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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of February 24, 1998
between
CENDANT CORPORATION,
AS ISSUER
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
AS TRUSTEE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS..................................1
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms..........................................1
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES.................4
SECTION 2.1. Designation, Principal Amount and Authorized Denomination....4
SECTION 2.2. Maturity.....................................................4
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment.............................................4
SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture.............................................4
SECTION 2.5. Interest.....................................................5
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES..........................6
SECTION 3.1. Tax Event Redemption.........................................6
SECTION 3.2. Redemption Procedure for Debentures..........................6
SECTION 3.3. No Sinking Fund..............................................7
SECTION 3.4. Option to Put Debentures.....................................7
SECTION 3.5. Repurchase Procedure for Debentures..........................7
ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD......................8
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period.........................8
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension..........................................8
SECTION 4.3. Limitation of Transactions...................................9
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES....................................9
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses..........................................9
SECTION 5.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal..........................9
ARTICLE VI
FORM OF DEBENTURE..............................10
SECTION 6.1. Form of Debenture...........................................10
ARTICLE VII
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES.........................19
SECTION 7.1. Original Issue of Debentures................................19
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS................................19
SECTION 8.1. Ratification of Indenture...................................19
SECTION 8.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals........................19
SECTION 8.3. Governing Law...............................................19
SECTION 8.4. Separability................................................19
SECTION 8.5. Counterparts................................................19
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FORM OF FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 24, 1998
(the "First Supplemental Indenture"), between CENDANT CORPORATION, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, (the "Company"), and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New
York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the indenture, dated as of
February 24, 1998 (the "Base Indenture"), to the Trustee to provide for the
future issuance of the Company's Senior unsecured debentures, notes or other
evidence of indebtedness (the "Securities"), to be issued from time to time in
one or more series as might be determined by the Company under the Base
Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company
desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to
be known as its 6.45% Debentures due February 16, 2003 (the "Debentures"), the
form and substance of such Debentures and the terms, provisions and conditions
thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this First
Supplemental Indenture (together, the "Indenture");
WHEREAS, Cendant Capital I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the
"Trust"), has offered to the public its 6.45% Trust Originated Preferred
Securities (the "Preferred Securities"), representing preferred, undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, and proposes to invest the
proceeds from such offering, together with the proceeds of the issuance and
sale by the Trust to the Company of its 6.45% Trust Originated Common
Securities (the "Common Securities" and together with the Preferred Securities,
the "Trust Securities"), in the Debentures; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and
deliver this First Supplemental Indenture and all requirements necessary to
make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with
its terms, and to make the Debentures, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the
Company and all acts and things necessary have been done and performed to make
this First Supplemental Indenture enforceable in accordance with its terms, and
the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly
authorized in all respects:
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the
Debentures by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as
provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Debentures and the
terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with
the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term defined in the Indenture has the same meaning when used in
this First Supplemental Indenture;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this First Supplemental Indenture has
the same meaning throughout;
(c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(d) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation;
(e) the following terms have the meanings given to them in the
Declaration: Authorized Newspaper; Clearing Agency; Common Securities
Guarantee; Delaware Trustee; Distributions; DTC; FELINE PRIDES; Growth
PRIDES; Guarantee; Income PRIDES; Institutional Trustee; Investment Company
Event; Preferred Security Certificate; Pricing Agreement; Purchase Agreement;
Regular Trustees; Reset Agent; Reset Announcement Date; Reset Spread; Two-Year
Benchmark Treasury; and Treasury Securities.
(f) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this
Section 1.11(f):
"Applicable Principal Amount" means either (i) if the Tax Event
Redemption Date occurs prior to February 16, 2001, the aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures corresponding to the aggregate stated liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities which are components of Income PRIDES on the
Tax Event Redemption Date or (ii) if the Tax Event Redemption occurs on or
after February 16, 2001, the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
corresponding to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities outstanding on such Tax Event Redemption Date.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York
or in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
"Coupon Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
"Debentures Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4.
"Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
Cendant Capital I, a Delaware statutory business trust, dated as of February
24, 1998.
"Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1
hereof.
