in this Article 3.
Section 3.06. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES. In case any
temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and
upon the Company's request the Trustee (subject to the next succeeding sentence)
shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so
destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted
Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and
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Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the
applicant's Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate
any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written request or
authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any
substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith. In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature
shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead
of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the
applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the
Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership
thereof.
Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company
whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found
at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all
other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or
hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
Section 3.07. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED. Except as
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of
Securities, 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.
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 relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at the Company's election in
each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
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fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such
series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money 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 of such Special Record Date and, in
the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.06, 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 and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company 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 to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each 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 3.08. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to due presentment of a
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.07) any interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 3.09. CANCELLATION. All Securities surrendered for the purpose of
payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered
to the Company or any Paying Agent, be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation,
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or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities
shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any
of the provisions of this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of
such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Securities
held by the Trustee. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of
canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a
certificate of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise
acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 3.10. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. Except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the
Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES. The Company may, subject
to Article 10 of this Indenture and applicable law, issue additional Securities
of any series under this Indenture. All Securities designated as part of a
series of Securities (whether Original Securities, Exchange Securities or
additional Securities issued pursuant to this Section) shall be treated as a
single series for all purposes under this Indenture.
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. If at any time:
(a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all
Securities of a series theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities that
shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 3.06) and Securities for whose payment money or
Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Company (and thereupon repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 4.05); or (b) all such
Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become
due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one
year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations
sufficient or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon
redemption all Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest
due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for
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redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be
paid all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such series by the Company
then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect
to such series except for the provisions of Sections 3.02, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07,
6.10, 10.01, 10.02, and 10.03, that shall survive until the date of maturity or
redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 4.05 and 6.06 that shall
survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company
and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to
such series.
Section 4.02. DISCHARGE OF OBLIGATIONS. If at any time all such
Securities of a particular series not heretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section
4.01 shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the
Trustee as trust funds moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations
sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that
series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including
principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date
of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company
shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company with respect to such series, then after the date such moneys or
Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series
shall cease to be of further effect except for the provisions of Sections 3.02,
3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 4.05, 6.10, 10.01, 10.02, and 10.03 hereof that shall survive
until such Securities shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections 4.05 and
6.06 shall survive.
Section 4.03. DEPOSITED MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. All moneys or
Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 or
4.02 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular series of Securities for the
payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental Obligations have been
deposited with the Trustee.
Section 4.04. PAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENTS. In connection with
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys or Governmental
Obligations then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture
shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
moneys or Governmental Obligations.
Section 4.05. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY. Any moneys or Governmental
Obligations deposited with any Paying Agent or the Trustee, or then held by the
Company, in trust for payment of principal of or premium or interest on the
Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by
the Holders of such Securities for at least two years after the date upon which
the
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principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities shall have
respectively become due and payable, shall upon request of the Company, be
repaid to the Company or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from
such trust; and thereupon the Paying Agent and the Trustee shall be released
from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental
Obligations, and the Holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such
payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. (a) "EVENT OF DEFAULT", wherever used
herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following
events that has occurred and is continuing:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of
interest upon any of the Securities of that series, as and when the same
shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 60 days; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a valid extension of an
interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of
any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the
payment of interest for this purpose;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when the
same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption,
by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or
analogous fund established with respect to that series; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that a valid extension of the maturity of such Securities in
accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not
constitute a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any;
(3) the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its
covenants or agreements with respect to that series contained in this
Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that series of
Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 or 3.01 hereof (other than a covenant
or agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely
for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such
series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, shall have been given to the
Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding;
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(4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry
of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all
of its property or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; or
(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any
Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an
involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or
substantially all of their respective property, or (iii) orders the
liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and
in effect for 90 days.
(b) In each and every such case, unless the principal of all the
Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to
the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Holders), may declare the
principal of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be
immediately due and payable, notwithstanding anything contained in this
Indenture or in the Securities of that series or established with respect to
that series pursuant to Section 2.01 or 3.01 to the contrary.
