EXHIBIT 4.4
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Xxx Xxxxx Resources Funding Corp.
as Issuer
to
______________________________ ,
as Trustee
Unconditionally Guaranteed
by
Xxx Xxxxx, Inc.
as Guarantor
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SENIOR INDENTURE
Dated as of ____________, 200__
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PARTIES......................................................................................................... 1
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY......................................................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions............................................................................... 1
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions...................................................... 6
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.................................................... 7
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates............................................................. 7
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantor.......................................... 9
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver................................................................. 9
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act......................................................... 10
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.................................................. 10
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.................................................................... 10
Section 110. Separability Clause....................................................................... 10
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture..................................................................... 10
Section 112. Governing Law............................................................................. 10
Section 113. Legal Holidays............................................................................ 10
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally........................................................................... 11
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.................................................................. 11
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security............................................................... 12
Section 204. Form of Guarantee......................................................................... 17
Section 205. Form of Legend for Global Securities...................................................... 17
Section 206. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication........................................... 18
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series...................................................... 18
Section 302. Denominations............................................................................. 20
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating............................................ 21
Section 304. Temporary Securities...................................................................... 22
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange....................................... 22
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.......................................... 24
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved............................................ 24
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners..................................................................... 25
Section 309. Cancellation.............................................................................. 25
Section 310. Computation of Interest................................................................... 26
Section 311. Interest Act (Canada)..................................................................... 26
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture................................................... 26
Section 402. Application of Trust Money................................................................ 27
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default......................................................................... 27
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment........................................ 28
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee........................... 29
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.......................................................... 30
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities............................... 30
Section 506. Application of Money Collected............................................................ 31
Section 507. Limitation on Suits....................................................................... 31
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest................. 31
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies........................................................ 32
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative............................................................ 32
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.............................................................. 32
Section 512. Control by Holders........................................................................ 32
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults................................................................... 32
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs..................................................................... 33
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws................................................... 33
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities....................................................... 33
Section 602. Notice of Defaults........................................................................ 33
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee................................................................. 34
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.................................... 34
Section 605. May Hold Securities....................................................................... 35
Section 606. Money Held in Trust....................................................................... 35
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement............................................................ 35
Section 608. Conflicting Interests..................................................................... 35
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility................................................... 36
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor......................................... 36
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.................................................... 37
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business............................... 38
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and the Guarantor....................... 38
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent....................................................... 38
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders................................. 40
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.................................... 40
Section 703. Reports by Trustee........................................................................ 40
Section 704. Reports by Company and the Guarantor...................................................... 40
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms...................................... 41
Section 802. Successor Company Substituted............................................................. 41
Section 803. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.................................... 42
Section 804. Successor Guarantor Substituted........................................................... 42
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders........................................ 43
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders........................................... 44
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures...................................................... 45
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures......................................................... 45
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act....................................................... 45
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures........................................ 45
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest, and Additional Amounts, if any................ 45
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency........................................................... 46
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust......................................... 46
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default....................................................... 47
Section 1005. Existence................................................................................. 47
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties................................................................. 47
Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims......................................................... 48
Section 1008. Maintenance of Insurance.................................................................. 48
Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants............................................................... 48
Section 1010. Additional Amounts........................................................................ 48
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.................................................................. 49
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee..................................................... 49
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed......................................... 50
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption...................................................................... 50
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price............................................................... 51
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date..................................................... 51
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part............................................................... 52
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ARTICLE TWELVE
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
GUARANTEE
Section 1301. Unconditional Guarantee................................................................... 52
Section 1302. Execution of Guarantee.................................................................... 53
Section 1303. Subordination of Subrogation and Other Rights............................................. 53
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1501. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.............................. 53
Section 1502. Defeasance and Discharge.................................................................. 53
Section 1503. Covenant Defeasance....................................................................... 54
Section 1504. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance........................................... 54
Section 1505. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions.................................................................. 56
Section 1506. Reinstatement............................................................................. 56
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1601. Applicability of Article.................................................................. 56
Section 1602. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities..................................... 57
Section 1603. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund................................................. 57
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XXX XXXXX RESOURCES FUNDING CORP.
