Exhibit 4.1
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XL CAPITAL LTD
to
U.S. Bank National Association,
Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of January 23, 2003
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Senior Debt Securities
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Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of January 23, 2003.
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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ss. 310(a) .................................................. 609
(b)................................................... 608, 610
(c)................................................... Not Applicable
ss. 311(a) .................................................. 613
(b)................................................... 613
(c)................................................... Not Applicable
ss. 312(a) .................................................. 701, 702(a)
(b)................................................... 702(b)
(c)................................................... 702(c)
ss. 313(a) .................................................. 703(a)
(b)................................................... 703(b)
(c)................................................... 703(b)
(d)................................................... 703(c)
ss. 314(a) .................................................. 704
(b)................................................... Not Applicable
(c)................................................... 102
(d)................................................... Not Applicable
(e)................................................... 102
(f)................................................... Not Applicable
ss. 315(a) .................................................. 601
(b)................................................... 602, 703(b)
(c)................................................... 601(b)
(d)................................................... 601(c)
(e)................................................... 514
ss. 316(a)(1)................................................ 512, 513
(b)................................................... 508
(c)................................................... 104(d)
ss. 317(a)(1)................................................ 503
(a)(2)................................................ 504
(b)................................................... 1003
ss. 318(a) .................................................. 107
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions....................................................1
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions...........................9
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.........................9
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders...............................................10
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.........................11
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.....................................12
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.............................12
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents......................13
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns........................................13
SECTION 110. Separability Clause...........................................13
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.........................................13
SECTION 112. Governing Law.................................................13
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays................................................13
SECTION 114. References to Currency........................................14
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally...............................................14
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...............14
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security..........15
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..........................18
SECTION 302. Denominations.................................................21
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating................21
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities..........................................22
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange...........23
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..............25
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved................25
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SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.........................................27
SECTION 309. Cancellation..................................................27
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.......................................28
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.......................28
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification...................30
SECTION 403. Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture.........................30
SECTION 404. Defeasance of Certain Obligations.............................32
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.............................................34
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity: Rescission and Annulment............36
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee...................................................37
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..............................38
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities...39
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected................................39
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits...........................................40
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest......................................41
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................41
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................41
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver..................................42
SECTION 512. Control by Holders............................................42
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................42
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.........................................43
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..............................43
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities...........................44
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults............................................45
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.....................................46
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........47
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities...........................................47
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust...........................................48
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement................................48
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SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.......................49
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.......................49
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.............49
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor........................51
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...53
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.............53
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.....53
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders........54
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee............................................56
SECTION 704. Reports by Company............................................57
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 801. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets.....................57
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS & SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Amendments or Supplemental Indentures without Consent of
Holders...................................................59
SECTION 902. Amendments or Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Holders...................................................60
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures..........................62
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.............................62
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...........................62
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures............62
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest....................63
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency...............................63
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities; Payments to Be Held in Trust............64
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SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence...........................................66
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties.....................................66
SECTION 1006. Statement by Officers as to Default...........................66
SECTION 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants...................................66
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article......................................67
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.........................67
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.............67
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption..........................................68
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price...................................69
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.........................69
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part...................................70
SECTION 1108. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon a
Change in Control.........................................70
SECTION 1109. Effect of Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase
Notice....................................................75
SECTION 1110. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price...................76
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article......................................76
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.........77
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.....................77
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INDENTURE, dated as of January 23, 2003, between XL Capital
Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted limited company (herein called the "Company" or
the "Issuer"), having its principal office at XX Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxx XX00, Xxxxxxx and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association, as trustee hereunder (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
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 covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of
series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this article have the meanings
assigned to them in this article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
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(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise
herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting
principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular article, section or other subdivision; and
(5) all references used herein to the male gender shall
include the female gender.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board duly authorized to
act hereunder.
"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, delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means, with respect to any Securities, a day
that in the City of New York or in any Place of Payment is not a day on which
banking institutions are authorized by law or regulation to close.
"Capital Stock" for any entity means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, par-
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ticipations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) shares
issued by that entity.
"Certificated Securities" means Securities that are in
registered definitive form.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission
is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by its chairman of the board, a vice
chairman, its president or a vice president, and by its treasurer, an assistant
treasurer, its secretary or an assistant secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time the trust created by this Indenture shall be
administered, which office, at the time of the execution of this Indenture, is
located at Xxxxxxx Square, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn:
Corporate Trust Administration (XL Capital Ltd).
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depositary" means, unless otherwise specified by the Company
pursuant to either Section 203 or 301, with respect to Securities of any series
issuable or issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York,
New York, or any successor thereto registered under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
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"Global Security" means a Security issued to evidence all or a
part of any series of Securities which is executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the
Depositary's instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and pursuant to
a Company Order, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
"Holder Action" has the meaning specified in Section 702(d).
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more amendments or
indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 301.
"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.
"Issuer" means the Person named as the "Issuer" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Issuer" shall mean such successor corporation.
