[Draft--7/08/98]
EXHIBIT 4.1
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INDENTURE
Between
NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.
and
SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA
Dated as of [________], 199[_]
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Parties....................................................................
Recitals of the Company....................................................
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other
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Provisions of General Application
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SECTION 101. Definitions.................................................
SECTION 102. Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act..........................................
SECTION 103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........................
SECTION 104. Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee................................................
SECTION 105. Acts of Holders; Record Dates...............................
SECTION 106. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.......................
SECTION 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver...................................
SECTION 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act...........................
SECTION 109. Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents............................................
SECTION 110. Successors and Assigns......................................
SECTION 111. Separability Clause.........................................
SECTION 112. Benefits of Indenture.......................................
SECTION 113. Governing Law...............................................
SECTION 114. Legal Holidays..............................................
SECTION 115. Corporate Obligation........................................
SECTION 116. Counterpart Originals.......................................
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
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SECTION 201. Forms Generally.............................................
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication.........................................
SECTION 203. Securities in Global Form...................................
SECTION 204. Book-Entry Securities.......................................
ARTICLE III
The Securities
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SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series........................
SECTION 302. Denominations...............................................
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SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating.............................................
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities........................................
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange..................................
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities.............................................
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved..............................................
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.......................................
SECTION 309. Cancelation.................................................
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.....................................
SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers...............................................
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
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SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.....................
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money..................................
SECTION 403. Discharge of Liability on Securities
of Any Series..........................................
SECTION 404. Reinstatement...............................................
ARTICLE V
Remedies
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SECTION 501. Events of Default...........................................
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment..............................................
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee.............................
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities...............................
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected..............................
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.........................................
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders To Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest........................
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..........................
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative..............................
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................
SECTION 512. Control by Holders..........................................
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.....................................
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.......................................
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............................
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ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
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SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.........................
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults..........................................
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee...................................
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities.................................
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.........................................
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.........................................
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement..............................
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.....................
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.....................
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor...............................
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor......................
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business..............................
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims ..........................
Against Company........................................
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.........................
ARTICLE VII
Holder's Lists and Reports
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by Trustee and Company
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SECTION 701. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders...................................
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders..............................
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee..........................................
SECTION 704. Reports by Company..........................................
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
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SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc.,
Only on Certain Terms..................................
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted................................
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ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders.....................................
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent
of Holders.............................................
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures...........................
SECTION 905. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.........................
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures................................
ARTICLE X
Covenants
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SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium
and Interest...........................................
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments To Be
Held in Trust..........................................
SECTION 1004. Existence...................................................
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties...................................
SECTION 1006. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback
Transactions...........................................
SECTION 1007. Limitation on Liens.........................................
SECTION 1008. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims...........................
SECTION 1009. Statement by Officers as to Default.........................
SECTION 1010. Waiver of Certain Covenants.................................
SECTION 1011. Additional Amounts..........................................
ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities;
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Repayment at Option of Holders
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SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article....................................
SECTION 1102. Election To Redeem; Notice to Trustee.......................
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities
To Be Redeemed.........................................
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption........................................
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.......................
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................
SECTION 1108. Purchase of Securities......................................
SECTION 1109. Rescission of Redemption....................................
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SECTION 1110. Repayment at the Option of Holders..........................
ARTICLE XII
Sinking Funds
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SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article ...................................
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities...............................
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund...........................................
ARTICLE XIII
Meetings of Holders of Securities
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SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called...................
SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings..........................
SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled To Vote at Meetings........................
SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action..............................................
SECTION 1305. Determination of Voting Rights;
Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings....................
SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action
of Meetings............................................
ARTICLE XIV
Conversion
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SECTION 1401. Conversion Privilege........................................
SECTION 1402. Conversion Procedure; Rescission of
Conversion; Conversion Price;
Fractional Shares......................................
SECTION 1403. Adjustment of Conversion Price for
Common Stock or Marketable Securities..................
SECTION 1404. Consolidation or Merger of the Company......................
SECTION 1405. Notice of Adjustment........................................
SECTION 1406. Notice in Certain Events....................................
SECTION 1407. Company To Reserve Stock; Registration;
Listing................................................
SECTION 1408. Taxes on Conversion.........................................
SECTION 1409. Conversion After Record Date................................
SECTION 1410. Corporate Action Regarding Par Value of
Common Stock ........................................
SECTION 1411. Company Determination Final.................................
SECTION 1412. Trustee's Disclaimer........................................
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VI
INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], 1998, between
NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC., a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"),
having its principal office at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, and SUNTRUST
BANK, ATLANTA, a Georgia banking corporation as
Trustee, the office of the Trustee at which at the
date hereof its corporate trust business is
principally administered being 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxx.,
Xxxx 000-Xxxxx X, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder that are
required to be part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be
governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the
purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities
or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions
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of General Application
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SECTION 101. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except
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as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the
date of this instrument; and
(c) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article VI, are defined in Section
102.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 105.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts that are required by
a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances
specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be paid by the Company with respect to
certain taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed on certain
Holders and that are owing to such Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing. The Trustee may request and may conclusively rely upon an Officers'
Certificate to determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of any specified
Person.
"Attributable Indebtedness", when used with respect to any
Sale/Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present
value (discounted at a rate equivalent to the Company's then current weighted
average cost of funds for borrowed money as at the time of determination,
compounded on a semiannual basis) of the total obligations of the lessee for
rental payments (other than amounts required to
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be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, reconstruction insurance, taxes,
assessments, water rates and similar charges and contingent rates (such as those
based on sales)) during the remaining term of the lease included in such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been
extended).
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person, which may include the
Company, authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to
Section 614 to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in the English language or
in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on
each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays,
and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is
used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications
are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications
may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the
foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors or a committee thereof and to be in full force and effect
on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Book-Entry Security" has the meaning specified in Section 204.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means and includes any and all shares,
rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable),
participation or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the
equity (which includes, but is not limited to, common stock, preferred stock and
partnership and joint venture interests) of such Person (excluding any debt
securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, such equity).
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"Capitalized Lease Obligation" of any Person means any obligation of
such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of property, real or
personal, that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and the amount of such
obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
"Closing Price" of the Common Stock or other marketable Security, as
the case may be, shall mean the last reported sale price of such stock or other
Marketable Security (regular way) as shown on the Composite Tape of the NYSE
(or, if such stock or other Marketable Security is not listed or admitted to
trading on the NYSE, on the principal national securities exchange on which such
stock or other Marketable Security is listed or admitted to trading), or, in
case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices on the NYSE (or, if such stock or other Marketable Security is not
listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, on the principal national securities
exchange on which such stock or other Marketable Security is listed or admitted
to trading), or, if it is not listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as reported
by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System
(NASDAQ), or if such stock or other Marketable Security is not so reported, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any member of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., selected from time to time by
the Company for that purpose.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under
the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board,
its President or a
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Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an
Assistant Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to
the Trustee.
"Consolidated Tangible Assets" of the Company means the aggregate
amount of assets (less applicable reserves therefrom (i) all current
liabilities, and (ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents,
unamortized debt discount and expense and other like tangibles, all as set forth
on the most recent quarterly balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
"Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to
receive Securities to be converted into Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes the
Trustee to act as Conversion Agent for the Securities on its behalf. The Company
may at any time and from time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as
Conversion Agent in addition to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any
series of Securities issued under this Indenture.
"Conversion Event" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Conversion Price" means, with respect to any series of Securities
which are convertible into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities, the
price per share of Common Stock or the price per designated unit of other
Marketable Security at which the Securities of such series are so convertible as
set forth in the Board Resolution with respect to such series (or in any
supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 901(j) with respect to
such series), as the same may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with
Section 1403 (or such supplemental indenture).
"Converting Holder" shall have the meaning specified in Section
1402(c) of this Indenture.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee
first above written at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is that
indicated in the introductory paragraph of this Indenture.
"Current Market Price" on any date shall mean the average of the daily
Closing Prices per share of Common Stock or of such other Marketable Securities
for any thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company prior to
the day in question, which thirty (30) consecutive Trading Day period shall not
commence more than forty-five (45) Trading
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Days prior to the day in question; provided that with respect to Section
1403(3), the "Current Market Price" of the Common Stock or of such other
Marketable Securities shall mean the average of the daily Closing Prices per
share of Common Stock or of such other Marketable Securities for the five (5)
consecutive Trading Days ending on the date of the distribution referred to in
Section 1403(3) (or if such date shall not be a Trading Day, on the Trading Day
immediately preceding such date).
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in the form of a global Security, the Person designated as
Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 301 until a successor Depositary
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a
Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Depositary" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the
Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin
or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Funded Indebtedness" means all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness
incurred under any revolving credit, letter of credit or working capital
facility) that matures by its terms, or that is renewable at the option of any
obligor thereon to a date, more than one year after the date on which such
Indebtedness is originally incurred.
"Hedging Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of such
Person pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, foreign currency exchange
agreement, interest rate collar agreement, option or future contract or other
similar agreement or arrangement relating to interest rates or foreign exchange
rates.
"Holder", when used with respect to any Security, means the Person in
whose name the Security is registered in the Security Register.