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
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Section 310 (a)(1) ............................................................................. 609
(a)(2) ............................................................................. 609
(a)(3) ............................................................................. Not Applicable
(a)(4) ............................................................................. Not Applicable
(b) ............................................................................. 608
............................................................................. 610
Section 311 (a) ............................................................................. 613
(b) ............................................................................. 613
Section 312 (a) ............................................................................. 701
............................................................................. 702
(b) ............................................................................. 702
(c) ............................................................................. 702
Section 313 (a) ............................................................................. 703
(b) ............................................................................. 703
(c) ............................................................................. 703
(d) ............................................................................. 703
Section 314 (a) ............................................................................. 704
(a)(4) ............................................................................. 101
............................................................................. 1004
(b) ............................................................................. Not Applicable
(c)(1) ............................................................................. 102
(c)(2) ............................................................................. 102
(c)(3) ............................................................................. Not Applicable
(d) ............................................................................. Not Applicable
(e) ............................................................................. 102
Section 315 (a) ............................................................................. 601
(b) ............................................................................. 602
(c) ............................................................................. 601
(d) ............................................................................. 601
(e) ............................................................................. 514
Section 316 (a) ............................................................................. 101
(a)(1)(A) ............................................................................. 502
............................................................................. 512
(a)(1)(B) ............................................................................. 513
(a)(2) ............................................................................. Not Applicable
(b) ............................................................................. 508
(c) ............................................................................. 104
Section 317 (a)(1) ............................................................................. 503
(a)(2) ............................................................................. 504
(b) ............................................................................. 1003
Section 318 (a) ............................................................................. 107
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of ____________, 200__, between Xxx Xxxxx Resources
Funding Corp., an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of Nova
Scotia, Canada having its principal office at 000 0xx Xxxxxx, X.X., 0xx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0, Xxxxxx (herein called the "Company"), Xxx Xxxxx, Inc.,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (herein called the "Guarantor") having its principal office at 000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, and
_______________________________, a _____________________, as Trustee (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.
The Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture and has agreed to guarantee the Securities pursuant to the terms
hereof.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company and the Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of 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;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, 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 this instrument;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference
to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case
may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 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; provided that direct or indirect beneficial ownership of 10% or more
of the Voting Stock of a Person shall be deemed to control.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company
or the Guarantor, as applicable, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act
for it in respect hereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as
applicable, to have been duly adopted by such Board of Directors and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock or
other equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or
limited, of such Person.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
the Company as the same exists at the date of execution and delivery of this
Indenture or other capital stock of the Company into which such Common Stock is
converted, reclassified or changed from time to time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in
the City of New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate
trust business shall be administered.
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The term "corporation" means a corporation, association, company,
joint-stock company, partnership or business trust.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1503.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1502.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary
for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 205 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
"Guarantee" means an unconditional unsecured senior guarantee of the
Securities given by the Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
"Guarantor" means the Person named as the "Guarantor" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Guarantor" shall mean such successor Person.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" has the meaning specified in
Section 607.
"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.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
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"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4).
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, of
the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee. The
officer signing the Company's Officer's Certificate given pursuant to Section
1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the
Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of legal counsel who shall
be acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to
the Company or the Guarantor.
"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:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or 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;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected
pursuant to Section 1502; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section
306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee
proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B)
if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a
Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case
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of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as
provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded 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, waiver or other
action, 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.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
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 any premium 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.
"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.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, at any date of determination, any
Subsidiary that represents 10% or more of the Company's total consolidated
assets at the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial
information is available or 10% or more of the Company's consolidated net
revenues or consolidated operating income for the most recent four quarters for
which financial information is available.
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"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" of any Person means (1) a corporation more than 50% of the
combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other Subsidiaries of
such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof or (2) any
other Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person, or one or more
other Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and one or more other
Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership
and power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"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.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1504.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Guarantor or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by
a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Voting Stock" of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person which
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing
similar functions) of such Person, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of securities has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means a Subsidiary of such
Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of
which (other than directors' qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by
such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by
such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the
Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or
the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each
such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officer's
Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company or the Guarantor, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or the
Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion
of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, stating that the information with
respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or the
Guarantor, as applicable, 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; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company or the
Guarantor. 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
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Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor,
if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or the
Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
The Company or the Guarantor may set any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided
that the Company or the Guarantor may not set a record date for, and the
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or
making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next
paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other
Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such action
shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Company or the Guarantor from setting a new record
date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to
this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Company or the Guarantor, at its own expense,
shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section
106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new
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record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set
pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect),
and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any
action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly
after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the
Company's expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company and the
Guarantor in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date
is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be
later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantor.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or the
Guarantor 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 Finance Trust Services, or
(2) the Company or the Guarantor 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, in
the case of either the Company or the Guarantor 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 or the Guarantor, as applicable.
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 (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency 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,
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but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 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 and the
Guarantor shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause
In case any provision in this Indenture, the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforce ability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture, the Guarantee or 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, the Guarantee and the Securities shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, purchase
date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place
of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states
that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or
principal (and
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premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may
be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the
same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or purchase date, or at the Stated Maturity.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series and the Guarantee shall be in
substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall
be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply
with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities
as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series
is established by action taken pursuant to 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 or the Guarantor, as applicable, 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 Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder.]
Xxx Xxxxx Resources Funding Corp.