"Dissolution Event" means that, as a result of the occurrence and
continuation of a Tax Event, an Investment Company Event or otherwise, the
Trust is to be dissolved in accordance with the Declaration, and, except in the
case of a Tax Event Redemption, the Debentures held by the Institutional
Trustee are to be distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities issued by
the Trust pro rata in accordance with the Declaration.
"Extended Interest Payment Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
"Failed Remarketing" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.4(b) of the Purchase Contract Agreement.
"Global Debentures" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
"Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.4 .
"Purchase Contract" shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase
Contract Agreement.
"Purchase Contract Agreement" shall mean that certain agreement dated
March 2, 1998 between the Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
purchase contract agent.
"Purchase Contract Settlement Date" means February 16, 2001.
"Put Option" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
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"Quotation Agent" means (i) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Government Securities, Inc.
and its respective successors, provided, however, that if the foregoing shall
cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor
another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer
selected by the Company.
"Redemption Amount" means for each Debenture, the product of (i) the
principal amount of such Debenture and (ii) a fraction whose numerator is the
Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and whose denominator is the Applicable
Principal Amount of the Treasury Portfolio.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an opinion of a
nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to
the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change (including any
announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of
the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein affecting taxation, (b) any amendment to or change in an interpretation
or application of such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court,
governmental agency or regulatory authority or (c) any interpretation or
pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to such laws or
regulations that differs from the generally accepted position on the date the
Trust Securities are issued, which amendment or change is effective or which
interpretation or pronouncement is announced on or after the date of issuance
of the Trust Securities under the Declaration, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that (i) interest payable by the Company on the Debentures
would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by the Company for federal income
tax purposes or (ii) the Trust would be subject to more than a de minimis
amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.
"Tax Event Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1 hereof.
"Treasury Portfolio" means with respect to the Applicable Principal
Amount of Debentures (a) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs prior to
February 16, 2001, a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities
consisting of (i) principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities
which mature on or prior to February 15, 2001 in an aggregate amount equal to
the Applicable Principal Amount and (ii) with respect to each scheduled
interest payment date on the Debentures that occurs after the Tax Event
Redemption Date principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which
mature on or prior to such date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate
interest payment that would be due on the Applicable Principal Amount of the
Debentures on such date, and (b) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs after
February 16, 2001, a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities con
sisting of (i) principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which
mature on or prior to February 15, 2003 in an aggregate amount equal to the
Applicable Principal Amount and (ii) with respect to each scheduled interest
payment date on the Debentures that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date
interest or principal strips of such U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on
or prior to such date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest
payment that would be due on the Applicable Principal Amount of the Debentures
on such date.
"Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price" means the lowest aggregate price
quoted by a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (a
"Primary Treasury Dealer") to the Quotation Agent on the third Business Day
immediately preceding the Tax Event Redemption Date for the purchase of the
Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the Tax Event Redemption Date.
(g) the following terms shall have the meanings given to them in the
Purchase Contract: Collateral Agent.
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ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. Designation, Principal Amount and Authorized Denomination.
There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the 6.45%
Debentures (the "Debentures") due February 16, 2003, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $1,541,237,150, which amount to be issued shall be as set
forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery
of Debentures pursuant to the Base Indenture. The denominations in which
debentures shall be issuable is $50 and integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 2.2. Maturity. The Maturity Date will be February 16, 2003.
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment.
Except as provided in Section 2.4, the Debentures shall be issued in
fully registered certificated form without interest coupons bearing identical
terms. Principal and interest on the Debentures issued in certificated form
will be payable, the transfer of such Debentures will be registrable and such
Debentures will be exchangeable for Debentures bearing identical terms and
provisions at the office or agency of the Trustee; provided, however, that
payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
the Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of any Debentures is the
Institutional Trustee, the payment of the principal of and interest (including
Compounded Interest and expenses and taxes of the Trust set forth in Section
4.1 hereof, if any) on such Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee will
be made at such place and to such account as may be designated by the
Institutional Trustee.
SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture.