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"Indebtedness" of any Person at any date means, without duplication,
(a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether or not the
recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a
portion thereof), (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), other than standby letters of
credit incurred by such Person in the ordinary course of business, (d) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of
property or services, except trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of business, (e) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such
Person, (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by a lien on any asset of such
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person, (g) all
Indebtedness of others guaranteed by such Person to the extent of such guarantee
and (h) all Hedging Obligations of such Person.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 301 and the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that
are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument.
"Interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Issue Date" means the date on which any series of the Securities
is first issued under this Indenture.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 409.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law. For
the purposes of this Indenture, the Company or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to
own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the
interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capitalized
Lease Obligation (other than any Capitalized Lease
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Obligation relating to any building, structure, equipment or other property used
or to be used in the ordinary course of business of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries) or other title retention agreement relating to such
asset.
"Marketable Security" means any common stock, debt security or other
security of a Person which is (or will, upon distribution thereof, be) listed on
the NYSE, the American Stock Exchange or any national securities exchange
registered under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or approved for quotation in the National Market System of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or any
similar system of automated dissemination of quotation of securities prices in
the United States or for which there is a recognized market maker or trading
market.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect
repayment or otherwise.
"NYSE" shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
"Net Proceeds" means, with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction
entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary, the aggregate net proceeds
received by the Company or such Subsidiary from such Sale/Leaseback Transaction
after payment of expenses, taxes, commissions and similar amounts incurred in
connection therewith, whether such proceeds are in cash or in property (valued
at the fair market value thereof at the time of receipt, as determined by the
Board of Directors).
"Officer" means the Chairman, the President, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, Controller, any Assistant Controller, Secretary, any
Assistant Secretary or any Vice President of a Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman,
the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, the Controller, the
Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Controller or Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for or an employee of the Company, rendered, if applicable, in
accordance with Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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"Ordinary Course Lien" means:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on
the property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if the same shall
not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate reserves, if any, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles shall have been set aside on the books of the Company.
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's,
landlords' and mechanics' liens and other similar liens arising in the
ordinary course of business which secure obligations not more than 60 days
past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves, if any, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles shall have been set aside on the
books of the Company;
(c) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker's
compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other
social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation;
(d) Utility easements, building restrictions and such other
encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally
existing with respect to properties of a similar character and which do not
in any material way affect the marketability of the same or interfere with
the use thereof in the ordinary course of business of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(e) Liens arising under operating agreements or similar agreements in
respect of obligations which are not yet due or which are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(f) Liens on personal property (excluding the Capital Stock of any
Restricted Subsidiary) securing Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary other than Funded Indebtedness; and
(g) Liens which secure a judgment or other court-ordered award or
settlement as to which the Company has not exhausted its appellate rights.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
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"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancelation;
(b) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent
(other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be
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redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
and
(c) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in
respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
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principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether a
quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities, (i) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for such purposes shall be the principal amount thereof that would
be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of a
Security denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined by the Company on the date of original issuance of
such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined on the date of
original issuance of such Security, of the amount determined as provided in (i)
above), of such Security and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or upon any
such determination as to the
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presence of a quorum, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Pari Passu Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company,
whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or
assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument
creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding
expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of
payment to the Securities.
"Paying Agent" means any Person, which may include the Company,
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on any one or more series of Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any
kind.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as set forth or
specified in accordance with Section 301 subject to the provisions of Section
1002.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means any manufacturing plant or facility located
within the United States of America (other than its territories or possessions)
owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which in the opinion of the
Board of Directors, is of material importance to the total business conducted by
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole.
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"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Rescission Event" shall mean the occurrence of (a) any
general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on the
principal national securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock or
Marketable Securities are registered and listed for trading (or, if shares of
Common Stock or Marketable Securities are not registered and listed for trading
on any such exchange, in the over-the-counter market) for more than six-and-one-
half (6-1/2) consecutive trading hours, (b) any decline in either the Dow Xxxxx
Industrial Average or the Standard & Poor's Index of 400 Industrial Companies
(or any successor index published by Dow Xxxxx & Company, Inc. or Standard &
Poor's Corporation) by either (i) an amount in excess of 10%, measured from the
close of business on any Trading Day to the close of business on the next
succeeding Trading Day during the period commencing on the Trading Day preceding
the day notice of any redemption of Securities is given (or, if such notice is
given after the close of business on a Trading Day, commencing on such Trading
Day) and ending at the time and date fixed for redemption in such notice or (ii)
an amount in excess of 15% (or if the time and date fixed for redemption is more
than 15 days following the date on which such notice of redemption is given,
20%), measured from the close of business on the trading Day preceding the day
notice of such redemption is given (or, if such notice is given after the close
of business on Trading Day, from such Trading Day) to the close of business on
any Trading Day at or prior to the time and date fixed for redemption, (c) a
declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of
banks by Federal or state authorities in the United States or (d) the
commencement of a war or armed hostilities or other national or international
calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States which in the
reasonable judgment of the Company could have a material adverse effect on the
market for the Common Stock or Marketable Securities.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301, or, if not so specified, the last day of the
calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment
Date is the fifteenth day of the calendar month or the fifteenth day of the
calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment
Date is
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the first date of a calendar month, whether or not such day shall be a Business
Day.
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 506.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the Chairman or any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman or any
Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, the Chairman
of the Trust Committee, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any
Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Cashier, any
Assistant Cashier, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer, the Controller
or any Assistant Controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company (a)
substantially all the property of which is located, or substantially all the
business of which is carried on, within the United States of America (not
including its territories and possessions) and (b) that owns a Principal
Property; provided, however, that the term "Restricted Subsidiary" shall not
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include any Subsidiary that is principally engaged in financing the operations
of the Company, or its Subsidiaries, or both, outside the United States of
America.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" has the meaning specified in Section
1006.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
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"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one
or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock
which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all
times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by
reason of any contingency.
"Trading Day" shall mean, with respect to the Common Stock or a
Marketable Security, so long as the Common Stock or such Marketable Security, as
the case may be, is listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, a day on which
the NYSE is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Common Stock or
such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is not listed or admitted to
trading on the NYSE a day on which the principal national securities exchange on
which the Common Stock or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is
listed is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Common Stock or such
Marketable Security, as the case may be, is not so listed or admitted for
trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which NASDAQ is open for
the transaction of business.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided
in Section 905.
"United States" means the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia) and its "possessions", which include Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the
Northern Mariana Islands.
"United States Alien" means any Person who, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual, a
nonresident alien or foreign fiduciary of an estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership.
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"U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section
401.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president."
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a corporation all the outstanding
voting stock (other than any directors' qualifying shares) of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock which ordinarily
has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so
long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.
"Yield to Maturity", when used with respect to any Original Issue
Discount Security, means the yield to maturity, if any, set forth on the face
thereof.
SECTION 102. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
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Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings:
"Bankruptcy Act" means the Bankruptcy Act or Title 11 of the United
States Code.
"Indenture Securities" means the Securities.
"Indenture Security Holder" means a Holder.
"Indenture To Be Qualified" means this Indenture.
"Indenture Trustee" or "Institutional Trustee" means the Trustee.
"Obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company or any other
obligor on the Securities.
All the other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined
by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another
statute or defined by Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
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SECTION 103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Except as
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otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture, upon any application or request
by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any (including any covenants the
compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any (including any covenants the compliance with which constitutes
a condition precedent), have been complied with, except that in the case of any
such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each Person signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, such Person
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such
Person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such Person,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. (a) In any
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case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
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(b) Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two
or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
SECTION 105. Acts of Holders; Record Dates. (a) Any request, demand,
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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced
by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders
in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding
of any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in
the manner provided in Section 1306.
The Company may set in advance a record date for purposes of
determining the identity of Holders of Securities entitled to vote or consent to
any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture,
which record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation
of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the
Trustee prior to such solicitation. If a record date is fixed, those Persons who
were Holders of Outstanding Securities at such record date (or
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their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled with
respect to such Securities to take such action by vote or consent or to revoke
any vote or consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be
Holders after such record date. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant
to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice thereof
to be given to the Trustee in writing in the manner provided in Section 106 and
to the relevant Holders as set forth in Section 107.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held by any
Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Security. Any Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or other Act as to his Security or
portion of his Security; provided, however, that such revocation shall be
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effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date
the Act becomes effective.
SECTION 106. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request,
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demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with, (a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Xxxx Xxxx, and shall be deemed to be made upon, given or furnished
to, or
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filed with, the Trustee upon actual receipt by the Trustee thereof or (b) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of
its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company,
Attention: General Counsel, and shall be deemed to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with, the Trustee upon actual receipt by the Trustee
thereof.
SECTION 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
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provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) to Holders of
Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the
Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to
Holders of Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every
purpose hereunder. In any case in which notice to Holders of Securities is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular holder of a Security, shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Securities given as
provided herein.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision
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hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture
Act or another provision hereof which is required to be included in this
Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such provision of
the Trust Indenture Act or required provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
which may be so modified or excluded, such provision of the Trust Indenture
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Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded.
SECTION 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article
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and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 110. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in
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this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
SECTION 111. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this
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Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 112. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in
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the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Authenticating Agent, Paying
Agent and Security Registrar, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 113. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL
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BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO
THE EXTENT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
SECTION 114. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment
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Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business
Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture or of the Securities) payment of principal and interest (and premium
and Additional Amounts, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of
Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date
or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity; provided that no interest shall
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accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 115. Corporate Obligation. No recourse may be taken,
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directly or indirectly, against any incorporator, subscriber to the capital
stock, stockholder, officer, director or employee of the Company or the Trustee
or of any predecessor or successor of the Company or the Trustee with
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respect to the Company's obligations on the Securities or the obligations of the
Company or the Trustee under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing
delivered in connection herewith. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives all
such recourse.