___________________________________
No. _______ $ ________
Xxx Xxxxx Resources Funding Corp., an unlimited liability company
organized under the laws of Nova Scotia, Canada (herein called the "Company",
which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
______________________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
__________________________Dollars on ______________________________________ [if
the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert-- , and to pay
interest thereon from _____________ or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
____________ and ____________ in each year, commencing _________, at the rate of
____% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for
payment, provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of
interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to
the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from
the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for
payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular
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Record Date for such interest, which shall be the _______ or _______ (whether or
not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may
either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series
not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time
in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert --
The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue
principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate
of ______% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on
interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the
amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any
overdue interest shall be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in ____________, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the
option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
Xxx Xxxxx Resources Funding Corp.
By ______________________________
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of ____________, 200__ (herein called the
"Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in
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such instrument), between the Company, Xxx Xxxxx, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware, as guarantor (herein called the
"Guarantor") and _______________________________, as Trustee (herein called the
"Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and
reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company,
the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable,
insert -- , limited in aggregate principal amount to $___________].
All payments made by the Company under or with respect to the
Securities of this series and by the Guarantor under or with respect to the
Guarantee (the Issuer and the Guarantor being referred to for purposes of this
section "Additional Amounts" individually as an "Obligor" and collectively as
the "Obligors") will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or
deduction for or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost,
assessment or other governmental charge imposed or levied by or on behalf of the
Government of Canada or of any province or territory thereof or by any authority
or agency therein or thereof having power to tax (or the jurisdiction of
incorporation of any successor of any Obligor) (hereunder "Taxes"), unless the
applicable Obligor or any successor, as the case may be, is required to withhold
or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof by the
relevant governmental authority or agency. If any Obligor or any successor, as
the case may be, is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on
account of Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Securities
or the Guarantee, such Obligor will pay such additional amounts ("Additional
Amounts") as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each Holder
(including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be
less than the amount the Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been
withheld or deducted; provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable with
respect to a payment made to a Holder (an "Excluded Holder") in respect of a
beneficial owner (i) with which the Company does not deal at arm's length
(within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) at the time of making such
payment or (ii) which is subject to such Taxes by reason of its being connected
with Canada or any province or territory thereof otherwise than by the mere
acquisition, holding or disposition of the Securities or the receipt of payments
thereunder. The Obligors will also (i) make such withholding or deduction and
(ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant government
authority in accordance with applicable law. The Obligors will furnish to the
Holders, within 30 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant
to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment. The
Obligors will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder
(other than an Excluded Holder) and upon written request reimburse each such
Holder for the amount of (i) any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such
Holder as a result of payments made under or with respect to the Securities or
the Guarantee, (ii) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses)
arising therefrom or with respect thereto, and (iii) any Taxes imposed with
respect to any reimbursement under (i) or (ii) so that the net amount received
by such Holder after such reimbursement will not be less than the net amount the
Holder would have received if Taxes on such reimbursement had not been imposed.
At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with
respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the Company will be obligated
to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the Company will deliver
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating the fact that such Additional
Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and will set forth such other
information necessary to enable such Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to
Holders on the payment date. Whenever this Indenture mentions, in any context,
the payment of principal (and premium, if any), redemption price, interest or
any other amount payable under or with respect to any Security, such mention
shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the
extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable
in respect thereof.
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The Company will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that
arise in any jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, enforcement or
registration of the Securities or any other document or instrument in relation
thereto, or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Securities,
excluding such taxes, charges or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction
outside of Canada, the jurisdiction of incorporation of any successor of the
Company or any jurisdiction in which a paying agent is located, and has agreed
to indemnify the Holders for any such taxes paid by such Holders.
The foregoing obligations shall survive any termination, defeasance or
discharge of the Indenture and the payment of all amounts owing under or with
respect to this Security and the Guarantee.
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert --
(1) on ___________ in any year commencing with the year ______ and ending with
the year _______ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if
applicable, insert-- on or after ___________, 20__], as a whole or in part, at
the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert-- on or
before _______________, ___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period
beginning _____________ of the years indicated,
Year Redemption Price Year Redemption Price
---- ---------------- ---- ----------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ______% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ____________ in
any year commencing with the year ____ and ending with the year ____ through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if
applicable, insert-- on or after ____________], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning ____________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price For
Redemption Price For Redemption Otherwise Than
Redemption Through Operation Through Operation of the
Year of the Sinking Fund Sinking Fund
---- ---------------------------- -------------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the
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close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof,
all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
may not, prior to _____________, redeem any Securities of this series as
contemplated by [if applicable, insert -- Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph
as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application,
directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the
Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of
less than _____% per annum.]
The Securities of this series will also be subject to redemption as a
whole, but not in part, at the option of the Company at any time, on not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior written notice, at 100% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (if any) to the
redemption date, in the event that any Obligor (as defined in paragraph 2 above)
has become, or would become, obligated to pay, on the next day on which any
amount would be payable with respect to the Securities, any Additional Amounts
as a result of a change in the laws (including any regulations promulgated
thereunder)of Canada (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
or therein), or any change in any official position regarding the application or
interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change is announced or becomes
effective on or after the issuance date of the Securities; provided, however,
that (a) no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 60 days prior
to the earliest date on which such Obligor would be obligated to pay such
Additional Amounts if a payment of the Securities were then due, and (b) at the
time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay Additional
Amounts must remain in effect. Prior to any redemption of the Securities, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee or any paying agent an Officer's
Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and
setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the
right of redemption have occurred.