"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.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
chairman of the board, the president or a vice president, and by the treasurer,
an assistant treasurer, the secretary or an assistant secretary, of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means written opinion of counsel, who may
be counsel for the Company and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Ordinary Shares" means the Class A and Class B ordinary
shares (including preference ordinary shares), $0.01 par value per share, of the
Company existing on the date of this Indenture or any other shares of Capital
Stock of the Company into which such Class A or Class B ordinary shares shall be
reclassified or changed.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money or
evidences of indebtedness in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company)
in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
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
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306
or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
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 any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
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of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In case of
a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee shall be full protection
to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and identifying all
Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the
account of any of the above-described persons; and, subject to Section 601, the
Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate as conclusive
evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not
listed therein are Outstanding for the purposes of any such determination.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to
pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on
behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, exempted limited
company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities
of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
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"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its
corporate trust matters.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any 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:
(1) any corporation or company a majority of whose
Capital Stock with voting power, under ordinary
circumstances, to elect directors is, at the date of
determination, directly or indirectly, owned by such
Person (a "subsidiary"), by one or more subsidiaries
of such Person or by such Person and one or more
subsidiaries of such Person;
(2) a partnership in which such Person or a subsidiary of
such Person is, at the date of determination, a
general partner of such partnership; or
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(3) any partnership, limited liability company or other
Person in which such Person, a subsidiary of such
Person or such Person and one or more subsidiaries of
such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of
determination, has (x) at least a majority ownership
interest or (y) the power to elect or appoint or
direct the election or appointment of the managing
partner or member of such Person or, if applicable, a
majority of the directors or other governing body of
such Person.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
amended and in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed,
except as provided in Section 905.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities which 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 to the timely
payment of principal and interest as a full faith and credit obligation by the
United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable
at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company which is a member of the Federal Reserve
System and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as
custodian with respect to any such obligation evidenced by such depository
receipt or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt;
PROVIDED that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the obligation
set forth in (i) or (ii) above or the specific payment of interest on or
principal of such obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
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SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with and, where appropriate as to matters of law, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, such
Person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
condition or covenant has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified
by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that
all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters,
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and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or
several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters is erroneous. Any certificate of counsel or Opinion
of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in
the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing; 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 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument
or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may be proved in
accordance with such reasonable
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rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in any reasonable
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the
Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance
a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding Trust Indenture Act
Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or
pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the
date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection
therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a
record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act maybe given before or after such record date, but
only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the
requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such
record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent
by such Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall
become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than
eleven months after the record date.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
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(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, 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, to the attention of the general counsel of the Company.
SECTION 106. 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, and not earlier than the earliest
date, 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 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 case 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 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture
by any of the provisions of the
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Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision shall control.
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The article and section headings herein and the table of
contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the 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 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
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) 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, PROVIDED that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after
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est Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 114. REFERENCES TO CURRENCY.
All references in this Indenture to "dollars" or "$" are to
the currency of the United States of America.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the
forms established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from
time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section
301, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and any
indenture supplemental hereto, 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 securities
regulatory authority or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
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.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication required by this
article shall be in substantially the form set forth below.
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"This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By "
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN THE FORM OF A GLOBAL SECURITY.
(a) If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Sections 201 and
301 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute
and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 303 and the Company Order
delivered to the Trustee thereunder, authenticate and deliver, such Global
Security or Securities, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in
an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Outstanding Securities
of such series to be represented by such Global Security or Securities, (ii)
shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or its custodian or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction and (iv)
shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: "UNLESS AND UNTIL IT
IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED
HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE (I) BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR (II) BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR THE DEPOSITARY TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX) TO THE
ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN."
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of
Section 305, unless the terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global
Security to be exchanged in whole
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or in part for individual Securities, a Global Security may be transferred, in
whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 305, only to another
nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or to a successor Depositary
for such Global Security selected or approved by the Issuer or to a nominee of
such successor Depositary.
(c) (i) If at any time the Depositary for a Global Security
notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for
such Global Security or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities for
such series shall no longer be eligible or in good standing under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the
Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global
Security. If a successor Depositary for such Global Security is not appointed by
the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware
of such ineligibility, the Issuer will execute a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of individual Securities of such series in exchange
for such Global Security, and the Trustee, upon receipt of such Company Order,
will authenticate and deliver individual Securities of such series of like tenor
and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global Security.
(ii) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or an event shall have occurred which with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities represented by such Global Security, the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities of
such series in exchange for such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver
individual Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security in exchange for such Global Security.
(iii) The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion
determine that the Securities of any series issued or issuable in the form of
one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global
Security or Securities. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee,
upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
individual Securities of such series in exchange in whole or in part for such
Global Security, will authenticate and deliver individual Securities of such
series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the
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principal amount of such Global Security or Securities representing such series
to be so exchanged for such Global Security or Securities.
(iv) If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 301 with
respect to Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global Security, the
Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in
exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities of such series of like
tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuer
and such Depositary. Thereupon the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (1) to each Person specified
by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor
and terms and of any authorized denomination of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
(2) to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in a
denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of
the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities
delivered to Holders thereof.
