Restricted Legends. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 3.04, Section 3.03(b) or Section 3.03(c), each Note shall bear the Restricted Legend. (b) If the Trust distributes the Notes to the holders of the Trust Securities upon its dissolution and termination, then prior to such distribution, the Notes shall, and the Company shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Notes to, be exchanged for one or more Global Securities and the Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company; provided that, if such Notes are not eligible to be settled through The Depository Trust Company at the time of such distribution, such Notes will be distributed in the form of one or more individual Securities. Any such Global Securities shall be Global Securities for purposes of the Base Indenture and shall be subject to the provisions thereof governing Global Securities, except as modified hereby. (c) If the Company determines (upon the advice of counsel and such other certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require) that a Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without compliance with any limits thereunder and that the Restricted Legend is no longer necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that subsequent transfers of the Note (or a beneficial interest therein) are effected in compliance with the Securities Act, the Company may instruct the Notes Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate to cancel the Note and issue to the holder thereof (or to its transferee) a new Note of like tenor and amount of the same series, registered in the name of the registered holder thereof (or its transferee), that does not bear the Restricted Legend, and the Notes Trustee will comply with such instruction. (d) By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Legend (or any beneficial interest in such a Note), each registered holder thereof and each owner of a beneficial interest therein acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note (and any such beneficial interest) set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture and in the Restricted Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note (and any such beneficial interest) only in accordance with this First Supplemental Indenture and such legend.
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Restricted Legends. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 3.042.04, Section 3.03(b2.03(b), Section 2.03(c) or Section 3.03(c2.03(g), or unless and until such Note is exchanged for a related Exchange Note or sold in connection with an effective shelf registration statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, each Note shall bear the Restricted Legend.
(b) If the Trust distributes the Notes to the holders of the Trust Securities upon its dissolution and termination, then prior to such distribution, the Notes shall, and the Company shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Notes to, be exchanged for one or more Global Securities and the Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company; provided that, if such Notes are not eligible to be settled through The Depository Trust Company at the time of such distribution, such Notes will be distributed in the form of one or more individual Securities. Any such Global Securities shall be Global Securities for purposes of the Base Indenture and shall be subject to the provisions thereof governing Global Securities, except as modified hereby.
(c) If the Company determines (upon the advice of counsel and such other certifications and evidence as the Company may reasonably require) that a Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without compliance with any limits thereunder and that the Restricted Legend is no longer necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that subsequent transfers of the Note (or a beneficial interest therein) are effected in compliance with the Securities Act, the Company may instruct the Notes Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate to cancel the Note and issue to the holder thereof (or to its transferee) a new Note of like tenor and amount of the same series, registered in the name of the registered holder thereof (or its transferee), that does not bear the Restricted Legend, and the Notes Trustee will comply with such instruction.
(d) By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Legend (or any beneficial interest in such a Note), each registered holder thereof and each owner of a beneficial interest therein acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note (and any such beneficial interest) set forth in this First Second Supplemental Indenture and in the Restricted Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note (and any such beneficial interest) only in accordance with this First Second Supplemental Indenture and such legend.
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Sources: Second Supplemental Indenture (Lincoln National Corp)