(c) At any time after the principal of the Securities of that series
shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree
for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to
the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
Consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities
of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all
Securities of that series that shall have become due otherwise than by
acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the
extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue
installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of
that series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to
the Trustee under Section 6.06, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the
Indenture with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of principal on
Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their terms, shall
have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 5.08.
No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with
respect Securities of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings
shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or
annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the
Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, and the Trustee shall be
restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all
rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as
though no such proceedings had been taken.
Section 5.02. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE.
(1) The Company covenants that (1) in case it shall default in the
payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a series, or
any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect
to that series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, and such
default shall have continued for a period of 90 Business Days, or (2) in case it
shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of
the Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and payable,
whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or upon redemption or upon
declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay
to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series,
the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case
may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law)
upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the
Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the
amount payable to the Trustee under Section 6.06.
(2) 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, shall
be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in
equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any
such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the
Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or
other obligor upon the Securities of that series, wherever situated.
(3) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings
affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee shall have
power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be
permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be
entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be
necessary or
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advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Holders of
Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the
Company under the indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and
for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after
such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the deduction of
the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 6.06 and any receiver, assignee
or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized each of the
Holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and,
in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to such Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section
6.06.
(4) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture,
or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of that series,
may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities,
or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and
any such suit or 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 payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 6.06
be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series.
In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Nothing contained herein 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
of that series or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 5.03. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED. Any money collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the
date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of
the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
6.06;
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SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities 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 and any premium and
interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the Company.
Section 5.04. LIMITATION ON SUITS. No Holder of any Security of any
series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
Section 5.05. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. If the Trustee or any
Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this
Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in
every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
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Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section 5.06. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as otherwise
provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.07. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. No delay or omission of the
Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities 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 5.08. CONTROL BY HOLDERS. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, 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 such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders of Securities of any
other series at the time Outstanding. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01,
the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the
Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the
Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in
personal liability. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, may on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past
default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or
established pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium,
if any, or interest on, of the Securities of that series as and when the same
shall become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration
(unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with
the Trustee (in accordance with Section 5.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the
default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this
Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such
series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
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respectively, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.09. UNDERTAKING TO PAY FOR COSTS. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Securities by such Holder's acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in
any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee,
the filing by any party litigant in such suit of 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 a claims or defenses made by
such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group
of Holders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder
for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture.
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing of all Events of
Default with respect to the Securities of that series that may have occurred,
shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of such series such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and
no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In
case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred
(that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to
Securities of that 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.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect
to the Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such
Events of Default with respect to that series that may have occurred:
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(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with
respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall
not be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except
for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to the Securities of such
series conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming
to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that 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;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of
the Trustee, 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 not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding relating to the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that
series; and
(4) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or
in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable
ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not
reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate
indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 6.02. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
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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;
(2) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or
an instrument signed in the name of the Company, by the Chairman, the
Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice
President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer
or an Assistant Treasurer thereof (unless other evidence in respect
thereof is specifically prescribed herein);
(3) 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;
(4) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order
or direction of any of the Holders, pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby;
(5) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it
by this Indenture;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested
in writing so to do by the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the particular series
affected thereby PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in
the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the
security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities
as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such
examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee,
shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; and
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
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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.
Section 6.03. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES. The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of any of the Securities or the proceeds of such
Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee
in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant to
Section 3.01, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any Paying
Agent other than the Trustee.
Section 6.04. MAY HOLD SECURITIES. The Trustee or any Paying Agent or
Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Paying Agent or Security Registrar.
Section 6.05. MONEY HELD IN TRUST. All moneys received by the Trustee
shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the
purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it
may agree with the Company to pay thereon.
Section 6.06. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
(1) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust), as the Company, and the Trustee may from time to time agree in
writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby
created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties
hereunder of the Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee
in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of
all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also
covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and
employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising
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acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises.
(2) The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate
and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder.
Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular
Securities.
Section 6.07. RELIANCE ON OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 6.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of
this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established
by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in
the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full
warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by
it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 6.08. DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS. If the Trustee
has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
Section 6.09. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY. There shall at
all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder which
shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the
District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as
trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S.
dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal,
State, Territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with
the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10.
