FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OF TRUST by and between TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION, as Issuer and BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee Authorizing the Issuance of $_______ aggregate principal amount Auction Rate Senior Notes...
EXHIBIT d.5
FORM
OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OF TRUST
by
and
between
as
Issuer
and
BANK
OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as
Trustee
Authorizing
the Issuance of
$_______
aggregate principal amount
Auction
Rate Senior Notes Series __, due _______
Dated
as
of ____ __, _____
TABLE
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DEFINITIONS
AND USE OF PHRASES
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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Section
1.02
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Interpretation
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ARTICLE II
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NOTE
DETAILS, FORM OF NOTES, REDEMPTION OF NOTES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
OF
NOTES
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Section
2.01
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General
Terms
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Section
2.02
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Interest
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Section
2.03
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Redemption
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Section
2.04
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Designation
of Rate Period
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Section
2.05
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Restrictions
on Transfer
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Section
2.06
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1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage
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Section
2.07
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Tortoise
Notes Basic Maintenance Amount
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Section
2.08
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Certain
Other Restrictions
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Section
2.09
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Compliance
Procedures for Asset Maintenance Tests
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Section
2.10
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Delivery
of Notes
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Section
2.11
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Trustee’s
Authentication Certificate
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ARTICLE III
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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Section
3.01
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Trustee
as Paying Agent
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Section
3.02
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The
Issuer to Provide Funds for Interest and Redemptions
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Section
3.03
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Disbursing
Interest and Redemption Price
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Section
3.04
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Original
Issue of Tortoise Note Authentication Certificates
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Section
3.05
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Registration
of Transfer or Exchange of Tortoise Notes
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Section
3.06
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Removal
of Legend
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Section
3.07
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Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Tortoise Note Authentication
Certificates
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Section
3.08
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Disposition
of Canceled Certificates; Record Retention
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Section
3.09
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Register
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Section
3.10
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Return
of Funds
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Section
3.11
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Date
of Execution
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Section
3.12
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Laws
Governing
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Section
3.13
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Severability
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Section
3.14
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Exhibits
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ARTICLE IV
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APPLICABILITY
OF INDENTURE
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APPENDIX
A
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AUCTION
PROCEDURES
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FORM
OF NOTE
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APPENDIX
C
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FORM
OF TRUSTEE AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
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C-1
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THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OF TRUST (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of
___ __, ____, is by and between TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION,
a Maryland corporation (the “Issuer”) and BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
an Illinois trust company (together with its successors, the “Trustee”) as
successor trustee hereunder (all capitalized terms used in these preambles,
recitals and granting clauses shall have the same meanings assigned thereto
in
Article I hereof);
W
I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Issuer has previously entered into an Indenture dated as of July 13,
2004 (the “Original Indenture,” and together with this Supplemental Indenture,
the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and the Trustee;
WHEREAS,
the Issuer desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture in order to issue
Tortoise Notes pursuant to the terms of the Original Indenture, including
Section 3.1 thereof;
WHEREAS,
the Issuer represents that it has been formed and is validly existing as
a
Maryland corporation and that by proper action it has duly authorized the
issuance of $_____ of its auction rate senior notes, Series __ (the “Tortoise
Notes”), and it has by proper action authorized the execution and delivery of
this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS,
the Tortoise Notes constitute Securities as defined in the Indenture;
and
WHEREAS,
the Trustee has agreed to accept the trusts herein contained upon the terms
herein set forth;
NOW,
THEREFORE, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
AND USE OF PHRASES
Section
1.01
Definitions. All words and phrases defined in Article I
of the Indenture shall have the same meaning in this Supplemental Indenture,
except as otherwise appears in this Article. In addition, the
following terms have the following meanings in this Supplemental Indenture
unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
“‘AA’
Composite Commercial Paper Rate” on any date means (i) the
interest equivalent of (1) the 7-day rate, in the case of a Rate Period
which is 7 days or shorter, (2) the 30-day rate, in the case of a Rate
Period which is a Standard Rate Period greater than 7 days but fewer than or
equal to 31 days, or (3) the 180-day rate, in the case of all other Rate
Periods, on financial commercial paper on behalf of issuers whose corporate
bonds are rated “AA” by S&P, or the equivalent of such rating by another
nationally recognized rating agency, as announced by the Federal Reserve Bank
of
New York for the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding
such date; or (ii) if the Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not make
available such a rate, then the arithmetic average of the interest equivalent
of
such rates on
financial
commercial paper placed on behalf of such issuers, as quoted on a discount
basis
or otherwise by the Commercial Paper Dealers to the Auction Agent for the close
of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such date (rounded to
the
next highest .001 of 1%). If any Commercial Paper Dealer does not
quote a rate required to determine the “AA” Composite Commercial Paper Rate,
such rate shall be determined on the basis of the quotations (or quotation)
furnished by the remaining Commercial Paper Dealers (or Dealer), if any, or,
if
there are no such Commercial Paper Dealers, a nationally recognized dealer
in
commercial paper of such issues then making such quotations selected by the
Issuer. For purposes of this definition, (A) “Commercial Paper
Dealers” shall mean (1) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxx Brothers
Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and Xxxxxxx
Sachs & Co.; (2) in lieu of any thereof, its respective Affiliate
or successor; and (3) in the event that any of the foregoing shall cease to
quote rates for financial commercial paper of issuers of the sort described
above, in substitution therefor, a nationally recognized dealer in financial
commercial paper of such issuers then making such quotations selected by the
Issuer, and (B) “interest equivalent” of a rate stated on a discount basis
for financial commercial paper of a given number of days’ maturity shall mean a
number equal to the quotient (rounded upward to the next higher one-thousandth
of 1%) of (1) such rate expressed as a decimal, divided by (2) the
difference between (x) 1.00 and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the product of such rate expressed as a decimal, multiplied by the
number of days in which such commercial paper shall mature and the denominator
of which shall be 360.
“Affiliate”
means any person controlled by, in control of or under common control with
the
Issuer; provided that no Broker-Dealer controlled by, in control of or under
common control with the Issuer shall be deemed to be an Affiliate nor shall
any
corporation or any person controlled by, in control of or under common control
with such corporation one of the directors or executive officers of which is
also a Director of the Issuer be deemed to be an Affiliate solely because such
director or executive officer is also a Director of the Issuer.
“Agent
Member” means a member of or participant in the Securities Depository
that will act on behalf of a Bidder.
“All
Hold Rate” means 80% of the “AA” Composite Commercial Paper
Rate.
“Applicable
Rate” means the rate determined in accordance with the procedures in
Section 2.02(c)(i) of this Supplemental Indenture.
“Auction”
means each periodic implementation of the Auction Procedures.
“Auction
Agent” means [Auction Agent] unless and until another commercial bank,
trust company, or other financial institution appointed by a resolution of
the
Board of Directors enters into an agreement with the Issuer to follow the
Auction Procedures for the purpose of determining the Applicable
Rate.
“Auction
Agreement” means the agreement between the Auction Agent and the Issuer
pursuant to which the Auction Agent agrees to follow the procedures specified
in
Appendix A to this Supplemental Indenture, as such agreement may from time
to
time be amended or supplemented.
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“Auction
Date” means the first Business Day next preceding the first day of a
Rate Period for each series of Tortoise Notes.
“Auction
Desk” means the business unit of a Broker-Dealer that fulfills the
responsibilities of the Broker-Dealer under a Broker-Dealer Agreement, including
soliciting Bids for the Tortoise Notes, and units of the Broker-Dealer which
are
not separated by information controls appropriate to control, limit and monitor
the inappropriate dissemination of information about Bids.
“Auction
Period” means with respect to the Tortoise Notes, either a Standard
Auction Period or a Special Auction Period, as applicable.
“Auction
Procedures” means the procedures for conducting Auctions set forth in
Appendix A hereto.
“Auction
Rate” means for each series of Tortoise Notes for each Auction Period,
(i) if Sufficient Clearing Bids exist, the Winning Bid Rate, provided,
however, if all of the Tortoise Notes are the subject of Submitted Hold Orders,
the All Hold Rate for such series of Tortoise Notes and (ii) if Sufficient
Clearing Bids do not exist, the Maximum Rate for such series of Tortoise
Notes.
“Authorized
Denomination” means $25,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
“Available
Tortoise Notes” means for each series of Tortoise Notes on each Auction
Date, the number of Units of Tortoise Notes of such series that are not the
subject of Submitted Hold Orders.
“Beneficial
Owner,” with respect to each series of Tortoise Notes, means a customer
of a Broker-Dealer who is listed on the records of that Broker-Dealer (or,
if
applicable, the Auction Agent) as a holder of such series of Tortoise
Notes.
“Bid”
shall have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
“Bidder”
means each Beneficial Owner, Potential Beneficial Owner and Broker Dealer who
places an Order.
“Board
of Directors” or “Board” means the Board of Directors
of the Issuer or any duly authorized committee thereof as permitted by
applicable law.
“Broker-Dealer”
means any broker-dealer or broker-dealers, or other entity permitted by law
to
perform the function required of a Broker-Dealer by the Auction Procedures,
that
has been selected by the Issuer and that is a party to a Broker-Dealer Agreement
with the Auction Agent.
“Broker-Dealer
Deadline” means, with respect to an Order, the internal deadline
established by the Broker-Dealer through which the Order was placed after which
it will not accept Orders or any change in any Order previously placed with
such
Broker-Dealer; provided, however, that nothing shall prevent the Broker-Dealer
from correcting Clerical Errors by the Broker-Dealer with respect to Orders
from
Bidders after the Broker-Dealer Deadline pursuant to
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the
provisions herein. Any Broker-Dealer may change the time or times of
its Broker-Dealer Deadline as it relates to such Broker-Dealer by giving notice
not less than two Business Days prior to the date such change is to take effect
to Bidders who place Orders through such Broker- Dealer.
“Broker-Dealer
Agreement” means an agreement between the Auction Agent and a
Broker-Dealer, pursuant to which such Broker-Dealer agrees to follow the Auction
Procedures.
“Business
Day” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for
trading and which is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in
the
City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law to close, days
on
which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business, days on
which banking institutions or trust companies located in the state in which
the
operations of the Auction Agent are conducted are authorized or required to
be
closed by law, regulation or executive order of the state in which the Auction
Agent conducts operations with respect to the Tortoise Notes.
“Clerical
Error” means a clerical error in the processing of an Order, and
includes, but is not limited to, the following: (i) a transmission error,
including but not limited to, an Order sent to the wrong address or number,
failure to transmit certain pages or illegible transmission, (ii) failure
to transmit an Order received from one or more Existing Holders or Potential
Beneficial Owners (including Orders from the Broker-Dealer which were not
originated by the Auction Desk) prior to the Broker-Dealer Deadline or generated
by the Broker- Dealer’s Auction Desk for its own account prior to the Submission
Deadline or (iii) a typographical error. Determining whether an
error is a “Clerical Error” is within the reasonable judgment of the
Broker-Dealer, provided that the Broker-Dealer has a record of the correct
Order
that shows it was so received or so generated prior to the Broker-Dealer
Deadline or the Submission Deadline, as applicable.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commercial
Paper Dealers” has the meaning set forth in the definition of AA
Composite Commercial Paper Rate.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Default
Rate” means the Reference Rate multiplied by three (3).
“Deposit
Securities” means cash and any obligations or securities, including
short term money market instruments that are Eligible Assets, rated at least
AAA, A-2 or SP-2 by Fitch, except that, such obligations or securities shall
be
considered “Deposit Securities” only if they are also rated at least P-2 by
Moody’s.
“Discount
Factor” means the Moody’s Discount Factor (if Xxxxx’x is then rating
the Tortoise Notes), Fitch Discount Factor (if Fitch is then rating the Tortoise
Notes) or an Other Rating Agency Discount Factor, whichever is
applicable.
“Discounted
Value” means the quotient of the Market Value of an Eligible Asset
divided by the applicable Discount Factor, provided that with respect to an
Eligible Asset that is
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currently
callable, Discounted Value will be equal to the quotient as calculated above
or
the call price, whichever is lower, and that with respect to an Eligible Asset
that is prepayable, Discounted Value will be equal to the quotient as calculated
above or the par value, whichever is lower.
“Eligible
Assets” means Moody’s Eligible Assets or Fitch’s Eligible Assets (if
Moody’s or Fitch are then rating the Tortoise Notes) and/or Other Rating Agency
Eligible Assets, whichever is applicable.
“Error
Correction Deadline” means one hour after the Auction Agent completes
the dissemination of the results of the Auction to Broker-Dealers without regard
to the time of receipt of such results by any Broker-Dealer; provided, however,
in no event shall the Error Correction Deadline extend past 4:00 p.m., New
York City time unless the Auction Agent experiences technological failure or
force majeure in disseminating the Auction results which causes a delay in
dissemination past 3:00 p.m., New York City time.
“Existing
Holder,” with respect to Tortoise Notes of a series, shall mean a
Broker-Dealer (or any such other Person as may be permitted by the Issuer)
that
is listed on the records of the Auction Agent as a holder of Tortoise Notes
of
such series.
“Fitch”
means Fitch Ratings and its successors at law.
“Fitch
Discount Factor” means the discount factors set forth in the Fitch
Guidelines for use in calculating the Discounted Value of the Issuer’s assets in
connection with Fitch’s ratings of Tortoise Notes.
“Fitch
Eligible Asset” means assets of the Issuer set forth in the Fitch
Guidelines as eligible for inclusion in calculating the Discounted Value of
the
Issuer’s assets in connection with Fitch’s ratings of Tortoise
Notes.
“Fitch
Guidelines” mean the guidelines provided by Fitch, as may be amended
from time to time, in connection with Fitch’s ratings of Tortoise
Notes.
“Hold
Order” shall have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto or an
Order deemed to have been submitted as provided in paragraph (c) of
Section 1 of Appendix A hereto.