[If applicable, insert -- The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on ____________ in each year beginning with the year _______ and
ending with the year ______ of [if applicable, insert -- not less than $
_________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $ ________ aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable,
insert -- mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[if applicable, insert -- mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [if applicable, insert -- , in the inverse order in which they become
due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Indenture contains provisions for
Defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or]
[certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in
the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert --
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal,
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premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in
respect of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on
the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company or the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the
Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series,
to waive compliance by the Company or the Guarantor with certain provisions of
the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or
in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $ _______ and any integral multiple thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
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No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 204. Form of Guarantee.
GUARANTEE
For value received, the Guarantor, as principal obligor and not merely
as surety, hereby unconditionally guarantees on an unsecured senior basis to the
Holder of this Security and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns that
(a) the principal of, premium thereon (if any) and interest on this Security
will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any applicable grace period,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and interest
on the overdue principal and interest on any overdue interest on this Security
and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee
under the Indenture and the Securities will be promptly paid in full or
performed, all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (all the foregoing
being hereinafter collectively called the "Obligations"). The Guarantor further
agrees that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part,
without notice or further assent from the Company, and that the Company will
remain bound by Article Thirteen of the Indenture notwithstanding any extension
or renewal of any Obligation.
The obligations of the Guarantor to the Holder of this Security and to
the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth
in the Indenture to which reference is hereby made for the precise terms of such
obligations.
This Guarantee is dated the date of the Security upon which it is
endorsed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly
executed.
Xxx Xxxxx, Inc.
By __________________________
Name:
Title:
By __________________________
Name:
Title:
Section 205. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
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THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A
SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
Section 206. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
____________________________,
As Trustee
By ________________________
Authorized Signatory
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, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer's Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) [intentionally omitted];
(3) [intentionally omitted];
(4) 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 Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(5) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(6) the date or dates on which the principal of any
Securities of the series is payable;
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(7) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date;
(8) the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(9) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the
series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and,
if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the
Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(10) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon
which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or
in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(11) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(12) if the amount of principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(13) if other than the currency of the United States of
America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or
any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the
manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United
States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of
"Outstanding" in Section 101;
(14) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the
Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or
those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or
interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable,
the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election
is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount
shall be determined);
(15) if other than the entire principal amount thereof,
the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502;
(16) if the principal amount payable at the Stated
Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one
or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to
be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose
thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be
due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in
any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount
shall be determined);
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(17) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in
whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1502 or
Section 1503 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the
manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be
evidenced;
(18) if applicable, that any Securities of the series
shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositories for such Global
Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such
Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 205 and
any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of
the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of
such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names
of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof;
(19) any addition to or change in the Events of Default
which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal
amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;
(20) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth
in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;
(21) whether the Securities of the series will be
convertible and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such conversion
shall be effected including the initial conversion price and any adjustments
thereto, the conversion period and other provisions in addition to or in lieu of
those set forth herein;
(22) whether the Securities of that series will be issued
together with other securities as units; and
(23) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 901(5)).
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 the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officer's Certificate
referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the 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 Officer's
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
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Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of
its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. 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 by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301,
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,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to
any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors' rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will 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.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer's Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security
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shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never
issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to
the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of
this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities 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 one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series
at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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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 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor)
are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that
series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only
to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this
Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part
may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof or a successor Depositary or a nominee
thereof, unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii)
has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) there
shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such
Global Security and the Security Registrar shall have received a written request
from such Depositary to issue certificated Securities or (C) there shall exist
such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have
been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global
Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall
be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security
or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906
or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a
Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
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Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) 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 save 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 the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen 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 or is to be converted, the Company
in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay or authorize the
conversion of such Security (without surrender thereof save in the case of a
mutilated 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, shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the 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,
payment or conversion of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable,
and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company or the Guarantor, at its
election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company or the Guarantor may elect to make
payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities
of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company or the
Guarantor shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of
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such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the
Company or the Guarantor 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 or the Guarantor of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company or the
Guarantor, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of
such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior
to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of
such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company or the Guarantor may make payment of any
Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to or the Guarantor the Trustee
of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be
deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the
owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, purchase,
conversion, 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 may deliver to the Trustee (or to any
other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
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. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as
directed by a Company Order.
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Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 311. Interest Act (Canada).