(v) In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding four
paragraphs, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and
deliver individual Securities in definitive registered form in authorized
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Upon the exchange of
a Global Security for individual Securities, such Global Security shall be
cancelled by the Trustee. Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
pursuant to this section shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the persons
in whose names such Securities are so registered.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There
shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an
Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 203, 304, 305, 306, 906
or 1107);
(2) the issue price, expressed as a percentage of the
aggregate principal amount;
(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, if any, the date or dates from which such interest
shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on the
Interest Payment Date;
(5) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(6) the period of periods within which, the price or prices or
ratios at which and the terms and conditions
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upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, converted or
exchanged, in whole or in part;
(7) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series
shall be issuable;
(8) if other than the full principal amount, the portion of
the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which will be
payable upon declaration of acceleration or provable in bankruptcy;
(9) any events of default not set forth in this Indenture;
(10) the currency or currencies, including composite
currencies, in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on such Securities shall be payable (if other
than the currency of the United States of America), which unless
otherwise specified shall be the currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public
or private debts;
(11) if the principal of (and premium, if any), or interest,
if any, on such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the
Company or any Holder thereof, in a coin or currency other than that in
which such Securities are stated to be payable, then the period or
periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such
election may be made;
(12) whether interest will be payable in cash or additional
Securities at the Company's or the Holders' option and the terms and
conditions upon which the election may be made;
(13) if such Securities are to be denominated in a currency or
currencies, including composite currencies, other than the currency of
the United States of America, the equivalent price in the currency of
the United States of America for purposes of determining the voting
rights of Holders of such Securities as Outstanding Securities under
this Indenture;
(14) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium,
if any), or portions thereof, or interest, if any, on such Securities
may be determined with reference
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to an index, formula or other method based on a coin or currency other
than that in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the manner
in which such amounts shall be determined;
(15) any restrictive covenants or other material terms
relating to the offered debt securities, which covenants and terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture;
(16) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in
whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities; the
terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or
Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual
Securities; and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities;
(17) any listing of such Securities on any securities
exchange;
(18) additional or alternative provisions, if any, related to
defeasance and discharge of the offered debt securities;
(19) the applicability of any guarantees;
(20) if convertible into Ordinary Shares, the terms on which
such Securities are convertible, including the initial conversion
price, the conversion period, any events requiring an adjustment of the
applicable conversion price and any requirements relating to the
reservation of such Ordinary Shares for purposes of conversion;
(21) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the
Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events
as may be specified;
(22) each initial Place of Payment; and
(23) any other terms of the series, which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture.
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 such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate
or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
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If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the 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
Securities of any series.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered
form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated
by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions 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 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
its chairman of the Board of Directors, a vice chairman, its president or one of
its vice presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its
secretary or one of its assistant secretaries. 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 by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the
Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301, or by one or more indentures supplemental hereto as
provided by Section 901, 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 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
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(a) that such form has been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(b) that such terms have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(c) that this Indenture and 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 conveyance, reorganization and other
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights and to general equity principles;
(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution
and delivery by the Company of the Securities have been complied with;
and
(e) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
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 affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication
unless otherwise provided by the terms established and contemplated by Section
301.
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 and is entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
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Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued 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
will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such
series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities
of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for
that series, 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 a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations.
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.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
The Company shall cause to be kept at one of its offices or
agencies maintained pursuant to Section 1002 or 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
Section 203 and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities.
The Trustee initially is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose
of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. The
Company may act as Security Registrar and may change or appoint a Security
Registrar without prior notice to Holders or to the Trustee.
Subject to Section 203, upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of
Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the
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name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and tenor.
Subject to Section 203, 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 a like aggregate principal amount
and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Subject to Section 203, all Securities issued upon any
registration or transfer or exchange of Securities shall be 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.
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 203, 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any
transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption (under Section
1103) and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed
in part.
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SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee
(i)(A) any mutilated Security or (B) evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to hold each of them and any agent of either of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for such mutilated
Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this
section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for
such mutilated Security, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
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
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(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 its election in each
case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each 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 mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it
appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been 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).
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(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 lawfully delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer
of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Subject to Section 203, 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 premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on
such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled
by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Securities cancelled as provided in this section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall destroy cancelled Securities and
deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company.
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SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for the Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 12 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to (i) any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein
expressly provided for, (ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive payments of
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Securities, and other
rights, duties and obligations of the Holders as beneficiaries hereof with
respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee, (iii) remaining
obligations of the Company to make mandatory sinking fund payments and (iv) the
rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee,
at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of
Securities, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities of such series which have been mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii)
Securities of such series for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and
held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation
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(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their
Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii)
above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose
(i) money in dollars in an amount (or if the
Securities are denominated in any currency other than
dollars, an amount of the applicable currency), or
(ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the
payment of interest and principal in respect thereof
in accordance with their terms will provide not later
than one day before the due date of any payment
referred to in clause (A) of this subparagraph money
in an amount, or (iii) 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, (A) to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which
have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) if all series of Securities are being discharged, the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee
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under Section 607, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Subclause (B) of clause (1) of this section, the obligations of the
Trustee under Section 402 and the next to last paragraph of Section 1003, shall
survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the next to last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 403 or 404 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S.
Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 403 or 404
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of
the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through
any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and
premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited
with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or
analogous payments as contemplated by Section 403 or 404, but such money need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee
against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S.
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 403 or 404, or the interest
and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by
or on behalf of Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time
to time upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or money held by it
as provided in Section 403 or 404 which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount
thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for
which such obligations or money were deposited or received.