Section 6.10. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
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(1) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may at any time
resign with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written
notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by mail,
first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such series, as their names and
addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect
to Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by
order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered
to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the mailing 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 Securities of such series, or any Security Holder of
that series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities for at
least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court
may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
appoint a successor trustee.
(2) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months;
or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or
(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding,
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented
to, 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, the Company may remove the Trustee with
respect to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument,
in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the
successor trustee, or, unless the Trustee's duty to resign is stayed as provided
herein, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities
for at least six months may, on behalf of that Holder and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(3) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company
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and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent of the
Company.
(4) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of
the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 6.11.
(5) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or all of such
series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series.
Section 6.11. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR. (a) In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustee's 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
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become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in the first or second preceding paragraph, 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.
(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided
in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders, as their
names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. If the Company fails to
transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be
transmitted at the expense of the Company.
Section 6.12. 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 (including the trust created by this Indenture), 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 6.13. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY. If and
when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company
(or any such other obligor).
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Section 6.14. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. The Trustee may
appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of
Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon
exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to
Section 3.06, 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 shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars
($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 (including the
authenticating agency contemplated by this Indenture), 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 and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.06 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor
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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.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions
of Section 6.06.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
AS TRUSTEE
By......................................,
AS AUTHENTICATING AGENT
By.......................................
AUTHORIZED OFFICER
ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.01. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(1) on a monthly basis on each Regular Record Date a list, in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of each series of Securities as of such Regular Record Date, PROVIDED
that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list
at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee by the Company, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is
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furnished; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in either case, no such list need be
furnished for any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.
Section 7.02. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.
(1) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and as
to the names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by the Trustee in
its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity).
(2) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(3) Holders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or under the Securities.
Section 7.03. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(1) On or before July 15 in each year in which any of the Securities
are Outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage
prepaid, to the Holders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security
Register, a brief report as of the preceding May 15, if and to the extent
required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(2) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
(3) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with each stock exchange
upon which any Securities are listed (if so listed) and also with the
Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Securities become
listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.04. REPORTS BY COMPANY.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee, within
30 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission,
copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports
(or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from
time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information,
documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the
Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations
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prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and
periodic information, documents and reports that may be required pursuant to
Section 13 of the Exchange Act, in respect of a security listed and registered
on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such
rules and regulations.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with
respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided
for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, or reputable over-night delivery service that provides for
evidence of receipt, to the Holders, as their names and addresses appear upon
the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee,
such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by
the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be
required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
ARTICLE 8
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
Section 8.01. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS. The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any
Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge
into the Company, unless:
(a) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties
and assets to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or
which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities
and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the
part of the Company 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 happened and be continuing; and
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(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in
connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with.
Section 8.02. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED. Upon any consolidation of the
Company with, or merger of the company into, any other Person or any conveyance,
transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the Company in accordance with Section 8.01 above, the successor Person formed
by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such
conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for,
and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Indenture with
the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company
herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person
shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the
Offered Securities.
Section 8.03. EVIDENCE OF CONSOLIDATION, ETC. TO TRUSTEE. The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption, comply with the
provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS. In
addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture,
the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of
the Holders, for one or more of the following purposes:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein, in the
Securities of any series;
(2) to comply with Article 8;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of Certificated Securities;
(4) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any Series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for
the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants
are
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expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(5) to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue,
authentication, and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth;
(6) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Holder in any material respect; or
(7) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms
and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 3.01 to
establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to add to the rights
of the Holders of any series of Securities.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the
Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture
that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section
may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the
Holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of
the provisions of Section 9.02.
Section 9.02. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. With the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture or
indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by Board
Resolutions, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in
any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of such series under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holders of each
Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, (i) extend the fixed maturity of
any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce
the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any
premium payable upon the redemption thereof or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Securities, the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such supplemental indenture.
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of any series
affected thereby under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 9.03. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of
Section 8.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such series, be and be
deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective
rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this
Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of Securities of the
series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced
hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all
the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be
deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all
purposes.
Section 9.04. SECURITIES AFFECTED BY SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Securities
of any series, affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered
after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of
this Article or of Section 8.01, may bear a notation in form approved by the
Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange upon which
such series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company,
to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding.