For the purposes only of the disclosure required by the Interest Act
(Canada), and without affecting the amount of interest payable to any Holder or
the calculation of interest on any Securities, if any rate of interest on any
Securities is calculated on the basis of a year (the "deemed year") which
contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of
calculation, such rate of interest shall be expressed as a yearly rate for the
purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) by multiplying such rate of interest by
the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by
the number of days in the deemed year.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced,
converted or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii)
Securities 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
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at
their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) 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 or the Guarantor, 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 money in an amount sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the
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Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium 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) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or caused to be
paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company or the Guarantor; and
(3) the Company or the Guarantor has delivered to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 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 last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities 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 any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) the Company and the Guarantor 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 30 days; or
(2) the Company and the Guarantor default in the payment
of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that series at its
Maturity; or
(3) the Company and the Guarantor default in the deposit
of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that
series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any
covenant or warranty of the Company or the Guarantor in this Indenture (other
than a covenant or warranty a default in 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), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60
days after there has been given, by registered or
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certified mail, to the Company or the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the
Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the Company or the Guarantor defaults in the
performance, or breach, of the provisions of Article Eight;
(6) [intentionally omitted];
(7) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, any
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company, any Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a
petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
respect of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries
that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under any applicable
Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company, any Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its or their property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its or their 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
(8) the commencement by the Company, any Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or
the consent by it or them to the entry of a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries
that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
insolvency case or proceeding against it or them, or the filing by it or them of
a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it or them to the filing of
such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that
together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of
its or their property, or the making by it or them of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the admission by it or them in writing of its or their
inability to pay its or their debts generally as they become due, or the taking
of corporate action by the Company, any Significant Subsidiary or any group of
Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in
furtherance of any such action; or
(9) any other Event of Default 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 specified in
Section 501(7) or 501(8)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding shall occur and be 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 of all the Securities
of that series (or, if any
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Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, or if the
principal amount thereof is not then determinable, such portion of the principal
amount of such Securities, or such other amount in lieu of such principal
amount, as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantor (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. If an
Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) or 501 (8) with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding shall occur, the principal
amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that
series are Original Issue Discount Securities, or if the principal amount
thereof is not then determinable, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities, or such other amount in lieu of such principal amount, as may be
specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration
or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due
and payable.
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, the
Guarantor and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if
(1) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited
with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(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 any 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
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of
that series, other than the non-payment of the principal (or other specified
amount) of Securities of that series which has 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 and the Guarantor covenant 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
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company or the Guarantor 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 any premium and interest and, to
the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest
on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, 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 the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series 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 any judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, or the property or creditors
of the Company or the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized 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 compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided,
however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors'
or other similar committee.
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 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.
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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 any premium
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any
premium and interest, respectively.
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 security or 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 security or indemnity has failed to institute any
such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest and Additional Amounts, if any.
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 any premium and (subject to Section 307)
interest and Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 1010 of this Indenture),
if any, on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption or offer by the Company to purchase the
Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, on
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the Redemption Date or purchase date, as applicable), and to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment or for the enforcement of any such right to
convert, 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 Guarantor 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 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
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding 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
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(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of such series (including any Security which is
required to have been purchased by the Company pursuant to an offer to purchase
by the Company made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture), or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
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.
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, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act
shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make
such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or the Guarantor.
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company and the Guarantor covenant (to the extent that they may
lawfully do so) that they will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or
extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and
the Guarantor (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly
waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenant that they 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.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such
default as and to the extent provided by the Trust
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Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default 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:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order,
and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by
a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on
its part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) 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 might be incurred by it in compliance with
such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, 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
(7) 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 or the Guarantor and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
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representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be
accountable for the use or application by the Company or the Guarantor of
Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, 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 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
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 or the Guarantor.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company and the Guarantor each agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time 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 the Trustee upon its request for all expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of
this Indenture (including the compensation and the expenses and disbursements of
its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
be attributable to its gross negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad
faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. When the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of
Default specified in paragraph (7) or (8) of Section 501 of this Indenture, such
expenses and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. For
the purposes of this paragraph, "Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means,
with respect to any Person, (a) an insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding,
or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or similar case or proceeding
in connection therewith, relative to such Person or its creditors, as such, or
its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up proceeding
of such Person, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving
insolvency or bankruptcy or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or
any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of such Person.
Section 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
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and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To
the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with
respect to Securities of more than one series.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, and has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and
surplus of such Person 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 with respect to the Securities of any series 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.
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.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and the
Guarantor. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 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.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee, the Company and
the Guarantor.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608
after written request therefor by the Company, the Guarantor 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, the
Guarantor or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall
be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control
of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company or the Guarantor by a Board Resolution
may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) 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
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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.
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, or the Guarantor 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 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 or the Guarantor
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 Trustee
appointed by the Company or the Guarantor. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Guarantor 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.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders
of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
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, the Guarantor and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee;
but, on the request of the Company, the Guarantor or the successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of 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.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be
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necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company, the Guarantor or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee 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.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and the
Guarantor shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may
be.
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 Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such Person
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. As soon as practicable, the successor Trustee shall mail a
notice of its succession to the Company, the Guarantor and the Holders of the
Securities then Outstanding. 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 and
the Guarantor.
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 and the Guarantor or any such other obligor.
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect
to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf
of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original
issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer, conversion or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and
obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.
Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery
of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication,
such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf
of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating
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Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and the Guarantor and shall at all
times be a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized
under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and
surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination
by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating
Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
this Section.
Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be
a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust
business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating
Agent, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee, the Company and to the Guarantor. The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
thereof to such Authenticating Agent, the Company and to the Guarantor. Upon
receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at
any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and to the
Guarantor and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in
Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which
such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights,
powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent
shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
_________________________________,
As Trustee
By _________________________,
As Authenticating Agent
By _________________________,
Authorized Signatory
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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
(1) semi-annually, not later than March 1 and September 1
in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the
preceding February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders.
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.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee that neither the Company, the
Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable
by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders
made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company and the Guarantor.
The Company and the Guarantor shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other
reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act;
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provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be
filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed
with the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, consolidate with or merge into any other Person or permit any
other Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or transfer, convey,
sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets,
unless:
(1) in a transaction in which the Company does not
survive or in which the Company transfers, conveys, sells, leases or otherwise
disposes of all or substantially all of its assets, the successor entity (for
purposes of this Article Eight, a "Successor Company") shall be a corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws
of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia
or under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to
the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the
performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the
Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction
and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any
Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the
Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default,
and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event
of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(3) any other conditions provided pursuant to Section 301
with respect to the Securities of a series are satisfied;
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
merger or disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with;
(5) the Successor Company shall be the Company, the
Guarantor or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor; and
(6) in a transaction in which the Guarantor is not the
Successor Company, the Guarantor shall have executed and delivered to
the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, a supplemental
indenture confirming the obligations of the Guarantor to pay the
principal of and interest on the Securities, pursuant to the Guarantee
and to perform all covenants of the Guarantor under this Indenture.
Section 802. Successor Company Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
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Company in accordance with Section 801, the Successor Company 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 Person had been
named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities. If the Successor Company is the Guarantor and the
Guarantor has assumed the obligations of the Company under an Outstanding series
of Securities, and this Indenture in accordance with Section 801 above, all
outstanding Guarantees of such series of Securities shall automatically
terminate and be discharged.
Section 803. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain
Terms.
The Guarantor shall not, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, consolidate with or merge into any other Person or permit any
other Person to consolidate with or merge into the Guarantor or transfer,
convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets, unless:
(1) in a transaction in which the Guarantor does not survive or in
which the Guarantor transfers, conveys, sells, leases or otherwise disposes of
all or substantially all of its assets, the successor entity (for purposes of
this Article Eight, a "Successor Guarantor") shall be a corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws
of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia
or under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to
the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the Guarantee and the
performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the
Guarantor to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and
treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Guarantor or any
Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the
Guarantor or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become
an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
merger or disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with.
Section 804. Successor Guarantor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Guarantor with, or merger of the
Guarantor into, any other Person or any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Guarantor in
accordance with Section 803, the Successor Guarantor shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named
as the Guarantor herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Guarantee.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Guarantor, when
authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company or the Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, herein and in the
Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company or the
Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and
if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for
the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Company or the Guarantor; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the
benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series
of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly
being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) 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 to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that
any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any
Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental
indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the
rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B)
shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as 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; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this Clause
(9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any
series in any material respect.
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Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture (each such series voting as a separate class), by Act of
said Holders delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, the
Company and the Guarantor, when authorized by Board Resolutions and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable
upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in
which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of (a) any such payment on or after
the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date or in the case of an offer to purchase Securities which has been
made pursuant to a covenant contained in this Indenture, on or after the
applicable purchase date) or (b) any conversion right with respect to any
Security, or modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the
conversion of the Securities, in a manner adverse to the Holders; or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required
for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section
513 or Section 1009, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby;
provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent
of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and
concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1009, or the deletion of this
proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8); or
(4) following the making of an offer to purchase
Securities which has been made pursuant to a covenant contained in this
Indenture, modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such offer to
purchase in a manner adverse to such Holder;
(5) modify Article Thirteen or the definitions used in
Article Thirteen in a manner which adversely affects the Holders of Outstanding
Securities in any material respect; or
(6) modify Section 1010 in a manner which adversely
affects the rights of the Holders of Outstanding Securities to receive
Additional Amounts in any material respect.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture
which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of 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.
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 or the
Guarantor shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company or the Guarantor, to any
such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and the
Guarantor and such new Securities may be 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 and
Additional Amounts, if any.
The Company and the Guarantor covenant and agree for the benefit of
each series of Securities that they will duly and punctually pay the principal
of and any premium and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the
Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and
this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered
paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 11:00 a.m. New York time on the due date money
deposited by the Company or the Guarantor in immediately available funds and
designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and
interest then due.
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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 payment or, if applicable, for conversion, where Securities
of that series may be 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 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 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 or the Guarantor shall at any time act as Paying Agent
with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of or any premium 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 any premium and 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 or the Guarantor will, prior to each due date of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be
held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, 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) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in
respect of the Securities of that series.
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.
