EXHIBIT 4.1
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TRUST INDENTURE
BETWEEN FIRST SHARES BANCORP, INC.
AND THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
AS TRUSTEE
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, 2002
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FIRST SHARES BANCORP, INC.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions......................................................................................1
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.............................................................8
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...........................................................8
Section 104. Acts of Debentureholders.........................................................................9
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company...........................................................10
Section 106. Notices to Debentureholders; Waiver.............................................................10
Section 107. Incorporation of Trust Indenture Act............................................................11
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents........................................................11
Section 109. Successors and Assigns..........................................................................11
Section 110. Separability Clause.............................................................................11
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture...........................................................................11
Section 112. Governing Law...................................................................................11
Section 113. Legal Holidays..................................................................................11
ARTICLE TWO
DEBENTURE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.................................................................................12
Section 202. Form of Commonly Registered Debenture...........................................................12
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication
of Commonly Registered Debentures...............................................................18
Section 204. Form of Unrestricted Debenture..................................................................19
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication of Unrestricted Debentures......................23
ARTICLE THREE
THE DEBENTURES
Section 301. Title and Terms.................................................................................24
Section 302. Denominations...................................................................................24
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Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating...............................................24
Section 304. Temporary Commonly Registered Debentures and Unrestricted Debentures............................25
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.............................................................26
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures.................................................27
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved..................................................28
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners...........................................................................29
Section 309. Cancellation....................................................................................30
Section 310. Authentication and Delivery of Original Issue...................................................30
Section 311. Issuance of Debentures upon Partial Payments under Equity Contracts.............................30
Section 312. Computation of Interest.........................................................................31
ARTICLE FOUR
SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
Section 401. Agreement to Subordinate........................................................................31
Section 402. Payments Upon Distribution of Assets............................................................31
Section 403. Subrogation.....................................................................................33
Section 404. Obligation of Company Unconditional.............................................................33
Section 405. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired...........................................34
Section 406. Obligation of Company to Pay Debentures Not Impaired............................................34
Section 407. Trustee Authorized to Act for Debentureholder...................................................34
Section 408. Trustee Not Charged with Knowledge of Senior Indebtedness.......................................34
Section 409. Applicability of Article Four...................................................................35
Section 410. "Trustee" to Include Paying Agent...............................................................35
ARTICLE FIVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 501. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture.........................................................35
Section 502. Application of Trust Money......................................................................36
ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES
Section 601. Events of Default...............................................................................36
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Section 602. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment..............................................37
Section 603. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.................................38
Section 604. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim................................................................39
Section 605. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debentures.....................................40
Section 606. Application of Money Collected..................................................................40
Section 607. Limitation on Suits.............................................................................41
Section 608. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.......................41
Section 609. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..............................................................41
Section 610. Rights and Remedies Cumulative..................................................................42
Section 611. Delay or Omission Not Waiver....................................................................42
Section 612. Control by Debentureholders.....................................................................42
Section 613. Waiver of Past Defaults.........................................................................42
Section 614. Undertaking for Costs...........................................................................43
ARTICLE SEVEN
THE TRUSTEE
Section 701. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.............................................................43
Section 702. Notice of Defaults..............................................................................44
Section 703. Certain Rights of Trustee.......................................................................45
Section 704. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debentures..........................................46
Section 705. May Hold Debentures.............................................................................46
Section 706. Money Held in Trust.............................................................................46
Section 707. Compensation and Reimbursement..................................................................46
Section 708. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.........................................................47
Section 709. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.........................................................47
Section 710. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...............................................47
Section 711. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor..........................................................48
Section 712. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.....................................49
Section 713. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company...............................................49
Section 714. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.............................................................49
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ARTICLE EIGHT
DEBENTUREHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 801. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Debentureholders..............................51
Section 802. Preservation of Information; Communications to Debentureholders.................................51
Section 803. Reports by Trustee..............................................................................51
Section 804. Reports by Company..............................................................................51
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE AND TRANSFER
Section 901. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms............................................52
Section 902. Successor Corporation Substituted...............................................................53
ARTICLE TEN
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section 1001. Supplemental
Indentures without Consent of Debentureholders....................................53
Section 1002. Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders................................................54
Section 1003. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures...........................................................55
Section 1004. Effect of Supplemental
Indentures..............................................................55
Section 1005. Reference in Debentures to Supplemental
Indentures.............................................55
ARTICLE ELEVEN
COVENANTS
Section 1101. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.....................................................55
Section 1102. Maintenance of Office or Agency................................................................55
Section 1103. Money for Debenture Payments to be Held in Trust...............................................56
Section 1104. Corporate Existence............................................................................57
Section 1105. Restrictions on Disposition of Capital Stock of Major Subsidiaries.............................58
Section 1106. Statement as to Compliance.....................................................................58
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ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF DEBENTURES
Section 1201. Conditions; Redemption Price...................................................................58
Section 1202. Notice of Redemption...........................................................................59
Section 1203. Payment of Debentures on Redemption............................................................60
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
EXCHANGE OF COMMONLY REGISTERED DEBENTURES
FOR UNRESTRICTED DEBENTURES
Section 1301. Exchange Privilege.............................................................................60
Section 1302. Manner of Exercise of Exchange Privilege.......................................................61
Section 1303. Conversion of Commonly Registered Debentures
Upon Cancellation of Equity Contracts..........................................................62
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
EXCHANGE OF UNRESTRICTED DEBENTURES FOR
COMMONLY REGISTERED DEBENTURES
Section 1401. Exchange Privilege.............................................................................62
Section 1402. Manner of Exercise of Exchange Privilege.......................................................63
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INDENTURE dated as of ___________________, 2002, between FIRST SHARES
BANCORP, INC., an
Indiana corporation (hereinafter called the "Company") having
its principal office at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, and
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association (hereinafter called
the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its
debentures of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth
(hereinafter called the "Debentures") and to provide therefor the Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. Debentures may be
issued either as Debentures which may be transferred only upon compliance with
certain provisions set forth or referred to therein (hereinafter called
"Commonly Registered Debentures") and Debentures which may be transferred upon
compliance with the usual requirements for transfer of negotiable securities
(hereinafter called "Unrestricted Debentures").
All things necessary to make the Debentures, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued
by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the valid
obligations of the Company and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with their and its respective terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the value received by the
Company for the Debentures upon issuance thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Debentures, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the
singular;
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(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have
the meanings assigned to them therein, except that in the
event of a conflict, any definition in this Indenture
controls;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles; and
(4) 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 Seven, are defined in that
Article.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"Adverse Capital Determination" means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(i) the receipt by the Company of written notice (whether in an
examination report of the Company or otherwise) from the
Federal Reserve Board to the effect that all or any
substantial portion of the Debentures will not be considered
and, under the laws, rules, regulations or guidelines then
existing will not in the future (regardless of the amount of
the Company's other capital) be eligible to be considered, by
the Federal Reserve Board as capital of the Company for the
purpose of measurement or assessment by the Federal Reserve
Board of the Company's capital adequacy; or
(ii) the receipt by the Company of written advice from its counsel
(other than a regular employee of the Company) that there is a
substantial likelihood, arising as a result of governmental
action (including, without limitation, a change of law,
regulation, rule, guideline or ruling or interpretation,
whether or not requested by the Company), that all or any
substantial portion of the Debentures will not be considered
and, under the laws, rules, regulations or guidelines then
existing will not in the future (regardless of the amount of
the Company's other capital) be eligible to be considered, by
the Federal Reserve Board as capital of the Company for the
purpose of measurement or assessment by the Federal Reserve
Board of the Company's capital adequacy.
Such Adverse Capital Determination shall be deemed to have occurred
upon the date of the occurrence of the earlier of the events set forth in clause
(i) and clause (ii) of this definition and shall be evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel which counsel shall not be a regular employee of the Company) furnished
to the Trustee.
"Adverse Tax Determination" means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(i) the issuance of a written notice of deficiency or other final
notice to the Company from, or any other action taken by, the
Internal Revenue Service of the United
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States which is not subject to further review or rehearing
except by the filing of a petition in the Tax Court of the
United States or by other judicial proceeding with or having
the effect that interest paid on the Debentures is not fully
deductible from the gross income of the Company for Federal
income tax purposes; or
(ii) the receipt by the Company of written advice from its counsel
(other than a regular employee of the Company) that there is a
substantial likelihood (including a change of law, issuance of
temporary, proposed or final Treasury Regulations or issuance
of an Internal Revenue Service ruling) that the Internal
Revenue Service will take the position that interest paid on
the Debentures is not fully deductible from the gross income
of the Company for Federal income tax purposes.