“Holder”
means, with respect to Tortoise Notes, the registered holder of notes of each
series of Tortoise Notes as the same appears on the books or records of the
Issuer.
“Index”
means on any Auction Date with respect to Tortoise Notes in any Auction Period
of 35 days or less the applicable LIBOR rate. The Index with respect
to Tortoise Notes in any Auction Period of more than 35 days shall be the rate
on United States Treasury Securities having a maturity which most closely
approximates the length of the Auction Period as last published in The Wall
Street Journal or such other source as may be mutually agreed upon by the
Trustee and the Broker-Dealers. If either rate is unavailable, the
Index shall be an index or rate agreed to by all Broker-Dealers and consented
to
by the Issuer. For the purpose of this definition an Auction Period
of 35 days or less means a 35-day Auction Period or shorter Auction
Period,
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i.e.
a
35-day Auction Period which is extended because of a holiday would still be
considered an Auction Period of 35 days or less.
“Interest
Payment Date” when used with respect to any Tortoise Notes, means the
date on which an installment of interest on such Tortoise Notes shall be due
and
payable which generally shall be the day next following an Auction
Date.
“LIBOR”
means, for purposes of determining the Reference Rate, (i) the rate for
deposits in U.S. dollars for the designated Rate Period, which appears on
display page 3750 of Moneyline’s Telerate Service (“Telerate
Page 3750”) (or such other page as may replace that page on that
service, or such other service as may be selected by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. or
its
successors) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the day that is the Business
Day on the Auction Date or, if the Auction Date is not a Business Day, the
Business Day preceding the Auction Date (the “LIBOR Determination Date”), or
(ii) if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750 or such other
page as may replace such Telerate Page 3750, (A) Xxxxxx Brothers
Inc. shall determine the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations of the
reference banks to leading banks in the London interbank market for deposits
in
U.S. dollars for the designated Rate Period in an amount determined
by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. by reference to requests for quotations as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date made by Xxxxxx Brothers
Inc. to the reference banks, (B) if at least two of the reference banks
provide such quotations, LIBOR shall equal such arithmetic mean of such
quotations, (C) if only one or none of the reference banks provide such
quotations, LIBOR shall be deemed to be the arithmetic mean of the offered
quotations that leading banks in The City of New York, New York selected by
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. (after obtaining the Issuer’s approval) are quoting on the
relevant LIBOR Determination Date for deposits in U.S. dollars for the
designated Rate Period in an amount determined by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. (after
obtaining the Issuer’s approval) that is representative of a single transaction
in such market at such time by reference to the principal London office of
leading banks in the London interbank market; provided, however, that if Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. is not a Broker-Dealer or does not quote a rate required to
determine LIBOR, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the quotation or
quotations furnished by any other Broker-Dealer selected by the Issuer to
provide such rate or rates not being supplied by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.; provided
further, that if Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and/or a substitute Broker-Dealer are
required but unable to determine a rate in accordance with at least one of
the
procedures provided above, LIBOR shall be the most recently determinable
LIBOR. If the number of Rate Period days shall be (i) 7 or more
but fewer than 21 days, such rate shall be the seven-day LIBOR rate;
(ii) more than 21 but fewer than 49 days, such rate shall be one-month
LIBOR rate; (iii) 49 or more but fewer than 77 days, such rate shall be the
two-month LIBOR rate; (iv) 77 or more but fewer than 112 days, such rate
shall be the three-month LIBOR rate; (v) 112 or more but fewer than 140
days, such rate shall be the four-month LIBOR rate; (vi) 140 or more but
fewer than 168 days, such rate shall be the five-month LIBOR rate;
(vii) 168 or more but fewer 189 days, such rate shall be the six-month
LIBOR rate; (viii) 189 or more but fewer than 217 days, such rate shall be
the seven-month LIBOR rate; (ix) 217 or more but fewer than 252 days, such
rate shall be the eight-month LIBOR rate; (x) 252 or more but fewer than
287 days, such rate shall be the nine-month LIBOR rate; (xi) 287 or more
but fewer than 315 days, such rate shall be the ten-month LIBOR rate;
(xii) 315 or more but fewer than 343 days, such rate shall be the
eleven-month LIBOR rate; and (xiii) 343 or more days but fewer than 365
days, such rate shall be the twelve-month LIBOR rate.
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“Market
Value” means the market value of an asset of the Issuer determined as
follows: For equity securities, the value obtained from readily available market
quotations. If an equity security is not traded on an exchange or not
available from a Board-approved pricing service, the value obtained from written
broker-dealer quotations. For fixed-income securities, the value
obtained from readily available market quotations based on the last sale price
of a security on the day the Issuer values its assets or the market value
obtained from a pricing service or the value obtained from a direct written
broker-dealer quotation from a dealer who has made a market in the
security. “Market Value” for other securities will mean the value
obtained pursuant to the Issuer’s valuation procedures. If the market
value of a security cannot be obtained, or the Issuer’s investment adviser
determines that the value of a security as so obtained does not represent the
fair value of a security, fair value for that security shall be determined
pursuant to the valuation procedures adopted by the Board of
Directors.
“Maximum
Rate” means, on any date on which the Applicable Rate is determined,
the rate equal to the applicable percentage of the Reference Rate, subject
to
upward but not downward adjustment in the discretion of the Board of Directors
after consultation with the Broker-Dealers, provided that immediately following
any such increase the Issuer would be in compliance with the Tortoise Notes
Basic Maintenance Amount.
“Minimum
Rate” means, on any Auction Date with respect to a Rate Period of 28
days or fewer, 70% of the AA Composite Commercial Paper Rate at the close of
business on the Business Day next preceding such Auction Date. There
shall be no Minimum Rate on any Auction Date with respect to a Rate Period
of
more than the Standard Rate Period.
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors at law.
“Moody’s
Discount Factor” means the discount factors set forth in the Moody’s
Guidelines for use in calculating the Discounted Value of the Issuer’s assets in
connection with Moody’s ratings of Tortoise Notes.
“Moody’s
Eligible Assets” means assets of the Issuer set forth in the Moody’s
Guidelines as eligible for inclusion in calculating the Discounted Value of
the
Issuer’s assets in connection with Moody’s ratings of Tortoise
Notes.
“Moody’s
Guidelines” mean the guidelines provided by Moody’s, as may be amended
from time to time, in connection with Moody’s ratings of Tortoise
Notes.
“1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage” means asset coverage, as determined
in accordance with Section 18(h) of the Investment Company Act, of at least
300% with respect to all outstanding senior securities representing indebtedness
of the Issuer, including all Outstanding Tortoise Notes (or such other asset
coverage as may in the future be specified in or under the Investment Company
Act as the minimum asset coverage for senior securities representing
indebtedness of a closed-end investment company as a condition of declaring
dividends on its common stock), determined on the basis of values calculated
as
of a time within 48 hours next preceding the time of such
determination.
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“Notes”
means Securities of the Issuer ranking on a parity with the Tortoise Notes
that
may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture.
“Order”
means a Hold Order, Bid or Sell Order.
“Original
Issue Date” means, with respect to the Tortoise Notes Series __,
___ __, ____.
“Other
Rating Agency” means each rating agency, if any, other than Moody’s or
Fitch then providing a rating for the Tortoise Notes pursuant to the request
of
the Issuer.
“Other
Rating Agency Discount Factor” means the discount factors set forth in
the Other Rating Agency Guidelines of each Other Rating Agency for use in
calculating the Discounted Value of the Issuer’s assets in connection with the
Other Rating Agency’s rating of Tortoise Notes.
“Other
Rating Agency Eligible Assets” means assets of the Issuer set forth in
the Other Rating Agency Guidelines of each Other Rating Agency as eligible
for
inclusion in calculating the Discounted Value of the Issuer’s assets in
connection with the Other Rating Agency’s rating of Tortoise Notes.
“Other
Rating Agency Guidelines” mean the guidelines provided by each Other
Rating Agency, as may be amended from time to time, in connection with the
Other
Rating Agency’s rating of Tortoise Notes.
“Outstanding”
or “outstanding” means, as of any date, Tortoise Notes
theretofore issued by the Issuer except, without duplication, (i) any
Tortoise Notes theretofore canceled, redeemed or repurchased by the Issuer,
or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or with respect to which the Issuer
has given notice of redemption and irrevocably deposited with the Paying Agent
sufficient funds to redeem such Tortoise Notes and (ii) any Tortoise Notes
represented by any certificate in lieu of which a new certificate has been
executed and delivered by the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(A) in connection with any Auction, any series of Tortoise Notes as to
which the Issuer or any person known to the Auction Agent to be an Affiliate
of
the Issuer shall be the Existing Holder thereof shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be Outstanding; and (B) for purposes of determining the Tortoise
Notes Basic Maintenance Amount, Tortoise Notes held by the Issuer shall be
disregarded and not deemed Outstanding but Tortoise Notes held by any Affiliate
of the Issuer shall be deemed Outstanding.
“Paying
Agent” means BNY Midwest Trust Company unless and until another entity
appointed by a resolution of the Board of Directors enters into an agreement
with the Issuer to serve as paying agent, transfer agent, registrar, and
redemption agent with respect to the Tortoise Notes, which Paying Agent may
be
the same as the Trustee or the Auction Agent.
“Person”
or “person” means and includes an individual, a partnership, a
trust, a company, an unincorporated association, a joint venture or other entity
or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Potential
Beneficial Owner,” with respect to a series of Tortoise Notes, shall
mean a customer of a Broker-Dealer that is not a Beneficial Owner of Tortoise
Notes of such series but
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that
wishes to purchase Tortoise Notes of such series, or that is a Beneficial Owner
of Tortoise Notes of such series that wishes to purchase additional Tortoise
Notes of such series; provided, however, that for purposes of conducting an
Auction, the Auction Agent may consider a Broker-Dealer acting on behalf of
its
customer as a Potential Beneficial Owner.
“Potential
Holder,” with respect to Tortoise Notes of such series, shall mean a
Broker-Dealer (or any such other person as may be permitted by the Issuer)
that
is not an Existing Holder of Tortoise Notes of such series or that is an
Existing Holder of Tortoise Notes of such series that wishes to become the
Existing Holder of additional Tortoise Notes of such series; provided, however,
that for purposes of conducting an Auction, the Auction Agent may consider
a
Broker-Dealer acting on behalf of its customer as a Potential
Holder.
“Rate
Period” means, with respect to a series of Tortoise Notes, the period
commencing on the Original Issue Date thereof and ending on the date specified
for such series on the Original Issue Date thereof and thereafter, as to such
series, the period commencing on the day following each Rate Period for such
series and ending on the day established for such series by the
Issuer.
“Rating
Agency” means each of Fitch (if Fitch is then rating Tortoise Notes),
Moody’s (if Xxxxx’x is then rating Tortoise Notes) and any Other Rating
Agency.
“Rating
Agency Guidelines” mean Fitch Guidelines (if Fitch is then rating
Tortoise Notes), Moody’s Guidelines (if Xxxxx’x is then rating Tortoise Notes)
and any Other Rating Agency Guidelines.
“Redemption
Date,” when used with respect to any Tortoise Note to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to the
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price,” when used with respect to any Tortoise Note to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the
Indenture.
“Reference
Rate” means, with respect to the determination of the Maximum Rate and
Default Rate, the greater of (i) the applicable AA Composite Commercial
Paper Rate (for a Rate Period of fewer than 184 days) or the applicable Treasury
Index Rate (for a Rate Period of 184 days or more), or (ii) the applicable
LIBOR Rate.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
time.
“Securities
Depository” means The Depository Trust Company and its successors and
assigns or any successor securities depository selected by the Issuer that
agrees to follow the procedures required to be followed by such securities
depository in connection with the Tortoise Notes Series __.
“Sell
Order” shall have the meaning specified in Appendix A
hereto.
“Special
Auction Period” means an Auction Period that is not a Standard Auction
Period.
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“Special
Rate Period” means a Rate Period that is not a Standard Rate
Period.
“Specific
Redemption Provisions” means, with respect to any Special Rate Period
of more than one year, either, or any combination of a period (a “Non-Call
Period”) determined by the Board of Directors after consultation with the
Broker-Dealers, during which the Tortoise Notes subject to such Special Rate
Period are not subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer consisting
of a
number of whole years as determined by the Board of Directors after consultation
with the Broker-Dealers, during each year of which the Tortoise Notes subject
to
such Special Rate Period shall be redeemable at the Issuer’s option and/or in
connection with any mandatory redemption at a price equal to the principal
amount plus accrued but unpaid interest plus a premium expressed as a percentage
or percentages of $25,000 or expressed as a formula using specified variables
as
determined by the Board of Directors after consultation with the
Broker-Dealers.
“Standard
Auction Period” means an Auction Period of __ days.
“Standard
Rate Period” means a Rate Period of __ days.
“Stated
Maturity” with respect to Tortoise Notes Series __ shall mean
___ __, ____.
“Submission
Deadline” means 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Auction Date or
such other time on such date as shall be specified by the Auction Agent from
time to time pursuant to the Auction Agreement as the time by which the
Broker-Dealers are required to submit Orders to the Auction
Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Auction Agent will follow
the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s Early Market Close
Recommendations for shortened trading days for the bond markets (the “SIFMA
Recommendation”) unless the Auction Agent is instructed otherwise in writing by
the Issuer. In the event of a SIFMA Recommendation with respect to an
Auction Date, the Submission Deadline will be 11:30 A.M., instead of 1:00 P.M.,
New York City time.
“Submitted
Bid” shall have the meaning specified in Appendix A
hereto.
“Submitted
Hold Order” shall have the meaning specified in Appendix A
hereto.
“Submitted
Order” shall have the meaning specified in Appendix A
hereto.
“Submitted
Sell Order” shall have the meaning specified in Appendix A
hereto.