(a) In connection with a Dissolution Event,
(i) the Debentures in certificated form may be presented to the
Trustee by the Institutional Trustee in exchange for a global Debenture in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Debentures (a "Global Debenture"), to be registered in the name of
the Clearing Agency, or its nominee, and delivered by the Institutional Trustee
to the Clearing Agency for crediting to the accounts of its participants
pursuant to the instructions of the Regular Trustees. The Company upon any such
presentation shall execute a Global Debenture in such aggregate principal
amount and deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in
accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee, upon receipt of such Global
Debenture, together with an Officers' Certificate requesting authentication,
will authenticate such Global Debenture. Payments on the Debentures issued as a
Global Debenture will be made to the Clearing Agency; and
(ii) if any Preferred Securities are held in non book-entry
certificated form, the Debentures in certificated form may be presented to the
Trustee by the Institutional Trustee and any Preferred Security Certificate
which represents Preferred Securities other than Preferred Securities held by
the Clearing Agency or its nominee ("Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities") will
be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the Debentures presented to the
Trustee by the Institutional Trustee having an aggregate principal amount equal
to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities
until such Preferred Security Certificates are presented to the Institutional
Trustee for transfer or reissuance at which time such Preferred Security
Certificates will be cancelled and a Debenture, registered in the name of the
Holder of the Preferred Security Certificate or the transferee of the Holder of
such Preferred Security Certificate, as the case may be, with an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred
Security Certificate cancelled, will be executed by the Company and delivered
to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with the Indenture
to such Holder. The Trustee, upon receipt of such Debenture together with an
Officers' Certificate requesting authentication, shall authenticate such
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Debenture. On issue of such Debentures, Debentures with an equivalent aggregate
principal amount that were presented by the Institutional Trustee to the
Trustee will be deemed to have been cancelled.
(b) Unless and until it is exchanged for the Debentures in registered
form, a Global Debenture may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to
another nominee of the Clearing Agency, or to a successor Clearing Agency
selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Clearing
Agency.
(c) If at any time the Clearing Agency notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as a Clearing Agency or if at any time the
Clearing Agency for such series 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 Clearing Agency for such
series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company
receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be,
the Company will execute, and, subject to Article III of the Indenture, the
Trustee, upon written notice from the Company, will authenticate and deliver
the Debentures in certificated registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Debenture in exchange for such Global Debenture. In
addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Debentures shall no
longer be represented by Global Debenture. In such event the Company will
execute, and subject to Section 3.3 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee, upon
receipt of an Officers' Certificate evidencing such determination by the
Company, will authenticate and deliver the Debentures in certificated
registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Debenture in exchange for such Global Debenture. Upon the exchange of the
Global Debenture for such Debentures in certificated registered form without
coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Debenture shall be cancelled
by the Trustee. Such Debentures in certificated registered form issued in
exchange for the Global Debenture shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Clearing Agency, pursuant to instructions from
its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee.
The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Clearing Agency for delivery
to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
SECTION 2.5. Interest.
(a) Each Debenture will bear interest initially at the rate of 6.45%
per annum (the "Coupon Rate") from the original date of issuance until February
15, 2001, and thereafter at the rate determined by the Reset Agent and notified
to the Trustee by the Company (the "Reset Rate") until the principal thereof
becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue
installment of interest at the rate of 6.45% until February 15, 2001 and at the
Reset Rate thereafter, compounded quarterly, payable (subject to the provisions
of Article IV herein) quarterly in arrears on February 16, May 16, August 16
and November 16 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date") commencing on
May 16, 1998, to the Person in whose name such Debenture or any predecessor
Debenture is registered, at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest installment, which, in respect of (i) Debentures of which the
Institutional Trustee is the Holder and the Preferred Securities are in
book-entry only form or (ii) a Global Debenture, shall be the close of business
on the Business Day next preceding that Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, if (i) the Debentures are held by the Institutional
Trustee and the Preferred Securities are no longer in book-entry only form or
(ii) the Debentures are not represented by a Global Debenture, the Company may
select a Regular Record Date for such interest installment which shall be more
than 15 Business Days but less than 60 Business Days prior to an Interest
Payment Date.