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Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company or the Guarantor, in trust for the payment of the principal of or
any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed
for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company or the Guarantor on Company Request, or (if
then held by the Company or the Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust;
and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantor for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company or the Guarantor 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 or the Guarantor cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in
the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in The City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be repaid to the Company or the Guarantor.
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
(a) The Company and the Guarantor each will deliver to the Trustee,
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the
date hereof, an Officer's Certificate, stating whether or not to the best
knowledge of the signers thereof the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may
be, is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be in default, specifying all such defaults
and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
(b) The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall deliver to
the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five days after the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes aware or should reasonably
become aware of the occurrence of an Event of Default or an event which, with
notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an
Officer's Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or
default, and the action which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be,
proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 1005. 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 the existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company; 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 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in
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judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by
law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to
be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
Section 1008. Maintenance of Insurance.
The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, keep at all
times all of their properties which are of an insurable nature insured against
loss or damage with insurers believed by the Company to be responsible to the
extent that property of similar character is usually so insured by corporations
similarly situated and owning like properties in accordance with good business
practice.
Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series, the Company or the Guarantor may, with respect to the
Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to
Section 301(22), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series
if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of
such Holders and by notice to the Trustee, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition,
but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition
except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become
effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and
effect.
Section 1010. Additional Amounts
All payments made by the Company under or with respect to the
Securities and by the Guarantor under or with respect to the Guarantee (the
Issuer and the Guarantor being referred to for purposes of this section
"Additional Amounts" individually as an "Obligor" and collectively as the
"Obligors") will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction
for or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment
or other governmental charge imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Government
of Canada or of any province or territory thereof or by any authority or agency
therein or thereof having power to tax (or the jurisdiction of incorporation of
any successor of any Obligor) (hereunder "Taxes"), unless the applicable Obligor
or any successor, as the case may be, is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by
law or by the interpretation or administration thereof by the relevant
governmental authority or agency. If any Obligor or any successor, as the case
may be, is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of
Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Securities or the
Guarantee, such Obligor will pay such additional amounts ("Additional Amounts")
as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each Holder (including
Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than
the amount the Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or
deducted; provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to a
payment made to a Holder (an "Excluded Holder") in respect of a beneficial owner
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which the Company does not deal at arm's length (within the meaning of the
Income Tax Act (Canada)) at the time of making such payment or (ii) which is
subject to such Taxes by reason of its being connected with Canada or any
province or territory thereof otherwise than by the mere acquisition, holding or
disposition of the Securities or the receipt of payments thereunder. The
Obligors will also (i) make such withholding or deduction and (ii) remit the
full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant government authority in
accordance with applicable law. The Obligors will furnish to the Holders, within
30 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable
law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment. The Obligors
will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder (other than
an Excluded Holder) and upon written request reimburse each such Holder for the
amount of (i) any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Holder as a result
of payments made under or with respect to the Securities or the Guarantee, (ii)
any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or
with respect thereto, and (iii) any Taxes imposed with respect to any
reimbursement under (i) or (ii) so that the net amount received by such Holder
after such reimbursement will not be less than the net amount the Holder would
have received if Taxes on such reimbursement had not been imposed.
At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with
respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the Company will be obligated
to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the Company will deliver
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating the fact that such Additional
Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and will set forth such other
information necessary to enable such Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to
Holders on the payment date. Whenever this Indenture mentions, in any context,
the payment of principal (and premium, if any), redemption price, interest or
any other amount payable under or with respect to any Security, such mention
shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the
extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable
in respect thereof.
The Company will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that
arise in any jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, enforcement or
registration of the Securities or any other document or instrument in relation
thereto, or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Securities,
excluding such taxes, charges or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction
outside of Canada, the jurisdiction of incorporation of any successor of the
Company or any jurisdiction in which a paying agent is located, and has agreed
to indemnify the Holders for any such taxes paid by such Holders.
The foregoing obligations shall survive any termination, defeasance or
discharge of this Indenture and the payment of all amounts owing under or with
respect to the Securities and the Guarantee.
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 such Securities) 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 or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section
301 for such Securities. In case of any
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redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any
series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the
Company shall, at least 60 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, of the principal amount of Securities of
such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to
be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration
of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities
or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officer's 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
(unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series,
provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security
shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption
affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not
previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Guarantor in
writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of
any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
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. If any Security selected for partial redemption is surrendered for
conversion after such selection, the converted portion of such Security shall be
deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Upon any
redemption of less than all the Securities of a series, for purposes of
selection for redemption the Company and the Trustee may treat as Outstanding
Securities surrendered for conversion during the period of 15 days next
preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption, and need not treat as
Outstanding any Security authenticated and delivered during such period in
exchange for the unconverted portion of any Security converted in part during
such period.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 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.