Such Adverse Tax Determination shall be deemed to have occurred upon
the date of the occurrence of the earlier of the events set forth in clause (i)
and clause (ii) of this definition and shall be evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel (which counsel shall not be a regular employee of the Company) furnished
to the Trustee.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person mans 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.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Debentures.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper of general circulation in the
relevant area, printed in the English language and customarily published on each
Business Day.
"Bank" means First Bank, Greenwood,
Indiana, a banking institution
wholly owned by the Company and duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of
Indiana, and any successor to its corporate trust business.
"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 and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday except any of such days on which banking institutions in the State of
Indiana are closed pursuant to authorization of law.
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"Collateralized Equity Contract" has the meaning specified in the
recitals to the Master Equity Contract.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time instituted, created under the Securities Exchange Art of 1934, or if at
any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing
and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then
the body performing such duties on such date.
"Common Stock" has the meaning specified in the recitals to the Master
Equity Contract.
"Commonly Registered Equity Contract" has the meaning specified in the
recitals to the Master Equity Contract.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request, instruction or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, President or any Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to
the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the corporate trust office of the
Trustee in Columbus, Ohio, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of
this Indenture is located at 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX0X00, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000.
"Debentureholder" means a Person in whose name a Debenture is
registered in the Debenture Register.
"Debenture Register" and "Debenture Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Default" has the meaning specified in Section 603.
"Default Situation" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time, or both, would become, a Default or an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Equity Contract" has the meaning specified in the recitals to the
Master Equity Contract.
"Equity Contract Agent" means First Bank, Greenwood,
Indiana, as Equity
Contract Agent, and its successors in such capacity as provided in the Master
Equity Contract.
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"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 601.
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
"Holder" when used with respect to any Debenture means a
Debentureholder.
"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.
"Independent" when used with respect to any specified Person means such
a Person who (i) is in fact independent, (ii) does not have any direct financial
interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Company or in any
other obligor upon the Debentures or in any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor, and (iii) is not connected with the Company or such other
obligor, or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor as an officer,
employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing
similar functions., but, in case of an accountant, may be regularly retained to
make annual and other similar audits of the books of the Company or any
Affiliate thereof. Whenever it is herein provided that any Independent Person's
opinion or certificate shall be furnished to the Trustee, such Person shall be
appointed by a Company Order and approved by the Trustee in the exercise of
reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has
read this definition and that the signer is Independent within the meaning
hereof.
"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on the Debentures.
"Major Subsidiary" means any subsidiary consolidated with the Company
for financial reporting purposes the assets of which, as shown on such
subsidiary's balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately
preceding any determination required hereunder, equal or exceed twenty percent
(20%) of the consolidated assets of the Company as shown on its consolidated
balance sheet as of the end of such quarter.
"Master Equity Contract" means that certain Equity Contract Agency
Agreement dated as of ___________________, 2002, between the Company and First
Bank, Greenwood,
Indiana, as Equity Contract Agent, as it may from time to time
be supplemented or amended.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Debenture means the date on
which the principal of such Debenture becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration,
by call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, President or any Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered
to the Trustee.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may
(except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) be counsel for the
Company or other counsel acceptable to the Trustee.
"Outstanding" when used with respect to Debentures means, as of the
date of determination, all Debentures theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Debentures theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Debentures for the payment or redemption of which money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust
for the Holders of such Debentures; provided that, if such
Debentures are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Debentures in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Debentures have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Debentures Outstanding have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder,
Debentures owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debentures or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Debentures which the Trustee knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debentures 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 Debentures and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor
upon the Debentures or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Debenture on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, other type
of business entity or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Debenture" of any particular Debenture means every
previous Debenture evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Debenture; and for the purposes of this definition,
any Debenture authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu of a
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debenture.
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"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Debenture to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Premium" when used with respect to any Debenture to be
redeemed, means the premium to be paid with respect thereto pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price" when used with respect to any Debenture to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date means the date specified in Section 307.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the chairman or the vice chairman of the
executive committee of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice Chairman,
the Chairman of the Trust Committee, any Executive Vice President, any Senior
Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary,
any Assistant Secretary, the cashier, any trust officer, any assistant trust
officer, or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time
shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium (if any) and
interest on indebtedness (other than the Debentures) of the Company for money
borrowed evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar obligations, including
any guaranty by the Company of any indebtedness for money borrowed of any other
Person, whether any such indebtedness or guaranty is outstanding on the date of
this Indenture or is hereafter created, assumed or incurred, unless in the
instrument creating or evidencing such indebtedness it is expressly provided
that such indebtedness is not senior in right of payment to the Debentures.
Senior Indebtedness shall include expenses of collection if and to the extent
that such expenses are payable by the borrower under the instrument creating or
evidencing the indebtedness.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest (as
defined in Section 307) means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
307.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Debenture or any
installment of interest thereon means the date specified in such Debenture as
the fixed date on which the principal of such Debenture or such installment of
interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation at least a majority of whose
outstanding voting stock shall at the time be owned by the Company or by one or
more Subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries. For this
purpose "voting stock" of any corporation means stock of any class or classes
(however designated), including any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, having ordinary
voting power for
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the election of a majority of the directors of such corporation, other than
stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.
"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 such successor trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" 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 1005.
"Vice President" when used with respect to the Company means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before
or after the title "vice president."
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. 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, 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, 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 (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall include:
(i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of,
any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of, only one such
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Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, in so far 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 that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Debentureholders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Debentureholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Debentureholders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are actually received by the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly
required, by the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of the Debentureholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 701)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
(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 the certificate of any 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 other than in an individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute sufficient proof of the authority of the executing
individual. 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 reasonably deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Debentures shall be proved by the Debenture
Register.
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(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Debenture shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of such Debenture and of
any Debenture issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof in respect of anything done 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 Debenture.
(e) In connection with any direction pursuant to Section 612 or waiver
pursuant to Section 613, the Company may establish a record date in accordance
with TIA Section 316(c) for the purpose of determining the identity of Holders
entitled to vote or consent to such direction or waiver.
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Debentureholders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(i) the Trustee by any Debentureholder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder, except as provided in
Section 603(3), if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or
(ii) the Company by the Trustee or by any Debentureholder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder, except as provided in
Section 603(3), 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.
Section 106. Notices to Debentureholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Debentureholders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Debentureholder affected by
such event, at his address as it appears on the Debenture Register not later
than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to
any Person described in TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.
In any case where notice to Debentureholders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Debentureholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Debentureholders. 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 Debentureholders 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.
In case, by reason of the suspension of publication of any
Authorized Newspaper, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to
make publication of any notice in an Authorized Newspaper or Authorized
Newspapers as required by this Indenture, then such
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method of publication or notification as shall be made with the approval of the
Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in
regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any event to
Holders when said notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of
this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Section 107. Incorporation of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Debentures shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Debentures, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and their successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and
the Debentureholders, respectively, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law. This Indenture and the Debentures shall be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
Indiana.
Section 113. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of any Debenture shall not be a
Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture)
payment of interest on, premium (if any) on or principal of such Debenture need
not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE TWO
DEBENTURE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally. The Commonly Registered Debentures and
Unrestricted Debentures and the Trustee's certificates of authentication thereof
shall be in substantially the respective forms thereof set forth in this
Article, 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 Commonly Registered Debentures or Unrestricted
Debentures, as the case may be, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
The definitive Commonly Registered Debentures and Unrestricted
Debentures shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any
other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange, all as
determined by the officers executing the same, as evidenced by their execution
thereof.
Section 202. Form of Commonly Registered Debenture. The form of the
face of the definitive Commonly Registered Debenture shall be as follows:
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8% Redeemable Subordinated Debenture Due July 1, 2011
THIS DEBENTURE MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS THE CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER, AS SET FORTH
MORE FULLY HEREIN OR IN THE WITHIN MENTIONED INDENTURE, SHALL HAVE BEEN
FULLY COMPLIED WITH. UNLESS THE COMMONLY REGISTERED EQUITY CONTRACT
REFERRED TO BELOW SHALL HAVE BEEN DULY REGISTERED IN A NAME OTHER THAN
THE NAME OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS DEBENTURE, THE OBLIGATION TO
PURCHASE COMMON STOCK UNDER SUCH COMMONLY REGISTERED EQUITY CONTRACT
SHALL REMAIN THE OBLIGATION OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS DEBENTURE,
AND ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 2011. THE COMPANY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
OFFSET ITS OBLIGATION TO REPAY AT MATURITY THE PRINCIPAL HEREOF, IN
WHOLE OR IN PART, AGAINST ANY UNPAID OBLIGATION OF THE REGISTERED
HOLDER OF THIS DEBENTURE TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK.