(b) The Coupon Rate on the Debentures will be reset on the third
Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date to the
Reset Rate (which Reset Rate will become effective on and after the Purchase
Contract Settlement Date). On the tenth (10) Business Day immediately preceding
the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Reset Announcement Date, the Reset
Spread and the relevant Two-Year Benchmark Treasury will be announced by the
Company and the Company shall deliver an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee
containing such information. On the Business Day immediately following such
Reset Announcement Date, the Holders of
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Debentures will be notified of such Reset Spread and Two-Year Benchmark
Treasury by the Company. Such notice shall be sufficiently given to such
Holders of Debentures if published in an Authorized Newspaper.
(c) Not later than 10 calendar days nor more than 15 calendar days
immediately preceding the Reset Announcement Date, the Company will request
that the Clearing Agency or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or
its nominee) or the Institutional Trustee, notify the Holders of Debentures of
such Reset Announcement Date and the procedures to be followed by such holders
of Debentures wishing to settle the related Purchase Contract with separate
cash on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement
Date.
(d) The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Except as
provided in the following sentence, the amount of interest payable for any
period shorter than a full quarterly period for which interest is computed,
will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such a
90-day period. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the
Debentures is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date
will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without
any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if
such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall
be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force and effect as if made on such date.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 3.1. Tax Event Redemption.
If a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at its
option, redeem the Debentures in whole (but not in part) at any time at a
Redemption Price per Debenture equal to the Redemption Amount plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, together with Compounded Interest and the expenses and
taxes of the Trust set forth in Section 4.1 hereof, if any, to the date of such
redemption (the "Tax Event Redemption Date"). If, following the occurrence of a
Tax Event, the Company exercises its option to redeem the Debentures, then the
proceeds of such redemption, if distributed to the Institutional Trustee as the
sole Holder of such Debentures, will be applied by the Institutional Trustee to
redeem Trust Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed, at the Redemption
Price. If, following the occurrence of a Tax Event, the Company exercises its
option to redeem the Debentures, the Company shall appoint the Quotation Agent
to assemble the Treasury Portfolio in consultation with the Company. Upon
exercise of its option to redeem the Debentures, the Company shall in the
notice to the Trustee pursuant to Section 1102 of the Base Indenture specify
the Redemption Price and the Redemption Amount. The Trustee shall have no duty
or liability to determine or verify such amount. Notice of any redemption will
be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Tax Event
Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Debentures to be prepaid at
its registered address. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the
Redemption Price, on and after the redemption date interest shall cease to
accrue on such Debentures.
SECTION 3.2. Redemption Procedure for Debentures.
Payment of the Redemption Price to each Holder of Debentures shall be
made by the Paying Agent (subject to its receipt of funds), no later than 12:00
noon, New York City time, on the Tax Event Redemption Date, by check or wire
transfer in immediately available funds (provided the necessary wire
instructions have been provided to the Paying Agent at least 15 days prior to
the Tax Event Redemption Date) at such place and to such account as may be
designated by each such Holder of Debentures, including the Institutional
Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be. If the Trustee holds
immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the
Debentures (or, if the Company is acting as Paying Agent or the Institutional
Trustee has received the Redemption Price), then,
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on such Tax Event Redemption Date, such Debentures will cease to be outstanding
and interest thereon will cease to accrue, whether or not such Debentures have
been received by the Company, and all other rights of the Holder in respect of
the Debentures shall terminate and lapse (other than the right to receive the
Redemption Price upon delivery of such Debentures but without interest on such
Redemption Price).
SECTION 3.3. No Sinking Fund.
The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
SECTION 3.4. Option to Put Debentures.
If a Failed Remarketing has occurred, the Company shall immediately
notify the Trustee thereof and each Holder of Debentures who holds such
Debentures on the day immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement
Date shall have the right (the "Put Option") on or after the Business Day
immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, upon at least
three Business Days' prior notice, to require the Company to repurchase such
Holder's Debentures on March 2, 2001 (the "Put Option Exercise Date"), either
in whole or in part, at a repayment price per Debenture equal to $50, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of payment including
deferred interest, if any (the "Debenture Repayment Price").
SECTION 3.5. Repurchase Procedure for Debentures.