“Sufficient
Clearing Bids” means for each series of Tortoise Notes, an Auction for
which the number of Units of Tortoise Notes of such series that are the subject
of Submitted Bids by Potential Beneficial Owners specifying one or more rates
not higher than the Maximum Rate is not less than the number of Units of
Tortoise Notes of such series that are the subject of Submitted Sell Orders
and
of Submitted Bids by Existing Holders specifying rates higher than the Maximum
Rate.
“Tortoise
Notes Basic Maintenance Amount” as of any Valuation Date has the
meaning set forth in the Rating Agency Guidelines.
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“Tortoise
Notes Series __” means the Series __ Tortoise Notes or any other Notes
hereinafter designated as Series __ of the Tortoise Notes.
“Treasury
Index Rate” means the average yield to maturity for actively traded
marketable U.S. Treasury fixed interest rate securities having the
same number of 30-day periods to maturity as the length of the applicable Rate
Period, determined, to the extent necessary, by linear interpolation based
upon
the yield for such securities having the next shorter and next longer number
of
30-day periods to maturity treating all Rate Periods with a length greater
than
the longest maturity for such securities as having a length equal to such
longest maturity, in all cases based upon data set forth in the most recent
weekly statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (currently in H.15(519)); provided, however, if the most recent
such statistical release shall not have been published during the 15 days
preceding the date of computation, the foregoing computations shall be based
upon the average of comparable data as quoted to the Issuer by at least three
recognized dealers in U.S. Government securities selected by the
Issuer.
“Trustee”
means BNY Midwest Trust Company or such other person who is named as a trustee
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
“Unit”
means, with respect to each series of Tortoise Notes, the principal amount
of
the minimum Authorized Denomination of the Tortoise Notes.
“Valuation
Date” means every Friday, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
next preceding Business Day; provided, however, that the first Valuation
Date
may occur on any other date established by the Issuer; provided, further,
however, that such first Valuation Date shall be not more than one week from
the
date on which Tortoise Notes Series __ initially are issued.
“Winning
Bid Rate” means for each series of Tortoise Notes, the lowest rate
specified in any Submitted Bid of such series of Tortoise Notes which if
selected by the Auction Agent as the Applicable Rate would cause the number
of
Units of Tortoise Notes of such series that are the subject of Submitted Bids
specifying a rate not greater than such rate to be not less than the number
of
Units of Available Tortoise Notes of such series.
Section
1.02
Interpretation. References to sections, subsections,
clauses, sub-clauses, paragraphs and subparagraphs are to such sections,
subsections, clauses, sub-clauses, paragraphs and subparagraphs contained in
this supplemental indenture, as the case may be, unless specifically identified
otherwise.
Words
importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender. Words
importing persons include firms, associations and corporations. Words
importing the singular number include the plural number and vice
versa. Additional terms are defined in the body of this Supplemental
Indenture and the Appendices hereto.
In
the
event that any term or provision contained herein with respect to the Tortoise
Notes shall conflict with or be inconsistent with any term or provision
contained in the Indenture, the terms and provisions of this Supplemental
Indenture shall govern.
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ARTICLE II
NOTE
DETAILS, FORM OF NOTES, REDEMPTION OF NOTES AND USE OF PROCEEDS OF
NOTES
Section
2.01 General
Terms.
(a) Designation:
(i) Series
__: A series of Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $_______, is
designated “Series __ Tortoise Notes” (“Tortoise Notes Series
__”). The principal amount of the Tortoise Notes Series __ shall be
due and payable at the Stated Maturity. The initial Rate Period for
Tortoise Notes Series __ shall be the period from and including the Original
Issue Date thereof to and including ___________
__, 20__. The Tortoise Notes Series __ shall have an
Applicable Rate for the initial Rate Period equal to 5.27% per annum and an
initial Interest Payment Date of ___________ __, 20__. Thereafter,
the Applicable Rate shall be determined in accordance with the Auction
Procedures set forth in Appendix A hereto, until the Stated
Maturity. The Tortoise Notes Series __ shall have such other terms
and conditions as are set forth herein. The Tortoise Notes Series __
shall constitute a separate series of Notes of the Issuer.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.03(i) hereof, the Board of Directors of the Issuer may,
in the future, without further consent of the holders of the Tortoise Notes
or
the holders of shares of beneficial interest of the Issuer, authorize an
increase in the aggregate principal amount of an Outstanding series of Tortoise
Notes or the issuance of additional series of Tortoise Notes, with the same
terms and conditions of the respective series herein described, except that
the
Applicable Rate for its initial Rate Period, its initial Interest Payment Date
and any other changes in the terms herein set forth shall be as set forth in
a
supplemental indenture.
(c) The
global securities representing Tortoise Notes, as described in paragraph (d)
below, shall be in substantially the form set forth in Appendix B hereto, with
such appropriate insertions, notations, legends and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture or any supplemental
indenture. The Tortoise Notes and the rights and duties of the
Issuer, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Holders thereof (and of the
Securities of any other series), shall be subject to and governed by the
Indenture (including as it has been amended and supplemented by this
Supplemental Indenture and as it may be hereafter amended or supplemented by
any
supplemental indenture thereto pursuant to the applicable provisions thereof)
insofar as the Indenture shall be applicable.
(d) Except
as otherwise provided in this Section, the Tortoise Notes in the form of one
global note for each series shall be registered in the name of the Securities
Depository or its nominee and ownership thereof shall be maintained in
book-entry form by the Securities Depository for the account of the Agent
Members. Initially, each global note shall be registered in the name
of Cede & Co., as the nominee of The Depository Trust
Company. The global notes may be transferred, in whole but not in
part, only to the Securities Depository or a nominee of the Securities
Depository or to a successor Securities Depository selected or approved by
the
Issuer or to a nominee of such successor Securities Depository. Each
global
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note
shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise
provided in the Indenture, this global note may be transferred, in whole but
not
in part, only to another nominee of the Securities Depository (as defined in
the
Indenture) or to a successor Securities Depository or to a nominee of a
successor Securities Depository.”
Section
2.02
Interest.
(a) The
Holders of any series of Tortoise Notes shall be entitled to receive interest
payments on their Tortoise Notes at the Applicable Rate, determined as set
forth
in paragraph (c) of this Section 2.02, and no more, payable on the
respective dates determined as set forth in paragraph (b) of this
Section 2.02. Interest on the Outstanding Tortoise Notes of any
series issued on the Original Issue Date shall accumulate from the Original
Issue Date.
(b) (i) Interest
shall be payable, subject to subparagraph (b)(ii) of this
Section 2.02, on each series of Tortoise Notes, with respect to any Rate
Period on the first Business Day following the last day of such Rate Period;
provided, however, if the Rate Period is greater than 30 days then on a monthly
basis on the first Business Day of each month within such Rate Period, not
including the initial Rate Period, and on the Business Day following the last
day of such Rate Period.
(ii) If
a day for payment of interest resulting from the application of subparagraph
(b)(i) above is not a Business Day, then the Interest Payment Date shall be
the first Business Day following such day for payment of interest in the case
of
a series of Tortoise Notes designated as “Series __.”
(iii) The
Issuer shall pay to the Paying Agent not later than 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Business Day next preceding each Interest Payment Date for
each series of Tortoise Notes, an aggregate amount of funds available on the
next Business Day in the City of New York, New York, equal to the interest
to be
paid to all Holders of such Tortoise Notes on such Interest Payment
Date. The Issuer shall not be required to establish any reserves for
the payment of interest.
(iv) All
moneys paid to the Paying Agent for the payment of interest shall be held in
trust for the payment of such interest by the Paying Agent for the benefit
of
the Holders specified in subparagraph (b)(v) of this
Section 2.02. Any moneys paid to the Paying Agent in accordance
with the foregoing but not applied by the Paying Agent to the payment of
interest, including interest earned on such moneys, will, to the extent
permitted by law, be repaid to the Issuer at the end of 90 days from the date
on
which such moneys were to have been so applied.
(v) Each
interest payment on a series of Tortoise Notes shall be paid on the Interest
Payment Date therefor to the Holders of that series as their names appear on
the
security ledger or security records of the Issuer on the Business Day next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest in arrears for any
past Rate Period may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to
any
regular Interest Payment Date, to the Holders as their names appear on the
books
or records of the Issuer on such date, not exceeding 15 days preceding the
payment date thereof, as may be fixed by the Board of
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Directors. No
interest will be payable in respect of any Interest Payment or payments which
may be in arrears.
(c) (i) The
interest rate on Outstanding Tortoise Notes of each series during the period
from and after the Original Issue Date to and including the last day of the
initial Rate Period therefor shall be equal to 5.27%. For each
subsequent Rate Period with respect to the Tortoise Notes Outstanding
thereafter, the interest rate shall be equal to the rate per annum that results
from an Auction; provided, however, that if an Auction for any subsequent Rate
Period of a series of Tortoise Notes is not held for any reason or if Sufficient
Clearing Bids have not been made in an Auction (other than as a result of all
series of Tortoise Notes being the subject of Submitted Hold Orders), then
the
interest rate on a series of Tortoise Notes for any such Rate Period shall
be
the Maximum Rate (except during a Default Period (as defined below) when the
interest rate shall be the Default Rate, as set forth in
Section 2.02(c)(ii) below). The All Hold Rate will apply
automatically following an Auction in which all of the Outstanding series of
Tortoise Notes are subject (or are deemed to be subject) to Hold
Orders. The rate per annum at which interest is payable on a series
of Tortoise Notes as determined pursuant to this Section 2(c)(i) shall
be the “Applicable Rate.” For Standard Rate Periods or shorter periods only, the
Applicable Rate resulting from an Auction will not be less than the Minimum
Rate.
(ii) Subject
to the cure provisions below, a “Default Period” with respect to a particular
series will commence on any date the Issuer fails to deposit irrevocably in
trust in same-day funds, with the Paying Agent by 12:00 noon, New York City
time, (A) the full amount of any redemption price (the “Redemption Price”)
payable on the date fixed for redemption (the “Redemption Date”) (a “Redemption
Default,” which shall constitute an Event of Default pursuant to
Section 5.1(7) of the Original Indenture) or (B) the full amount of
any accrued interest on that series payable on the Interest Payment Date (an
“Interest Default” and together with a Redemption Default, hereinafter referred
to as “Default”). Subject to the cure provisions of
Section 2(c)(iii) below, a Default Period with respect to an Interest
Default or a Redemption Default shall end on the Business Day on which, by
12:00
noon, New York City time, all unpaid interest and any unpaid Redemption Price
shall have been deposited irrevocably in trust in same-day funds with the Paying
Agent. In the case of an Interest Default, the Applicable Rate for
each Rate Period commencing during a Default Period will be equal to the Default
Rate, and each subsequent Rate Period commencing after the beginning of a
Default Period shall be a Standard Rate Period; provided, however, that the
commencement of a Default Period will not by itself cause the commencement
of a
new Rate Period. No Auction shall be held during a Default Period
with respect to an Interest Default applicable to that series of Tortoise
Notes.
(iii) No
Default Period with respect to an Interest Default or Redemption Default shall
be deemed to commence if the amount of any interest or any Redemption Price
due
(if such default is not solely due to the willful failure of the Issuer) is
deposited irrevocably in trust, in same-day funds with the Paying Agent by
12:00
noon, New York City time within three Business Days after the applicable
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, together with an amount equal to
the
Default Rate applied to the amount of such non-payment based on the actual
number of days comprising such
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period
divided by 360 for each series. The Default Rate shall be equal to
the Reference Rate multiplied by three (3).
(iv) The
amount of interest per Unit of Tortoise Notes payable on each Interest Payment
Date of each Rate Period of less than one (1) year (or in respect of interest
on
another date in connection with a redemption during such Rate Period) shall
be
computed by multiplying the Applicable Rate (or the Default Rate) for such
Rate
Period (or a portion thereof) by a fraction, the numerator of which will be
the
number of days in such Rate Period (or portion thereof) that such Tortoise
Notes
were outstanding and for which the Applicable Rate or the Default Rate was
applicable and the denominator of which will be 360, multiplying the amount
so
obtained by $25,000, and rounding the amount so obtained to the nearest
cent. During any Rate Period of one (1) year or more, the amount of
interest per Unit of Tortoise Notes payable on any Interest Payment Date (or
in
respect of interest on another date in connection with a redemption during
such
Rate Period) shall be computed as described in the preceding
sentence.
(d) Any
Interest Payment made on any series of Tortoise Notes shall first be credited
against the earliest accrued but unpaid interest due with respect to such
series.
Section
2.03
Redemption.
(a) (i) After
the initial Rate Period, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.03 and
to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, the Issuer may, at
its
option, redeem in whole or in part out of funds legally available therefor
a
series of Tortoise Notes herein designated as (A) having a Rate Period of
one year or less, on the Business Day after the last day of such Rate Period
by
delivering a notice of redemption not less than 15 days and not more than 40
days prior to the date fixed for such redemption, at a redemption price equal
to
the aggregate principal amount, plus an amount equal to accrued but unpaid
interest thereon (whether or not earned) to the date fixed for redemption
(“Redemption Price”), or (B) having a Rate Period of more than one year, on
any Business Day prior to the end of the relevant Rate Period by delivering
a
notice of redemption not less than 15 days and not more than 40 days prior
to
the date fixed for such redemption, at the Redemption Price, plus a redemption
premium, if any, determined by the Board of Directors after consultation with
the Broker-Dealers and set forth in any applicable Specific Redemption
Provisions at the time of the designation of such Rate Period as set forth
in
Section 2.04 hereof; provided, however, that during a Rate Period of more
than one year no series of Tortoise Notes will be subject to optional redemption
except in accordance with any Specific Redemption Provisions approved by the
Board of Directors after consultation with the Broker-Dealers at the time of
the
designation of such Rate Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Issuer shall not give a notice of or effect any redemption pursuant to this
Section 2.03(a)(i) unless, on the date on which the Issuer intends to
give such notice and on the date of redemption (a) the Issuer has available
certain Deposit Securities with maturity or tender dates not later than the
day
preceding the applicable redemption date and having a value not less than the
amount (including any applicable premium) due to Holders of a series of Tortoise
Notes by reason of the redemption of such Tortoise Notes on such date fixed
for
the redemption and (b) the Issuer would have Eligible Assets with an
aggregate Discounted Value at least equal the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance
Amount immediately subsequent to such redemption, if such redemption were to
occur on such date, it
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being
understood that the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section 2.03 shall
be applicable in such circumstances in the event the Issuer makes the deposit
and takes the other action required thereby.