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THE COMMONLY REGISTERED EQUITY CONTRACT REFERRED TO ABOVE IS
COMMONLY REGISTERED EQUITY CONTRACT NO. CREC ______.
$ CRD-
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FIRST SHARES BANCORP, INC., an
Indiana corporation
(hereinafter called the "Company", which term includes any successor
corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to)
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ________________ Dollars
on July 1, 2011, and to pay interest thereon from the first date of
issuance, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly on the first day
of January, April, July and October in each year, commencing July 1,
2002, at the rate of 8% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid
or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
said Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture (or
one or more Predecessor Debentures, as defined in said Indenture) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest which shall be the fifteenth day of the month (whether or not
a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the registered Holder on such Regular Record
Date, and may be paid to the person in whose name this Debenture (or
one or more Predecessor Debentures) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Debentureholders not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or may be paid, at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
the Debentures may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment
of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on this Debenture
will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in the City of Columbus, Ohio, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the
option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed
to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Debenture Register.
The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse
side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee referred to on the reverse
hereof by manual signature, this Debenture shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to
be duly executed.
Dated: .
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FIRST SHARES BANCORP, INC.
Attest:
By:
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Secretary President
The form of the reverse of the definitive Commonly Registered
Debenture shall be as follows:
This Debenture is one of a duly authorized issue of Debentures
of the Company designated as its 8% Redeemable Subordinated Debentures
Due July 1, 2011 (herein called the "Debentures"), limited in aggregate
principal amount to $5,000,000, issued and to be issued under an
Indenture dated as of _______, 2002 (herein called the "Indenture"),
between the Company and The Huntington National Bank, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the Debentures, and the terms upon
which the Debentures are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures is, to the extent
and in the manner provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company. As provided in the Indenture, each holder
of this Debenture, by his acceptance hereof, agrees to and shall be
bound by all the provisions of the Indenture relating to such
subordination and authorizes the Trustee to take such action on his
behalf as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, as between the
holders of the Debentures and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the
subordination of the indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture as
provided in the Indenture and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact
for any and all such purposes.
The Debentures are issuable in fully registered form without
coupons either as Commonly Registered Debentures or as Unrestricted
Debentures, each in original denominations of $1,000 or any integral
multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations herein and therein set forth, the Debentures are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debentures of
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000, as requested
by the Holder surrendering the same.
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The Company may, at its option redeem the Debentures, in whole
but not in part, at any time prior to Maturity (a) if such redemption
is made either (i) out of the proceeds of sale of common stock or
perpetual preferred stock or other equity securities of the Company
qualifying as regulatory capital pursuant to criteria established by
the Federal Reserve Board or (ii) with the approval of the Federal
Reserve Board, and (b) if at the time of mailing of the notice of
redemption the Company is not in default in the payment of any Senior
Indebtedness and at such time redemption of the Debentures would not
result in a default in any covenant contained in any indenture or other
instrument pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding. Such
redemption shall be at a Redemption Price which shall be the principal
amount of each Debenture plus a Redemption Premium on such principal
amount equal to the percentage of such principal amount then applicable
under the following schedule:
If the Redemption Date is during the 12 months' period
beginning July 1.
Redemption
Year Premium
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2002..............................................8%
2003..............................................7%
2004..............................................6%
2005..............................................5%
2006..............................................4%
2007..............................................3%
2008..............................................2%
2009..............................................1%
provided, however, that if the Debentures are redeemed prior to July 1,
2010, but after the occurrence of a Adverse Tax Determination (as
defined in the Indenture) with respect to the deductibility from the
Company's gross income for Federal income tax purposes of the interest
paid on the Debentures, or an Adverse Capital Determination (as defined
in the Indenture) with respect to the measurement or assessment of the
Company's capital adequacy, the Redemption Premium shall be one percent
(1%). The Debentures may be redeemed without any Redemption Premium at
any time on or after July 1, 2010. Notice of redemption shall be given
by mailing to holders of the Debentures a notice of such redemption by
first class mail, postage prepaid, not less than thirty (30) nor more
than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date, to their last
addresses as they shall appear upon the Debenture Register. Upon any
redemption, interest accrued from the most recent Interest Payment Date
to the Redemption Date will be paid along with the Redemption Price.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Debentures under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the
consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of
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the Outstanding Debentures. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Debentures, on behalf of the Holders of all
the Debentures, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Debenture shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Debenture and of any
Debenture issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Debenture.
Subject to the right of offset referred to herein, no
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debenture or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium
(if any) and interest on this Debenture at the times, places and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
The Commonly Registered Equity Contract referred to on the
face hereof, inter alia, obligates the registered obligor thereunder to
purchase on January 1, 2011 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company. The Holder of this
Debenture is deemed to be the registered obligor under such Commonly
Registered Equity Contract until such Commonly Registered Equity
contract shall have been registered in a name other than the name of
the Holder of this Debenture pursuant to the provisions of such
Commonly Registered Equity Contract and of the Master Equity Contract
(as defined in the Indenture).
This Debenture (or any portion of the principal amount hereof
which is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) may be surrendered
by the Holder hereof to the Equity Contract Agent (as defined in the
Indenture) at any time or from time to time prior to Stated Maturity in
full or partial satisfaction of the aggregate purchase obligation of
such Holder set forth in the Commonly Registered Equity Contract
referred to on the face hereof, at which time the Company will pay to
the Holder the interest accrued on this Debenture from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for.
As provided in the Indenture and the Master Equity Contract,
and subject to certain limitations therein and herein set forth, this
Debenture is transferable on the Debenture Register of the Company,
upon surrender of this Debenture for transfer at the office of the
Equity Contract Agent in the City of Greenwood,
Indiana, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Debenture Registrar duly executed
by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing
together with the instruments and notices hereinafter referred to.
In order to effect registration of transfer to a single
transferee of this Debenture and the Commonly Registered Equity
Contract referred to on the face hereof, this Debenture shall be
surrendered to the Equity Contract Agent as hereinabove provided,
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together with the Commonly Registered Equity Contract referred to on
the face hereof, with the form of Assignment II and the form of
Acceptance on the reverse of such Commonly Registered Equity Contract
(or separate written acceptance agreement satisfactory to the Company)
duly completed and executed by the obligor thereunder and the
transferee, respectively, in the manner contemplated thereby.
Thereupon, a Commonly Registered Debenture in the same aggregate
principal amount, registered in the name of the transferee, will be
delivered to the Equity Contract Agent for delivery to the transferee,
together with a Commonly Registered Equity Contract registered in the
name of such transferee. Each Commonly Registered Debenture so issued
shall refer on the face thereof (by letters and numbers) to such
Commonly Registered Equity Contract which shall represent an aggregate
purchase obligation for shares of Common Stock equal to the principal
amount of such Commonly Registered Debenture.
In order to effect registration of transfer of this Debenture
separately from the Commonly Registered Equity Contract referred to on
the face hereof, this Debenture shall be surrendered to the Equity
Contract Agent as hereinabove provided, together with (i) the Commonly
Registered Equity Contract referred to on the face hereof, with a
collateral agreement in the form set forth on the reverse of such
Commonly Registered Equity Contract (or separate written collateral
agreement satisfactory to the Company) duly completed and executed by
the obligor thereunder in the manner contemplated thereby, and (ii) the
collateral referred to in such collateral agreement which shall be of
the kind and value required by Article VII of the Master Equity
Contract. Thereupon, an Unrestricted Debenture in the same aggregate
principal amount, registered in the name of the transferee, will be
delivered to the Equity Contract Agent for delivery to the transferee,
and such Commonly Registered Equity Contract shall be exchanged by the
Equity Contract Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Master
Equity Contract for a Collateralized Equity Contract which shall be
delivered by the Equity Contract Agent to the transferor in accordance
with the provisions of the Master Equity Contract. No transfer of this
Debenture separately from such Commonly Registered Equity Contract may
be registered after the Company shall have given notice of redemption
of the Debentures as provided in Section 1202 of the Indenture.