(a) In order for the Debentures to be repurchased on the Put
Option Exercise Date, the Company must receive on or prior to 5:00 p.m. New
York City time on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Put Option
Exercise Date, at the principal executive offices of Cendant Corporation in
Parsippany, New Jersey, the Debentures to be repurchased with the form entitled
"Option to Elect Repayment" on the reverse of or otherwise accompanying such
Debentures duly completed. Any such notice received by the Company shall be
irrevocable. All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of
receipt) and acceptance of the Debentures for repayment shall be determined by
the Company, whose determination shall be final and binding. All such
Debentures repurchased by the Company shall be presented by the Company to the
Trustee for cancellation thereof.
(b) Payment of the Debentures Repayment Price to Holders of
Debentures shall be made either through the Trustee, subject to the Trustee's
receipt of payment from the Company in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture or through the Trustee or the Company acting as Paying Agent, no
later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Put Option Exercise Date, and
to such account as may be designated by such Holders. If the Trustee holds
immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Debentures Repayment Price of
the Debentures presented for repayment (or, if the Company is acting as Paying
Agent and the Institutional Trustee has received the Debentures Repayment
Price), then, immediately prior to the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Put Option Exercise Date, such Debentures will cease
to be outstanding and interest thereon will cease to accrue, whether or not
such Debentures have been received by the Company, and all other rights of the
Holder in respect of the Debentures, including the Holder's right to require
the Company to repay such Debentures, shall terminate and lapse (other than the
right to receive the Debentures Repayment Price upon delivery of such
Debentures but without interest on such Debentures Repayment Price). Neither
the Trustee nor the Company will be required to register or cease to be
registered the transfer of any Debentures for which repayment has been elected.
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ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period.
The Company shall have the right at any time, and from time to time,
during the term of the Debentures, to defer payments of interest by extending
the interest payment period of such Debentures for a period not extending, in
the aggregate, beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures (the "Extended
Interest Payment Period"), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no
interest shall be due and payable. The Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee of any such extension of the interest payment period. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment of which has been deferred
because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this
Section 4.1, will bear interest thereon at the rate of 6.45% until February 15,
2001, and at the Reset Rate thereafter compounded quarterly for each quarter of
the Extended Interest Payment Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the
Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall pay all interest accrued
and unpaid on the Debentures, together with any expenses and taxes of the Trust
set forth in Section 5.1 hereof (as notified to the Trustee by the Company) and
Compounded Interest (together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to
the Holders of the Debentures in whose names the Debentures are registered in
the Security Register on the first record date after the end of the Extended
Interest Payment Period; provided, however, that during any such Extended
Interest Payment Period, (a) the Company shall not declare or pay dividends on
or make any distribution with respect to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make
a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock (other than (i)
purchases or acquisitions of capital stock of the Company in connection with
the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under any employee or agent
benefit plans or the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations pursuant to
any contract or security outstanding on the date of such event requiring the
Company to purchase capital stock of the Company, (ii) as a result of a
reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or conversion
of one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another class or
series of the Company capital stock, (iii) the purchase of fractional interests
in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange
provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged,
(iv) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the Company (or rights to
acquire capital stock) or repurchases or redemptions of capital stock solely
from the issuance or exchange of capital stock or (v) redemptions or
repurchases of any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan and the
declaration thereunder of a dividend of rights in the future), (b) the Company
shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or
repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Company that rank
junior to the Debentures, and (c) the Company shall not make any guarantee
payments with respect to the foregoing (other than payments pursuant to the
Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee). Prior to the termination of any
Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such period,
provided that such period together with all such previous and further
extensions thereof shall not extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of each extension of an Extended
Interest Payment Period. Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment
Period and the payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the Company may
commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing
requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest
Payment Period, except at the end thereof, but the Company, at its option, may
prepay on any Interest Payment Date all or any portion of the interest accrued
during the then elapsed portion of an Extended Interest Payment Period.
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension.
(a) If the Institutional Trustee is the only registered Holder of the
Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period,
the Company shall give written notice to the Regular Trustees, the
Institutional Trustee and the Trustee of its selection of such Extended
Interest Payment Period one Business Day before the earlier of (i) the next
succeeding date on which interest is payable on the Debentures (which shall
also be the next succeeding date on which Distributions on the Trust Securities
issued by the Trust are payable), or (ii) the date the Trust is required to
give notice of the record date for the Preferred Securities, or the date such
Distributions are
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payable, to the New York Stock Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory
organization or to holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust, but
in any event at least one Business Day before such record date.