(ii) If
the Issuer fails to maintain, as of any Valuation Date, Eligible Assets with
an
aggregate Discounted Value at least equal to the Tortoise Notes Basic
Maintenance Amount or, as of the last Business Day of any month, the 1940 Act
Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, and such failure is not cured within ten Business
Days following such Valuation Date in the case of a failure to maintain the
Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or on the last Business Day of the
following month in the case of a failure to maintain the 1940 Act Tortoise
Notes
Asset Coverage as of such last Business Day (each an “Asset Coverage Cure
Date”), the Tortoise Notes will be subject to mandatory redemption out of funds
legally available therefor. The aggregate principal amount of
Tortoise Notes to be redeemed in such circumstances will be equal to the lesser
of (A) the minimum principal amount of Tortoise Notes the redemption of
which, if deemed to have occurred immediately prior to the opening of business
on the relevant Asset Coverage Cure Date, would result in the Issuer having
Eligible Assets with an aggregate Discounted Value at least equal to the
Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount, or sufficient to satisfy 1940 Act
Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, as the case may be, in either case as of the
relevant Asset Coverage Cure Date (provided that, if there is no such minimum
principal amount of Tortoise Notes the redemption of which would have such
result, all Tortoise Notes then Outstanding will be redeemed), and (B) the
maximum principal amount of Tortoise Notes that can be redeemed out of funds
expected to be available therefor on the Mandatory Redemption Date at the
Mandatory Redemption Price set forth in subparagraph (a)(iii) of this
Section 2.03.
(iii) In
determining the Tortoise Notes required to be redeemed in accordance with the
foregoing Section 2.03(a)(ii), the Issuer shall allocate the aggregate
principal amount of Tortoise Notes required to be redeemed to satisfy the
Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset
Coverage, as the case may be, pro rata among the Holders of Tortoise Notes
in
proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes they hold, by
lot
or by such other method as the Issuer shall deem equitable, subject to the
further provisions of this subparagraph (iii). The Issuer shall
effect any required mandatory redemption pursuant to subparagraph
(a)(ii) of this Section 2.03 no later than 40 days after the Asset
Coverage Cure Date (the “Mandatory Redemption Date”), except that if the Issuer
does not have funds legally available for the redemption of, or is not otherwise
legally permitted to redeem, the aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes
which would be required to be redeemed by the Issuer under clause (A) of
subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.03 if sufficient funds were
available, or the Issuer otherwise is unable to effect such redemption on or
prior to such Mandatory Redemption Date, the Issuer shall redeem those Tortoise
Notes, and other Notes, on the earliest practicable date on which the Issuer
will have such funds available, upon notice pursuant to Section 2.03(b) to
record owners of the Tortoise Notes to be redeemed and the Paying
Agent. The Issuer will deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient
to redeem the specified aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes with
respect to a redemption required under subparagraph (a)(ii) of this
Section 2.03, by 1:00 p.m., New York City time, of the Business Day
immediately preceding the
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Mandatory
Redemption Date. If fewer than all of the Outstanding Tortoise Notes
are to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 2.03(a)(iii), the aggregate
principal amount of Tortoise Notes to be redeemed shall be redeemed pro rata
from the Holders of such Tortoise Notes in proportion to the aggregate principal
amount of such Tortoise Notes held by such Holders, by lot or by such other
method as the Issuer shall deem fair and equitable, subject, however, to the
terms of any applicable Specific Redemption Provisions. “Mandatory
Redemption Price” means the Redemption Price plus (in the case of a Rate Period
of one year or more only) a redemption premium, if any, determined by the Board
of Directors after consultation with the Broker-Dealers and set forth in any
applicable Specific Redemption Provisions.
(b) In
the event of a redemption pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Issuer will file
a notice of its intention to redeem with the Commission so as to provide at
least the minimum notice required under Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company
Act or any successor provision. In addition, the Issuer shall deliver
a notice of redemption to the Auction Agent and the Trustee (the “Notice of
Redemption”) containing the information set forth below (i) in the case of
an optional redemption pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i) above, at least
three Business Days prior to the giving of notice to the Holders and
(ii) in the case of a mandatory redemption pursuant to subparagraph
(a)(ii) above, on or prior to the 30th day preceding the Mandatory
Redemption Date. The Trustee will use its reasonable efforts to
provide notice to each Holder of Tortoise Notes called for redemption by
electronic or other reasonable means not later than the close of business on
the
Business Day immediately following the day on which the Trustee determines
the
Tortoise Notes to be redeemed (or, during a Default Period with respect to
such
Tortoise Notes, not later than the close of business on the Business Day
immediately following the day on which the Trustee receives Notice of Redemption
from the Issuer). The Trustee shall confirm such notice in writing
not later than the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the
date fixed for redemption by providing the Notice of Redemption to each Holder
of Tortoise Notes called for redemption, the Paying Agent (if different from
the
Trustee) and the Securities Depository. Notice of Redemption will be
addressed to the registered owners of each series of Tortoise Notes at their
addresses appearing on the books or records of the Issuer. Such
Notice of Redemption will set forth (i) the date fixed for redemption,
(ii) the principal amount and identity of Tortoise Notes to be redeemed,
(iii) the redemption price (specifying the amount of accrued interest to be
included therein and any redemption premium, if any), (iv) that interest on
the Tortoise Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such date fixed for
redemption, (v) applicable cusip number(s) and (vi) the provision
under which redemption shall be made. No defect in the Notice of
Redemption or in the transmittal or mailing thereof will affect the validity
of
the redemption proceedings, except as required by applicable law. If
fewer than all Tortoise Notes held by any Holder are to be redeemed, the Notice
of Redemption mailed to such Holder shall also specify the principal amount
of
Tortoise Notes to be redeemed from such Holder.
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 2.03, no Tortoise
Notes may be redeemed unless all interest on the Outstanding Tortoise Notes
and
all Notes of the Issuer ranking on a parity with the Tortoise Notes, have been
or are being contemporaneously paid or set aside for payment; provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of all
Outstanding Tortoise Notes pursuant to the successful completion of an otherwise
lawful purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to, and accepted by,
Holders of all Outstanding Tortoise Notes.
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(d) Upon
the deposit of funds sufficient to redeem any Tortoise Notes with the Paying
Agent and the giving of the Notice of Redemption to the Trustee under paragraph
(b) of this Section 2.03, interest on such Tortoise Notes shall cease
to accrue and such Tortoise Notes shall no longer be deemed to be Outstanding
for any purpose (including, without limitation, for purposes of calculating
whether the Issuer has maintained the requisite Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance
Amount or the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage), and all rights of the
Holder of the Tortoise Notes so called for redemption shall cease and terminate,
except the right of such Holder to receive the redemption price specified
herein, but without any interest or other additional amount. Such
redemption price shall be paid by the Paying Agent to the nominee of the
Securities Depository. The Issuer shall be entitled to receive from
the Paying Agent, promptly after the date fixed for redemption, any cash
deposited with the Paying Agent in excess of (i) the aggregate redemption
price of the Tortoise Notes called for redemption on such date and
(ii) such other amounts, if any, to which Holders of the Tortoise Notes
called for redemption may be entitled. Any funds so deposited that
are unclaimed at the end of two years from such redemption date shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be paid to the Issuer, after which time the Holders
of
Tortoise Notes so called for redemption may look only to the Issuer for payment
of the redemption price and all other amounts, if any, to which they may be
entitled. The Issuer shall be entitled to receive, from time to time
after the date fixed for redemption, any interest earned on the funds so
deposited.
(e) To
the extent that any redemption for which Notice of Redemption has been given
is
not made by reason of the absence of legally available funds therefor, or is
otherwise prohibited, such redemption shall be made as soon as practicable
to
the extent such funds become legally available or such redemption is no longer
otherwise prohibited. Failure to redeem any series of Tortoise Notes
shall be deemed to exist at any time after the date specified for redemption
in
a Notice of Redemption when the Issuer shall have failed, for any reason
whatsoever, to deposit in trust with the Paying Agent the redemption price
with
respect to any Tortoise Notes for which such Notice of Redemption has been
given. Notwithstanding the fact that the Issuer may not have redeemed
any Tortoise Notes for which a Notice of Redemption has been given, interest
may
be paid on a series of Tortoise Notes and shall include those Tortoise Notes
for
which Notice of Redemption has been given but for which deposit of funds has
not
been made.
(f) All
moneys paid to the Paying Agent for payment of the redemption price of any
Tortoise Notes called for redemption shall be held in trust by the Paying Agent
for the benefit of Holders of Tortoise Notes to be redeemed.
(g) So
long as any Tortoise Notes are held of record by the nominee of the Securities
Depository, the redemption price for such Tortoise Notes will be paid on the
date fixed for redemption to the nominee of the Securities Depository for
distribution to Agent Members for distribution to the persons for whom they
are
acting as agent.
(h) Except
for the provisions described above, nothing contained herein limits any right
of
the Issuer to purchase or otherwise acquire any Tortoise Notes outside of an
Auction at any price, whether higher or lower than the price that would be
paid
in connection with an optional or mandatory redemption, so long as, at the
time
of any such purchase, there is no arrearage in the payment of interest on,
or
the mandatory or optional redemption price with
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respect
to, any series of Tortoise Notes for which Notice of Redemption has been given
and the Issuer is in compliance with the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage
and has Eligible Assets with an aggregate Discounted Value at least equal to
the
Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount after giving effect to such purchase
or
acquisition on the date thereof. If fewer than all the Outstanding
Tortoise Notes of any series are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Issuer,
the Issuer shall give notice of such transaction to the Trustee, in accordance
with the procedures agreed upon by the Board of Directors.
(i) The
Board of Directors may, without further consent of the holders of the Tortoise
Notes or the holders of shares of capital stock of the Issuer, authorize, create
or issue any class or series of Notes, including other series of Tortoise Notes,
ranking prior to or on a parity with the Tortoise Notes to the extent permitted
by the Investment Company Act, if, upon issuance, either (A) the net
proceeds from the sale of such Notes (or such portion thereof needed to redeem
or repurchase the Outstanding Tortoise Notes) are deposited with the Trustee
in
accordance with Section 2.03(d), Notice of Redemption as contemplated by
Section 2.03(b) has been delivered prior thereto or is sent promptly
thereafter, and such proceeds are used to redeem all Outstanding Tortoise Notes
or (B) the Issuer would meet the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage,
the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount and the requirements of
Section 2.08 hereof.
(j) If
any Tortoise Notes are to be redeemed and such Tortoise Notes are held by the
Securities Depository, the Issuer shall include in the notice of redemption
delivered to the Securities Depository: (i) under an item entitled
“Publication Date for Securities Depository Purposes”, the Interest Payment Date
prior to the Redemption Date, and (ii) an instruction to the Securities
Depository to (x) determine on such Publication Date after the Auction held
on the immediately preceding Auction Date has settled, the Depository
participants whose Securities Depository positions will be redeemed and the
principal amount of such Tortoise Notes to be redeemed from each such position
(the “Securities Depository Redemption Information”), and (y) notify the
Auction Agent immediately after such determination of (A) the positions of
the Depository Participants in such Tortoise Notes immediately prior to such
Auction settlement, (B) the positions of the Depository Participants in
such Tortoise Notes immediately following such Auction settlement and
(C) the Securities Depository Redemption
Information. “Publication Date” shall mean three Business Days after
the Auction Date next preceding such Redemption Date.
Section
2.04 Designation of Rate
Period.
(a) The
initial Rate Period for each series of Tortoise Notes is as set forth under
“Designation” in Section 2.01(a) above. The Issuer will
designate the duration of subsequent Rate Periods of each series of Tortoise
Notes; provided, however, that no such designation is necessary for a Standard
Rate Period and, provided further, that any designation of a Special Rate Period
shall be effective only if (i) notice thereof shall have been given as
provided herein, (ii) any failure to pay in a timely manner to the Trustee
the full amount of any interest on, or the redemption price of, Tortoise Notes
shall have been cured as provided above, (iii) Sufficient Clearing Bids
shall have existed in an Auction held on the Auction Date immediately preceding
the first day of such proposed Special Rate Period, (iv) if the Issuer
shall have mailed a Notice of Redemption with respect to any Tortoise Notes,
the
redemption price
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with
respect to such Tortoise Notes shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent,
and (v) in the case of the designation of a Special Rate Period, the Issuer
has confirmed that as of the Auction Date next preceding the first day of such
Special Rate Period, it has Eligible Assets with an aggregate Discounted Value
at least equal to the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount, and the Issuer
has consulted with the Broker-Dealers and has provided notice of such
designation and otherwise complied with the Rating Agency
Guidelines.
(b) If
the Issuer proposes to designate any Special Rate Period, not fewer than 7
(or
two Business Days in the event the duration of the Rate Period prior to such
Special Rate Period is fewer than 8 days) nor more than 30 Business Days prior
to the first day of such Special Rate Period, notice shall be (i) made by
press release and (ii) communicated by the Issuer by telephonic or other
means to the Trustee and confirmed in writing promptly
thereafter. Each such notice shall state (A) that the Issuer
proposes to exercise its option to designate a succeeding Special Rate Period,
specifying the first and last days thereof and (B) that the Issuer will by
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day next preceding
the first day of such Special Rate Period, notify the Auction Agent and the
Trustee, who will promptly notify the Broker-Dealers, of either (x) its
determination, subject to certain conditions, to proceed with such Special
Rate
Period, subject to the terms of any Specific Redemption Provisions, or
(y) its determination not to proceed with such Special Rate Period, in
which latter event the succeeding Rate Period shall be a Standard Rate
Period.