In the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the
Indenture and the Master Equity Contract, but without payment of any
service charge, this Debenture may be surrendered to the Equity
Contract Agent, together with the Commonly Registered Equity Contract
referred to on the face hereof, to be exchanged for Commonly Registered
Debentures and/or Unrestricted Debentures of authorized denominations
at the office of the Equity Contract Agent in the City of Greenwood,
Indiana; provided, however, that no exchange of this Debenture for an
Unrestricted Debenture or Debentures may be made after the Company
shall have given notice of redemption of the Debentures as provided in
Section 1202 of the Indenture.
If an Event of Default involving the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Company, as set forth in the Indenture, shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of
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all the Debentures may be declared due and payable in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture.
On or after January 1, 2011, the Company shall be entitled to
offset the obligation of the Company to pay the principal hereof
(whether or not prior to the Maturity hereof), in whole or in part,
against any unpaid obligation of the registered obligor under the
Commonly Registered Equity Contract referred to on the face hereof to
purchase the shares of Common Stock covered thereby, and if the Company
shall effect such offset it shall deliver to the Equity Contract Agent
certificates for such shares, which certificates shall be delivered to
the Holder hereof upon presentation hereof to the Equity Contract
Agent. If the Company shall have offset its obligation to pay all or a
portion of the principal of this Debenture as provided above, then from
and after the date of such offset interest on all or such portion of
the principal of this Debenture shall cease to accrue.
Upon any cancellation of the Equity Contracts pursuant to
Section 2.06 of the Master Equity Contract, this Debenture shall be
deemed to be converted into an Unrestricted Debenture of like unpaid
principal amount and registered in the name of the Holder hereof.
The Company will not be required to transfer or exchange this
Debenture after January 1, 2011, except as provided in the Indenture.
No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of
this Debenture but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
Prior to due presentment for transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or of the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Debenture is registered as the owner hereof
for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all
other purposes, including the determination of the Company's right to
offset payment of the principal hereof on or after January 1, 2011,
against any unpaid obligation of the registered obligor under the
Commonly Registered Equity Contract referred to on the face hereof,
whether or not this Debenture be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
This Debenture shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Indiana.
All terms used in this Debenture which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication of
Commonly Registered Debentures. The form of Trustee's certificate of
authentication of Commonly Registered Debentures shall be as follows:
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This is one of the Commonly Registered Debentures referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
Section 204. Form of Unrestricted Debenture. The form of the face of
the definitive Unrestricted Debenture shall be as follows:
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8% Redeemable Subordinated Debenture Due July 1, 2011
$ No.
---------------------- ----------------------
First Shares Bancorp, Inc. an Indiana corporation (hereinafter
called the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received hereby
promises to pay to _______________________, or registered assigns, the
principal sum of ________________________ Dollars on July 1, 2011, and
to pay interest thereon from the date of issuance, or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and
October in each year, commencing July 1, 2002 at the rate of 8% per
annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in said Indenture, be paid to
the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more Predecessor
Debentures, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall be
the fifteenth day of the month (whether or not a Business Day) next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may
be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more
Predecessor Debentures) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be
fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Debentureholders
not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be
paid, at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debentures may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all
as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of,
premium (if any) and interest on this Debenture will be made at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the City
of Columbus, Ohio, in such coin or currency of the United states of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public
and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the
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Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address
of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Debenture Register.
The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse
side hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have
the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee referred to on the reverse
hereof, by manual signature, this Debenture shall not be entitled to
any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to
be duly executed.
Dated:
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FIRST SHARES BANCORP, INC.
Attest:
By:
----------------------------- -----------------------------
Secretary President
The form of the reverse of the definitive Unrestricted
Debenture shall be as follows:
This Debenture is one of a duly authorized issue of Debentures
of the Company designated as its 8% Redeemable Subordinated Debentures
Due July 1, 2011 (herein called the "Debentures"), limited in aggregate
principal amount to $5,000,000 issued and to be issued under an
Indenture dated as of ______, 2002 (herein called the "Indenture"),
between the Company and The Huntington National Bank, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the Debentures, and the terms upon
which the Debentures are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures is, to the extent
and in the manner provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company. As provided in the Indenture, each holder
of this Debenture, by his acceptance hereof, agrees to and shall be
bound by
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all the provisions of the Indenture relating to such subordination and
authorizes the Trustee to take such action on his behalf as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate, as between the holders of the
Debentures and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the subordination of
the indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture as provided in the
Indenture and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes.
The Debentures are issuable in fully registered form, without
coupons, either as Commonly Registered Debentures or as Unrestricted
Debentures, in original denominations of $1,000 or any integral
multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Debentures are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Debentures in denominations of
$1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
The Company may, at its option, redeem the Debentures in whole
but not in part, at any time prior to Maturity, (a) if such redemption
is made either (i) out of the proceeds of sale of common stock or
perpetual preferred stock or other equity securities of the Company
qualifying as regulatory capital pursuant to criteria established by
the Federal Reserve Board or (ii) with the approval of the Federal
Reserve Board, and (b) if at the time of mailing of the notice of
redemption the Company is not in default in the payment of any Senior
Indebtedness and at such time redemption of the Debentures would not
result in a default in any covenant contained in any indenture or other
instrument pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding. Such
redemption shall be at a Redemption Price which shall be the principal
amount of each Debenture plus a Redemption Premium on such principal
amount equal to the percentage of such principal amount then applicable
under the following schedule:
If the Redemption Date is during the 12 months' period
beginning July 1,
Redemption
Year Premium
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2002.....................................................8%
2003.....................................................7%
2004.....................................................6%
2005.....................................................5%
2006.....................................................4%
2007.....................................................3%
2008.....................................................2%
2009.....................................................1%
provided, however, that if the Debentures are redeemed prior to July 1,
2010, but after the occurrence of a Adverse Tax Determination (as
defined in the Indenture) with respect to the deductibility from the
Company's gross income for Federal income tax purposes of the interest
paid on the Debentures, or an Adverse Capital Determination (as defined
in the Indenture) with respect to the measurement or assessment of the
Company's capital
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adequacy, the Redemption Premium shall be one percent (1%). The
Debentures may be redeemed without any Redemption Premium at any time
on or after July 1, 2010. Notice of redemption shall be given by
mailing to holders of the Debentures a notice of such redemption by
first class mail, postage prepaid, not less than thirty (30) nor more
than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date, to their last
addresses as they shall appear upon the Debenture Register. Upon any
redemption, interest accrued from the most recent Interest Payment Date
to the Redemption Date will be paid along with the Redemption Price.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Debentures under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the
consent of the Holders of 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Debentures. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Debentures, on behalf of the Holders of all
the Debentures, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Debenture shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Debenture and of any
Debenture issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Debenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Debenture or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal
of, premium (if any) and interest on this Debenture at the times,
places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
This Debenture (or any portion of the principal amount hereof
which is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) may be surrendered
by the Holder hereof to the Equity Contract Agent (as defined in the
Indenture) at any time or from time to time prior to Stated Maturity in
full or partial satisfaction of the purchase obligation of such Holder
pursuant to a Collateralized Equity Contract referred to in the
Indenture, at which time the Company will pay to the Holder the
interest accrued on this Debenture from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein forth, this Debenture is transferable on the
Debenture Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Debenture for
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the City of
Greenwood, Indiana, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Debenture Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing, and thereupon a new Debenture or Debentures
of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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In the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the
Indenture and the Master Equity Contract (as defined in the Indenture),
but without payment of any service charge, this Debenture may be
surrendered to the Equity Contract Agent, together with a
Collateralized Equity Contract, to be exchanged for an equal aggregate
principal amount of Commonly Registered Debentures of authorized
denominations at the office of the Equity Contract Agent in the City of
Greenwood, Indiana. In the manner and subject to the limitations
provided in the Indenture, but without payment of any service charge,
this Debenture may be surrendered to the Company to be exchanged for an
equal aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Debentures of
authorized denominations, at the office or agency of the Company for
such exchange in the City of Greenwood, Indiana.
If an Event of Default involving the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Company, as set forth in the Indenture, shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Debentures may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture.
No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of
this Debenture, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
Prior to due presentment for transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or of the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Debenture is registered as the owner hereof
for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all
other purposes, whether or not this Debenture be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
This Debenture shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Indiana.
All terms used in this Debenture which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication of
Unrestricted Debentures. The form of Trustee's certificate of authentication of
Unrestricted Debentures shall be as follows:
This is one of the Unrestricted Debentures referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE THREE
THE DEBENTURES
Section 301. Title and Terms. The aggregate principal amount of
Debentures which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
limited to $5,000,000, except for Debentures authenticated and delivered upon
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Debentures pursuant to
Section 304, 305, 306 or 1006, or pursuant to Article Thirteen or Fourteen.