(b) If the Institutional Trustee is not the only Holder of the
Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period,
the Company shall give the Holders of the Debentures and the Trustee written
notice of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period at least 10
Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date, or (ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the record or
payment date of such interest payment to the New York Stock Exchange or other
applicable self-regulatory organization or to Holders of the Debentures.
SECTION 4.3. Limitation of Transactions.
If (i) the Company shall exercise its right to defer payment of
interest as provided in Section 4.1, or (ii) there shall have occurred any
Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, then (a) the Company shall not
declare or pay dividends or make any distribution with respect to, or redeem,
purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its
capital stock (other than (i) purchases or acquisitions of capital stock of the
Company in connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations
under any employee or agent benefit plans or the satisfaction by the Company of
its obligations pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date of
such event requiring the Company to purchase capital stock of the Company, (ii)
as a result of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the
exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital stock
for another class or series of the Company capital stock, (iii) the purchase of
fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the
conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being
converted or exchanged, (iv) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the
Company (or rights to acquire capital stock) or repurchases or redemptions of
capital stock solely from the issuance or exchange of capital stock and (v)
redemptions or repurchases of any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights
plan and the declaration thereunder of a dividend of rights in the future), (b)
the Company shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if
any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the
Company that rank junior to the Debentures, and (c) the Company shall not make
any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing (other than payments
pursuant to the Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee).
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses.
In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Debentures
to the Institutional Trustee and in connection with the sale of the Trust
Securities by the Trust, the Company, in its capacity as borrower with respect
to the Debentures, shall pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering,
sale and issuance of the Debentures, including commissions to the underwriters
payable pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and
compensation of the Trustee under the Indenture in accordance with the
provisions of the Base Indenture.
SECTION 5.2. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal.
Upon termination of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Base
Indenture or the removal or resignation of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
5.2, the Company shall pay to the Trustee all amounts then owing to the Trustee
under Section 606 of the Base Indenture. Upon termination of the Declaration or
the removal or resignation of the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional
Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Declaration, the
Company shall pay to the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional Trustee, as the
case may be, all amounts accrued to the date of such termination, removal or
resignation.
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ARTICLE VI
FORM OF DEBENTURE
SECTION 6.1. Form of Debenture.
The Debentures and the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication to be
endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following forms:
[IF THE DEBENTURE IS TO BE A GLOBAL DEBENTURE, INSERT - This Debenture
is a Global Debenture within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred
to and is registered in the name of the Clearing Agency or a nominee of the
Clearing Agency. This Debenture is exchangeable for Debentures registered in
the name of a person other than the Clearing Agency or its nominee only in the
limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this
Debenture (other than a transfer of this Debenture as a whole by the Clearing
Agency to a nominee of the Clearing Agency or by a nominee of the Clearing
Agency to the Clearing Agency or another nominee of the Clearing Agency) may be
registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Debenture is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company (55 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx) to the
issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any
Debenture issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as
requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and
any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
No.