SECTION 116. Counterpart Originals. The parties may sign any number
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of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of
them together represent the same agreement.
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
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SECTION 201. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be
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in substantially such form or forms (including global form) as shall be
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply
with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities. If temporary Securities of any series are issued in
global form as permitted by Section 304, the form thereof shall be established
as provided in the preceding sentence. A copy of the Board Resolution
establishing the form or forms of Securities of any series shall be certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section
303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved
on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution thereof.
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SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The
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Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
"This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein and
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
[ ] as Trustee By Authorized Signatory".
SECTION 203. Securities in Global Form. If Securities of a series
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are issuable in global form, as contemplated by Section 301, then,
notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302,
any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such
series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon
and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security
in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount,
of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in
such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified in such Security or in a Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303
and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any
Security in global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person
or Persons specified in such Security or in the applicable Company Order. If a
Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is,
delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or
delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need
not comply with Section 103 except as set forth in said Section 303 or 304.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any
Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the
Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form
together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 103 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction
in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the
written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 201 and 307, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) and
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interest on any Security form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified
therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided
in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or of the Trustee shall treat a Person as the Holder of such principal
amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a global Security as shall be
specified in a written statement, if any, of the Holder of such global Security.
Global Securities shall be issued in either registered form.
SECTION 204. Book-Entry Securities. Notwithstanding any provision of
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this Indenture to the contrary:
(a) At the discretion of the Company, any Security may be issued from
time to time, in whole or in part, in permanent global form registered in the
name of a Depositary, or its nominee. Each such Security in permanent global
form is hereafter referred to as a "Book-Entry Security". Upon such election,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and deliver, one or more Book-Entry Securities that (a) are
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, (b) are registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee, (c) are delivered by the Trustee or an Authenticating
Agent to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instructions and (iv)
bear a legend in substantially the following form (or such other form as the
Depositary and the Company may agree upon):
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE
DEPOSITARY], TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF [NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY] OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE DEPOSITARY], AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
[NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY] OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE DEPOSITARY], ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, [NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY], HAS
AN INTEREST HEREIN.
(b) Any Book-Entry Security shall be initially executed and delivered
as provided in Section 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
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not issued in global form, a Book-Entry Security may not be transferred except
as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of
such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, or by
such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of
such successor Depositary.
(c) If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company or the Trustee
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for any Book-Entry
Securities, or if any time the Depositary for any Book-Entry Securities shall no
longer be qualified to serve as the Depositary, the Company shall appoint a
successor Depositary, whereupon the retiring Depositary shall surrender or cause
the surrender of its Book-Entry Security or Securities to the Trustee. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of such notice. If a
successor Depositary has not been so appointed by the effective date of the
resignation of the Depositary, the Book-Entry Securities will be issued as
Securities not issued in global form, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the Book-Entry Security or Securities theretofore held
by the Depositary. The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion
determine that the Securities shall no longer be Book-Entry Securities
represented by a global certificate or certificates, and will so notify the
Depositary. Upon receipt of such notice, the Depositary shall promptly surrender
or cause the surrender of its Book-Entry Security or Securities to the Trustee.
Concurrently therewith, Securities not issued in global form will be issued in
an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Book-Entry
Security or Securities theretofore held by the Depositary. Upon any exchange of
Book-Entry Securities for Securities not issued in global form as set forth in
this Section 204(c), such Book-Entry Securities shall be canceled by the
Trustee, and Securities issued in exchange for such Book-Entry Securities
pursuant to this section shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Book-Entry Securities,
pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall
deliver such Securities to the persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
(d) The Company and the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Person
in whose name any Book-Entry Security is registered as the Holder thereof for
all purposes of the Indenture and any applicable laws, notwithstanding any
notice to the contrary received by the Trustee or the Company; and the Trustee
and the Company shall have no responsibility for transmitting payments to,
communication with, notifying, or otherwise dealing with any beneficial owners
of any Book-Entry
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Security. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or
obligations, legal or otherwise, to the beneficial owners or to any other party
including the Depositary, except for the Holder of any Book-Entry Security;
provided, however, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) for the
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purposes of determining whether the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver, instruction or other action hereunder as of
any date, the Trustee shall treat any Person specified in a written statement of
the Depositary with respect to any Book-Entry Securities as the Holder of the
principal amount of such Securities set forth therein and (b) nothing herein
shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or Trustee,
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by a Depositary with respect to any Book-Entry Securities, or impair,
as between a Depositary and holders of beneficial interests in such Securities,
the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the
Depositary as Holder of such Securities.
(e) So long as any Book-Entry Security is registered in the name of a
Depositary or its nominee, all payments of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on such Book-Entry Security and redemption thereof and all
notices with respect to such Book-Entry Security shall be made and given,
respectively, in the manner provided in the arrangements of the Company with
such Depositary.
ARTICLE III
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SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate
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principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more
series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and
set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more Indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
(a) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer
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of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series
pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 806 or 1107) and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder;
(c) whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable global
form, as Book-Entry Securities or otherwise, and, if so, whether beneficial
owners of interests in any such global Security may exchange such interests
for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may
occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 305, and the
Depositary for any global Security or Securities;
(d) the date or dates on which the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination
thereof;
(e) the rate or rates, or the method of determination thereof, at
which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, whether and
under what circumstances Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities
shall be payable, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue,
the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and, if
other than as set forth in Section 101, the Regular Record Date for the
interest payable on any Securities on any Interest Payment Date, and the
basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than as provided in
Section 310;
(f) if other than the Corporate Trust Office, the place or places
where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of (and
premium, if any), any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect
to the Securities of the series shall be payable;
(g) the period or periods within which, the price or prices (whether
denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or
in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that
option, and the manner in which the Company must exercise any such option;
(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices (whether denominated in cash,
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securities or otherwise) at which and the terms and conditions upon which,
Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
(i) the denomination in which any Securities of that series shall be
issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof;
(j) the currency or currencies (including composite currencies or
currency units) in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any),
any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities
of the series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United
States of America;
(k) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company
or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies (including composite
currencies or currency units) other than that in which the Securities are
stated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including composite
currencies or currency units) in which payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect
to, Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be
payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon
which such election is to be made;
(l) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any),
any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities
of the series may be determined with reference to any commodities,
currencies or indices, or values, rates or prices, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(m) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
502;
(n) any additional means of satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to Securities of the series pursuant to Section 401,
any additional conditions to discharge pursuant to Section 401 or 403 and
the application, if any, of Section 403 to Securities of the series;
(o) any deletions or modifications of or additions to the Events of
Default set forth in Section 501 or
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covenants of the Company set forth in Article IX pertaining to the
Securities of the series;
(p) provisions, if any, with regard to the conversion or exchange of
the Securities of such series, at the option of the Holders thereof or the
Company, as the case may be, for or into new Securities of a different
series, Capital Stock or other securities and, if the Securities of such
series are convertible into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities,
the Conversion Price therefore;
(q) information with respect to book-entry procedures; and
(r) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate
referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
At the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of any series
that bears interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of any Holder
as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
together with such Board Resolution shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 302. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be
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issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section
301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Securities of such series denominated in dollars shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, any Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than
dollars shall be issuable in denominations that are the equivalent, as
determined by the Company by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of
New York for cable transfers for such currency, as such rate is reported or
otherwise made
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available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on the applicable issue date
for such Securities, of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The
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Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents,
under its corporate seal, which may be in facsimile form, reproduced thereon or
affixed thereto and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be
manual or facsimile. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this
Indenture provided and not otherwise.
If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if the form of such Securities has been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such
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Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such
enforcement is subject to the effect of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights and (b) general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law); and
(d) authentication and delivery of such Securities by the Trustee
will not violate the terms of this Indenture.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not
be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancelation as provided in Section 309 together with
a written statement (which need not comply with Section 103 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been
issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and
shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
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definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company
Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities
in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
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the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall
be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of
such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of
the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancelation of any one or more temporary Securities of any
series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
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The Company shall cause to be kept for each series of Securities at one of the
offices or agencies maintained pursuant to Section 1002 a register (the register
maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the
"Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of
transfers of Securities of such series. The Trustee is hereby initially
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
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shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any global Security shall be exchangeable only as
provided in this paragraph. If the beneficial owners of interests in a global
Security are entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such series
and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and
denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then without
unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which
such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
definitive Securities of that series in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of such global Security, executed by the Company. On or
after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such global
Security shall be surrendered from time to time in accordance with instructions
given to the Trustee and the Depositary (which instructions shall be in writing
but need not comply with Section 103 or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
by the Common Depositary or such other depositary or Common Depositary as shall
be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the
Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for
definitive Securities of the same series without charge and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such global Security,
a like aggregate principal amount of other definitive Securities of the same
series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such
global Security to be exchanged; provided, however, that no such exchanges may
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occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any
selection of Securities of that series is to be redeemed and ending on the
relevant Redemption Date. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such
global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to the Common Depositary or
such other depositary or Common Depositary referred to above in accordance with
the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Security is issued in
exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of business at the
office or agency where such exchange occurs on (a) any Regular Record Date and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest
Payment Date, or (b) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business
at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of interest or
Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest
Payment Date; or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of
such Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed for
payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom
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interest in respect of such portion of such global Security is payable in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchange
pursuant to Section 304, 806 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, register the transfer
of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities of such series selected for redemption and ending at the close of
business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (b)
to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part; provided that such Security shall be simultaneously
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surrendered for redemption.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If
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any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new
Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (a)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
and (b) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to
the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall
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execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu
of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee connected therewith).