SECTION 403. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
The Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the
entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities on the 91st day after the
date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) of this section, and the
provisions of this
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Indenture, as it relates to such Outstanding Securities, shall no longer be in
effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall at Company
Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:
(a) the rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the
trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on the Outstanding Securities on the
Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or
interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments
applicable to the Securities on the day on which such payments are due
and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the
Securities;
(b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities
under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003; and
(c) the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under
Section 607,
PROVIDED that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(d) the Company has or caused to be irrevocably deposited
(except as provided in Section 402) with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, (i) money in dollars in
an amount (or if the Securities are denominated in any currency other
than dollars, an amount of the applicable currency), or (ii) U.S.
Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and
principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will
provide not later than one day before the due date of any payment
referred to in clause (A) or (B) of this subparagraph money in an
amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee,
to pay and discharge (A) the principal of (and premium, if any) and
each installment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
the Outstanding Securities on the Stated Maturity of such principal or
installment of principal or interest or on the applicable Redemption
Date and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the
Securities on the day
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on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture and of the Securities;
(e) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to
the Securities to have a conflicting interest for purposes of the Trust
Indenture Act with respect to the Securities;
(f) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any applicable laws, this Indenture or
any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound;
(g) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of
time would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or
during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(h) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate as to solvency and the absence of any intent of preferring
the Holders over any other creditors of the Company; and
(i) if the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) of this
section is to be made on or prior to one year from the Stated Maturity
for payment of principal of the Outstanding Securities, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel with no material
qualifications or a favorable ruling of the Internal Revenue Service,
in either case to the effect that Holders of the Securities will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the
same times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and
discharge had not occurred.
SECTION 404. DEFEASANCE OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS.
If this section is specified to be applicable to Securities of
any series, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition
set forth in the sections of this Indenture or such Security with respect to the
Securities of that series ("Covenant Defeasance") if:
(1) with reference to this section, the Company has deposited
or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the
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Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for,
and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities
of that series, (i) money in dollars in an amount (or if the Securities
are denominated in any currency other than dollars, an amount of the
applicable currency), or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through
the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance
with their terms will provide not later than one day before the due
date of any payment referred to in clause (A) or (B) of this
subparagraph money in an amount, or (iii) 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 and discharge (A) the
principal of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of
that series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of
principal or interest and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments or
analogous payments applicable to Securities of such series on the day
on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms
of the Indenture and of such Securities;
(2) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest for
purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of
any series;
(3) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate as to solvency and the absence of any intent of preferring
the Holders over any other creditors of the Company;
(5) if the deposit referred to in subparagraph (1) of this
section is to be made on or prior to one year from the Stated Maturity
for payment of principal of the Outstanding Securities, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel with no material
qualifications or a favorable ruling of the Internal Revenue Service,
in either case to the effect that Holders of the Securities will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such deposit and
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defeasance of certain obligations and will be subject to federal income
tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times, as
would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not
occurred; and
(6) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated
by this section have been complied with.
In the event the Company effects Covenant Defeasance with
respect to any Securities and such Securities are declared due and payable
because of the occurrence of any Event of Default, other than an Event of
Default with respect to any covenant as to which there has been Covenant
Defeasance, the U.S. Government Obligations on deposit with the Trustee will be
sufficient to pay amounts due on such Securities at the time of the Stated
Maturity but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on such Securities at the
time of the acceleration resulting from such Event of Default.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default" (except as otherwise specified or
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) wherever used herein
with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events:
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security
of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such
default for a period of 60 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when
and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
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(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any material
covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a
covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this section specifically dealt with or which has
expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of
series of Securities other than that series) for a period of 60 days
after there has been given, and continuance of such by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is
a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or
order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any
applicable law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any
such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement
of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by it to the filing
of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admis-
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sion by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due and its willingness to have a case commenced against it
or to seek an order for relief under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law or the taking of corporate action by
the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default expressly provided with respect
to Securities of that series.
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY: RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
resulting from bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization) with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then
in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal
amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee
if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or
specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
In the case of an Event of Default resulting from bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization, which occurs and is continuing with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, then all unpaid principal of
and accrued interest on all such Outstanding Securities of that series shall
become immediately due and payable without any notice or other action on the
part of the Trustee or the Holders of any Securities of such series.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with
respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or
decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as
hereinafter in this article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
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(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that
series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than
by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee hereunder and all sums due the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee under Section 607;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of
that series which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any
Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent
that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any
overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue in-
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terest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 607.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may
institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities
and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided
by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such
Securities, wherever situated.
If any Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of
such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or
other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in
respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as
may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
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ments and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the
Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this article
shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal
(or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the
notation
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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 and each
predecessor Trustee under Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the 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 premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the Company.
SECTION 507. 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;
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it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such
Holders.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND
INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the
Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. 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 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
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concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any
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 any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders,
as the case may be.
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series (or if more than one series is affected
thereby, of all series so affected, voting as a single class) shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture, expose the Trustee to personal liability or
be unduly prejudicial to holders not joining therein, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the
Trustee to take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
this article cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any
Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any
right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party
litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that
such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant;
but the provisions of this section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities 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 Securities on or after the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date). This Section 514 shall be in lieu of Section 315(e)
of the TIA and such Section 315(e) is hereby expressly excluded from this
Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 515. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law and covenants that it
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will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of any series,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture with respect to such series, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture;
but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by
any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine
the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred with respect to
Securities of any series and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to such series
of Securities, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit
the effect of Subsection (a) of this section;
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(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error or
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless
it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series,
determined as provided in Section 512, relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers,
if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability
of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
this section.