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CENDANT CORPORATION
6.45% DEBENTURE
DUE FEBRUARY 16, 2003
CENDANT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company", which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
, the principal sum of ($______________) on February 16, 2003
(such date is hereinafter referred to as the "Maturity Date"), and to pay
interest on said principal sum from , 1998, or from the most recent interest
payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth
herein) in arrears on February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of each
year, commencing on May 16, 1998, initially at the rate of 6.45% per annum
until February 15, 2001, and at the Reset Rate thereafter until the principal
hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue principal and
premium, if any, and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment
of interest at the rate of 6.45% until February 15, 2001, and at the Reset Date
thereafter, compounded quarterly. The interest rate will be reset on the third
business day preceding February 16, 2001 to the Reset Rate (as determined by
the Reset Agent). The amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this
Debenture is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date
will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any
interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force and effect as if made on such date. The interest installment so payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided
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for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid
to the person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor
Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of
business on the regular record date for such interest installment which in the
case of a Global Debenture shall be the close of business on the Business Day
next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, if pursuant to
the terms of the indenture the Debentures are no longer represented by a Global
Debenture, the Company may select such regular record date for such interest
installment which shall be more than fifteen Business Days but less than 60
Business Days prior to an Interest Payment Date. Any such interest installment
not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the registered Holders on such regular record date and may be paid to the
Person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the
Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be
given to the registered Holders of this series of Debentures not less than 10
days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Debentures may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange all as more fully provided in the Indenture. The principal of
(and premium, if any) and the interest on this Debenture shall be payable at
the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin or
currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment
of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the
registered Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or
by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Holder entitled
thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of this Debenture
is the Institutional Trustee or the Collateral Agent, the payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Debenture will be made
at such place and to such account as may be designated in writing by the
Institutional Trustee or the Collateral Agent.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, senior and unsecured and will rank in right of
payment on parity with all other senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
This Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed
by or on behalf of the Trustee.
The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse side
hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
executed.
Dated
CENDANT CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debentures of the series of Debentures described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated
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as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
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(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE)
This Debenture is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the
Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Securities"), specified in the
Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant
to an Indenture dated as of February 24, 1998 (the "Base Indenture"), duly
executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust
Company of New York, as Trustee (the "Trustee") (as supplemented by a First
Supplemental Indenture, dated February 24, 1998), (the Base Indenture as so
supplemented, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Securities. By the terms of the
Indenture, the Securities are issuable in series that may vary as to amount,
date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the
Indenture. This series of Securities is limited in aggregate principal amount
as specified in said First Supplemental Indenture.
If a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at its
option, redeem Debentures in whole (but not in part) at any time at a
Redemption Price per Debenture equal to the Redemption Amount plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, together with Compounded Interest and expenses and
taxes of the Trust (each as defined herein), if any, to the Tax Event
Redemption Date. The Redemption Price shall be paid to each Holder of the
Debenture by the Company, no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
Tax Event Redemption Date, by check or wire transfer in immediately available
funds, at such place and to such account as may be designated by each such
Holder.
The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
If a Failed Remarketing has occurred, each Holder of this Debenture
who holds this Debenture on the day immediately following the Purchase Contract
Settlement Date shall have the right (the "Put Option") on or after the
Business Day immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, upon
at least three Business Days' prior notice, to require the Company to
repurchase such Holder's Debentures on March 2, 2001 (the "Put Option Exercise
Date"), either in whole or in part, at a repayment price per Debenture equal to
$50, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of payment
including deferred interest, if any (the "Debenture Repayment Price"). In order
for the Debentures to be so repurchased, the Company must receive, on or prior
to 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on the third Business Day immediately preceding
the Put Option Exercise Date, at the principal executive offices of Cendant
Corporation in Parsippany, New Jersey, the Debentures to be repurchased with
the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" on the reverse of or otherwise
accompanying such Debentures duly completed. Any such notice received by the
Company shall be irrevocable. All questions as to the validity, eligibility
(including time of receipt) and acceptance of the Debentures for repayment
shall be determined by the Company, whose determination shall be final and
binding. The payment of the Debentures Repayment Price in respect of such
Debentures shall be made, either through the Trustee or the Company acting as
Paying Agent, no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Put Option
Exercise Date.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debentures may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of each series affected at the
time outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental
indentures for the purpose of, among other things, adding any provisions to or
changing or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying the rights of the Holders of the
Debentures; provided, however, that, among other things, no such supplemental
indenture shall (i) reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or
extend the time of payment of interest thereon (subject to the Company's right
to defer such payments in the manner set forth herein),
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or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, without the consent
of the Holder of each Debenture so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Debentures, the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each
Debenture then outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities of any series at the time outstanding affected thereby, on
behalf of all of the Holders of the Debentures of such series, to waive a
Default or Event of Default with respect to such series, and its consequences,
except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series. Any such
consent or waiver by the registered Holder of this Debenture (unless revoked as
provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders and owners of this Debenture and of any Debenture
issued in exchange for or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer
or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Debenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Debenture or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Debenture at the time and place and at
the rate and in the money herein prescribed.