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is
not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
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Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name
and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to
be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of
such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its
discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar
notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper, but such
publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant
to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee. At the option of the Company, interest on Debt Securities of any
series that bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of
the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the person
entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture, upon registration of transfer of, in exchange
for or in lieu of, any other Security, shall carry the rights to interest
accrued
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and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a
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Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307)
interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of
the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. Cancelation. All Securities surrendered for payment,
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redemption, repayment at option of the Holder, registration of transfer or
exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to
any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities
so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancelation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by
the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall
be disposed of as directed by a Company Order.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified
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as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the
Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities
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may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee
shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
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correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained
in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall
not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
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ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
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SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture
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shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to
Securities of a series, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to Securities of such series, when
(a) either
(i) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (A) Securities which have been destroyed, lost
or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
306 and (B) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 903) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancelation; or
(ii) with respect to all Outstanding Securities of such series
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancelation, the Company
has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds, under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee, for the purpose money or U.S.
Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest in such
amounts and at such times as will, together with the income to accrue
thereon, without consideration of any reinvestment thereof, be
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all
Outstanding Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancelation for principal (and premium and Additional
Amounts, if any) and interest to the Stated Maturity or any Redemption
Date contemplated by the penultimate paragraph of this Section, as the
case may be; or
(iii) the Company has properly fulfilled such other means of
satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section
301, to be applicable to the Securities of such series;
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(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of
such series;
(c) the Company has complied with any other conditions specified
pursuant to Section 301 to be applicable to the satisfaction and discharge
of Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 401;
(d) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series have
been complied with;
(e) if the conditions set forth in Section 401(a)(i) have not been
satisfied, and unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of Securities of such
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal
income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, satisfaction and discharge
and will be subject to United States Federal income tax on the same amount
and in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if
such deposit, satisfaction and discharge had not occurred; and
(f) no default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such issue shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or, insofar as clause (e) or (f) of Section 501 is concerned, at
any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such
deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed
satisfied until the expiration of such period).
For the purposes of this Indenture, "U.S. Government Obligations"
means direct noncallable obligations of, or noncallable obligations the payment
of principal of and interest on which is guaranteed by, the United States of
America, or to the payment of which obligations or guarantees the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged, or beneficial interests in a
trust the corpus of which consists exclusively of money or such obligations or a
combination thereof.
If any Outstanding Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior
to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions
or in accordance with any mandatory sinking fund requirement, the trust
agreement
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referred to in subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section shall provide
therefor and the Company shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series pursuant to this Section
401, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the
obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and,
except for a discharge pursuant to subclause (i) of clause (a) of this Section,
the obligations of the Company under Sections 305, 306, 404, 601, 607, 610(e)
1001 and 1002 and the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions
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of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of
the principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts for the
payment of which such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
SECTION 403. Discharge of Liability on Securities of Any Series. If
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this Section is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable to
Securities of any series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities of such
series, the obligation of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities of
such series to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
Securities of such series shall cease, terminate and be completely discharged
and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging such satisfaction and discharge, when
(a) the Company has complied with the provisions of Section 401 of
this Indenture (other than any additional conditions specified pursuant to
Sections 301 and 401(c) and except that the opinion referred to in Section
401(e) shall state that it is based on a ruling by the Internal Revenue
Service or other change since the date hereof under applicable Federal
income tax law) with respect to all Outstanding Securities of such series;
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(b) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company Request
requesting such satisfaction and discharge;
(c) the Company has complied with any other conditions specified
pursuant to Section 301 to be applicable to the satisfaction and discharge
of Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 403; and
(d) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the
indebtedness on the Outstanding Securities of such series have been
complied with.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section with
respect to all the Outstanding Securities of any series, the terms and
conditions of such series, including the terms and conditions with respect
thereto set forth in this Indenture, shall no longer be binding upon, or
applicable to, the Company; provided that the Company shall not be discharged
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from any payment obligations in respect of Securities of such series which are
deemed not to be Outstanding under clause (c) of the definition thereof if such
obligations continue to be valid obligations of the Company under applicable law
or pursuant to Section 305 or 306.
SECTION 404. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable
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to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with respect to
Securities of any series in accordance with Section 401 by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
Company's obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of
such series and the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 401 until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 401; provided, however, that if the
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Company has made any payment of principal of (or premium, if any), or interest
on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities because of the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S.
Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE V
Remedies
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SECTION 501. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used
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herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body), unless it is either inapplicable to a
particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to
the supplemental indenture or Board Resolution establishing such series of
Securities, or in the form of Security for such series:
(a) default in the payment of any interest or any Additional Amounts
upon any Security of that series when such interest or Additional Amounts
become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days;
(b) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series at its Maturity;
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as
due by the terms of a Security of that series;
(d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other
than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period
of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to
the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of that
series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it
to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder;
(e) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree or
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order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal
or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief
or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days;
(f) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of
any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing
by it, of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief
under any applicable Federal or state law, or the consent by it to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in
furtherance of any such action; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, if the
principal of (and premium, if any) or any interest on, or Additional Amounts
with respect to, any Security is payable in a currency or currencies (including
a composite currency or currency unit) other than Dollars and such currency (or
currencies) is (or are) not available to the Company for making payment thereof
due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control of the Company (a "Conversion Event"), the Company will be entitled to
satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such payment in
Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar equivalent of the amount payable in
such
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other currency, as determined by the Company by reference to the noon buying
rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such currency ("Exchange
Rate"), as such Exchange Rate is certified for customs purposes by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the date of such payment, or, if such rate is not
then available, on the basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, any
payment made under such circumstances in Dollars where the required payment is
in a currency other than Dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under
this Indenture. Promptly after the occurrence of a Conversion Event, the
Company shall give written notice thereof to the Trustee; and the Trustee,
promptly after receipt of such notice, shall give notice thereof in the manner
provided in Section 106 to the Holders. Promptly after the making of any
payment in Dollars as a result of a Conversion Event, the Company shall give
notice in the manner provided in Section 106 to the Holders, setting forth the
applicable Exchange Rate and describing the calculation of such payments.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If
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an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of (a) the series affected by such default (in the case of an Event of Default
described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d) or (g) of Section 501) or (b) all series
of Securities (subject to the immediately following sentence, in the case of
other Events of Default) may declare the principal amount (or, if any such
Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities
of the series affected by such default or all series, as the case may be, to be
due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an
Event of Default described in clause (e) or (f) of Section 501 shall occur, the
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series ipso facto shall
become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. At any time after such a declaration
of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series (or of all series, as
the case may be) has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of
the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article
provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be), by written
notice to the Company
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and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(i) all overdue interest on, and any Additional Amounts
with respect to, all Securities of that series (or of all series, as
the case may be);
(ii) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities
of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which have
become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the
Securities' Yield to Maturity);
(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest and any Additional Amounts at the rate
or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities, the Securities' Yield to
Maturity);
(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series
(or of all series, as the case may be), other than the non-payment of the
principal of Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may
be) which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 513. No such rescission shall
affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
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Trustee. The Company covenants that if
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(a) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on,
or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of any series when
such interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable and
such default continues for a period of 30 days; or
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(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any
overdue interest and Additional Amounts, at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities (or in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, the Securities' Yield to Maturity), and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the
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pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal (or lesser amount in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) of the Securities shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of
overdue principal (premium, if any), interest or Additional Amounts) shall be
entitled and
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empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,(a) to file and prove
a claim for the whole amount of principal (or lesser amount in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) (and premium, if any) and interest and any
Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have
the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and
of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (b) to collect and
receive any moneys, or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceedings; provided, however,
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that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
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Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
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Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without possession of
any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by
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the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at
the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
money on account of principal (or premium, if any), interest or any
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Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon
of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest and any Additional Amounts
on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto.
To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, if for the purpose
of obtaining judgment against the Company in any court it is necessary to
convert the sum due in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into the
currency (a "Judgment Currency") other than United States dollars, the rate of
exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required
Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Business Day next preceding
that on which final judgment is given. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall
be liable for any shortfall nor shall it benefit from any windfall in payments
to Holders of Securities under this Section caused by a change in exchange rates
between the time the amount of a judgment against it is calculated as above and
the time the Trustee converts the Judgment Currency into the Required Currency
to make payments under this Section to Holders of Securities, but payment of
such judgment shall discharge all amounts owed by the Company on the claim or
claims underlying such judgment.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any
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series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(a) an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series
shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given
written notice to the Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall
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have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders To Receive Principal,
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Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture,
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the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Section 307) interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to
such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security
(or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on the
Redemption Date or the repayment date) and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent
of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or
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any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under
this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any
reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then
and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding has been instituted.