No
later
than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day next
preceding the first day of any proposed Special Rate Period, the Issuer shall
deliver to the Auction Agent and Trustee, who will promptly deliver to the
Broker-Dealers and Existing Holders, either:
(i) a
notice stating (A) that the Issuer has determined to designate the next
succeeding Rate Period as a Special Rate Period, specifying the first and last
days thereof and (B) the terms of any Specific Redemption Provisions;
or
(ii) a
notice stating that the Issuer has determined not to exercise its option to
designate a Special Rate Period.
If
the
Issuer fails to deliver either such notice with respect to any designation
of
any proposed Special Rate Period to the Auction Agent or is unable to make
the
confirmation provided in clause (v) of Paragraph (a) of this
Section 2.04 by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business
Day next preceding the first day of such proposed Special Rate Period, the
Issuer shall be deemed to have delivered a notice to the Auction Agent with
respect to such Rate Period to the effect set forth in clause (ii) above,
thereby resulting in a Standard Rate Period.
Section
2.05 Restrictions on
Transfer. Tortoise Notes may be transferred only
(a) pursuant to an order placed in an Auction, (b) to or through a
Broker-Dealer or (c) to the Issuer or any
Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transfer other than
pursuant to an Auction will not be effective unless the selling Existing Holder
or the Agent Member of such Existing Holder, in the case of an Existing Holder
whose Tortoise Notes are listed in its own name on the books of the Auction
Agent, or the Broker-Dealer or Agent Member of such Broker-Dealer, in the case
of a transfer between persons holding Tortoise Notes through different
Broker-Dealers, advises the Auction Agent of such transfer. The
certificates representing the
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Tortoise
Notes issued to the Securities Depository will bear legends with respect to
the
restrictions described above and stop-transfer instructions will be issued
to
the Transfer Agent and/or Registrar.
Section
2.06 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset
Coverage. The Issuer shall maintain, as of the last Business
Day of each month in which any Tortoise Notes are Outstanding, asset coverage
with respect to the Tortoise Notes which is equal to or greater than the 1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage; provided, however, that
Section 2.03(a)(ii) shall be the sole remedy in the event the Issuer
fails to do so.
Section
2.07 Tortoise Notes Basic
Maintenance Amount. So long as the Tortoise Notes are
Outstanding and any Rating Agency is then rating the Tortoise Notes, the Issuer
shall maintain, as of each Valuation Date, Eligible Assets having an aggregate
Discounted Value equal to or greater than the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance
Amount; provided, however, that Section 2.03(a)(ii) shall be the sole
remedy in the event the Issuer fails to do so.
Section
2.08 Certain Other
Restrictions.
(a) For
so long as any Tortoise Notes are Outstanding and any Rating Agency is then
rating the Tortoise Notes, the Issuer will not engage in certain proscribed
transactions set forth in the Rating Agency Guidelines, unless it has received
written confirmation from each such Rating Agency that proscribes the applicable
transaction in its Rating Agency Guidelines that any such action would not
impair the rating then assigned by such Rating Agency to a series of Tortoise
Notes.
(b) For
so long as any Tortoise Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer will not declare,
pay
or set apart for payment any dividend or other distribution (other than a
dividend or distribution paid in shares of, or options, warrants or rights
to
subscribe for or purchase, common shares or other shares of capital stock of
the
Issuer) upon any class of shares of capital stock of the Issuer, unless, in
every such case, immediately after such transaction, the 1940 Act Tortoise
Notes
Asset Coverage would be achieved after deducting the amount of such dividend,
distribution, or purchase price, as the case may be; provided, however, that
dividends may be declared upon any preferred shares of capital stock of the
Issuer if the Tortoise Notes and any other senior securities representing
indebtedness of the Issuer have an asset coverage of at least 200% at the time
of declaration thereof, after deducting the amount of such
dividend.
(c) A
declaration of a dividend or other distribution on or purchase or redemption
of
any common or preferred shares of capital stock of the Issuer is prohibited
(i) at any time that an Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred
and is continuing, (ii) if after giving effect to such declaration, the
Issuer would not have Eligible Assets with an aggregate Discounted Value at
least equal to the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act
Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, or (iii) the Issuer has not redeemed the
full amount of Tortoise Notes required to be redeemed by any provisions for
mandatory redemption contained herein.
Section
2.09 Compliance Procedures for
Asset Maintenance Tests. For so long as any Tortoise Notes
are Outstanding and any Rating Agency is then rating such Tortoise
Notes:
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(a) As
of each Valuation Date, the Issuer shall determine in accordance with the
procedures specified herein (i) the Market Value of each Eligible Asset
owned by the Issuer on that date, (ii) the Discounted Value of each such
Eligible Asset using the Discount Factors, (iii) whether the Tortoise Notes
Basic Maintenance Amount is met as of that date, (iv) the value of the
total assets of the Issuer, less all liabilities, and (v) whether the 1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage is met as of that date.
(b) Upon
any failure to maintain the required Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount
or
1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage on any Valuation Date, the Issuer may
use
reasonable commercial efforts (including, without limitation, altering the
composition of its portfolio, purchasing Tortoise Notes outside of an Auction
or
in the event of a failure to file a Rating Agency Certificate (as defined below)
on a timely basis, submitting the requisite Rating Agency Certificate) to
re-attain (or certify in the case of a failure to file on a timely basis, as
the
case may be) the required Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or 1940 Act
Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage on or prior to the Asset Coverage Cure
Date.
(c) Compliance
with the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount and 1940 Act Tortoise Notes
Asset Coverage tests shall be determined with reference to those Tortoise Notes
which are deemed to be Outstanding hereunder.
(d) The
Issuer shall deliver to each Rating Agency which is then rating Tortoise Notes
and any other party specified in the Rating Agency Guidelines all certificates
that are set forth in the respective Rating Agency Guidelines regarding 1940
Act
Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount and/or
related calculations at such times and containing such information as set forth
in the respective Rating Agency Guidelines (each, a “Rating Agency
Certificate”).
(e) In
the event that any Rating Agency Certificate is not delivered within the time
periods set forth in the Rating Agency Guidelines, the Issuer shall be deemed
to
have failed to maintain the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or the
1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, as the case may be, on such Valuation Date
for purposes of Section 2.09(b). In the event that any Rating
Agency Certificate with respect to an applicable Asset Coverage Cure Date is
not
delivered within the time periods set forth in the Rating Agency Guidelines,
the
Issuer shall be deemed to have failed to have Eligible Assets with an aggregate
Discounted Value at least equal to the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount
or to meet the 1940 Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, as the case may be, as of
the
related Valuation Date, and such failure shall be deemed not to have been cured
as of such Asset Coverage Cure Date for purposes of the mandatory redemption
provisions.
Section
2.10 Delivery of
Notes. Upon the execution and delivery of this Supplemental
Indenture, the Issuer shall execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Trustee
shall authenticate the Tortoise Notes and deliver them to The Depository Trust
Company and as hereinafter in this Section provided.
Prior
to
the delivery by the Trustee of any of the Tortoise Notes, there shall have
been
filed with or delivered to the Trustee the following:
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(a) A
resolution duly adopted by the Issuer, certified by the Secretary or other
Authorized Officer thereof, authorizing the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture and the issuance of the Tortoise Notes.
(b) Duly
executed copies of this Supplemental Indenture and a copy of the
Indenture.
(c) Rating
letters from each Rating Agency rating the Tortoise Notes.
(d) An
Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Sections 3.3
and 9.3 of the Original Indenture.
Section
2.11 Trustee’s Authentication
Certificate. The Trustee’s authentication certificate upon
the Tortoise Notes shall be substantially in the forms provided in Appendix
C
hereto. No Tortoise Note shall be secured hereby or entitled to the
benefit hereof, or shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless a
certificate of authentication, substantially in such form, has been duly
executed by the Trustee; and such certificate of the Trustee upon any Tortoise
Note shall be conclusive evidence and the only competent evidence that such
Bond
has been authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Trustee’s
certificate of authentication shall be deemed to have been duly executed by
it
if manually signed by an authorized officer of the Trustee, but it shall not
be
necessary that the same person sign the certificate of authentication on all
of
the Tortoise Notes issued hereunder.
ARTICLE III
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Section
3.01 Trustee as Paying
Agent. The Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent, Transfer
Agent and Registrar unless and until another entity appointed by a resolution
of
the Board of Directors enters into an agreement with the Issuer to serve as
Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar.
Section
3.02 The Issuer to Provide Funds for
Interest and Redemptions. Not later than 3:00 p.m. on
the Business Day preceding each Interest Payment Date, the Issuer shall deposit
with the Paying Agent an aggregate amount of federal funds or similar same-day
funds equal to the declared interest to be paid to Holders on such Interest
Payment Date and shall give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions to apply
such funds to the payment of such interest on such Interest Payment
Date.
If
the
Issuer shall give a Notice of Redemption, then by 11:00 AM on the date fixed
for
redemption, the Issuer shall deposit in trust with the Paying Agent an aggregate
amount of federal funds or similar same-day funds sufficient to redeem such
Tortoise Notes called for redemption and shall give the Paying Agent irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the redemption price to the Holders of
Tortoise Notes called for redemption upon surrender of the certificate or
certificates therefor.
Section
3.03 Disbursing Interest and
Redemption Price. After receipt of the federal funds or
similar same-day funds and instructions from the Issuer, the Paying Agent shall
pay to
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the
Holders (or former Holders) entitled thereto (i) on each corresponding
Interest Payment Date, interest on the Tortoise Notes, and (ii) on any date
fixed for redemption, the redemption price of any Tortoise Notes called for
redemption. The amount of interest for any Rate Period to be paid by
the Paying Agent to Holders will be determined by the Issuer as set forth in
this Supplemental Indenture. The redemption price to be paid by the
Paying Agent to the Holders of any Tortoise Notes called for redemption will
be
determined as set forth in this Supplemental Indenture. The Paying
Agent shall have no duty to determine the redemption price and may rely
conclusively on the amount thereof set forth in the Notice of
Redemption.
Section
3.04 Original Issue of Tortoise Note
Authentication Certificates. On the Original Issue Date for
any Tortoise Note, one certificate for Tortoise Notes shall be issued by the
Issuer and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the
Securities Depository, and countersigned by the Paying Agent.
Section
3.05 Registration of Transfer or
Exchange of Tortoise Notes. The Tortoise Notes shall be
registered solely in the name of the Securities Depository or its
nominee. If the Securities Depository shall give notice of its
intention to resign as such, and if the Issuer shall not have selected a
substitute Securities Depository acceptable to the Paying Agent prior to such
resignation, then, upon such resignation of the Securities Depository, the
Tortoise Notes, at the Issuer’s request and expense, may be registered for
transfer or exchange, and new certificates thereupon shall be issued in the
name
of the designated transferee or transferees, upon surrender of the old
certificate in form deemed by the Paying Agent to be endorsed properly for
transfer with (a) all necessary endorsers’ signatures guaranteed in such
manner and form and by such guarantor as the Paying Agent may reasonably
require, (b) such assurances as the Paying Agent shall deem necessary or
appropriate to evidence the genuineness and effectiveness of each necessary
endorsement and (c) satisfactory evidence of compliance with all applicable
laws relating to the collection of taxes in connection with any registration
of
transfer or exchange or funds necessary for the payment of such
taxes. If there is no Securities Depository, at the Issuer’s option
and upon its receipt of such documents as it deems appropriate, any Tortoise
Notes may be registered in the note register in the name of the Beneficial
Owner
thereof, and such Beneficial Owner thereupon will be entitled to receive
certificates therefor and required to deliver certificates thereof upon transfer
or exchange thereof at the Issuer’s expense.
Section
3.06 Removal of
Legend. Any request for removal of a legend indicating a
restriction on transfer from a certificate evidencing Tortoise Notes shall
be
accompanied by an opinion of counsel stating that such legend may be removed
and
such Tortoise Notes may be transferred free of the restriction described in
such
legend, said opinion to be delivered under cover of a letter from an officer
of
the Issuer authorizing the Paying Agent to remove the legend on the basis of
said opinion.
Section
3.07 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Tortoise Note Authentication Certificates. The Paying Agent
shall, at the Holder’s expense, issue and register replacement certificates for
certificates represented to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the
fulfillment of such requirements as shall be deemed appropriate by the Issuer
and by the Paying Agent, subject at all times to provisions of law, this
Supplemental Indenture governing such matters and resolutions adopted by the
Issuer with respect to lost, stolen or destroyed securities. The
Paying Agent may issue new certificates in exchange for and upon the
cancellation of mutilated certificates. Any
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request
by the Issuer to the Paying Agent to issue a replacement or new certificate
pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty
by
the Issuer to the Paying Agent that such issuance will comply with provisions
of
applicable law and this Supplemental Indenture and resolutions of the
Issuer.