The Debentures shall be known and designated as the 8%
Redeemable Subordinated Debentures Due July 1, 2011, of the Company and shall be
evidenced by either Commonly Registered Debentures or Unrestricted Debentures.
In each case their Stated Maturity shall be July 1, 2011 and they shall bear
interest, at the rate per annum set forth in the form of Commonly Registered
Debenture set forth in Section 202, and in the form of Unrestricted Debenture
set forth in Section 204, from the date of issuance, or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid thereon or duly provided
for, payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October in
each year, commencing July 1, 2002, until the principal thereof is paid or duly
provided for.
The principal of, premium (if any) and interest on the
Debentures shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company in the City
of Columbus, Ohio; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment
of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Debenture Register.
The Debentures shall be redeemable at the option of the Company as
provided in Article Twelve.
Section 302. Denominations. The Debentures may be issued only in
denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000. Debentures issued
upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Debentures may be
issued in denominations of $l,000 and integral multiples $1,000.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating. The
Debentures shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its President or any
Vice President under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its
Secretary or Assistant Secretary. The signatures of any of these officers on the
Debentures may be manual or facsimile.
Debentures 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 Debentures or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Debentures.
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At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Commonly Registered
Debentures and Unrestricted Debentures executed by the Company to the Trustee
for authentication together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Debentures; and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such
Commonly Registered Debentures and Unrestricted Debentures as in this Indenture
provided and not otherwise.
Commonly Registered Debentures shall be delivered only to the
Equity Contract Agent. The Equity Contract Agent is authorized, prior to the
delivery of a Commonly Registered Debenture, to place thereon the letters and
numbers of the Commonly Registered Equity Contract representing an aggregate
purchase obligation for shares of Common Stock equal to the principal amount of
such Commonly Registered Debenture and registered in the name of the registered
owner of such Commonly Registered Debenture.
All Debentures shall be dated the date of their
authentication.
No Debenture shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on
such Debenture a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Debenture shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Debenture has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 304. Temporary Commonly Registered Debentures and Unrestricted
Debentures. Pending the preparation of definitive Commonly Registered Debentures
or Unrestricted Debentures, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Commonly Registered Debentures
or temporary Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, photocopied, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in
any denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Commonly
Registered Debentures or of the definitive Unrestricted Debentures, as the case
may be, in lieu of which they are issued, with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing the same
may determine, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
If temporary Commonly Registered Debentures or temporary
Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Commonly Registered Debentures or definitive Unrestricted Debentures,
as the case may be, to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Commonly Registered Debentures or definitive
Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, the temporary Commonly Registered
Debentures or temporary Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, shall be
exchangeable for definitive Commonly Registered Debentures or definitive
Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, upon surrender of the temporary
Commonly Registered Debentures or temporary Unrestricted Debentures, as the case
may be, at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section
1102, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Commonly Registered Debentures or
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temporary Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Commonly Registered Debentures or definitive
Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, of authorized denominations. Until
so exchanged, the temporary Commonly Registered Debentures or temporary
Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, shall in all respects be entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Commonly Registered
Debentures or definitive Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall
cause to be kept at one of the offices or agencies to be maintained by the
Company in accordance with Section 1102 a register (herein sometimes referred to
as the "Debenture Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as
it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Debentures
and of transfers of Debentures. The Bank is hereby appointed "Debenture
Registrar" for the purpose of registering Debentures and transfers of Debentures
as herein provided. The Debenture Register shall be open to inspection by the
Trustee and by the Company.
Upon surrender for exchange or transfer of any Commonly
Registered Debenture or Unrestricted Debenture, as the case may be, at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section
1102, or at the office of the Equity Contract Agent maintained pursuant to
Section 8.03(f) of the Master Equity Contract, if required by the provisions of
this Indenture, the Debentures or the Master Equity Contract, and compliance
with any applicable requirements set forth in this Indenture or the Master
Equity Contract, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in the name of the Holder thereof or the designated transferee or
transferees, as the case may be, one or more new Commonly Registered Debentures
or Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, of any authorized denominations
of a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Commonly Registered Debentures
and Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be, may be exchanged for other
Commonly Registered Debentures or Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be,
of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, as
provided, respectively, in the form of Commonly Registered Debenture set forth
in Section 202 and the form of Unrestricted Debenture set forth in Section 204.
Commonly Registered Debentures may be exchanged for
Unrestricted Debentures as provided in the form of Commonly Registered
Debentures set forth in Section 202 and in Article Thirteen; except that no such
exchange may be made after the Company shall have given notice of redemption of
the Debentures as provided in Section 1202. Unrestricted Debentures may be
exchanged for Commonly Registered Debentures as provided in the form of
Unrestricted Debenture set forth in Section 204 and in Article Fourteen.
All Debentures issued upon any transfer or exchange of
Commonly Registered Debentures or Unrestricted Debentures pursuant to this
Section 305 or pursuant to Article Thirteen or Fourteen, as the case may be,
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
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Commonly Registered Debentures or Unrestricted Debentures, as the case may be,
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Every Debenture presented or surrendered for transfer or
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 Debenture Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing. In addition, whenever a Commonly
Registered Debenture is presented or surrendered to the Equity Contract Agent
for transfer together with the Commonly Registered Equity Contract referred to
on the face thereof, or if a Commonly Registered Debenture is presented or
surrendered for transfer separately from the Commonly Registered Equity Contract
referred to on the face thereof, such transfer may be made only in accordance
with the provisions of the form of Commonly Registered Debenture set forth in
Section 202 or in Article Thirteen, if applicable.
No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange
of Debentures 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
transfer or exchange of Debentures, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304
or 306 or Article Thirteen or Fourteen not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required to issue, transfer or
exchange any Commonly Registered Debentures after January 1, 2011.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures. If (i)
any mutilated Debenture is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Debenture and (ii) there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee 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 Debenture has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Company shall execute and upon its request, the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Commonly Registered Debenture or Unrestricted Debenture, a new
Commonly Registered Debenture or Unrestricted Debenture, as the case may be, of
like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding. Such Commonly Registered Debenture shall be delivered to the Equity
Contract Agent.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Debenture has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Debenture, pay such Debenture.
Upon the issuance of any new Debenture 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.
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Every new Debenture issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of
any destroyed, lost or stolen Debenture shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Debenture shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Debentures duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest
on any Debenture 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
Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Debentures) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the
fifteenth day of the month (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such
Interest Payment Date.
Any interest on any Debenture 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
registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date; and, except as
hereinafter provided, such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its
election in each case, as provided in Clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the
Debentures (or their respective Predecessor
Debentures) 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 Debenture 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 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 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 Debentureholder
at his address as it appears in the Debenture
Register not less than 10 days prior to such
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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 in the City of
Greenwood, Indiana, 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 mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Debentures (or their respective
Predecessor Debentures), are registered on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (ii).
(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Debentures in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Debentures may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company
to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to
this Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable
by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Debenture delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or
in lieu of any other Debenture shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debenture.
In the case of any Debenture which is surrendered in payment
of an obligation under an Equity Contract after any Interest Payment Date and on
or prior to the next succeeding Regular Record Date, interest thereon shall
cease to accrue upon such surrender and interest theretofore accrued but unpaid
(whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid at the time
of such surrender to the Person in whose name such Debenture (or one or more
Predecessor Debentures) is registered at such time. In the case of any Debenture
which is surrendered in payment of an obligation under an Equity Contract after
any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date (other than any Debenture whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment
Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be
payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such surrender and such
interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to
the Person in whose name that Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Debentures)
is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment for
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name any Debenture is registered as the owner of
such Debenture for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium (if
any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Debenture and for all other
purposes whatsoever whether or not such Debenture 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.
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Section 309. Cancellation. All Debentures surrendered for payment,
redemption, transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it.
The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Debentures previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Debentures so delivered
shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Debentures shall be authenticated
in lieu of or in exchange for any Debentures cancelled as provided in this
Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled
Debentures held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company
Order. The Trustee, upon not less than 30 days' prior written notice to the
Company, may at its option destroy all cancelled Debentures held by it for over
six (6) months and shall provide a certificate evidencing same to the Company.