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SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise
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provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing
at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or
remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of
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the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the
Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders. With respect to Securities of any
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series, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, relating to or arising
under an Event of Default described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (g) of
Section 501, and with respect to all Securities the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of all Outstanding Securities shall have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, not relating to or
arising under such an Event of Default, provided that in each such case
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture, and
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in
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principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of
the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder
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with respect to such series and its consequences, and the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders
of all Securities waive any other past default hereunder and its consequences,
except in each case a default
(a) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security; or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture
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agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed
to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for
the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee,
the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any
suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate
more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series,
or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of
the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts
with respect to, any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date).
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company
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covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
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that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
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SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during
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the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any
series,
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with
to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own wilful misconduct, except that
(i) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
subsection (a) of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer,
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unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series or of all series, determined as provided in
Section 512, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust
or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to
the Securities of such series; and
(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any
of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(v) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
this Section.
(vi) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence
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of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Trustee shall give notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee to all
Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that
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except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security
of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good
faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the
Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in
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the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(d) with
respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given
until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series.
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the
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provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion,
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report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee,
in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine
the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or
of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating
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Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the
Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal
with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust
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hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees
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(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which completion shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
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(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence
or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against,
any loss, damages, claims, liability or expense of whatsoever kind incurred
without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon
all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, particular Securities. Any
expenses and compensation for any services rendered by the Trustee after the
occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (e) or (f) of Section 401
shall constitute expenses and compensation for services of administration under
all applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture.
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. (a) If the
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Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this
Section, with respect to the Securities of any series, it shall, within 90 days
after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such
conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
(b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Trustee shall, within 10 days after the expiration of such 90-
day period, transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of that
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series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of
such failure.
(c) For the purposes of this Section, the term "conflicting interest"
shall have the meaning specified in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
and the Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act;
provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of
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the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of any series the
Indenture between the Company and the Trustee relating to the Company's
subordinated debt securities, this Indenture with respect to the Securities of
any series other than that series and any other indenture or indentures under
which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other
securities, of the Company are outstanding, if the requirements for such
exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act are met.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the optional provision permitted by the
second sentence of Section 310(b)(9) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be
applicable.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at
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all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in
this Article.
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a)
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No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the resigning Trustee within
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30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to
the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608(a) after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Holder of Securities; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to any or
all series of Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees
with respect to such series.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee for any cause,
with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more
or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any particular series) and such successor Trustee
or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If,
within
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one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of
such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the
retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case of
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the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee
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and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series
shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee
is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee and (iii) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article.
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
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Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
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with which it may be
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consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The
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Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding
any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section
311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may
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appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of
securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon
exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or pursuant to Section
306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated
by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent,
having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject
to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of
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condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating
Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of securities may resign at any
time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee for such series and to the
Company. The Trustee for any series may at any time terminate the agency of an
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating
Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon
such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee
for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights,
powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent
shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
certificate of authentication in the following form:
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"This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein and
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
[ ]
AS TRUSTEE
By ,
as Authenticating Agent
By ,
Authorized Signatory"
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 614 to the contrary, if at any
time any Authenticating Agent appointed hereunder with respect to any series of
Securities shall not also be acting as the Security Registrar hereunder with
respect to any series of Securities, then, in addition to all other duties of an
Authenticating Agent hereunder, such Authenticating Agent shall also be
obligated: (a) to furnish to the Security Registrar promptly all information
necessary to enable the Security Registrar to maintain at all times an accurate
and current Security Register; and (b) prior to authenticating any Security
denominated in a foreign currency, to ascertain from the Company the units of
such foreign currency that are required to be determined by the Company pursuant
to Section 302.
ARTICLE VII
Holder's Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
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SECTION 701. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
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Holders. With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will furnish or
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cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semiannually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date
relating to that series (or, if there is no Regular Record Date relating to
that series, on June 30 and December 31), a list, in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders
of that series as of such dates; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content, such list to be dated as of a date not more than
15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
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provided that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, the Company
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shall not be required to furnish or cause to be furnished such a list to the
Trustee.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
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(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of each series contained in the
most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the
names and addresses of Holders of each series received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to
it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) Holders of Securities may communicate pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or under the Securities.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders
in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after January
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31 of each year commencing with the year 1999, the Trustee shall transmit by
mail to Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies
with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted by mail:
(i) to all Holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of such
Holders appear in the Security Register;
(ii) to such Holders of Securities as have, within the two years
preceding such transmissions, filed their names and addresses with the
Trustee for that purpose; and
(iii) except in the case of reports pursuant to subsection (b) of this
Section, to each Holder of a
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Security whose name and address is preserved at the time by the Trustee, as
provided in Section 702(a).
(d) A copy of each report pursuant to Subsection (a) or (b) of this
Section 703 shall, at the time of its transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the
Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any
Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the
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Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the
Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and
other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the
Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall
otherwise comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
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SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, unless:
(a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which
leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an
entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized
and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest (including all Additional Amounts, if
any) on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an
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Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required
in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply
with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted. Upon any consolidation by
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the Company with or merger by the Company into any other Person or any
conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to
which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named
as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of such lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
for any of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein
and in the Securities;
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such
covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series), to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or
with the Trustee or otherwise secure any series of the Securities or to
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surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(c) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any
series of the Securities (and, if such Event of Default is applicable to
less than all series of Securities, specifying the series to which such
Event of Default is applicable);
(d) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of securities; provided that any
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such addition, change or elimination shall become effective only when there
is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of
such supplemental indenture which is adversely affected by such addition or
such change in or elimination of such provision;
(e) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301 and to provide for uncertificated
Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities, or to
provide for certificated Securities in addition to or in place of
uncertificated Securities;
(f) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 401 or Section
403; provided, however, that any such action shall not adversely affect the
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interest of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of
Securities in any material respect;
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 611(b);
(i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture; provided that such action under
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this clause shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series in any material respect;
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(j) to provide for the terms and conditions of conversion into Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities of the Securities of any series which
are convertible into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities, if
different from those set forth in Article Fourteen; or
(k) to comply with any requirement in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With
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the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of
said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental
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indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon, any Additional
Amounts with respect thereto or any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts
(except as contemplated by Section 801(a) and permitted by Section 901(a)),
or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration
of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or adversely affects any
right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any security, or change
any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency or currencies
(including composite currencies or currency units) in which, any Security
or any premium or any interest thereon or Additional Amounts with respect
thereto is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
(or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on
or after the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be);
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding
Securities, the consent of whose Holders is
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required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions
of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences)
provided for in this Indenture; or
(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1008, except to increase any such percentage or to provide with
respect to any particular series the right to condition the effectiveness
of any supplemental indenture as to that series on the consent of the
Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series (which provision may be made pursuant
to Section 301 without the consent of any Holder) or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require
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the comment of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the
Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1010, or the
deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections
611(b) and 901(f).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
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accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by
this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties,
immunities or liabilities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution
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of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a
part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound
thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental
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indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
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Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X
Covenants
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SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The
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Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that
it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any), interest
on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of that series in
accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will
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maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
Unless otherwise designated by the Company by written notice to the Trustee,
such office or agency shall be the principal office of [ ],
in the City of New York, which, on the date hereof, is located at [ ].
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
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the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency
or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
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shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other office or agency. The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with
Section 305.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments To Be Held in Trust. If
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the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any
series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to
any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid
to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly
notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, the Company will, on or before each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium,
if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
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(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any), interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to
Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any
payment of principal (and premium, if any), interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities of that series; and
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for three
years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and
payable shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable
escheat, or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be paid to the Company on
Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such
trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability
of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
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that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an
Authorized Newspaper in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice
that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified herein, which
shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will, unless otherwise
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required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat, or abandoned or
unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Existence. Subject to Article VII, the Company will do
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or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its corporate existence.
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will cause all
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properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any
Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order
and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all
necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof,
all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business
carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted
at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent that
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Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such
properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable
in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary and not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1006. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions. The Company
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shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any
arrangement providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary for a period of more than three years, of any real or tangible
personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of
such leasing (a "Sale/Leaseback Transaction") with any Person (other than the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) unless:
(a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would, at the time of
entering into such sale/leaseback Transaction, be entitled to incur
Indebtedness, in a principal amount equal to the Attributable Indebtedness
with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, secured by a Lien on the
property subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section
1007 without equally and ratably securing the Securities pursuant to such
Section;
(b) after the Issue Date and within a period commencing six months
prior to the consummation of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and ending six
months after the consummation thereof, the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary shall have expended for property used or to be used in the
ordinary course of business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
an amount equal to all or
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a portion of the Net Proceeds of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and the
Company shall have elected to designate such amount as a credit against
such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (with any such amount not being so
designated to be applied as set forth in clause (c) below); or
(c) the Company, during the 12-month period after the effective date
of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, shall have applied to the voluntary
defeasance or retirement of Securities or any Pari Passu Indebtedness an
amount equal to the greater of the Net Proceeds of the sale or transfer of
the property leased in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and the fair value,
as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, of such property at
the time of entering into such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (in either case
adjusted to reflect the remaining term of the lease and any amount expended
by the Company as set forth in clause (b) above), less an amount equal to
the principal amount of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness voluntarily
defeased or retired by the Company within such 12-month period and not
designated as a credit against any other Sale/Leaseback Transaction entered
into by the Company or any Subsidiary during such period.