Section 9.05. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Upon the request of
the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of
any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of
evidence of the consent of Holders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the
Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental
indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the
Trustee may in its discretion but shall not obligated to enter into such
supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.01
may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by, and
conforms to, the terms of this Article and that it is proper for the Trustee
under the provisions of this Article to join in the execution thereof; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such Opinion of Counsel need not be provided in connection with
the execution of a supplemental indenture that establishes the terms of a series
of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof.
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Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in
general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Holders of
all series affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the
Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect
therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any
such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
Section 10.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST. The Company
will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Securities of that series at the time and place and
in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such Securities.
Section 10.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. So long as any series of
the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to maintain an office or
agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, with respect
to each such series and at such other location or locations as may be designated
as provided in this Section 10.02, where (i) Securities of that series may be
presented for payment, (ii) Securities of that series may be presented as
hereinabove authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii)
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that
series and this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue
with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written notice
signed by its Chairman or a Vice President and delivered to the trustee,
designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency
or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, notices and demands.
Section 10.03. PAYING AGENTS. (a) If the Company shall appoint one or
more Paying Agents for all or any series of the Securities, other than the
Trustee, the Company will cause each such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to
the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of this Section:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the
Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;
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(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
Company (or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities
of that series when the same shall be due and payable;
(3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any
failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent; and
(4) that it will perform all other duties of Paying Agent as
set forth in this Indenture.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent with respect to
any series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series, set
aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest
so becoming due on Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid to
such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly
notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor on
such Securities) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall have one or
more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that
series, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of this Action or failure so to act.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Section 4.05, and (ii) the Company may at any time, for the
purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any
other purpose, pay, or 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 terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were
held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying
Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such money.
Section 10.04. APPOINTMENT TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE OF TRUSTEE. The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee,
will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there
shall at all be a Trustee hereunder.
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Section 10.05. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSOLIDATION PROVISIONS. The Company
will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate with, or
merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or convey all or substantially all of
its property to any other company unless the provisions of Article 8 hereof are
complied with.
Section 10.06. LIMITATION ON LIENS ON STOCK OF SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company will not, and it will not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to,
at any time directly or indirectly create, assume, incur or permit to exist any
Indebtedness secured by a pledge, lien or other encumbrance (any pledge, lien or
other encumbrance being hereinafter in this Section referred to as a "LIEN") on
the voting stock of Xxxxx Inc., Xxxxxx Investments LLC or Xxxxxx Consulting
Group, Inc. (each a "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY") without making effective provision
whereby the Securities of any series then Outstanding (and, if the Company so
elects, any other Indebtedness of the Company that is not subordinate to the
Securities of such series and with respect to which the governing instruments
require, or pursuant to which the Company is otherwise obligated or required, to
provide such security) shall be equally and ratably secured with such secured
Indebtedness so long as such other Indebtedness shall be so secured.
"INDEBTEDNESS" of any person means the principal of and premium, if any,
and interest due on indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the date
of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, which is (a)
indebtedness for money borrowed, and (b) any amendments, renewals, extensions,
modifications and refundings of any such indebtedness. For the purposes of this
definition, "indebtedness for money borrowed" means (i) any obligation of, or
any obligation guaranteed by, such Person for the repayment of borrowed money,
whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written
instruments, (ii) any obligation of, or any such obligation guaranteed by, such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar written instruments,
including obligations assumed or incurred in connection with the acquisition of
property, assets or businesses (provided, however, that the deferred purchase
price of any business or property or assets shall not be considered Indebtedness
if the purchase price thereof is payable in full within 90 days from the date on
which such indebtedness was created), and (iii) any obligations of such Person
as lessee under leases required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the
lessee under GAAP and leases of property or assets made as part of any sale and
lease-back transaction to which such Person is a party. For purposes of this
Section only, Indebtedness also includes any obligation of, or any obligation
guaranteed by, any Person for the payment of amounts due under a swap agreement
or similar instrument or agreement, or under a foreign currency hedge or similar
instrument or agreement.