Section 310. Authentication and Delivery of Original Issue. Forthwith
upon the execution and delivery of this Indenture, or from time to time
thereafter, and subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this
Section 310, Debentures up to the aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 may
be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and
shall thereupon be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to
Company Order, without any further action by the Company. Each Commonly
Registered Debenture shall be originally issued as a unit with a Commonly
Registered Equity Contract representing an aggregate purchase obligation for
shares of Common Stock equal to the principal amount of such Commonly Registered
Debenture. Such Commonly Registered Equity Contract shall be referred to (by
letters and numbers) on the face of such Commonly Registered Debenture, and such
Commonly Registered Debenture shall be registered in the name of the obligor
under and registered owner of such Commonly Registered Equity Contract.
Section 311. Issuance of Debentures upon Partial Payments under Equity
Contracts. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 305, if any Debenture shall
be surrendered by the Holder thereof prior to January 1, 2011 in full or partial
satisfaction of the purchase obligation for shares of Common Stock of such
Holder under an Equity Contract, and if less than the full unpaid principal
amount of such Debenture is to be applied to the payment of the aggregate
purchase price of the shares of Common Stock purchased, then, upon the written
request of the Equity Contract Agent, a new Debenture or Debentures, of
authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Debenture so surrendered less the amount of the principal thereof
applied to the aggregate purchase price for such shares of Common Stock, shall
be delivered to the Equity Contract Agent for delivery to such Holder by the
Equity Contract Agent in accordance with the Master Equity Contract; provided,
however, that in any case in which a Commonly Registered Debenture is
surrendered prior to January 1, 2011 in partial payment for shares of Common
Stock, any new Debenture so delivered shall be a Commonly Registered Debenture,
and shall be registered in the name of the Holder in whose name the Commonly
Registered Equity Contract representing the remaining aggregate purchase
obligation shall be registered; and provided further that, in any case in which
an Unrestricted Debenture is surrendered at any time in full or partial payment
for shares of Common Stock, any new Debenture or Debentures so delivered shall
be an Unrestricted Debenture or Unrestricted Debentures. In any case in which
less than the full unpaid principal amount of any Commonly
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Registered Debenture is to be applied on or after January 1, 2011, whether upon
surrender or upon exercise of the Company's right of offset as provided in the
form of Commonly Registered Equity Contract referred to on the face thereof,
then upon the written request of the Equity Contract Agent, and upon surrender
of any such Commonly Registered Debenture in respect of which the Company shall
have exercised such right of offset, a new Unrestricted Debenture or
Unrestricted Debentures of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Commonly Registered Debenture so
surrendered less the amount of the principal thereof applied to the aggregate
purchase price for such shares of Common Stock, shall be delivered to the Equity
Contract Agent for delivery to such Holder by the Equity Contract Agent in
accordance with the provisions of the Master Equity Contract.
Section 312. Computation of Interest. Interest on the Debentures shall
be computed on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the
Debentures with respect to any period of less than a full calendar month shall
be calculated on the basis of a fraction whose numerator is the actual number of
days in such period multiplied by the interest rate per annum on the Debentures
and whose denominator is the actual number of days in such calendar month
multiplied by twelve (12).
ARTICLE FOUR
SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
Section 401. Agreement to Subordinate. The Company, for itself, its
successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each holder of Debentures by
his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on, each and all of the Debentures
is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter
set forth, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
Section 402. Payments Upon Distribution of Assets.
(a) Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any
dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, recapitalization or
readjustment of the Company or its securities (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency
or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors
or any other arrangement or marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the
Company, or otherwise),
(1) all Senior indebtedness shall first be paid
in full, or have provision made for payment
in full in cash, before the Debentureholders
are entitled to receive any payment on
account of the principal of, premium (if
any) or interest on, the indebtedness
evidenced by the Debentures, and
(2) any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, to which the
Debentureholders or the Trustee would be
entitled except for the
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provisions of this Article Four, shall be
paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or
other person making such payment or
distribution, whether a trustee in
bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating
trustee or other trustee or agent, directly
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or
their representative or representatives or
to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture under which any instruments
evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, ratably according to
the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on
account of the principal of, premium (if
any) and interest on, the Senior
Indebtedness held or represented by each, to
the extent necessary to make payment in full
of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid,
after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution, or provision
therefor, to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness.
(b) No payments on account of principal of, premium (if any)
or interest on, the Debentures shall be made unless full payment of amounts then
due for principal, premium (if any), sinking funds, and interest on all Senior
Indebtedness has been made or duly provided for in cash. No payments on account
of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on, the Debentures shall be made
if, at the time of such payment or immediately after giving effect thereto,
there shall exist under any Senior Indebtedness or any agreement pursuant to
which any Senior Indebtedness is issued any default or any condition, event or
act, which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or
an event of default as defined in any such agreement.
(c) Upon the happening of any Event of Default and upon
declaration that the Debentures are due and payable as provided in Article Six,
then all principal of and premium (if any) and interest on all Senior
Indebtedness outstanding at the time of such Event of Default shall first be
paid or prepaid in full, or such payment shall have been duly provided for to
the satisfaction of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment on
account of principal, premium (if any) or interest is made upon the Debentures;
provided, however, that if such declaration is waived, rescinded, or annulled as
provided in said Article Six, then the requirement contained in this paragraph
(c) for payment or prepayment (or provision therefor) of the Senior Indebtedness
shall cease.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, shall be received by the Trustee or the
Debentureholders before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, or provision
made for its payment, such payment or distribution (subject to Sections 406 and
408) shall be immediately paid by the Trustee or such Holder, as the case may
be, over to the holders of Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid or unprovided
for or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees
under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior
Indebtedness may have been issued, as provided in the foregoing subparagraph (2)
of paragraph (a) of this Section 402, for application to the payment of such
Senior Indebtedness until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been
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paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution, or
provision therefor, to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
Nothing in this Section 402 shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 707.
Section 403. Subrogation. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness, the Debentureholders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with
the holders of all other subordinated indebtedness of the Company, which, by its
terms, is not superior in right of payment to the Debentures, and ranks on a
parity with the Debentures) to all rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness
to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the
Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal of, premium
(if any) and interest on the Debentures shall be paid in full, and for purposes
of such subrogation, no such payment or distributions to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of cash, property or securities distributable to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness under the provisions hereof which otherwise would be payable
or distributable to the Debentureholders shall, as between the Company, its
creditors (other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness), and the
Debentureholders, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of
the Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this Article
Four are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights
of the Debentureholders on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness on the other hand.
Section 404. Obligation of Company Unconditional. Nothing contained in
this Article Four or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Debentures is
intended to or shall alter or impair, as between the Company, its creditors
(other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness), and the Debentureholders, the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the
Debentureholders the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on the
Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with
their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the
Debentureholders and creditors of the Company, other than the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or in any Debentures prevent the
Trustee or any Debentureholder from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted
by applicable law upon the happening of any Event of Default under this
Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Four of the holders
of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company
received upon the exercise of any such remedy and subject to the limitations set
forth in Article 6. Upon any distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article Four, the Trustee, subject as between the Trustee and the
Debentureholders to the provisions of Section 701, and the Debentureholders
shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of
competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending or a certificate of the liquidating
trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee or to
the Debentureholders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to
participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and
other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article Four. In the event that the Trustee determines, in
good faith, that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any
Person as a holder of
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Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to
this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness
held by such Person, as to the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to
the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The
Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness.
Section 405. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired. No
right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness of the Company
to enforce subordination, as herein provided, shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any
non-compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with.
Section 406. Obligation of Company to Pay Debentures Not Impaired.
Nothing contained in this Article Four or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any
of the Debentures, shall, however, (a) affect the obligation of the Company to
make, or prevent the Company from making, at any time, except as provided in
Section 402, payments of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on the
Debentures, or (b) prevent the application by the Trustee or any Paying Agent of
any moneys deposited with it hereunder by the Company to the payment of or on
account of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on the Debentures, if
the Trustee or such Paying Agent, as the case may be, did not have written
notice of any event prohibiting the payment of such principal, premium (if any)
or interest on or prior to the second business day preceding the date such
payment is due.