SECTION 1007. Limitation on Liens. No provision of this Indenture or
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the Securities shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary from issuing, assuming, guaranteeing or otherwise
incurring any Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Company shall not, and
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shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any
Indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary without making effective
provision whereby any and all Securities then or thereafter outstanding will be
secured by a Lien equally and ratably with any and all other obligations thereby
secured for so long as any such obligations shall be so secured.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may,
without so securing the Securities, issue, assume or guarantee Indebtedness
secured by the following Liens:
(a) Liens existing on the Issue Date or provided for under the terms
of agreements existing on the Issue Date;
(b) Liens on property securing (i) all or any portion of the cost of
acquiring, constructing, altering, improving or repairing any property or
assets, real or personal, or improvements used or to be used in connection
with the property of the Company or Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii)
Indebtedness incurred by the Company
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or any Restricted Subsidiary to provide funds for the activities set forth
in clause (i) above;
(c) Liens securing Indebtedness owed by a Restricted Subsidiary to
the Company or to any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) Liens on the property of any Person existing at the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company and not incurred as a result of
(or in connection with or in anticipation of) such Person becoming a
Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens do not extend to or
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cover any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
other than the property so acquired;
(e) Liens on any property securing (i) Indebtedness incurred in
connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution
control or abatement facilities or other forms of industrial revenue bond
financing or (ii) Indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the United States or
any State thereof or any department, agency or instrumentality of either;
(f) any Lien extending, renewing or replacing (or successive
extensions, renewals or replacements of) any Lien of any type permitted
under clauses (a) through (e) above; provided that such Lien extends to or
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covers only the property that is subject to the Lien being extended,
renewed or replaced;
(g) any Ordinary Course Lien arising, but only so long as continuing,
in the ordinary course of business of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries; or
(h) Liens (exclusive of any Lien of any type otherwise permitted
under clauses (a) through (g) above) securing Indebtedness of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount which,
together with the aggregate amount of Attributable Indebtedness deemed to
be outstanding in respect of all Sale/Leaseback Transactions entered into
pursuant to clause (a) of Section 1006 (exclusive of any such
Sale/Leaseback Transactions otherwise permitted under clauses (a) through
(g) above), does not at the time such Indebtedness is incurred exceed 15%
of the Consolidated Tangible Assets of the Company (as shown in the most
recent audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries).
SECTION 1008. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will
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pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, (a) all
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material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the
Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company
or any Subsidiary, and (b) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and
supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the
Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
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required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1009. Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company will
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deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company ending after the date hereof so long as any Security is outstanding
hereunder, an Officers' Certificate, stating that a review of the activities of
the Company during such year and of performance under this Indenture has been
made under the supervision of the signers thereof and whether or not to the best
of their knowledge, based upon such review, the Company is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of its covenants and other
obligations under this Indenture, and if the Company shall be in default,
specifying each such default known to them and the nature and status thereof.
One of the officers signing the Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant
to this Section 1009 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting
officer of the Company.
For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under
this Indenture.
SECTION 1010. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in
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any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in
Sections 1005 to 1008, inclusive, with respect to the Securities of any series,
or any covenant added for the benefit of any series of Securities as
contemplated by Section 301 (unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301)
if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series affected by such
omission (acting as one class) shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant, or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall
become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee
in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 1011. Additional Amounts. If the Securities of a series
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provide for the payment of Additional
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Amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series
Additional Amounts as provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or the net proceeds
received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention
shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided
for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are,
were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this
Section and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable)
in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts
in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect
to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear
interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and
any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect
to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee and the Company's principal Paying Agent or
Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate
instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such
payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that
series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series who are United
States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge described in the Securities of that series. If any
such withholding shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall
specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments
to such Holders of Securities and the Company will pay to such Paying Agent the
Additional Amounts required by this Section. The Company covenants to indemnify
the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against any
loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith
on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by
any of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this
Section.
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ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
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SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article. Securities of any series
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which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in
accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election To Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of
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the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.
In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the
Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption
Date, the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed, the
Redemption Price of such Securities and the amount of any accrued interest and
Additional Amounts payable with respect thereto on the Redemption Date. In
the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed. If
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less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, pro rata or by lot or by such other method
as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of
the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than
the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or of the
principal amount of global Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the
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redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or
to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such
Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be
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given in the manner provided in Section 107 to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price, including each component thereof;
(c) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to
be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that
interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price;
(f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(g) the aggregate principal amount of Securities being redeemed;
(h) the "CUSIP" number of the Securities, if applicable; and
(i) such other information as the Trustee in its reasonable discretion
deems appropriate.
A notice of redemption as contemplated by Section 107 need not identify
particular Securities to be redeemed. Notice of redemption of Securities to be
redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the
Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before any
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Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
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Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, and any Additional
Amounts with respect to, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that
date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of
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redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price, accrued interest on Additional
Amounts, if any, payable) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon
surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice,
such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together
with accrued interest (and any Additional Amounts) to the Redemption Date; and
provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or
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prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities,
the Securities' Yield to Maturity.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to
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be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor
(with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or
Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered.
SECTION 1108. Purchase of Securities. Unless otherwise specified as
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contemplated by Section 301, the Company and any Affiliate of the Company may at
any time
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purchase or otherwise acquire Securities in the open market or by private
agreement. Such acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to
be a redemption of the indebtedness represented by such Securities. Any
Securities purchased or acquired by the Company may be delivered to the Trustee
and, upon such delivery, the indebtedness represented thereby shall be deemed to
be satisfied. Section 309 shall apply to all Securities so delivered.
SECTION 1109. Rescission of Redemption. In the event that this
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Section 1109 is specified to be applicable to a series of Securities pursuant to
Section 301 and a Redemption Rescission Event shall occur following any day on
which a notice of redemption shall have been given pursuant to Section 1104
hereof but at or prior to the time and date fixed for redemption as set forth in
such notice of redemption, the Company may, at its sole option, at any time
prior to the earlier of (i) the close of business on that day which is two
Trading Days following such Redemption Rescission Event and (ii) the time and
date fixed for redemption as set forth in such notice of redemption shall have
related by making a public announcement of such rescission (the date on which
such public announcement shall have been made being hereinafter referred to as
the "Rescission Date"). The Company shall be deemed to have made such
announcement if it shall issue a release to the Dow Xxxxx New Service, Reuters
Information Services or any successor news wire service. From and after the
making of such announcement, the Company shall have no obligation to redeem
Securities called for redemption pursuant to such notice of redemption or to pay
the Redemption Price therefor and all rights of Holders of Securities shall be
restored as if such notice of redemption had not been given. As promptly as
practicable following the making of such announcement, the Company shall
telephonically notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such rescission. The
Company shall give notice of any such rescission by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed as promptly as practicable but in no event later than the close
of business on that day which is five Trading Days following the Rescission Date
to each Holder of Securities at the close of business on the Rescission Date, to
any other Person that was a Holder of Securities and that shall have surrendered
Securities for conversion following the giving of notice of the subsequently
rescinded redemption and to the Trustee and the Paying Agent. Each notice of
rescission shall (w) state that the redemption described in the notice of
redemption has been rescinded, (x) state that any Converting Holder shall be
entitled to rescind the conversion of Securities surrendered for conversion
following the day on which notice of redemption was given but on or prior to the
date of the mailing of the Company's notice of rescission, (y) be accompanied by
a form prescribed by the Company to be used by any Converting Holder rescinding
the conversion of
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Securities so surrendered for conversion (and instructions for the completion
and delivery of such form, including instructions with respect to any payment
that may be required to accompany such delivery) and (z) state that such form
must be properly completed and received by the Company no later than the close
of business on a date that shall be 15 Trading Days following the date of the
mailing of such notice of rescission.
SECTION 1110. Repayment at the Option of Holders.
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Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the
Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with
the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal
amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment
of Securities before their stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309 shall
not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option,
shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such
Securities be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Section 1110, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company
may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more
investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to
the Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on the
repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the
Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to
pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to
the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE XII
Sinking Funds
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SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this
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Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities
of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment." Unless otherwise provided by the terms of Securities of
any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be
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applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
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The Company (a) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption), and (b) may apply as a credit Securities of a
series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant
to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price
specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less
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than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to
be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivery of or by crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE XIII
Meetings of Holders of Securities
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SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. A meeting
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of Holders of Securities of any or all series may be called at any time and from
time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
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other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series.
SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings. (a) The Trustee
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may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any
purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in
Atlanta, Georgia, in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in any
other location, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of
such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such
meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 107, not less than 20
nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and
the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such
meeting within 30 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter
proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or
the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the
case may be, may determine the time and the place in Atlanta, Georgia, or in The
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such meeting and may call such
meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in Subsection (a)
of this Section.
SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled To Vote at Meetings. To be entitled
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to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be
(a) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (b) a
Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of
one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders.
The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting
of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at
such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its
counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action. The Persons entitled to vote a
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majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series
shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series.
In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed
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for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders
of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case, the meeting may
be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman
of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a
quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of
the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Subject to
Section 1305(d), notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 1302(a), except that such notice need be given only
once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled
to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state
expressly that Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section
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902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may
be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage that is less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a
series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and
at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders
of such specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution passed
or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly
held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of
Securities of such series, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
SECTION 1305. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment
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of Meetings. (a) The holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner
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specified in Section 105 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the
manner specified in Section 105. Such regulations may provide that written
instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and
genuine without the proof specified in Section 105 or other proof.