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail
to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any
sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of
directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of
such series; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that in the case of any default
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of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after
the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this section, the term "default"
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any Board Resolution, resolution, Officers'
Certificate, certificate, statement, instrument, Opinion of Counsel,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request
or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
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might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
SECTION 604. 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 their correctness.
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 Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any
other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 612, may
otherwise deal with, and collect obligations owed to it by, the Company with the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
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SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder
except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by it in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its own negligence or
bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor
Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder and the performance of
its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the
extent any such loss, liability or expense is due to its own negligence
or bad faith.
To ensure the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this section, the Trustee shall have a senior claim to which the
Securities are hereby made subordinate upon all property and funds held or
collected by the Trustee as such, except property and funds held in trust for
the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on particular
Securities.
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SECTION 608. DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
The Trustee shall comply with the terms of Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall 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 exercise corporate trust powers having (or, in the case of the
subsidiary of a bank holding company that guarantees the obligations of the
Trustee under this Indenture, such holding company's parent shall have) a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation or holding
company parent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law
or the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation
or holding company parent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus
as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this article.
SECTION 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this article shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to
the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially
contemporaneous with the resignation, then the notice called for
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by the first sentence of this subsection may be combined with the
instrument called for by Section 611.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered
to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608
after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for
any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by
a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any
such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with
the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee
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with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee
so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent
supersede the successor appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the
Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee;
but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the
retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
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(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of
such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment
of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in
and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section, as the case may be.
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(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless
at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this article.
SECTION 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate
trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of 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 613. 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). A trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to the Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a) to the
extent provided therein.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of each series
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(a) semi-annually, not more than fifteen days after each
Regular Record Date, or, in the case of any series of Securities on
which semi-annual interest is not payable, not more than fifteen days
after such semi-annual dates as may be specified by the Trustee, a
list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names
and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date or such
semi-annual date, as the case may be, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no
such list need be furnished.
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most
recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names
and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as
"applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee
reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of
at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application
states that the applicants' desire to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is
accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such
applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business
Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a),
or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of
Holders whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved
at the time by the Trustee in accor-
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dance with Section 702(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to
such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any,
specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants
access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and address appear in the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a) a copy of
the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request,
with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be
mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses
of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to
such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the
material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of
the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interest of the Holders
or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify
the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing
upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an
order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an
order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find,
after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained
have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail
copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the
entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall
be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the
Holders in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable
by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section
702(b).
(d) Subject to Sections 702(a), 702(b), 702(c) and 601, if the
Company or any other person (other than the Trustee) shall desire to communicate
with Holders of Securities to solicit or obtain from them any proxy, consent,
authorization, waiver, approval of a plan of reorganization, arrangement or
readjustment or other action ("Holder Action"), the Trustee
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shall have no duty to participate in such communication or solicitation or the
processing of responses in any manner except (i) to furnish the rules and
regulations and to perform the functions referred to in Section 104 and (ii) to
receive (A) the instruments evidencing the Holder Action together with (B) the
Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel referred to below. The Company
hereby covenants that any and all communications and solicitations distributed
by it in connection with any Holder Action will comply in all material respects
with applicable law, including without limitation applicable law concerning
adequacy of disclosure. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for the
accuracy or completeness of any materials circulated to solicit any Holder
Action nor for any related communications nor for the compliance thereof with
applicable law. No Holder Action shall become effective until the Trustee shall
have received from the Company or other person who solicited the Holder Action
(1) the instruments evidencing such Holder Action (2) (x) (in the case of Holder
Action solicited by the Company or the representative of the Company's estate if
the Company is the debtor in any bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding) an
Officers' Certificate and (y) (in all cases) an Opinion of Counsel, each
specifying the Holder Action taken and stating that such Holder Action has been
duly and validly taken in compliance with this Indenture in all material
respects. Such Officers' Certificate, if any, shall also certify that (after
giving effect to such Holder Action) no Event of Default or event or condition
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or has not been waived.
(e) The Depositary may grant proxies and otherwise authorize
its participants which own the Global Securities to give or take any Act which a
Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Depositary has delivered a list of such participants to the Trustee.
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with
the first May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall
transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, a brief report dated as of such May 15, to the extent
required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b) and 313(c)
of the Trust Indenture Act.
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(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed
on any stock exchange.
SECTION 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY.
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 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) which the Company may
be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the
Company is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of said sections, then it shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may
be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 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; and
(2) 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
of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules
and regulations.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 801. WHEN COMPANY MAY MERGE OR TRANSFER ASSETS.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into
any other person (other than a Subsidiary) or convey, transfer, sell or lease
its properties and assets substantially
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as an entirety to any person (other than a Subsidiary), permit any person (other
than a Subsidiary) to consolidate with or merge into the Company, or permit any
person (other than a Subsidiary) to convey, transfer, sell or lease that
person's properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company,
unless:
(1) either (a) the Company shall be the surviving person or
(b) the person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation
or into which the Company is merged or the person which acquires by
conveyance, transfer or lease the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety is an entity organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America (including any State thereof
or the District of Columbia), the United Kingdom, the Cayman Islands,
Bermuda or any country which is, on the date of this Indenture, a
member of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development or
the European Union and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the
Company under the Securities and this Indenture;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be
continuing; and
(3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer, sale or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is
required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture, comply with this Section 801 and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
satisfied.