Section 407. Trustee Authorized to Act for Debentureholder. Each Holder
of Debentures by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on
his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate
as between the Debentureholders and the holders of Senior Indebtedness the
subordination provided in this Article Four and appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
Section 408. Trustee Not Charged with Knowledge of Senior Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Four or any other provisions of
this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be charged with
knowledge of the existence of any Senior Indebtedness, or of any default in the
payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, or the
existence of, or failure to comply with, any covenant of or condition in, any
Senior Indebtedness or of the maturity thereof by lapse of time, acceleration or
otherwise, unless and until the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have received
written notice thereof from the Company or a holder, or a trustee or similar
representative of any class, of Senior Indebtedness; and, prior to the receipt
of any such written notice, the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be entitled to
assume that no such default or other failure exists; provided, however, that,
unless the Trustee or any Paying Agent has received the notice provided for in
this Section 408 at least two
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(2) business days prior to the date upon which by the terms of this Indenture
any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the
payment of either the principal of, or the interest on, any Debenture), then,
anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee or any
Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to
apply the same to the purpose for which it was received, and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after
such date.
Section 409. Applicability of Article Four. Notwithstanding anything
herein contained to the contrary, all the provisions of this Indenture shall,
except as otherwise provided in Sections 107, 502, 706 and 707, be subject to
the provisions of this Article Four so far as the same may be applicable
thereto.
Section 410. "Trustee" to Include Paying Agent. In case at any time any
Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and
be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as used in this Article Four shall
in such case (unless the context shall otherwise require) be construed as
extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all
intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article Four in
place of the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 501. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect (except as to rights of transfer or exchange
of Debentures or to exchange Commonly Registered Debentures for Unrestricted
Debentures herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on demand of and at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Debentures theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Debentures which
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided
in Section 306 and (ii) Debentures 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 1103) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
or
(B) all such Debentures not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or (ii)
will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, and the Company,
in the case of (i) or (ii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
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purpose an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Debentures not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal,
premium (if any) and interest to the date of
such deposit (in the case of Debentures
which have become due and payable), or to
the Stated Maturity, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) 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 have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 707 and the obligations
of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 714 shall survive.
Section 502. Application of Trust Money. All money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 501 shall be held in trust and applied by it in
accordance with the provisions of the Debentures and of 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, premium (if any) and interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES
Section 601. Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used
herein means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event
of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or to be effected by
operation of law pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is a
Major Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that,
taken as a whole, would constitute a Major Subsidiary
pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S.
Code or any similar Federal or state law for the
relief of debtors (herein referred to as "Bankruptcy
Law"):
(A) commences a voluntary case,
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(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a custodian
of it or for all or substantially all of its
property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit
of its creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they
become due; or
(2) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries that is a Major Subsidiary
or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as
a whole, would constitute a Major Subsidiary
in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a receiver, trustee, assignee,
liquidator, custodian or other similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law (i) of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is a
Major Subsidiary or any group of
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Major Subsidiary or (ii) for
all or substantially all of the property of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that
is a Major Subsidiary or any group of
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would
constitute a Major Subsidiary; or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries that is a Major
Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries
that, taken as a whole, would constitute a
Major Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60
consecutive days.
Section 602. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing (but not in the event of a Default as
defined in Section 603 of this Indenture), then and in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debentures may declare the principal of all the Debentures 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 shall
become immediately due and payable in cash. In the event that for any reason the
foregoing acceleration provision shall be unenforceable, the Company agrees to
pay immediately to the Holders, upon any such declaration of acceleration, in
cash, as liquidated damages for loss of a bargain and not as a penalty, the
principal amount of all the Debentures.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Trustee as
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hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Debentures, by written notice to Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all
Debentures,
(B) the principal and premium (if any) of any
Debentures which have become due otherwise
than by declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Debentures,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest
is lawful, interest upon overdue
installments of interest at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such
Debentures, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 613.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 603. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. "Default" wherever used herein means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law pursuant to any judgment, decree
or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest
on any Debenture when such interest becomes due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30
days;
(2) default in the payment of principal or premium (if
any) of any Debenture at the Maturity thereof; or
(3) default in the performance of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than
a covenant or warranty a default in the performance
of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with),
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and such Default continues 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 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debentures, a written notice specifying such Default
and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Default Notice" hereunder.
The Company covenants that if any Event of Default or Default under clauses (1)
or (2) above shall occur, the Company will upon demand of the Trustee pay to it,
for the benefit of the Holders, the whole amount then due and payable on the
Debentures for principal, premium (if any) and interest, with interest upon the
overdue principal and premium (if any) at the original rate per annum prescribed
in the Debenture and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate of eleven
percent (11%) per annum, compounded quarter-annually, 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 any such amount forthwith upon
such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust,
may institute a judicial proceeding to compel 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 the Debentures
and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided
by law out of the property of the Company, or any other obligor upon the
Debentures wherever situated.
If an Event of Default or Default occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and
the rights of the Holders 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 604. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the 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 Debentures or the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective
of whether the principal of the Debentures 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) or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal, premium (if any) and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Debentures 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
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compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the
Debentureholders allowed in such judicial proceeding,
and
(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same;
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar
official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Debentureholder 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
Debentureholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to 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 707.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Debentureholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Debentures or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Debentureholder in
any such proceeding.
Section 605. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Debentures. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Debentures may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Debentures or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debentures in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
Section 606. Application of Money Collected. Subject to Article Four,
any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in
the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such money on account of principal, premium (if any) or
interest, upon presentation of the Debentures 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 707; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and
unpaid upon the Debentures for principal,
premium (if any) and interest, 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 Debentures, for principal, premium (if
any) and interest, respectively.
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Section 607. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Debenture shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to
the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default or
Default, specifying such Default and stating that
such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Debentures shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default or Default in its
own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) 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;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to
institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day
period by the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Debentures;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Debentures 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 Holders of Debentures, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of
all the Holders of Debentures.
Section 608. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest. Subject, in the case of any Commonly Registered Debenture,
to the Company's right of offset provided in the form of Commonly Registered
Debenture set forth in Section 202 and to the provisions of Section 606, the
Holder of any Debenture shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal (in accordance with the
respective terms of the Commonly Registered Debentures or of the Unrestricted
Debentures, as the case may be) of, premium (if any) and (subject to Section
307) interest on such Debenture at its Stated Maturity expressed in such
Debenture (or in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not
be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 609. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any
Debentureholder 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
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adversely to the Trustee or to such Debentureholder, then and in every such case
the Company, the Trustee and the Debentureholders shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and the Debentureholders shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
Section 610. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Debentureholders is intended
to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall,
to the extent permitted by law and not expressly in conflict with the provisions
of this Indenture, 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 611. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the
Trustee or of any Holder of any Debenture to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Debentureholders may be exercised from time to time, and
as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Debentureholders,
as the case may be.
Section 612. Control by Debentureholders. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures 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,
provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction, any rule of law or this Indenture.
Section 613. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures may on behalf of the
Holders of all of the Debentures waive any past Default Situation hereunder and
its consequences, except a Default Situation:
(1) in the payment of the principal of, premium (if any)
or interest on any Debenture, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article Ten cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Debenture affected.
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Upon any such waiver, such Default Situation shall cease to
exist, and any Default or 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 Situation or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 614. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Debenture 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 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 (i) to
any suit instituted by the Trustee, (ii) to any suit instituted by any
Debentureholder, or group of Debentureholders, holding in the aggregate more
than 10% of the principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures, or (iii) to any
suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Debenture on or after the
respective Stated Maturity expressed in such Debenture or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date.
ARTICLE SEVEN
THE TRUSTEE
Section 701. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default
or a Default,
(1) 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
(2) 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 to the
requirements of this Indenture.
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(b) In case an Event of Default or a Default has occurred and
is continuing, 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 willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to
limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this
Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) 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
Debentures relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceedings for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Trustee, under this Indenture; and
(4) 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.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability
of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
this Section.
Section 702. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of
any Default Situation hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Debentureholders, as their names and addresses appear in the Debenture Register,
notice of such Default Situation hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
Default Situation shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that,
except in the case of a Default Situation involving failure to make payment of
the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Debenture, 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 and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Debentureholders; and
provided,
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further, that in the case of any Default Situation of the character specified in
Section 603(3), no such notice to Debentureholders shall be given until at least
30 days after the occurrence thereof.
Section 703. Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 701:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
note, or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company
Request or Company Order and any resolution of the
Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking, suffering or
omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an
Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the
Debentureholders pursuant to this Indenture, unless
such Debentureholders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, note, or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as
it may see fit, and if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall
be entitled to examine the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
and
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys
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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 704. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debentures.
The recitals contained herein, and in the Debentures, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication thereof, 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 Debentures. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of Debentures or the proceeds of the Debentures.
Section 705. May Hold Debentures. The Trustee, any Authenticating
Agent, Paying Agent, Debenture Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Debentures and, subject to Sections 708 and 713, may otherwise deal with the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Debenture Registrar or such other agent.