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(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by
the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1302(b), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman
and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons
entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series and each
proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided,
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however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
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Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting
to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote,
except as a Holder of a Security of such series or as a proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The
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vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their
representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count
all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make
and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in
duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of
the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be
prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to such
record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot
taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the
facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that such
notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304.
Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent
chairman and
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secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company,
and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have
attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and
verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE XIV
Conversion
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Section 1401. Conversion Privilege. If so provided in a Board
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Resolution with respect to the Securities of any series, the Holder of a
Security of such series shall have the right, at such Holder's option, to
convert, in accordance with the terms of such series of Securities and this
Article XIV, all or any part (in a denomination of, unless otherwise specified
in a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture with respect to Securities of
such series, $1,000 in principal amount or any integral multiple thereof) of
such Security into shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
specified in such Board Resolution at any time or, as to any Securities called
for redemption, at any time prior to the time and date fixed for such redemption
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, in
which case such right shall not terminate at such time and date). The provisions
of this Article Fourteen shall not be applicable to the Securities of a series
unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution with respect to the Securities
of such series.
Section 1402. Conversion Procedure; Rescission of Conversion;
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Conversion Price; Fractional Shares. (a) Each Security to which this Article
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is applicable shall be convertible at the office of the Conversion Agent, and at
such other place or places, if any, specified in a Board Resolution with respect
to the Securities of such series, into fully paid and nonassessable shares
(calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities. The Securities will be converted into shares of Common
Stock or such other Marketable Securities at the Conversion Price therefor. No
payment or adjustment shall be made in respect of dividends on the Common Stock
or such other Marketable Securities, or accrued interest on a converted Security
except as described in Section 1409. The Company may, but shall not be required,
in connection with any conversion of Securities, to issue a fraction of a share
of Common Stock or of such other Marketable Security, and, if the Company shall
determine not to issue any such fraction, the Company shall, subject to Section
1403(4), make a cash payment (calculated to the nearest cent) equal to such
fraction multiplied by the Closing
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Price of the Common Stock or such other Marketable Security on the last Trading
Day prior to the date of conversion.
(b) Before any Holder of a Security shall be entitled to convert the
same into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities, such Holder shall
surrender such Security duly endorsed to the Company or in blank, at the office
of the Conversion Agent or at such other place or places, if any, specified in a
Board Resolution with respect to the Securities of such series, and shall give
written notice to the Company at said office or place that he elects to convert
the same and shall state in writing therein the principal amount of Securities
to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which he wishes the
certificate or certificates for Common Stock or for such other Marketable
Securities to be issued; provided, however, that no Security or portion thereof
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shall be accepted for conversion unless the principal amount of such Security or
such portion, when added to the principal amount of all other Securities or
portions thereof then being surrendered by the Holder thereof for conversion,
exceeds the then effective Conversion Price with respect thereto. If more than
one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder,
the number of full shares of Common Stock or such other Marketable Securities
which shall be deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof to
the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered. Subject to the next succeeding
sentence, the company will, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver
at said office or place to such Holder of a Security, or to his nominee or
nominees, certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock or other
Marketable Security to which he shall be entitled as aforesaid, together,
subject to the last sentence of paragraph (a) above, with cash in lieu of any
fraction of a share to which he would otherwise be entitled. The Company shall
not be required to deliver certificates for shares of Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities while the stock transfer books for such stock or the
transfer books for such Marketable Securities, as the case may be, or the
Security Register are duly closed for any purpose, but certificates for shares
of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities shall be issued and delivered as
soon as practicable after the opening of such books or Security Register. A
Security shall be deemed to have been converted as of the close of business on
the date of the surrender of such Security for conversion as provided above, and
the person or persons entitled to receive the Common Sock or other Marketable
Securities issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as
the record Holder or Holders of such Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
as of the close of business on such date. In case any Security shall be
surrendered for partial
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conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to or upon written order of the Holder of the Securities so surrendered,
without charge to such Holder of the Securities so surrendered, without charge
to such Holder (subject to the provisions of Section 1408), a new Security or
Securities in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the unconverted portion of the surrendered Security.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the
event the Company shall have rescinded a redemption of Securities pursuant to
Section 1109 hereof, any Holder of Securities that shall have surrendered
Securities for conversion following the day on which notice of the subsequently
rescinded redemption shall have been given but prior to the later of (a) the
close of business on the Trading Day next succeeding the date on which public
announcement of the rescission of such redemption shall have been made and (b)
the date of the mailing of the notice of rescission required by Section 1109
hereof (a "Converting Holder") may rescind the conversion of such Securities
surrendered for conversion by (i) properly completing a form prescribed by the
Company and mailed to Holders of Securities (including Converting Holders) with
the Company's notice of rescission, which form shall provide for the
certification by any Converting Holder rescinding a conversion on behalf of any
beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) of Securities that the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
such Rule) of such Securities shall not have changed from the date on which such
Securities were surrendered for conversion to the date of such certification and
(ii) delivering such form to the Company no later than the close of business on
that date which is fifteen Trading Days following the date of the mailing of the
Company's notice of rescission. The delivery of such form by a Converting
Holder shall be accompanied by (x) any certificates representing shares of
Common Stock or other securities issued to such Converting Holder upon a
conversion of Securities that shall be rescinded by the proper delivery of such
form (the "Surrendered Securities"), (y) any securities, evidences of
indebtedness or assets (other than cash) distributed by the Company to such
Converting Holder by reason of such Converting Holder being a record holder of
Surrendered Securities and (z) payment in New York Clearing House funds or other
funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the sum of (I) any cash
such Converting Holder may have received in lieu of the issuance of fractional
Surrendered Securities and (II) any cash paid or payable by the Company to such
Converting Holder by reason of such Converting Holder being a record holder of
Surrendered Securities. Upon receipt by the Company of any such form properly
completed by a Converting Holder and any
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certificates, securities, evidences of indebtedness, assets or cash payments
required to be returned by such Converting Holder to the Company as set forth
above, the Company shall instruct the transfer agent or agents for shares of
Common Stock or other securities to cancel any certificates representing
Surrendered Securities (which Surrendered Securities shall be deposited in the
treasury of the Company) and shall instruct the Registrar to reissue
certificates representing Securities to such Converting Holder (which Securities
shall be deemed to have been Outstanding at all times during the period
following their surrender for conversion). The Company shall, as promptly as
practicable, and in no event more than five Trading Days following the receipt
of any such properly completed form and any such certificates, securities,
evidences or indebtedness, assets or cash payments required to be so returned,
pay to the Holder of Securities surrendered to the Company pursuant to a
rescinded conversion or as otherwise directed by such Holder any interest paid
or other payment made to Holders of Securities during the period from the time
such Securities shall have been surrendered for conversion to the rescission of
such conversion. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including
time of receipt) and acceptance of any form submitted to the Company to rescind
the conversion of Securities, including questions as to the proper completion or
execution of any such form or any certification contained therein, shall be
resolved by the Company, whose determination shall be final and binding.
Section 1403. Adjustment of Conversion Price for Common Stock or
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Marketable Securities. The Conversion Price with respect to any Security which
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is convertible into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities shall be
adjusted from time to time as follows:
(1) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of such Securities are outstanding, (i) pay a dividend in shares of its
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities, (ii) combine its outstanding
shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities into a smaller number
of shares or securities, (iii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities or (iv) issue by reclassification of
its shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities any shares of
stock or other Marketable Securities of the Company, then the Conversion
Price in effect immediately before such action shall be adjusted so that
the Holders of such Securities, upon conversion thereof into Common Stock
or other Marketable Securities immediately following such event, shall be
entitled to receive the kind and amount of shares of capital stock of the
Company or other Marketable
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Securities which they would have owned or been entitled to receive upon or
by reason of such event if such Securities had been converted immediately
before the record date (or, if no record date, the effective date) for such
event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 1403(1) shall become
effective retroactively immediately after the record date in the case of a
dividend or distribution and shall become effective retroactively
immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or reclassification. For the purposes of this Section 1403(1),
each Holder of Securities shall be deemed to have failed to exercise any
right to elect the kind or amount of securities receivable upon the payment
of any such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification
(provided that if the kind or amount of securities receivable upon such
dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification is not the same for
each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities or other
property receivable upon such dividend, subdivision, combination or
reclassification for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind
and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting
shares).
(2) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of such Securities are outstanding, issue rights or warrants to all
holders of shares of its Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 days after the record date
for such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or
other Marketable Securities (or securities convertible into shares of
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities) at a price per share less than
the Current Market Price of the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
at such record date (treating the price per share of the securities
convertible into Common Stock or other Marketable Securities as equal to
(x) the sum of (i) the price for a unit of the security convertible into
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities plus (ii) any additional
consideration initially payable upon the conversion of such security into
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities divided by (y) the number of
shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities initially underlying
such convertible security), the Conversion Price with respect to such
Securities shall be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined by
dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of
issuance of such rights or warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities
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outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the
number of additional shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible
securities so offered are initially convertible), and the denominator of
which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants
plus the number of shares or securities which the aggregate offering price
of the total number of shares or securities so offered for subscription or
purchase (or the aggregate purchase price of the convertible securities so
offered plus the aggregate amount of any additional consideration initially
payable upon conversion of such Securities into Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities) would purchase at such Current Market Price of the
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities. Such adjustment shall become
effective retroactively immediately after the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.