Section
3.08 Disposition of Canceled Certificates;
Record Retention. The Paying Agent shall retain certificates
which have been canceled and any accompanying documentation thereto in
accordance with applicable rules and regulations of the Commission for at least
six calendar years from the date of such cancellation. The Paying
Agent, upon written request by the Issuer, shall afford to the Issuer, its
agents and counsel access at reasonable times during normal business hours
to
review and make extracts or copies (at the Issuer’s sole cost and expense) of
such certificates and accompanying documentation. Upon the expiration
of this six-year period, the Paying Agent, upon written request by the Issuer,
shall deliver to the Issuer the canceled certificates and any accompanying
documentation. In the event that the Commission requests that any or
all such records be furnished to it, the Paying Agent shall provide the Issuer
with prompt written notice of such request so that the Issuer may appeal such
request and the Paying Agent shall cooperate with the Issuer in any such
appeal. In the event that such appeal is unsuccessful, the Paying
Agent shall be permitted to furnish to the Commission, either at its principal
office or at any regional office, complete, correct and current hard copies
of
any and all records that were requested by the Commission provided that the
Paying Agent shall exercise reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that
confidential treatment will be accorded to such records. Thereafter,
such records shall not be destroyed by the Issuer without the approval of the
Paying Agent, which approval shall not be withheld unreasonably, but will be
safely stored for possible future reference.
Section
3.09 Register. The
Paying Agent shall maintain the register, which shall contain a list of the
Holders, the number of Tortoise Notes held by each Holder and the address of
each Holder. The Paying Agent shall record in the register any change
of address of a Holder upon notice by such Holder. In case of any
written request or demand for the inspection of the register or any other books
of the Issuer in the possession of the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent will
notify the Issuer and secure instructions as to permitting or refusing such
inspection. The Paying Agent reserves the right, however, to exhibit
the register or other records to any person in case it is (a) ordered to do
so by a court of competent jurisdiction or a regulatory body, judicial or
quasi-judicial agency or authority having the authority to compel such
disclosure or (b) advised by its counsel that its failure to do so would be
unlawful.
Section
3.10 Return of
Funds. Any funds paid to the Paying Agent for the paying of
interest but not applied to the payment of interest, including interest earned
on such moneys, will, to the extent permitted by law, be repaid to the Issuer
at
the end of 90 days from the date on which such moneys were to have been so
applied. Upon written request, the Issuer shall be entitled to
receive from the Paying Agent, promptly after the date fixed for redemption,
any
cash deposited with the Paying Agent in excess of (i) the aggregate
redemption price of the Tortoise Notes called for redemption on such date and
(ii) such other amounts, if any, to which Holders of Tortoise Notes called
for redemption may be entitled. Any funds so deposited that are
unclaimed at the end of two years from such redemption date shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be paid to the Issuer upon its written request whereupon
the
Issuer shall assume all responsibility and liability for compliance with any
abandoned or unclaimed property law or
regulation. Funds,
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while
deposited with the Auction Agent, will be held in trust for the payment of
the
applicable interest, redemption price or, as may be applicable under this
Supplemental Indenture, other charges.
Section
3.11 Date of
Execution. This Supplemental Indenture for convenience and
for the purpose of reference is dated as of ___ __,
____.
Section
3.12 Laws
Governing. It is the intent of the parties hereto that this
Supplemental Indenture shall in all respects be governed by the laws of the
State of New York. The parties agree that all actions and proceedings
arising out of this Indenture or any of the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be brought in the County of New York and, in connection with any such
action or proceeding, submit to the jurisdiction of, and venue in, such
County. Each of the parties hereto also irrevocably waives all right
to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of this
Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
3.13
Severability. Of any covenant, agreement, waiver, or part
thereof in this Supplemental Indenture contained be forbidden by any pertinent
law or under any pertinent law be effective to render this Supplemental
Indenture invalid or unenforceable or to impair the lien hereof, then each
such
covenant, agreement, waiver, or part thereof shall itself be and is hereby
declared to be wholly ineffective, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be
construed as if the same were not included herein.
Section
3.14
Exhibits. The terms of the Exhibits attached to this
Supplemental Indenture are incorporated herein in all particulars.
ARTICLE IV
APPLICABILITY
OF INDENTURE
The
provisions of the Indenture are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed, except
as otherwise expressly modified by this Supplemental Indenture. The
representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Indenture (except
as
expressly modified herein) are hereby reaffirmed with the same force and effect
as if fully set forth herein and made again as of the date hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Supplemental Indenture to
be executed in its corporate name and behalf by the Secretary, and the Trustee,
to evidence its acceptance of the trusts hereby created, has caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be executed in its corporate name and behalf, all
in
multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and the Issuer
and the Trustee have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of the
date herein above first shown, although actually executed on the dates shown
in
the acknowledgements hereafter appearing. The Issuer’s Articles of
Incorporation are on file with the Secretary of State of the State of Maryland,
and said officers of the Issuer have executed this Supplemental Indenture as
officers and not individually, and the obligations and rights set forth in
this
Supplemental Indenture are not binding upon any such officers, or the Board
of
Directors or stockholders of the Issuer, individually, but are binding only
upon
the assets and property of the Issuer.
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: |
BANK
OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
|
By: |
Name: | ||
Title: |
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APPENDIX
A
AUCTION
PROCEDURES
1. Orders
by Existing Holders and Potential Beneficial Owners. (a) Prior to the
Broker-Dealer Deadline for each Series of Tortoise Notes on each Auction
Date:
(i) each
Existing Holder may submit to a Broker-Dealer, in writing or by such other
method as shall be reasonably acceptable to such Broker-Dealer, one or more
Orders as to:
(A) the
principal amount of Tortoise Notes, if any, of the series held by the Existing
Holder which the Existing Holder commits to continue to hold for the next
succeeding Auction Period without regard to the Applicable Rate for such
Auction
Period;
(B) the
principal amount of Tortoise Notes, if any, of the series held by the Existing
Holder which the Existing Holder commits to continue to hold for the next
succeeding Auction Period if the Applicable Rate for Tortoise Notes for the
next
succeeding Auction Period is not less than the rate per annum specified in
such
Bid (and if the Auction Rate is less than such specified rate, the effect
of the
Order shall be as set forth in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section);
and/or
(C) the
principal amount of Tortoise Notes, if any, of the series held by the Existing
Holder which the Existing Holder offers to sell on the first Business Day
of the
next succeeding Auction Period without regard to the Applicable Rate for
Tortoise Notes for the next succeeding Auction Period; and
(ii) each
Potential Beneficial Owner may submit to a Broker-Dealer, in writing or by
such
other method as shall be reasonably acceptable to such Broker-Dealer, an
Order
as to the principal amount of outstanding Tortoise Notes of a series which
each
such Potential Beneficial Owner offers to purchase if the Applicable Rate
for
the Tortoise Notes of such series for the next succeeding Rate Period is
not
less than the rate per annum then specified by such Potential Beneficial
Owner.
For
the
purposes of the Auction Procedures, an Order containing the information referred
to in clause (i)(A) of this paragraph (a) is referred to as a “Hold
Order,” an Order containing the information referred to in clause (i)(B) or
(ii) of this paragraph (a) is referred to as a “Bid,” and an Order
containing the information referred to in clause (i)(C) of this
paragraph (a) is referred to as a “Sell Order.”
No
Auction Desk of a Broker-Dealer shall accept as an Order a submission (whether
received from an Existing Holder or a Potential Beneficial Owner or generated
by
the Broker- Dealer for its own account) which does not conform to the
requirements of the Auction Procedures, including, but not limited to,
submissions which are not in Authorized Denominations, specify a rate which
contains more than three figures to the right of the decimal
A-1
point
or
specify an amount greater than the amount of outstanding Tortoise
Notes. No Auction Desk of a Broker-Dealer shall accept a Bid or Sell
Order which is conditioned on being filled in whole or a Bid which does not
specify a specific interest rate.
(b) (i) A
Bid by an Existing Holder shall constitute an offer to sell on the first
Business Day of the next succeeding Auction Period:
(A) the
principal amount of outstanding Tortoise Notes specified in the Bid if the
Applicable Rate for the next succeeding Auction Period shall be less than
the
rate specified in such Bid; or
(B) the
principal amount or a lesser principal amount of outstanding Tortoise Notes
to
be determined as described in clause (v) of paragraph (a) of Section 5
of this Appendix A if the Applicable Rate for the next succeeding Auction
Period
shall be equal to such specified rate; or
(C) a
lesser principal amount of outstanding Tortoise Notes be determined as described
in clause (iv) of paragraph (b) of Section 5 of this Appendix A
if the rate specified therein shall be higher than the Maximum Rate and
Sufficient Clearing Bids do not exist.
(ii) A
Sell Order by an Existing Holder shall constitute an offer to sell:
(A) the
principal amount of outstanding Tortoise Notes of the series specified in
the
Sell Order; or
(B) the
principal amount or a lesser principal amount of outstanding Tortoise Notes
of
the series as set forth in clause (iv) of paragraph (b) of
Section 5 of this Appendix A if Sufficient Clearing Bids for Tortoise Notes
of the series do not exist;
(iii) A
Bid by a Potential Holder of Tortoise Notes shall constitute an offer to
purchase:
(A) the
principal amount of outstanding Tortoise Notes of the series specified in
the
Bid if the Applicable Rate for the next succeeding Auction Period shall be
higher than the rate specified therein; or
(B) the
principal amount or a lesser principal amount of outstanding Tortoise Notes
of
the series as set forth in clause (vi) of paragraph (a) of Section 5
of this Appendix A if the Applicable Rate for the Tortoise Notes determined
on
the Auction Date shall be equal to the rate specified therein.
(C) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding:
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(1) if
an Order or Orders covering all of the Tortoise Notes of a particular series
held by any Existing Holder is not submitted to the Broker-Dealer prior to
the
Broker-Dealer Deadline, such Broker-Dealer shall deem a Hold Order to have
been
submitted on behalf of the Existing Holder covering the principal amount
of
outstanding Tortoise Notes of the series held by the Existing Holder and
not
subject to Orders submitted to the Auction Agent; provided, however, that
if
there is a conversion from one Auction Period to a longer Auction Period
and
Orders have not been submitted to such Broker-Dealer prior to the Broker-Dealer
Deadline covering the aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes of a
particular series to be converted held by such Existing Holder, such
Broker-Dealer shall deem a Sell Order to have been submitted on behalf of
the
Existing Holder covering the principal amount of Tortoise Notes to be converted
held by the Existing Holder and not subject to Orders submitted to such
Broker-Dealer;
(2) for
purposes of any Auction, any Order by an Existing Holder or Potential Holder
shall be revocable until the Broker-Dealer Deadline, and after the Broker-Dealer
Deadline all such Orders shall be irrevocable except as provided in
Sections 2(e)(ii) and 2(f); and
(3) for
purposes of any Auction, any Tortoise Notes sold or purchased pursuant to
clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (b) of this
Section 1 shall be sold or purchased at a price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof.
2. Submission
of Orders by Broker-Dealers to Auction Agent.
(a) Each
Broker-Dealer shall submit to the Auction Agent in writing, or by such other
electronic means, as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Auction Agent,
prior
to the Submission Deadline on each Auction Date, all Orders accepted by such
Broker-Dealer in accordance with Section 1 above and specifying with
respect to each Order or aggregation of Orders pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section 2:
(i) the
name of the Broker-Dealer;
(ii) the
number of Bidders placing Orders, if requested by the Auction
Agent;
(iii) the
aggregate number of Units of Tortoise Notes of the series, if any, that are
the
subject of the Order;
(iv) to
the extent that the Bidder is an Existing Holder of Tortoise Notes of the
series:
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(A) the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes, if any, of the series subject to any Hold
Order placed by the Existing Holder;
(B) the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes, if any, of the series subject to any Bid
placed by the Existing Holder and the rate specified in the Bid;
and
(C) the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes, if any, of the series subject to any Sell
Order placed by the Existing Holder; and
(v) to
the extent the Bidder is a Potential Holder of Tortoise Notes of the series,
the
rate specified in such Bid.
(b) If
more than one Bid is submitted to a Broker-Dealer on behalf of any single
Potential Beneficial Owner, the Broker-Dealer shall aggregate each Bid on
behalf
of such Potential Beneficial Owner submitted with the same rate and consider
such Bids as a single Bid and shall consider each Bid submitted with a different
rate a separate Bid with the rate and the number of Units of Tortoise Notes
of
the series specified therein.
A
Broker-Dealer may aggregate the Orders of different Potential Beneficial
Owners
with those of other Potential Beneficial Owners on whose behalf the
Broker-Dealer is submitting Orders and may aggregate the Orders of different
Existing Holders with other Existing Holders on whose behalf the Broker-Dealer
is submitting Orders; provided, however, Bids may only be aggregated if the
interest rates on the Bids are the same.
(c) None
of the Issuer, the Trustee or the Auction Agent shall be responsible for
the
failure of any Broker-Dealer to submit an Order to the Auction Agent on behalf
of any Beneficial Owner, Potential Beneficial Owner, Existing Holder or
Potential Holder.
(d) Nothing
contained herein shall preclude a Broker-Dealer from placing an Order for
some
or all of the Tortoise Notes of a series for its own account.
(e) Until
the Submission Deadline, a Broker-Dealer may withdraw or modify any Order
previously submitted to the Auction Agent (i) for any reason if the Order
was generated by the Auction Desk of the Broker-Dealer for the account of
the
Broker-Dealer or (ii) to correct a Clerical Error in the case of any other
Order, including Orders from the Broker- Dealer which were not originated
by the
Auction Desk.
(f) After
the Submission Deadline, and prior to the Error Correction Deadline, a
Broker-Dealer may:
(i) submit
to the Auction Agent an Order received from an Existing Holder, Potential
Beneficial Owner or a Broker-Dealer which is not an Order generated by the
Auction Desk, in each case prior to the Broker-Dealer Deadline, or an Order
generated by the Broker-Dealer’s Auction Desk for its own account prior to the
Submission Deadline (provided that in each case the Broker-Dealer has a record
of such Order and the time when such Order was received or generated) and
not
submitted to the Auction Agent prior to the Submission Deadline as a result
of
(A) an event of force
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or a technological failure which made delivery prior to the Submission Deadline
impossible or, under the conditions then prevailing, impracticable or (B) a
clerical error on the part of the Broker-Dealer; or
(ii) modify
or withdraw an Order received from an Existing Holder or a Potential Beneficial
Owner or generated by the Broker-Dealer (whether generated by the
Broker-Dealer’s Auction Desk or elsewhere within the Broker-Dealer) for its own
account and submitted to the Auction Agent prior to the Submission Deadline
or
pursuant to clause (i) above, if the Broker-Dealer determines that such
Order contained a Clerical Error on the part of the Broker-Dealer.