If the Company shall hereafter be required to secure the Securities of
any series equally and ratably with any other Indebtedness pursuant to this
Section, (i) the Company will promptly deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that this Section has been complied with, and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that
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in the opinion of such counsel this Section has been complied with and (ii) the
Trustee is hereby authorized to enter into an indenture or agreement
supplemental hereto and to take such action, if any, as it may deem advisable to
enable it to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Securities of any series
so secured.
Section 10.07. DELIVERY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. If a series of Securities
includes Rule 144A Securities, at any time when the Company is not subject to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder of a
Security of that series, the Company shall promptly furnish or cause to be
furnished Rule 144A Information (as defined below) to such Holder, to a
prospective purchaser who is a "qualified institutional buyer", within the
meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, designated by such Holder or to
the Trustee for delivery to such Holder or prospective purchaser in order to
permit compliance by such Holder with Rule 144A in connection with the resale of
such Security or of a beneficial interest therein by such Holder; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, the
Company shall not be required to furnish such information in connection with any
request made on or after the date which is two years from the date such Security
(or any Predecessor Security) was acquired from the Company. "Rule 144A
Information" shall be such information as is specified pursuant to Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act as in effect from time to time.
ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
Section 11.01. REDEMPTION. The Company may redeem the Securities of any
series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms
established for such series pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof.
Section 11.02. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem
all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series in
accordance with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall, or shall cause
the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to Holders of the Securities of
such series to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of
such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date
fixed for redemption of that series to such Holders at their last addresses as
they shall appear upon the Security Register unless a shorter period is
specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the registered Holder receives the notice. In any case, failure
duly to give such notice to the Holder of any Security of any series designated
for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Securities of such series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of
Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on
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such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with any such restriction.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for
redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be
redeemed, and shall state that such Securities may be presented for redemption
at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and
State of New York, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in
said notice, that from and after said date interest will cease to accrue and
that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all
the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the Holders of
Securities of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part shall specify the
particular Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Security is to be redeemed
in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state the portion
of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and
after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or
Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued.
(b) If the Trustee is to provide notice to the Holders of Securities
in accordance with Section 11.02(a) above, for a partial or full redemption, the
Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days notice in advance of the date
fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the
series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such
other manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that
may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand
U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount
of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be
redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the
numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part.
The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of
instructions signed on its behalf by its Chairman, its Chief Executive Officer,
its Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President, instruct the Trustee or any
Paying Agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series
for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this
Section, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the
Trustee or such Paying Agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of
redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such Paying Agent, the Company
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee
or such Paying Agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books
or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable
the Trustee or such Paying Agent to give any notice by mail that may be required
under the provisions of this Section.
Section 11.03. PAYMENT UPON REDEMPTION.
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(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as
above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be
redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and
at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together
with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and interest on such
Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date
fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or
portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after
the date fixed for redemption at the Place of Payment specified in the notice,
said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price
for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for
redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an interest payment date,
the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered
Holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to
Section 3.07).
(b) Upon presentation of any security of such series that is to be
redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall
deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security of
the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
Section 11.04. SINKING FUND. The provisions of Section 11.04, 11.05 and
11.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities
of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for
Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking
fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided
in Section 11.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption
of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such
series.
Section 11.05. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES. The
Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any
Securities previously called for redemption) and (ii) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series, PROVIDED that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such
Securities shall be received
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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 sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 11.06. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. Not less than
45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities,
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the
terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 11.05 and
the basis for such credit and will, together with such Officers' Certificate,
deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days
before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the
Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner
specified in Section 11.02 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 11.02. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section
11.03.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXX & XXXXXXXX COMPANIES, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Fianancial Officer
Attest:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Vice President and Counsel
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, as Trustee
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Vice President
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ANNEX A-1
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE -
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE CERTIFICATE
(for transfers pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(ii))
of the Indenture)
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: [title of series] of Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc. (the
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"SECURITIES")
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Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2002
(the "INDENTURE"), between Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc. (the "COMPANY") and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This certificate relates to U.S. $_____________ aggregate principal
amount of Securities which are evidenced by the Restricted Global Security
(CUSIP No. _________) and held with the Depositary in the name of [insert name
of transferor] (the "TRANSFEROR"). The Transferor has requested a transfer of
such beneficial interest in the Securities to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities
evidenced by the Temporary Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No.