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All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any
series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities,
the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less
than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single
Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to
be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if
applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is
the case, and
(7) if applicable, the conversion price then in effect
and the date on which the right to convert the Securities or portions thereof to
be redeemed will expire.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or the Guarantor, at the Company or
the Guarantor's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Company and shall be irrevocable.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company or the Guarantor shall
deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company or the
Guarantor is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of money 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. If any
Security called for redemption is converted pursuant hereto, any money deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the
redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Company or the Guarantor upon
delivery of a Company Request to the Trustee or such Paying Agent, or, if then
held by the Company or the Guarantor, shall be discharged from such trust.
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, and from and after such date (unless the
Company and the Guarantor 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 or the Guarantor at the Redemption
Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however,
that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of
interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or
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one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business
on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in
the Security.
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 and of like tenor, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
GUARANTEE
Section 1301. Unconditional Guarantee
The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a
Security authenticated by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and
assigns that: the principal of, premium thereon (if any) and interest on each
series of Securities will be promptly paid in full when due, subject to any
applicable grace period, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or
otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest on any overdue
interest on each series of Securities and all other monetary obligations of the
Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or such series of Securities
will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of
each series of Securities of this Indenture or any series of Securities, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder
of this Indenture of any series of Securities with respect to any provisions
hereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce
the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the
event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenants that the Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete
performance of the obligations contained in this Indenture and each series of
Securities. If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise
to return to the Company or the Guarantor or any custodian, trustee, liquidator,
or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or the Guarantor,
any amount paid by the Company or Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, the
Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
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Section 1302. Execution of Guarantee
To further evidence the Guarantee to the Holders, the Guarantor hereby
agrees to execute a Guarantee substantially in the form set forth in Section 204
of this Indenture, to be endorsed on and made a part of each Security ordered to
be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that
its Guarantee set forth in Section 1301 of this Indenture shall remain in full
force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a
Guarantee. Each such Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of the Guarantor by its
Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents prior to the
authentication of the Security on which it is endorsed, and the delivery of such
Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall
constitute due delivery of such Guarantee on behalf of the Guarantor. Such
signature upon the Guarantee may be a manual or facsimile signature of such
officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Guarantee, and in
case such officer who shall have signed the Guarantee shall cease to be such
officer before the Security on which the Guarantee is endorsed shall have been
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, the
Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as
though the Person who signed the Guarantee had not ceased to be such officer of
the Guarantor.
Section 1303. Subordination of Subrogation and Other Rights.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that any claim against the Company that
arises from the payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor's
obligations under the Guarantee or this Indenture, including, without
limitation, any right of subrogation, shall be subject and subordinate to, and
no payment with respect to any such claim of the Guarantor shall be made before,
the payment in full in cash of all outstanding Securities of each series in
accordance with the provisions provided therefore in this Indenture.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1501. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1502
or Section 1503 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the
case may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to
such Section 1502 or 1503, in accordance with any applicable requirements
provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set
forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section
301 for such Securities.
Section 1502. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from their
respecitve obligations, as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter called
"Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities
and this
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Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company or the Guarantor, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such
Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1504 and
as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of
and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the
Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305,
306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article,
the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have
Section 1503 applied to such Securities.
Section 1503. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1)
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 801(3),
Sections 1006 through 1008, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to
Section 301(22), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4)
(with respect to any of Section 801(3), Sections 1006 through 1008, inclusive,
and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(22), 901(2) or 901(7)),
and 501(10) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each
case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after
the date the conditions set forth in Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter
called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means
that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of
Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such
Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 1504. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section
1502 or Section 1503 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be:
(1) The Company or the Guarantor shall irrevocably have
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which
satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with
the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the
purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for,
and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A)
money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the
scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance
with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any
payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case
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, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any
such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any
premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein,
"U.S. Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a direct
obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full
faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an
obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not
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callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any
depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation
which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of
the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment
of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so
specified and held, 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 depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of
the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest
evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1502
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has
been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or
(B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the
Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income
tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected
with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if
such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1503
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal
income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be
effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income
tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the
case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other
Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will
be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time
or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any
other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(7) and (8),
at any time on or prior to the 121st day after the date of such deposit (it
being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after
such 121st day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such
Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by
which such party is bound.
(8) [intentionally omitted]
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such deposit shall not cause either the
Trustee or the trust so created to be subject to the Investment Company Act of
1940.
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(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have
been complied with.
Section 1505. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be
Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this
Section and Section 1506, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1504 in respect of any
Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such
Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal
and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1504 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1504 with
respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
Section 1506. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this
Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1502 or 1503 shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such
Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply
all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1505 with respect to such Securities
in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes
any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security
following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment
from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1601. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
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The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of any Securities 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 such Securities is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund
payment". If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any
sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1602.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as
provided for by the terms of such Securities.
Section 1602. 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 a 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 any Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by
the terms of such Securities, provided that the Securities to be so credited
have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price,
as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.
Section 1603. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 35 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, 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 pursuant to
Section 1602 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 32 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date,
the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
Xxx Xxxxx Resources Funding Corp.
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Xxx Xxxxx, Inc.
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Insert name of Trustee], as Trustee
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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