In
the
event a Broker-Dealer makes a submission, modification or withdrawal pursuant
to
this Section 2(f) and the Auction Agent has already run the Auction, the
Auction Agent shall rerun the Auction, taking into account such submission,
modification or withdrawal. Each submission, modification or
withdrawal of an Order submitted pursuant to this Section 2(f) by a
Broker-Dealer after the Submission Deadline and prior to the Error Correction
Deadline shall constitute a representation by the Broker-Dealer that (A) in
the case of a newly submitted Order or portion thereof or revised Order,
the
failure to submit such Order prior to the Submission Deadline resulted from
an
event described in clause (i) above and such Order was received from an
Existing Holder or Potential Beneficial Owner or is an Order received from
the
Broker-Dealer that was not originated by the Auction Desk, in each case,
prior
to the Broker-Dealer Deadline, or generated internally by such Broker-Dealer’s
Auction Desk for its own account prior to the Submission Deadline or (B) in
the case of a modified or withdrawn Order, such Order was received from an
Existing Holder, a Potential Beneficial Owner or the Broker-Dealer which
was not
originated by the Auction Desk prior to the Broker-Dealer Deadline, or generated
internally by such Broker-Dealer’s Auction Desk for its own account prior to the
Submission Deadline and such Order as submitted to the Auction Agent contained
a
Clerical Error on the part of the Broker-Dealer and that such Order has been
modified or withdrawn solely to effect a correction of such Clerical Error,
and
in the case of either (A) or (B), as applicable, the Broker-Dealer has a
record
of such Order and the time when such Order was received or
generated. The Auction Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively
(and shall have no liability for relying) on such representation for any
and all
purposes of the Auction Procedures.
(g) If
after the Auction Agent announces the results of an Auction, a Broker-Dealer
becomes aware that an error was made by the Auction Agent, the Broker-Dealer
shall communicate such awareness to the Auction Agent prior to 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time on the Auction Date. If the Auction Agent
determines there has been such an error (as a result of either a communication
from a Broker-Dealer or its own discovery) prior to 3:00 p.m., New York
City time on the first day of the next applicable Auction Period with respect
to
such Auction, the Auction Agent shall correct the error and notify each
Broker-Dealer that submitted Bids or held a position in the Tortoise Notes
of
the series subject to such Auction of the corrected results.
(h) Nothing
contained herein shall preclude the Auction Agent from:
(i) advising
a Broker-Dealer prior to the Submission Deadline that it has not received
Sufficient Clearing Bids for Tortoise Notes of the series,
provided,
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however,
that if the Auction Agent so advises any Broker-Dealer, it shall so advise
all
Broker-Dealers; or
(ii) verifying
the Orders of a Broker-Dealer prior to the Submission Deadline, provided,
however, that if the Auction Agent verifies the Orders of any Broker- Dealer,
it
shall verify the Orders of all Broker-Dealers requesting such
verification.
3. Treatment
of Orders by the Auction Agent. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding:
(a) If
the Auction Agent receives an Order which does not conform to the requirements
of the Auction Procedures, the Auction Agent may contact the Broker-Dealer
submitting such Order until one hour after the Submission Deadline and inform
such Broker-Dealer that it may resubmit such Order so that it conforms to
the
requirements of the Auction Procedures. Upon being so informed, such
Broker-Dealer may correct and resubmit to the Auction Agent any such Order
that,
solely as a result of a Clerical Error on the part of such Broker-Dealer,
did
not conform to the requirements of the Auction Procedures when previously
submitted to the Auction Agent. Any such resubmission by a
Broker-Dealer shall constitute a representation by such Broker-Dealer that
the
failure of such Order to have so conformed was solely as a result of a Clerical
Error on the part of such Broker-Dealer. If the Auction Agent has not
received a corrected conforming Order within one hour and fifteen minutes
of the
Submission Deadline, the Auction Agent shall, if and to the extent applicable,
adjust or apply such Order, as the case may be, in conformity with the
provisions of subsections (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 3 and, if
the Auction Agent is unable to so adjust or apply such Order, the Auction
Agent
shall reject such Order.
(b) If
any rate specified in any Bid contains more than three figures to the right
of
the decimal point, the Auction Agent shall round the rate up to the next
highest
one thousandth of one percent (0.001%).
(c) If
one or more Orders covering in the aggregate more than the number of Units
of
Tortoise Notes of a particular series are submitted by a Broker-Dealer to
the
Auction Agent, such Orders shall be considered valid as follows:
(i) all
Hold Orders for Tortoise Notes of a series shall be considered Hold Orders,
but
only up to and including in the aggregate the number of Units of outstanding
Tortoise Notes of the series for which such Broker-Dealer is the Broker-Dealer
of record;
(ii) (A) any
Bid of a Broker-Dealer shall be considered valid as a Bid of an Existing
Holder
up to and including the excess of the number of Units of outstanding Tortoise
Notes of such series for which such Broker-Dealer is the Broker-Dealer of
record
over the number of Units of Tortoise Notes of such series subject to any
Hold
Orders referred to in clause (i) above;
(B) subject
to subclause (A), all Bids of a Broker-Dealer with the same rate shall be
aggregated and considered a single Bid of an Existing Holder up to and including
the excess of the number of Units of
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Tortoise
Notes of the series for which such Broker-Dealer is the Broker-Dealer of
record
over the number of Units of Tortoise Notes of such series for which the
Broker-Dealer is the Broker-Dealer of record subject to any Hold Orders referred
to in clause (i) above;
(C) subject
to subclause (A), if more than one Bid with different rates is submitted
by a
Broker-Dealer, such Bids shall be considered Bids of an Existing Holder in
the
ascending order of their respective rates up to the amount of excess of the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes of the series for which such Broker-Dealer
is
the Broker-Dealer of record over the number of Units of Tortoise Notes of
such
Series for which such Broker-Dealer is the Broker-Dealer of record subject
to
any Hold Orders referred to in clause (i) above;
(D) the
number of Units, if any, of outstanding Tortoise Notes of the series subject
to
Bids not considered to be Bids for which such Broker-Dealer is the Broker-Dealer
of record under this clause (ii) shall be treated as the subject of a Bid
for Tortoise Notes of the series by a Potential Beneficial Owner;
and
(iii) all
Sell Orders shall be considered Sell Orders, but only up to and including
the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes of such series equal to the excess of the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes of such series for which such Broker-Dealer
is
the Broker-Dealer of record over the sum of the number of Units of Tortoise
Notes of such series subject to Hold Orders referred to in clause (i) above
and the number of Units of Tortoise Notes of such series considered to be
subject to Bids for which such Broker-Dealer is the Broker-Dealer of record
pursuant to clause (ii) above.
(d) If
an Order is for other than an integral number of Units, then the Auction
Agent
shall round the number down to the nearest number of whole Units, and the
Auction Agent shall conduct the Auction Procedures as if such Order had been
submitted in such number of Units.
(e) If
the Auction Agent has been notified by the Trustee or the Issuer that any
portion of an Order by a Broker-Dealer relates to a Tortoise Note of a series
that has been called for redemption on or prior to the Interest Payment Date
next succeeding such Auction, the Order shall be invalid with respect to
such
portion and the Auction Agent shall conduct the Auction Procedures as if
such
portion of such Order had not been submitted.
(f) No
Tortoise Note of a series which the Auction Agent has been notified by the
Trustee or the Issuer has been called for redemption on or prior to the Interest
Payment Date next succeeding such Auction shall be included in the calculation
of Available Tortoise Notes for such Auction.
(g) If
an Order or Orders covering all of the Tortoise Notes of a particular series
is
not submitted by a Broker-Dealer of record prior to the Submission Deadline,
the
Auction Agent shall deem a Hold Order to have been submitted on behalf of
such
Broker-Dealer
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covering
the number of Units of Tortoise Notes for which such Broker-Dealer is the
Broker-Dealer of record and not subject to Orders submitted to the Auction
Agent; provided, however, that if there is a conversion from one Auction
Period
to a longer Auction Period and Orders have not been submitted by such
Broker-Dealer prior to the Submission Deadline covering the number of Units
of
Tortoise Notes of a particular series to be converted for which such
Broker-Dealer is the Broker-Dealer of record, the Auction Agent shall deem
a
Sell Order to have been submitted on behalf of such Broker-Dealer covering
the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes to be converted for which such Broker-Dealer
is the Broker-Dealer of record not subject to Orders submitted by such
Broker-Dealer.
4. Determination
of Applicable Rate. (a) If requested by the Trustee or a
Broker-Dealer, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time (or such other
time as may be agreed to by the Auction Agent and all Broker-Dealers), on
each
Auction Date for each series of Tortoise Notes, the Auction Agent shall advise
such Broker-Dealer (and thereafter confirm to the Trustee, if requested)
the All
Hold Rate. Such advice, and confirmation, shall be made by telephone
or other electronic means acceptable to the Auction Agent.
(b) Promptly
after the Submission Deadline for the Tortoise Notes of a series on each
Auction
Date, the Auction Agent shall assemble all Orders submitted or deemed submitted
to it by the Broker-Dealers (each such Order as submitted or deemed submitted
by
a Broker-Dealer being hereinafter referred to as a “Submitted Hold Order,” a
“Submitted Bid” or a “Submitted Sell Order,” as the case may be, and
collectively as a “Submitted Order”) and shall determine (i) the Available
Tortoise Notes, (ii) whether there are Sufficient Clearing Bids, and
(iii) the Applicable Rate.
(c) In
the event the Auction Agent shall fail to calculate or, for any reason, fails
to
provide the Auction Rate on the Auction Date, for any Auction Period (i) if
the preceding Auction Period was a period of 35 days or less, (A) a new
Auction Period shall be established for the same length of time as the preceding
Auction Period, if the failure to make such calculation was because there
was
not at the time a duly appointed and acting Auction Agent or Broker-Dealer,
and
the Applicable Rate for the new Auction Period shall be the percentage of
the
Index set forth in Section 4(f) below if the Index is ascertainable on such
date (by the Auction Agent, if there is at the time an Auction Agent, or
the
Trustee, if at the time there is no Auction Agent) or, (B) if the failure
to make such calculation was for any other reason or if the Index is not
ascertainable on such date, the prior Auction Period shall be extended for
seven
days and the Applicable Rate for the period as so extended shall be the same
as
the Applicable Rate for the Auction Period prior to the extension, and
(ii) if the preceding Auction Period was a period of greater than 35 days,
(A) a new Auction Period shall be established for a period that ends on the
seventh day following the day that was the last day of the preceding Auction
Period, (or if such seventh day is not followed by a Business Day then to
the
next succeeding day which is followed by a Business Day) if the failure to
make
such calculation was because there was not at the time a duly appointed and
acting Auction Agent or Broker-Dealer, and the Applicable Rate for the new
Auction Period shall be the percentage of the Index set forth in
Section 4(f) below if the Index is ascertainable on such date (by the
Auction Agent, if there is at the time an Auction Agent, or the Trustee,
if at
the time there is no Auction Agent) or, (B) if the failure to make such
calculation was for any other reason or if the Index is not ascertainable
on
such date, the prior Auction Period shall be extended to the seventh day
following the day that would have been the
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last
day
of the preceding Auction Period (or if such seventh day is not followed by
a
Business Day then to the next succeeding day that is followed by a Business
Day)
and the Applicable Rate for the period as so extended shall be the same as
the
Applicable Rate for the Auction Period prior to the extension. In the
event a new Auction Period is established as set forth in
clause (ii) (A) above, an Auction shall be held on the last Business
Day of the new Auction Period to determine an Auction Rate for an Auction
Period
beginning on the Business Day immediately following the last day of the new
Auction Period and ending on the date on which the Auction Period otherwise
would have ended had there been no new Auction Period or Auction Periods
subsequent to the last Auction Period for which a Winning Bid Rate had been
determined. In the event an Auction Period is extended as set forth
in clause (i) (B) or (ii) (B) above, an Auction shall be held on
the last Business Day of the Auction Period as so extended to determine an
Auction Rate for an Auction Period beginning on the Business Day immediately
following the last day of the extended Auction Period and ending on the date
on
which the Auction Period otherwise would have ended had there been no extension
of the prior Auction Period.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, neither new nor extended Auction Periods shall total more
than 35
days in the aggregate. If at the end of the 35 days the Auction Agent
fails to calculate or provide the Auction Rate, or there is not at the time
a
duly appointed and acting Auction Agent or Broker-Dealer, the Applicable
Rate
shall be the Maximum Rate.
(d) In
the event of a failed conversion from an Auction Period to any other period
or
in the event of a failure to change the length of the current Auction Period
due
to the lack of Sufficient Clearing Bids at the Auction on the Auction Date
for
the first new Auction Period, the Applicable Rate for the next Auction Period
shall be the Maximum Rate and the Auction Period shall be a seven-day Auction
Period.
(e) If
the Tortoise Notes are no longer maintained in book-entry-only form by the
Securities Depository, then the Auctions shall cease and the Applicable Rate
shall be the Maximum Rate.
(f) The
percentage of the Index in Section 4(c) is 100%.