_____________), which amount, immediately after such transfer, is to be held
with the Depositary through Euroclear or Clearstream or both.
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the
Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected pursuant to
and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), and accordingly the Transferor
does hereby further certify that:
(a) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United
States;
(b) either:
(i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee
was outside the United States or the Transferor and any
person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the
transferee was outside the United States, or
(ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated offshore securities market and
neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf
knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in
the United States;
(c) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the
requirements of Rule 903(a) or 904(a) of Regulation S, as
applicable;
(d) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(e) upon completion of the transaction, the beneficial interest being
transferred as described above will be held with the Depositary
through Euroclear or Clearstream or both.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers of the Securities under
the Purchase Agreement, dated _______ with the Company relating to the
Securities. Terms used in this certificate and not otherwise defined in the
Indenture have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Dated: [Insert Name of Transferor]
By _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
(If the Transferor is a corporation, partnership or
fiduciary, the title of the Person signing on behalf of
such registered owner must be stated.)
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ANNEX A-2
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE --
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO
REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE CERTIFICATE
(for transfers pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(iii)
of the Indenture)
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: [title of series] of Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc.
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(the "SECURITIES")
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Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2002
(the "INDENTURE"), between Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc. (the "COMPANY") and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This certificate relates to U.S. $_____________ aggregate principal
amount of Securities which are evidenced by the Restricted Global Security
(CUSIP No. _________) and held with the Depositary in the name of [insert name
of transferor] (the "TRANSFEROR"). The Transferor has requested a transfer of
such beneficial interest in the Securities to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities
evidenced by the Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No. _____________).
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the
Transferor does hereby certify that:
(a) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Regulation S under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"):
(i) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the
United States;
(ii) either:
1) at the time the buy order was originated, the
transferee was outside the United States or the
Transferor and any person acting on its behalf
reasonably believed that the transferee was outside
the United States, or
2) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated offshore securities
market and neither the Transferor nor any person
acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was
prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(iii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention
of the requirements of Rule 903(a) or 904(a) of Regulation
S, as applicable; and
(iv) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade
the registration requirements of the Securities Act; or
(b) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, the Securities are being transferred in a
transaction permitted by Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and Initial Purchasers of the Securities under the
Purchase Agreement, dated _________ with the Company relating to the Securities.
Terms used in this certificate and not otherwise defined in the Indenture have
the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Dated: [Insert Name of Transferor]
By _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
(If the Transferor is a corporation,
partnership or fiduciary, the title
of the Person signing on behalf of
such registered owner must be
stated.)
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ANNEX B
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE --
TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY OR
REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY TO RESTRICTED
GLOBAL SECURITY
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE CERTIFICATE
(for transfers pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(iv)
of the Indenture)
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: [title of series] of Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc.
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(the "SECURITIES")
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Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2002
(the "INDENTURE"), between Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc. (the "COMPANY") and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This certificate relates to U.S. $_________________ aggregate principal
amount of Securities which are evidenced by the Temporary Regulation S Global
Security or the Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No. _________) and held with
the Depositary through Euroclear or Clearstream or both in the name of [insert
name of transferor] (the "TRANSFEROR") during the Restricted Period. The
Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the
Securities to a Person that will take delivery thereof in the form of an equal
principal amount of Securities evidenced by the Restricted Global Security
(CUSIP No. _________).
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the
Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected pursuant to
and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify that the
Securities are being transferred to a person that the Transferor reasonably
believes is purchasing the Securities for its own account, or for one or more
accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion,
and such Person and each such account is a "qualified institutional buyer"
within the meaning of Rule 144A and the Securities have been transferred in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers of the Securities under
the Purchase Agreement, dated __________ with the Company relating to the
Securities.
Dated: [Insert Name of Transferor]
By _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
(If the Transferor owner is a
corporation, partnership or
fiduciary, the title of the Person
signing on behalf of such registered
owner must be stated.)
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ANNEX C-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN BY HOLDERS OF
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A TEMPORARY REGULATION S
GLOBAL SECURITY TO EUROCLEAR OR CLEARSTREAM
OWNER SECURITIES CERTIFICATION
[EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.V.,
as Operator of the Euroclear
Clearance System] [or] CLEARSTREAM BANKING,
SOCIETE ANONYME, LUXEMBOURG]
Re: [title of series] of Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc.