So long as the Company is not in default in the payment of interest on
the Debenture, the Company shall have the right at any time during the term of
the Debentures from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such
Debentures for a period not extending, in the aggregate, beyond the Maturity
Date of the Debentures (an "Extended Interest Payment Period"). At the end of
an Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall pay all interest then
accrued and unpaid (together with the interest thereon at the rate of 6.45%
until February 15, 2001 and at the Reset Rate thereafter to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law). In the event
that the Company exercises this right, then (a) the Company shall not declare
or pay dividends or make any distribution with respect to, or redeem, purchase,
acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock
(other than (i) purchases or acquisitions of capital stock of the Company in
connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations under any
employee or agent benefit plans or the satisfaction by the Company of its
obligations pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date of
such event requiring the Company to purchase capital stock of the Company, (ii)
as a result of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the
exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital stock
for another class or series of the Company capital stock, (iii) the purchase of
fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the
conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being
converted or exchanged, (iv) dividends or distributions in capital stock of the
Company (or rights to acquire capital stock) or repurchases or redemptions of
capital stock solely from the issuance or exchange of capital stock or (v)
redemptions or purchases of any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights
plan and the declaration thereunder of a dividend of rights in the future), (b)
the Company shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if
any, or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Company
that rank junior to the Debentures, and (c) the Company shall not make any
guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing (other than payments pursuant
to the Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee). Prior to the termination
of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend
the interest payment period; provided, that such Extended Interest Payment
Period, together with all such previous and further extensions thereof, may not
extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debenture. At the termination of any
such Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all accrued and
unpaid interest and any additional amount then due, the Company may commence a
new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the above requirements.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, this Debenture is transferable by the registered Holder
hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this
Debenture for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee
in the City of New York and State of New York accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or
the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debentures of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be
issued
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to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for
any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Debenture, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and the Security
Registrar may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner
hereof (whether or not this Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any
notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Security
Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any
Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the
interest on this Debenture, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any
incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof,
expressly waived and released.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the
Company to, among other things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or
sell, assign, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties or
assets. All such covenants and limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the
Trustee on compliance with the covenants in the Indenture.
The Debentures of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $50 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Debentures of this series so issued are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Debentures of this series of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
All terms used in this Debenture that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company
to repay $_____ principal amount of the within Debenture, pursuant to its
terms, on the "Put Option Exercise Date," together with any interest thereon
accrued but unpaid to the date of repayment, to the undersigned at:
(Please print or type Name and Address of the Undersigned)
and to issue to the undersigned, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, a new
Debenture or Debentures representing the remaining aggregate principal amount
of this Debenture.
For this Option to Elect Repayment to be effective, this Indenture with the
Option to Elect Repayment duly completed must be received by the Company at
Cendant Corporation, Attn: Corporate Secretary, 0 Xxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxx, no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 27, 2001.
Dated: Signature:
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Signature Guarantee:
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Note: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of the within Debenture in every particular
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Debenture to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Debenture on the books of the Trust. The agent may
substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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Signature:
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Signature Guarantee:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Debenture)
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ARTICLE VII
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 7.1. Original Issue of Debentures.
Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $1,541,237,150 may,
upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and deliver said Debentures to or upon the written order
of the Company, signed by its Chairman, its Vice Chairman, its President, or
any Vice President and its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, without any
further action by the Company.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 8.1. Ratification of Indenture.
The Indenture as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is
in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture
shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein
and therein provided.
SECTION 8.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.
The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the
Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
First Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 8.3. Governing Law.
This First Supplemental Indenture and each Debenture shall be deemed
to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for
all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.
SECTION 8.4. Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First
Supplemental Indenture or in the Debentures shall for any reason be held to be
invalid illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this First
Supplemental Indenture or of the Debentures, but this First Supplemental
Indenture and the Debentures shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal
or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
SECTION 8.5. Counterparts.
This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized, on the date or dates indicated in the
acknowledgments and as of the day and year first above written.
CENDANT CORPORATION,
as Issuer
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Executive Vice President
and General Counsel
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK ,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Secretary/Trust Officer
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