5. Allocation
of Tortoise Notes. (a) In the event of Sufficient Clearing Bids
for the Tortoise Notes of a series subject to the further provisions of
paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 5. Submitted Orders
for Tortoise Notes of the series shall be accepted or rejected as follows
in the
following order of priority:
(i) the
Submitted Hold Order of each Existing Holder shall be accepted, thus requiring
each such Existing Holder to continue to hold the Tortoise Notes that are
the
subject of such Submitted Hold Order;
(ii) the
Submitted Sell Order of each Existing Holder shall be accepted and the Submitted
Bids of each Existing Holder specifying any rate that is higher than the
Winning
Bid Rate shall be rejected, thus requiring each Existing Holder to sell the
Tortoise Notes that are the subject of such Submitted Sell Order or Submitted
Bid;
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(iii) the
Submitted Bid of each Existing Holder specifying any rate that is lower than
the
Winning Bid Rate shall be accepted, thus requiring each such Existing Holder
to
continue to hold the Tortoise Notes that are the subject of the Submitted
Bid;
(iv) the
Submitted Bid of each Potential Holder specifying any rate that is lower
than
the Winning Bid Rate for Tortoise Notes of the series shall be accepted,
thus
requiring each such Potential Holder to purchase the Tortoise Notes that
are the
subject of the Submitted Bid;
(v) the
Submitted Bid of each Existing Holder specifying a rate that is equal to
the
Winning Bid Rate shall be accepted, thus requiring each such Existing Holder
to
continue to hold the Tortoise Notes of the series that are the subject of
the
Submitted Bid, but only up to and including the number of Units of Tortoise
Notes of such series obtained by multiplying (A) the aggregate number of
Units of Tortoise Notes which are not the subject of Submitted Hold Orders
described in clause (i) of this paragraph (a) or of Submitted Bids
described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph (a) by
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Units of
Tortoise Notes held by such Existing Holder subject to such Submitted Bid
and
the denominator of which shall be the aggregate number of Units of Tortoise
Notes subject to such Submitted Bids made by all such Existing Holders that
specified a rate equal to the Winning Bid Rate, and the remainder, if any,
of
such Submitted Bid shall be rejected, thus requiring each such Existing Holder
to sell any excess amount of Tortoise Notes;
(vi) the
Submitted Bid of each Potential Holder specifying a rate that is equal to
the
Winning Bid Rate shall be accepted, thus requiring each such Potential Holder
to
purchase the Tortoise Notes of the series that are the subject of such Submitted
Bid, but only in an amount equal to the number of Units of Tortoise Notes
of
such series obtained by multiplying (A) the aggregate number of Units of
Outstanding Tortoise Notes which are not the subject of Submitted Hold Orders
described in clause (i) of this paragraph (a) or of Submitted Bids
described in clauses (iii), (iv) or (v) of this paragraph (a) by
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Units of
Tortoise Notes subject to such Submitted Bid and the denominator of which
shall
be the sum of the aggregate number of Units of Tortoise Notes subject to
such
Submitted Bids made by all such Potential Holders that specified a rate equal
to
the Winning Bid Rate, and the remainder of such Submitted Bid shall be rejected;
and
(vii) the
Submitted Bid of each Potential Holder specifying any rate that is higher
than
the Winning Bid Rate shall be rejected.
(b) In
the event there are not Sufficient Clearing Bids for the Tortoise Notes of
a
series, Submitted Orders for the Tortoise Notes of the series shall be accepted
or rejected as follows in the following order of priority:
(i) the
Submitted Hold Order of each Existing Holder shall be accepted, thus requiring
each such Existing Holder to continue to hold the Tortoise Notes that are
the
subject of such Submitted Hold Order;
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(ii) the
Submitted Bid of each Existing Holder specifying any rate that is not higher
than the Maximum Rate shall be accepted, thus requiring each such Existing
Holder to continue to hold the Tortoise Notes that are the subject of such
Submitted Bid;
(iii) the
Submitted Bids specifying any rate that is not higher than the Maximum Rate
for
the Tortoise Notes shall be accepted, thus requiring each such Potential
Holder
to purchase the Tortoise Notes that are the subject of such Submitted Bid;
and
(iv) the
Submitted Sell Orders of each Existing Holder shall be accepted as Submitted
Sell Orders and the Submitted Bids of each Existing Holder specifying any
rate
that is higher than the Maximum Rate shall be deemed to be and shall be accepted
as Submitted Sell Orders, in both cases only up to and including the number
of
Units of Tortoise Notes of such series obtained by multiplying (A) the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes subject to Submitted Bids described in
clause (iii) of this paragraph (b) by (B) a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of Units of Tortoise Notes held by
such
Existing Holder subject to such Submitted Sell Order or such Submitted Bid
deemed to be a Submitted Sell Order and the denominator of which shall be
the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes subject to all such Submitted Sell Orders
and
such Submitted Bids deemed to be Submitted Sell Orders, and the remainder
of
each such Submitted Sell Order or Submitted Bid shall be deemed to be and
shall
be accepted as a Hold Order and each such Existing Holder shall be required
to
continue to hold such excess amount of Tortoise Notes; and
(v) the
Submitted Bid of each Potential Holder specifying any rate that is higher
than
the Maximum Rate shall be rejected.
6. Notice
of Applicable Rate. (a) On each Auction Date, the Auction
Agent shall notify each Broker-Dealer that participated in the Auction held
on
such Auction Date by electronic means acceptable to the Auction Agent and
the
applicable Broker-Dealer of the following, with respect to the Tortoise Notes
of
a series for which an Auction was held on such Auction Date:
(i) the
Applicable Rate determined on such Auction Date for the succeeding Auction
Period;
(ii) whether
Sufficient Clearing Bids existed for the determination of the Winning Bid
Rate;
(iii) if
such Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid or a Sell Order on behalf of an Existing
Holder, whether such Bid or Sell Order was accepted or rejected and the number
of Units of Tortoise Notes of the series, if any, to be sold by such Existing
Holder;
(iv) if
such Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid on behalf of a Potential Holder, whether
such
Bid was accepted or rejected and the number of Units of Tortoise Notes of
the
series, if any, to be purchased by such Potential Holder;
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(v) if
the aggregate number of Units of Tortoise Notes of a series to be sold by
all
Existing Holders on whose behalf such Broker-Dealer submitted Bids or Sell
Orders is different from the aggregate number of Units of Tortoise Notes
of such
series to be purchased by all Potential Holders on whose behalf such
Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid, the name or names of one or more Broker-Dealers
(and the Agent Member, if any, of each such other Broker-Dealer) and the
number
of Units of Tortoise Notes of such series to be (A) purchased from one or
more Existing Holders on whose behalf such other Broker-Dealers submitted
Bids
or Sell Orders or (B) sold to one or more Potential Holders on whose behalf
such Broker-Dealer submitted Bids; and
(vi) the
immediately succeeding Auction Date.
(b) On
each Auction Date, with respect to each series of Tortoise Notes for which
an
Auction was held on such Auction Date, each Broker-Dealer that submitted
an
Order on behalf of any Existing Holder or Potential Holder shall: (i) if
requested by an Existing Holder or a Potential Holder advise such Existing
Holder or Potential Holder on whose behalf such Broker-Dealer submitted an
Order
as to (A) the Applicable Rate determined on such Auction Date,
(B) whether any Bid or Sell Order submitted on behalf of each such Owner
was accepted or rejected and (C) the immediately succeeding Auction Date;
(ii) instruct each Potential Holder on whose behalf such Broker-Dealer
submitted a Bid that was accepted, in whole or in part, to instruct such
Potential Holder’s Agent Member to pay to such Broker-Dealer (or its Agent
Member) through the Securities Depository the amount necessary to purchase
the
number of Units of Tortoise Notes of such series to be purchased pursuant
to
such Bid against receipt of such Tortoise Notes; and (iii) instruct each
Existing Holder on whose behalf such Broker-Dealer submitted a Sell Order
that
was accepted or a Bid that was rejected in whole or in part, to instruct
such
Existing Holder’s Agent Member to deliver to such Broker-Dealer (or its Agent
Member) through the Securities Depository the number of Units of Tortoise
Notes
of the series to be sold pursuant to such Bid or Sell Order against payment
therefor.
(c) The
Auction Agent shall give notice of the Auction Rate to the Issuer and the
Trustee by mutually acceptable electronic means and the Trustee shall promptly
give notice of such Auction Rate to the Securities Depository.
7. Miscellaneous
Provisions Regarding Auctions. (a) In this Appendix A, each
reference to the purchase, sale or holding of Tortoise Notes shall refer
to
beneficial interests in Tortoise Notes, unless the context clearly requires
otherwise.
(b) During
an auction Rate Period with respect to each series of Tortoise Notes, the
provisions of the Indenture and the definitions contained therein and described
in this Appendix A, including without limitation the definitions of All Hold
Rate, Interest Payment Date, Maximum Rate, and Applicable Rate, may be amended
pursuant to the Indenture by obtaining the consent of the majority of the
owners
of the affected Outstanding Tortoise Notes of a series bearing interest at
the
Applicable Rate as follows. If on the first Auction Date occurring at
least 20 days after the date on which the Trustee mailed notice of such proposed
amendment to the registered owners of the affected Outstanding Tortoise Notes
of
the series, (i) the Applicable Rate which is determined on such date is the
Winning Bid Rate or the All Hold Rate and (ii) there is delivered to the
Issuer and the Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that
such
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amendment
shall not adversely affect the validity of the Tortoise Notes of the series
or
any exemption from federal income tax to which the interest on the Tortoise
Notes of the series would otherwise be entitled, the proposed amendment shall
be
deemed to have been consented to by the owners of all affected Outstanding
Tortoise Notes of the series bearing interest at the Applicable
Rate.
(c) If
the Securities Depository notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable
to
continue as registered owner of the Tortoise Notes of a series or if at any
time
the Securities Depository shall no longer be registered or in good standing
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable
statute or regulation and a successor to the Securities Depository is not
appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives notice or
becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Auctions shall cease
and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
certificates representing the Tortoise Notes of the series. Such
Tortoise Notes shall be registered in such names and Authorized Denominations
as
the Securities Depository, pursuant to instructions from the Agent Members
or
otherwise, shall instruct the Issuer and the Trustee.
(d) During
an Auction Period, so long as the ownership of the Tortoise Notes of a series
is
maintained in book-entry form by the Securities Depository, an Existing Holder
or a Beneficial Owner may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of a Tortoise
Note
only pursuant to a Bid or Sell Order in accordance with the Auction Procedures
or to or through a Broker-Dealer, provided that (i) in the case of all
transfers other than pursuant to Auctions such Existing Holder or its
Broker-Dealer or its Agent Member advises the Auction Agent of such transfer
and
(ii) a sale, transfer or other disposition of Tortoise Notes of the series
from a customer of a Broker-Dealer who is listed on the records of that
Broker-Dealer as the holder of such Tortoise Notes to that Broker-Dealer
or
another customer of that Broker-Dealer shall not be deemed to be a sale,
transfer or other disposition for purposes of this paragraph if such
Broker-Dealer remains the Existing Holder of the Tortoise Notes so sold,
transferred or disposed or immediately after such sale, transfer or
disposition.
8. Changes
in Auction Period or Auction Date.
(a) Changes
in Auction Period.
(i) During
any Auction Period, the Issuer, may, from time to time on the Interest Payment
Date immediately following the end of any Auction Period, change the length
of
the Auction Period with respect to all of the Tortoise Notes of a series
in
order to accommodate economic and financial factors that may affect or be
relevant to the length of the Auction Period and the rate of Tortoise Notes
of
such series. The Issuer shall initiate the change in the length of
the Auction Period by giving written notice to the Trustee, Auction Agent,
the
Broker-Dealers and the Securities Depository that the Auction Period shall
change if the conditions described herein are satisfied and the proposed
effective date of the change, at least 10 Business Days prior to the Auction
Date for such Auction Period.
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(ii) Any
such changed Auction Period shall be for a period of one day, seven-days,
28-days, 35-days, three months, six months and shall be for all of the Tortoise
Notes of such series.
(iii) The
change in length of the Auction Period shall take effect only if Sufficient
Clearing Bids exist at the Auction on the Auction Date for such new Auction
Period. For purposes of the Auction for such new Auction Period only,
except to the extent such Existing Holder submits an Order with respect to
such
Tortoise Notes each Existing Holder shall be deemed to have submitted Sell
Orders with respect to all of its Tortoise Notes of such series if the change
is
to a longer Auction Period and a Hold Order if the change is to a shorter
Auction Period. If there are not Sufficient Clearing Bids for the
first Auction Period, the Auction Rate for the new Auction Period shall be
the
Maximum Rate, and the Auction Period shall be a seven-day Auction
Period.
(b) Changes
in Auction Date. During any Auction Period, the Auction Agent,
at the direction of the Issuer, may specify an earlier or later Auction Date
(but in no event more than five Business Days earlier or later) than the
Auction
Date that would otherwise be determined in accordance with the definition
of
“Auction Date” in order to conform with then current market practice with
respect to similar securities or to accommodate economic and financial factors
that may affect or be relevant to the day of the week constituting an Auction
Date and the rate of the Tortoise Notes of the series. The Auction
Agent shall provide notice of the Issuer’s direction to specify an earlier
Auction Date for an Auction Period by means of a written notice delivered
at
least 45 days prior to the proposed changed Auction Date to the Issuer, the
Broker-Dealers and the Securities Depository. In the event that
Auction Agent is instructed to specify an earlier Auction Date, the days
of the
week on which an Auction Period begins and ends and the Interest Payment
Date
shall be adjusted accordingly.
(c) Changes
Resulting from Unscheduled Holidays. If, in the opinion of the
Auction Agent and the Broker-Dealers, there is insufficient notice of an
unscheduled holiday to allow the efficient implementation of the Auction
Procedures set forth herein, the Auction Agent and the Broker-Dealers may,
as
they deem appropriate, and after providing notice to the Issuer, set a different
Auction Date and adjust any Interest Payment Dates and Auction Periods affected
by such unscheduled holiday.
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APPENDIX
B
FORM
OF NOTE
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APPENDIX
C
FORM
OF TRUSTEE AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
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