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(the "SECURITIES")
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Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2002
(the "INDENTURE"), between Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc. (the "COMPANY") and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This certificate relates to U.S. $_________________ aggregate principal
amount of Securities which are evidenced by the Temporary Regulation S Global
Security (CUSIP No. _________) and held with the Depositary through Euroclear or
Clearstream or both in the name of [insert name of holder] (the "Holder").
In respect of such Securities, the Holder does hereby certify that as of
the date hereof, the above-captioned Securities are beneficially owned by
non-U.S. Persons and are not held for purposes of resale directly or indirectly
to a U.S. Person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America, its
territories and possessions, any state of the United States, and the District of
Columbia. As used herein, U.S. Person has the meaning assigned to it in Rule 902
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
We undertake to advise you immediately by tested telex on or prior to the
date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the Securities
held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any
applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of
any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of
such date.
We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain securities laws in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certification or a copy thereof to any interested party in such
proceedings. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for
your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers of the
Securities under the Purchase Agreement, dated ________ with the Company
relating to the Securities.
Date:______________, ____(1)
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[Name of Person Making Certification]
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(1) To be dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the transfer or
exchange date to which the certification relates.
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ANNEX C-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN
BY THE EUROCLEAR OPERATOR OR CLEARSTREAM,
SOCIETE ANONYME
DEPOSITARY SECURITIES CERTIFICATION
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: [title of series] of Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc.
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(the "SECURITIES")
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Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2002
(the "INDENTURE"), between Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc. (the "COMPANY") and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This is to certify that, based solely on certifications we have received
in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from member
organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a portion of
the principal amount set forth below (our "MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS") substantially
to the effect set forth in the Indenture, as of the date hereof, $__________
aggregate principal amount of the above-captioned Securities are beneficially
owned by non-U.S. Persons and are not held for purposes of resale directly or
indirectly to a U.S. Person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions.
As used herein, "UNITED STATES" means the United States of America, its
territories and possessions, any state of the United States, and the District of
Columbia. As used herein, U.S. Person has the meaning assigned to it in Rule 902
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
We further certify (i) that we are not making available herewith for
exchange any portion of the Temporary Regulation S Global Security excepted in
such certifications and (ii) that as of the date hereof we have not received any
notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the
statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the
part submitted herewith for exchange are no longer true and cannot be relied
upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certification is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certification or a copy thereof to any interested party in such
proceedings. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for
your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers of the
Securities under the Purchase Agreement, dated _________ with the Company
relating to the Securities.
Dated:
By:______________________________________
[EUROCLEAR BANK SA/N.V.,
as Operator of the Euroclear Clearance
System] [or] [CLEARSTREAM BANKING,
SOCIETE ANONYME LUXEMBOURG]
2
ANNEX D-1
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE --
NON-GLOBAL RESTRICTED SECURITY TO
RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE CERTIFICATE
(for transfers pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(v)
of the Indenture)
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: [title of series] of Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc.
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(the "SECURITIES")
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Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2002
(the "Indenture"), between Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc. (the "COMPANY") and
State Street Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This certificate relates to $_____________ aggregate principal amount of
Securities held in definitive form (CUSIP No. _______) by [insert name of
transferor] (the "TRANSFEROR"). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such
Securities to a Person that will take delivery in the form of an equal principal
amount of Securities evidenced by the Restricted Global Security (CUSIP No.
___________).
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the
Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected pursuant to
and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify that the
Securities are being transferred to a person that the Transferor reasonably
believes is purchasing the Securities for its own account, or for one or more
accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion,
and such Person and each such account is a "qualified institutional buyer"
within the meaning of Rule 144A and the Securities have been transferred in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers of the Securities under
the Purchase Agreement, dated ________ with the Company relating to the
Securities.
Dated: [Insert Name of Transferor]
By _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
2
ANNEX D-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE -- NON-GLOBAL
RESTRICTED SECURITY TO REGULATION S GLOBAL
SECURITY OR TEMPORARY REGULATION S
GLOBAL SECURITY
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE CERTIFICATE
(for transfers pursuant to Section 3.05(b)(v)
of the Indenture)
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Re: [title of series] of Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc.