(3) In case the Company shall, at any time or from time to time while
any of such Securities are outstanding, distribute to all holders of shares
of its Common Stock or other Marketable Securities (including any such
distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing corporation and the Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities are not changed or exchanged) cash, evidences of its
indebtedness, securities or assets (excluding (i) regular periodic cash
dividends in amounts, if any, determined from time to time by the Board of
Directors, (ii) dividends payable in shares of Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities for which adjustment is made under Section 1403(1) or
(iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase securities of the
Company (excluding those referred to in Section 1403(2)), then in each such
case the Conversion Price with respect to such Securities shall be adjusted
so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing the Conversion
Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price of the
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities on the record date referred to
below, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price of
the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities less the then fair market
value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose
determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the cash or assets or
evidences of indebtedness or securities so distributed or of such
subscription rights
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or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock or one other Marketable
Security (provided that such denominator shall never be less than 1.0);
provided, however, that no adjustment shall be made with respect to any
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distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Company if a Holder of
Securities would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon
conversion at any time of such Securities into Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities unless such rights are subsequently redeemed by the
Company, in which case such redemption shall be treated for purposes of
this Section as a dividend on the Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities. Such adjustment shall become effective retroactively
immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders or
holders of Marketable Securities entitled to receive such distribution; and
in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Conversion Price
shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would then be in
effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(4) The Company shall be entitled to make such additional adjustments
in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subsections
1403(l), 1403(2) and 1403(3), as shall be necessary in order that any
dividend or distribution of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities,
any subdivision, reclassification or combination of shares of Common Stock
or other Marketable Securities or any issuance of rights or warrants
referred to above shall not be taxable to the holders of Common Stock or
other Marketable Securities for United States Federal income tax purposes.
(5) In any case in which this Section 1403 shall require that any
adjustment be made effective as of or retroactively immediately following a
record date, the Company may elect to defer (but only for five (5) Trading
Days following the filing of the statement referred to in Section 1405)
issuing to the Holder of any Securities converted after such record date
the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company or other
Marketable Securities issuable upon such conversion over and above the
shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company or other
Marketable Securities issuable upon such conversion on the basis of the
Conversion Price prior to adjustment; provided, however, that the Company
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shall deliver to such Holder a due xxxx or other appropriate instrument
evidencing such Holder's right to receive such additional shares upon the
occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.
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(6) All calculations under this Section 1403 shall be made to the
nearest cent or one-hundredth of a share or security, with one-half cent
and .005 of a share, respectively, being rounded upward. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 1403, the Company shall not be required
to make any adjustment of the conversion Price unless such adjustment would
require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of such price. Any lesser
adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and
together with the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any
adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase
or decrease of at least 1% in such price. Any adjustments under this
Section 1403 shall be made successively whenever an event requiring such an
adjustment occurs.
(7) In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 1403, the Holder of any Security thereafter
surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of
stock of or other Marketable Securities of the Company other than shares of
Common Stock or Marketable Securities into which the Securities originally
were convertible, the Conversion Price of such other shares or Marketable
Securities so receivable upon conversion of any such Security shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to Common Stock
and Marketable Securities contained in subparagraphs (1) through (6) of
this Section 1403, and the provision of Sections 1401, 1402 and 1404
through 1409 with respect to the Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities shall apply on like or similar terms to any such other shares or
Marketable Securities and the determination of the Board of Directors as to
any such adjustment shall be conclusive.
(8) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section (i) if the
effect thereof would be to reduce the Conversion Price below the par value
(if any) of the Common Stock or other Marketable Security, if any, or (ii)
subject to 1403(5) hereof, with respect to any Security that is converted
prior to the time such adjustment otherwise would be made.
Section 1404. Consolidation or Merger of the Company. In case of
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either (a) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, other
than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving or
continuing corporation and which does not result in a reclassification of, or
change (other than a change in par
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value or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value, as a
result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding shares of Common Stock
or other Marketable Securities or (b) any sale or conveyance of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to another Person,
then each Security then Outstanding shall be convertible from and after such
merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance of property and assets into the kind
and amount of shares of stock or other securities and property (including cash)
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities into which
such Securities would have been converted immediately prior to such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, subject to adjustments which shall be
as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in
this Article Fourteen (and assuming such holder of Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to
the kind or amount of securities, cash or other property (including cash)
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance (provided that,
if the kind or amount cf securities, cash or other property (including cash)
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance is not the same
for each nonelecting share, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or
other property (including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale
or conveyance for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and
amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the nonelecting shares or
securities)). The Company shall not enter into any of the transactions referred
to in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence unless effective provision
shall be made so as to give effect to the provisions set forth in this Section
1404. The provisions of this Section 1404 shall apply similarly to successive
consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
Section 1405. Notice of Adjustment. Whenever an adjustment in the
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Conversion Price with respect to a series of Securities is required:
(1) the Company shall forthwith place on file with the Trustee and
any Conversion Agent for such Securities a certificate of the Treasurer of
the Company, stating the adjusted Conversion Price determined as provided
herein and setting forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be
necessary to show the reason for and the manner of computing such
adjustment, such certificate to be conclusive evidence that the adjustment
is correct; and
(2) a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and
setting forth the adjusted Conversion
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Price shall forthwith be nailed, first class postage prepaid, by the
Company to the Holders of record of such Outstanding Securities.
Section 1406. Notice in Certain Events. In case:
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(1) of a consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and
for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of
the sale or conveyance to another person or entity or group of persons or
entities acting in concert as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate
or other group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) of all or substantially all of the property and
assets of the Company; or
(2) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company; or
(3) of any action triggering an adjustment of the Conversion Price
pursuant to this Article Fourteen;
then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the
Conversion Agent for the applicable Securities, and shall cause to be mailed,
first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of record of applicable Securities,
at least fifteen (15) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a
notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of
any distribution or grant of rights or warrants triggering an adjustment to the
Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Fourteen, or, if a record is not to be
taken, the date as of which the holders of record of Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities entitled to such distribution, rights or warrants are to
be determined, or (y) the date on which any reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up triggering an
adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Article Fourteen is expected
to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities of record shall be entitled to
exchange their Common Stock or other Marketable Securities for securities or
other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the
legality or validity of the proceedings described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of
this Section.
Section 1407. Company To Reserve Stock or other Marketable
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Securities; Registration; Listing. (a) The Company shall at all times reserve
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and keep available, free
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from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common
Stock or other Marketable Securities, for the purpose of effecting the
conversion of the Securities, such number of its duly authorized shares of
Common Stock or number or principal amount of other Marketable Securities as
shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all applicable
outstanding Securities into such Common Stock or other Marketable Securities at
any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such number of shares
or securities, all such Securities would be held by a single Holder); provided,
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however, that nothing contained herein shall preclude the Company from
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satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the Securities by
delivery of purchased shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
which are held in the treasury of the Company. The Company shall from time to
time, in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, use its best efforts
to cause the authorized amount of the Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities to be increased if the aggregate of the authorized amount of the
Common Stock or other Marketable Securities remaining unissued and the issued
shares of such Common Stock or other Marketable Securities in its treasury
(other than any such shares reserved for issuance in any other connection) shall
not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all Securities.
(b) If any shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
which would be issuable upon conversion of Securities hereunder require
registration with or approval of any governmental authority before such shares
or securities may be issued upon such conversion, the Company will in good faith
and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to cause such shares or securities to
be duly registered or approved, as the case may be. The Company will endeavor to
list the shares of Common Stock or other Marketable Securities required to be
delivered upon conversion of the Securities prior to such delivery upon the
principal national securities exchange upon which the outstanding Common Stock
or other Marketable Securities is listed at the time of such delivery.
Section 1408. Taxes on Conversion. The Company shall pay any and all
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documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in
respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities on conversion of Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not,
however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any
transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock or other
Marketable Securities or the portion, if any, of the Securities which are not so
converted in a name other than that in which the Securities so converted were
registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the
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person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of such tax or
has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
Section 1409. Conversion After Record Date. If any Securities are
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surrendered for conversion subsequent to the record date preceding an Interest
Payment Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date (except Securities
called for redemption on a Redemption Date between such record date and Interest
Payment Date), the Holder of such Securities at the close of business on such
record date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Securities
on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion thereof. Securities
surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any
record date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business
on such Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Securities which have
been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period) be
accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or other funds
acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such
Interest Payment Date on the Securities being surrendered for conversion. Except
as provided in this Section 1409, no adjustments in respect of payments of
interest on Securities surrendered for conversion or any dividends or
distributions or interest on the Common Stock or other Marketable Securities
issued upon conversion shall be made upon the conversion of any Securities.
Section 1410. Corporate Action Regarding Par Value of Common Stock.
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Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the applicable
Conversion Price below the then par value (if any) of the shares of Common Stock
or other Marketable Securities deliverable upon conversion of the Securities,
the Company will take any corporation action which may, in the opinion of its
counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock or other Marketable
Securities at such adjusted Conversion Price.
Section 1411. Company Determination Final. Any determination that
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the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article is
conclusive.
Section 1412. Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee has no duty to
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determine when an adjustment under this Article should be made, how it should be
made or what it should be. The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of
Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company's failure to
comply with this Article. Each
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Conversion Agent other than the Company shall have the same protection under
this Section as the Trustee.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.
by
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Name:
Title:
Officer
[ ],
by
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Name:
Title:
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