The successor person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the successor person to which such conveyance,
transfer, sale or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the
same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company herein; and
thereafter, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and the Securities. Subject to Section 903, the Company,
the Trustee and the successor person shall enter into a supplemental indenture
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to evidence the succession and substitution of such successor person and such
discharge and release of the Company.
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS & SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Securities without the consent of any Holder, so long as such
changes, other than those in clause (2), do not materially and adversely affect
the interests of the Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to make any modifications or amendments that do not, in
the good faith opinion of the Company's Board of Directors and the Trustee,
adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect;
(3) to provide for the assumption of the Company's obligations
under this Indenture by a successor upon any merger, consolidation or asset
transfer as permitted by and in compliance with Article Eight of this Indenture;
(4) to provide any security for or guarantees of the
Securities;
(5) to add Events of Default with respect to the Securities;
or
(6) to add to the Company's covenants for the benefit of the
Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company by this
Indenture;
(7) to make any change necessary for the registration of the
Securities under the Securities Act or to comply with the TIA, or any amendment
thereto, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the
qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, provided that such modification or
amendment does not, in the good faith opinion of the Company's
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Board of Directors and the Trustee, adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of the Securities in any material respect; or
(8) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or
in place of certificated Securities or to provide for bearer Securities; or
(9) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to
principal, and with or without interest coupons; or
(10) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective
only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of
such provision; or
(11) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(12) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
611(b).
SECTION 902. AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the written consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding
of all series affected by such amendment or supplement (taken together as one
class), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at
any time and from time to time, may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Securities. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment
to this Indenture or the Securities may not:
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(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or any installment of interest with respect to the Securities;
(2) reduce the principal amount of, or the rate of interest
on, or any premium payable upon the redemption of, the Securities;
(3) change the currency of payment of principal of or interest
on the Securities;
(4) change the redemption provisions, if any, of any
Securities in any manner adverse to the holders of such Securities;
(5) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any payment on or with respect to the Securities;
(6) reduce the above-stated percentage of Holders of the
Securities of any series necessary to modify or amend this Indenture;
(7) if the Securities are convertible, adversely affect the
right to convert the Securities into Ordinary Shares in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(8) modify or change any provision of this Indenture or the
related definitions affecting the ranking of the Securities in any manner which
adversely affects the Holders; and
(9) modify the foregoing requirements or reduce the percentage
of Outstanding Securities necessary to waive any covenant or past default.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of the Holders under
this Section 902 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act approves the
substance thereof.
After an amendment or supplemental indenture under this
Section 902 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to each Holder a notice
briefly describing the amendment or supplemental indenture.
An amendment or supplemental indenture which changes or
eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly
been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of
Securities, or which modifies the
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rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized
pursuant to this article if the amendment contained therein does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does,
the Trustee may, but need not, sign such supplemental indenture. In executing,
or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by
this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this
article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and
every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this article
shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the
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Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each
series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance
with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. At the option of the
Company, payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest may be made by
wire transfer or (subject to collection) by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear in the Security
Register.
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any
series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that
series and this Indenture may be served. The Company hereby initially appoints
the Trustee its office or agency for each of said purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the
Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain
an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for
such purposes. The Company will
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give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent
with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of
that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest
so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for
any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit
with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any)
or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of
Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of this section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment on the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of
any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series; and
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(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which 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.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest
has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or
(if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look, only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee
or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be mailed or published once, in a
newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the City, County and State of New
York, or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will
be repaid to the Company.
The Company shall have no obligation to make payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security in immediately
available funds, except that if the Company shall have received original payment
for Securities in immediately available funds it shall make available
immediately available funds for payment of the principal of such Securities.
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SECTION 1004. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or
franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and
that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Holders.
SECTION 1005. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company will use its reasonable efforts to cause all
material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be
maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (subject to wear
and tear) and supplied with all necessary material equipment and will use its
reasonable efforts to cause to be made all necessary material repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of
the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that nothing in this section shall prevent the Company from
discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such
discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of
its business and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1006. STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, a
certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or
principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not to the best
knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance
and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture,
and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the
nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
SECTION 1007. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with
any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 1006 if before or after
the time for such compliance the
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Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
(taken together as one class) shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term,
provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of
the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their
Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any
series) in accordance with this article.
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at
least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be
redeemed, such notice to be accompanied by a written statement signed by an
authorized officer of the Company stating that no defaults in the payment of
interest or Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series have
occurred (which have not been waived or cured). In the case of any redemption of
Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance
with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be
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selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from
the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption,
by such method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection or redemption of portions
(equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or
any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such
series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities
shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than 45 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address
appearing in the Security Register. Any notice which is mailed in the manner
herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether
or not such Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any
defect in the notice to any such Holder in respect of any Security, shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and any accrued interest,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed,
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(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and any
accrued interest will become due and payable upon each such Security to
be redeemed together with accrued interest thereon and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued
interest,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case, and
(7) the CUSIP number and, if applicable, the ISIN number, of
the Securities being redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount
of money, in funds immediately available on the due date, sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed
on that date.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the
Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified together with accrued interest
thereon, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the
payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall
cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in
accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered
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as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any)
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
The Trustee shall not redeem any Securities of any series
pursuant to this article (unless all Outstanding Securities of such series are
to be redeemed) or mail or give any notice of redemption of Securities during
the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee with
respect to such series, except that, where the mailing of notice of redemption
of any Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or
cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall have received from
the Company a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except as aforesaid, any
moneys theretofore or thereafter received by the Trustee shall, during the
continuance of such Event of Default, be deemed to have been collected under
Article Five and held for the payment of all such Securities of such series. In
case such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in Section 513 or
the default cured on or before the sixtieth day preceding the Redemption Date,
such moneys shall thereafter be applied in accordance with the provisions of
this article.