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(the "SECURITIES")
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Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2002
(the "Indenture"), between Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc. (the "COMPANY") and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
This certificate relates to $____________ aggregate principal amount of
Securities held in definitive form (CUSIP No. _____) by [insert name of
transferor] (the "TRANSFEROR"). The Transferor has requested an exchange or
transfer of such Securities to a Person that will take delivery in the form of
an equal principal amount of Securities evidenced by the Regulation S Global
Security or the Temporary Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP No. -----------).
In connection with such request and in respect of such Securities, the
Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected pursuant to
and in accordance with (a) Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), or (b) Rule 144 under the Act, if available, and
accordingly the Transferor does hereby further certify that:
(a) if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 903 or
Rule 904:
(i) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the
United States;
(ii) either:
1) at the time the buy order was originated, the
transferee was outside the United States or the
Transferor and any person acting on its behalf
reasonably believed that the transferee was outside
the United States, or
2) the transaction was executed in, on or through the
facilities of a designated offshore securities
market and neither the Transferor nor any person
acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was
prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(iii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention
of the requirements of Rule 903(a) or 904(a) of Regulation
S, as applicable;
(iv) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade
the registration requirements of the Act; and
(v) if such transfer is to occur during the Restricted Period,
upon completion of the transaction, the beneficial interest
being transferred as described above was held with the
Depositary through [Euroclear] [Clearstream]; or
(b) if the transfer has been effected pursuant to Rule 144:
(i) more than two years has elapsed since the date of the
closing of the initial placement of the Securities pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement, dated ________, between the
Company and the representatives of the several purchasers
named therein; and
(ii) the Securities have been transferred in a transaction
permitted by Rule 144 and made in accordance with any
applicable securities laws of any state of the United
States.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection
with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize
you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This
certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and
the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers of the Securities under
the Purchase Agreement, dated _________ with the Company relating to the
Securities.
Dated: [Insert Name of Transferor]
2
ANNEX E
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR LETTER
Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx Companies, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
[Insert name and address of initial purchasers]
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of [title of securities]
(collectively, the "NOTES") of Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc. (the "ISSUER"),
we confirm that:
1. We are an "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a) (1),
(2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "SECURITIES ACT"), purchasing for our own account, and we have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we are able
to bear the economic risk of our investment.
2. We understand and acknowledge that the Notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law, and
that the Notes may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following
paragraphs.
We agree that if we should sell any Notes, we will do so only (A) to the
Issuer or any subsidiary thereof, (B) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, (C) in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined therein), (D)
outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the
Securities Act, or (E) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available); and we further agree to
provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such
purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein.
3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we may be
required to furnish to the Issuer and the trustee a legal opinion satisfactory
to
them and such certifications and other information as the Issuer may reasonably
require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing
restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a
legend to the foregoing effect.
4. We are acquiring the Notes for investment purposes and not with a
view to distribution thereof or with any present intention of offering or
selling any Notes, except as permitted above.
You are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably
authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereto to any interested party in
any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby.
THIS LETTER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Very truly yours,
By:
Name:
Title:
Date:
Notes to be Purchased:
$__________ principal amount of the Notes
2
ANNEX F
FORM OF INSTRUCTION FOR EXCHANGE
(For use prior to the exchange of a Temporary Regulation S
for one or more Restricted Securities.)
EXCHANGE INSTRUCTIONS
XXXXX & XXXXXXXX COMPANIES, INC.
[TITLE OF SERIES] (THE "SECURITIES")
Pursuant to Section 305(b)(vi)(3) of the Indenture, dated as of March 19,
2002 (the "INDENTURE"), between Xxxxx & McLennan Companies, Inc. and State
Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee, [Name of Initial Purchaser] hereby
requests that U.S.$___________ aggregate principal amount of the above-captioned
Securities held by you for our account in the Temporary Regulation S Security
(CUSIP No. ______) (as defined in the Indenture) be exchanged for one or more
Restricted [Global] Securities [(CUSIP No. _______)] in the denominations and
registered in the names of the Holders requested as set forth below:
Denominations Registered Name
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Dated: [Name of Initial
---------------------- Purchaser]
By:
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