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security
without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
SECTION 1108. PURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF THE HOLDER UPON A CHANGE IN
CONTROL.
(a) If a Change in Control occurs, the Securities shall be
purchased by the Company, at the option of the Holder thereof, at the purchase
price specified in the subject Securi-
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ties on the Change in Control Purchase Date (the "Change in Control Purchase
Price"), as of the date that is 45 days after the date of the Change in Control
Purchase Notice (as defined below in Section 1108(c)) delivered by the Company
(the "Change in Control Purchase Date"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf
of the Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 1108(c).
Subject to conditions specified in the subject Securities, a
"Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time after the
Securities are originally issued as either of the following events shall occur:
(i) any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be
a "person" under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, acquires
beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase,
merger or other acquisition transaction or series of transactions, of
shares of the Company's Capital Stock entitling the person to exercise
50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the Company's
Capital Stock that are entitled to vote generally in elections of
directors, other than an acquisition by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of its employee benefit plans and other than any
transaction contemplated by clause (a)(ii)(B) of this Section 1108; or
(ii) the Company merges or consolidates with or into any other
person (other than a Subsidiary), any merger of another person (other
than a Subsidiary) into the Company, or the Company conveys, sells,
transfers or leases all or substantially all of its assets to another
person (other than a Subsidiary), other than any transaction: (A) that
does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or
cancellation of the Company's outstanding Ordinary Shares (other than
the cancellation of any of the Company's outstanding Ordinary Shares
held by the person with whom the Company merges or consolidates), or
(B) pursuant to which the holders of the Company's Ordinary Shares
immediately prior to the transaction have the entitlement to exercise,
directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of all
shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after
the transaction, or (C) which is effected solely to change the
Company's jurisdiction of incorporation and results in a
reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding Ordinary Shares
solely into shares of common stock of the surviving entity.
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However, a Change in Control will not be deemed to have
occurred if either
(A) in the case of debt securities that are convertible into Ordinary
Shares of the Company, the closing price for the Company's outstanding Ordinary
Shares for any five trading days within the period of 10 consecutive trading
days ending immediately after the later of the Change in Control or the public
announcement of the Change in Control, in the case of a Change in Control
relating to an acquisition of Capital Stock, or the period of 10 consecutive
trading days ending immediately before the Change in Control, in the case of a
Change in Control relating to a merger, consolidation or asset sale, equals or
exceeds 105% of the average of the closing prices for such convertible debt
securities on each of such trading days or (B) all of the consideration
(excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant
to dissenters' appraisal rights) in a merger or consolidation otherwise
constituting a Change in Control under clause (i) and/or clause (ii) above
consists of shares of common stock traded on a national securities exchange or
quoted on the Nasdaq National Market (or will be so traded or quoted immediately
following the merger or consolidation).
At least three Business Days before the Change in Control
Notice Date (as defined below), the Company shall deliver an Officers'
Certificate to the Trustee specifying:
(i) the manner of payment selected by the Company;
(ii) the information required by Section 1108(b);
(iii) the form of consideration to be used to pay the Change in
Control Purchase Price and, if such consideration is not cash, that the
conditions to such manner of payment set forth in this Indenture and
the supplemental indenture hereto governing such Securities have been
or will be complied with; and
(iv) whether the Company desires the Trustee to give the
Change in Control Notice required by Section 1108(b).
(b) No later than 30 days after the occurrence of a Change in
Control, the Company shall mail a written notice of the Change in Control (the
"Change in Control Notice," the date of such mailing, the "Change in Control
Notice Date") by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to
beneficial owners as required by applicable law). The notice shall in-
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clude a form of Change in Control Purchase Notice to be completed by the Holder
and shall state:
(1) briefly, the nature of the Change in Control and the date of
such Change in Control;
(2) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice
pursuant to this Section 1108 must be given;
(3) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(4) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(5) the name and address of the Paying Agent and, if applicable,
the conversion agent;
(6) if applicable, the then existing conversion rate and any
adjustments thereto;
(7) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent
to collect payment;
(8) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Security
as to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been
duly given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following
the later of the Change in Control Purchase Date and the
time of surrender of such Security as described in (7);
(9) briefly, the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise
rights under this Section 1108;
(10) briefly, the conversion rights, if any, of the Securities;
(11) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control Purchase
Notice;
(12) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such
Change in Control Purchase Price, interest, if any, on
Securities surrendered for purchase by the Company will
cease to accrue on and after the Change in Control Purchase
Date; and
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(13) the CUSIP number(s) and, if applicable, the ISIN number(s),
of the Securities.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be
given by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
(c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section
1108(a) upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control
Purchase Notice") to the Paying Agent at any time on or prior to the 30th day
after the date the Company delivers its written Change in Control Purchase
Notice, stating:
(1) the certificate number of the Security which the Holder will
deliver to be purchased;
(2) the portion of the principal amount of the Security which
the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must
be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(3) that such Security shall be purchased pursuant to the terms
and conditions specified in the Securities.
The delivery of such Security to the Paying Agent with the
Change in Control Purchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) at
the offices of the Paying Agent shall be a condition to the receipt by the
Holder of the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section
1108 only if the Security so delivered to the Paying Agent shall conform in all
material respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Change in
Control Purchase Notice.
The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant
to this Section 1108, a portion of a Security if the principal amount at
maturity of such portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions
of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to
the purchase of such portion of such Security.
Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 1108 shall be consummated by the delivery of the
consideration to be received by the Holder on the Change of Control Purchase
Date.
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(d) PROCEDURE UPON PURCHASE. The Company shall deposit the
consideration to be received by the Holder specified in Section 1108 at the time
and in the manner as provided in Section 1110, sufficient to pay the aggregate
Change in Control Purchase Price of all Securities to be purchased pursuant to
this Section 1108.
(e) TAXES. If a Holder of a purchased Security is paid in
Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Section 1108, the Company shall pay all, stamp
and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United States or any
political subdivision thereof or taxing authority thereof or therein with
respect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares. However, the Holder shall pay any
such tax which is due because the Holder requests the Ordinary Shares to be
issued in a name other than the Holder's name. The Paying Agent may refuse to
deliver the certificates representing the Ordinary Shares being issued in a name
other than the Holder's name until the Paying Agent receives a sum sufficient to
pay any tax which will be due because the Ordinary Shares are to be issued in a
name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein shall preclude any income tax
withholding required by law or regulations.
SECTION 1109. EFFECT OF PURCHASE NOTICE OR CHANGE IN CONTROL PURCHASE NOTICE.
Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Change in Control
Purchase Notice specified in Section 1108(c) the Holder of the Security in
respect of which such Change in Control Purchase Notice was given shall (unless
such Change in Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the
following two paragraphs) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change in
Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Change in Control
Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipts of funds and/or
securities by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of (x) the Change
in Control Purchase Date with respect to such Security (provided the conditions
in Section 1108(c) have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such
Security to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by
Section 1108(c).
A Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means
of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in
accordance with the Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to the
close of business on the last day prior to the Change in Control Purchase Date
specifying:
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(1) the certificate number of the Security in respect of which
such notice of withdrawal is being submitted or the
appropriate Depositary procedures if Certificated Securities
have been issued,
(2) the principal amount of the Security with respect to which
such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and
(3) the principal amount, if any, of such Security which remains
subject to the original Change in Control Purchase Notice
and which has been or will be delivered for purchase by the
Company.
SECTION 1110. DEPOSIT OF CHANGE IN CONTROL PURCHASE PRICE.
Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day
following the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and
hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of cash (in immediately
available funds if deposited on such Business Day) and/or other consideration,
if permitted hereunder, under a supplemental indenture or the Securities,
sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control Purchase Price of all the
Securities or portions thereof which are to be purchased as of the Change in
Control Purchase Date.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this article shall be applicable to any
sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund 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
"op-
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tional 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 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series
(other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any 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 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 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date
for any series of Securities, the Company (1) will deliver to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate (A) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or
Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series have occurred (which
have not been waived or cured), (B) specifying the amount of the next ensuing
sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of Securities of that
series, (C) stating whether or not the Company intends to exercise its right, if
any, to make an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series on the
next ensuing sinking fund payment date and, if so, specifying the amount of such
optional sinking fund payment and (D) specifying the portion of such sinking
fund payment, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the
portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and (2) will also 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 Se-
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curities of such series to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in
the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof
to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner
provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of
such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in
Sections 1105, 1106 and 1107. Failure of the Company, on or before any such 60th
day, to deliver such Officers' Certificate and Securities specified in this
section, if any, shall not constitute a default but shall constitute, on and as
of such date, the irrevocable election of the Company (a) that the mandatory
sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or
credit Securities of such series in respect thereof and (b) that the Company
will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to Securities of such
series as provided in this article.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any
Security of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption
of Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund during the
continuance of a default in payment of interest on such Securities or of any
Event of Default with respect to such series except that, where the mailing of
notice of redemption of any Securities shall therefore have been made, the
Trustee shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it
shall have received from the Company a sum sufficient for such redemption.
Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time
when any such default or Event of Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter
paid into the sinking fund, shall, during the continuance of such default or
Event of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article Five and held
for the payment of all such Securities of such series. In case such Event of
Default shall have been waived as provided in Section 513 or the default cured
on or before the 60th day preceding the sinking fund payment date, such moneys
shall thereafter be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in
accordance with this section to the redemption of such Securities.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, XL CAPITAL LTD has caused this Indenture
to be duly executed as a deed the day and year first before written.
The common seal of )
XL CAPITAL LTD )
was hereunto )
affixed in the )
presence of )
/s/ Xxxxx X. X'Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. X'Xxxx
Title: President & Chief Executive Officer
Witness:
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President,
General Counsel & Secretary
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized,
has executed this Indenture as of the date first above written.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