Section 706. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 707. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it
hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all
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 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
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred
without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust, 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.
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As security for the performance of the obligations of the
Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the
Debentures 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 on particular Debentures.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section
313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
Section 708. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests If the Trustee has
or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in TIA Section 310(b), it
shall, within the period required by TIA Section 310(b) after ascertaining that
it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest or
resign in the manner and with the effect specified in TIA Section 310(b). The
Trustee shall otherwise comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b).
Section 709. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at
all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus (together with its parent) of at least $5,000,000, 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 the aforesaid 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. This Indenture shall always
have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and
(5). The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 310(b). 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 710. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) 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 under
Section 711.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debentures,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
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(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with
Section 708(a) after written request
therefor by the Company or by any
Debentureholder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Debenture for at least six
months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 709 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Company or
by any such Debentureholder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting
or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation
or liquidation;
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 614, any Debentureholder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Debenture 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 and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for
any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy a successor Trustee shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debentures delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment, become the successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed
by the Company or the Debentureholders and accepted appointment in the manner
hereinafter provided, any Debentureholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Debenture 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.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee by mailing
written notice of such event by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Debentures as their names and addresses appear in the Debenture
Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the
address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 711. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every successor
Trustee appointed hereunder 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
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retiring Trustee; but on 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, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in Section
707. 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.
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 712. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be 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 of 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 Debentures 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 Debentures so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debentures.
Section 713. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The
Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship
listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall
be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
Section 714. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any
of the Debentures remain outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating
Agent or Agents which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Debentures, and Debentures 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 Debentures 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 $5,000,000 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 714, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth
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in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 714, such Authenticating Agent shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 714.
The Trustee hereby appoints the Bank as its initial
Authenticating Agent hereunder. The Authenticating Agent may also serve as
Equity Contract Agent.
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 714, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any
time cancel 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 cancellation, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 714, the Trustee 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 Debenture 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
herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible
under the provisions of this Section 714.
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 707.
If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section 714, the
Debentures may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following
form:
This is one of the Debentures described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
as Trustee
By: FIRST BANK,
as Authenticating Agent
By:
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Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE EIGHT
DEBENTUREHOLDERS' LISTS AND
REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 801. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Debentureholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date
and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such
form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the Holders of Notes, and the Company shall otherwise comply with
TIA Section 312(a).
Section 802. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Debentureholders. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the
Trustee, the Debenture Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of
TIA Section 312(c).
Section 803. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15
following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Debentures remain
outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Debentures a brief
report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a)
(but if no event described in TIA Section 313(a) has occurred within the twelve
months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee
also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by
mail all reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).
(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the
Holders of Debentures shall be mailed to the Company. The Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee when the Debentures are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 804. Reports by Company. The Company will:
(1) At any time the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports with the Commission
pursuant to either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, file with the
Trustee, in
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accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission, and at the times
required thereunder to be filed, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and
reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of
a security listed and registered on a national
securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to
time in such rules and regulations;
(2) Transmit by mail to all Debentureholders, as their
names and addresses appear in the Debenture Register,
(A) within 30 days after the filing thereof with the
Trustee, copies of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant
to paragraph (1) and (B) copies of any reports or
other communications sent by the Company to holders
of its Common Stock, at the same time such reports or
other communications are sent to holders of Common
Stock;
(3) Transmit promptly to any Debenture holder upon
request a copy of any filing which the Company is
required to file and has filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and.
(4) File with the Trustee the statement required by
Section 1106 when required thereby.
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
Section 901. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey
or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, unless:
(1) The corporation formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or the Person
which acquires by conveyance or transfer the
properties and assets of the Company substantially
as an entirety shall be a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any State 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,
premium (if any) and interest on all the Debentures
and the performance of every covenant of this
Indenture, the Equity Contracts and the Master
Equity Contract on the part of the Company to be
performed or observed;
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(2) Immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no Default or Event of Default, and no event which,
after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become
a Default or Event of Default, shall have happened
and be continuing; and
(3) The company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating
that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with
this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with.
Section 902. Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation
or merger, or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 901, the
successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or to which such conveyance or transfer 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 corporation had been
named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance or
transfer, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the Person named
as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor
corporation which shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in
this Article) shall be discharged from all liability under this Indenture and in
respect of the Debentures and may be dissolved and liquidated.
ARTICLE TEN
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 1001. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of
Debentureholders. Without the consent of the Holders of any Debentures, 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:
(1) To evidence the succession of another corporation to
the Company, and the assumption by any such successor
of the covenants of the Company herein and in the
Debentures contained;
(2) To add to the covenants of the Company, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Debentures, or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon
the Company; or
(3) To cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be inconsistent with any
other provision herein, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under this
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Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, provided such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of the Debentures.
Section 1002. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the
consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debentures, 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 the Debentures under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Debenture affected thereby:
(1) Change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of interest on, any Debenture or
reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest
thereon or any premium payable on the redemption
thereof, or change any place of payment where, or the
coin or currency in which any Debenture, premium (if
any) thereon or the interest thereon 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, on or after the Redemption Date) or
modify the provisions of the Indenture with respect
to the subordination of the Debentures in a manner
adverse to the Holders; or
(2) Reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debentures, the consent of whose Holders
is required for any such supplemental indenture, or
the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder or their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture; or
(3) Modify any of the provisions of this Section or
Section 613, except to increase any such percentage
or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Debenture affected
thereby; or
(4) Adversely affect the right to exchange Commonly
Registered Debentures for Unrestricted Debentures as
provided in the Commonly Registered Debentures or in
Article Thirteen; or
(5) Adversely affect the right to exchange Unrestricted
Debentures for Commonly Registered Debentures as
provided in the Unrestricted Debentures or in Article
Fourteen.
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Debentureholders
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 1003. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 701)
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 or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 1004. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified
in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of
this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Debentures theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 1005. Reference in Debentures to Supplemental Indentures.
Debentures 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 Debentures
so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of
Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Debentures.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
COVENANTS
Section 1101. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company
will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium (if
any) and interest on the Debentures in accordance with the terms of the
Debentures and of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 1101, if on or prior to the Stated Maturity expressed in the
Commonly Registered Debentures the Company shall have elected to exercise its
right to offset against its obligation to pay the principal amount of any one or
more Commonly Registered Debentures as provided in the form of Commonly
Registered Debenture set forth in Section 202, the provisions of this Section
1101 shall not apply with respect to any such amount so offset.
Section 1102. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will
maintain an office or agency in the City of Columbus, Ohio, where Debentures may
be presented or surrendered for
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payment and an office or agency in Greenwood, Indiana, where Debentures may be
surrendered for transfer or exchange, where Commonly Registered Debentures may
be surrendered in exchange for Unrestricted Debentures and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debentures and this Indenture
may be served. Until otherwise designated by the Company in a written notice to
the Trustee, such agency for the purpose of presentation or surrender for
payment shall be the corporate trust office of the Trustee, in its capacity as
Paying Agent, and such agency for all other purposes shall be the principal
office of the Bank in the City of Greenwood, Indiana, at which, at any
particular time, its corporate trust business is administered. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of such
office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office
or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the
Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
In addition to such office or agency, the Company may from
time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where Debentures
may be presented for any or all of such purposes specified above in this Section
and may constitute and appoint one or more Paying Agents for the payment of such
Debentures, in one or more other cities, and may from time to time rescind such
designations and appointments; provided, however, that if at any time the
Trustee is not appointed as a Paying Agent, the Company shall maintain an office
and agency in the City of Greenwood, Indiana for such purposes.
Section 1103. Money for Debenture Payments to be Held in Trust. If the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any of the
Debentures, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, 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, it
will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, premium (if any) or
interest on any Debentures, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal, 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
(if any) 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 other than the
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying
Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section,
that such Paying Agent will:
(1) Hold all sums held by it for the payment of the
principal of premium (if any) or interest on the
Debentures 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;
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(2) Give the Trustee prompt written notice of any default
by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Debentures) in the making of any payment of
principal, premium (if any) or interest; and
(3) 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 such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
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, premium
(if any) or interest on any Debenture and remaining unclaimed for three years
after such principal, premium (if any) or interest has become due and payable,
shall 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 Debenture
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, 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 City of Indianapolis, Indiana, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
The provisions of this Section 1103 are subject to the
provisions of the last sentence of Section 1101.
Section 1104. Corporate Existence. So long as any of the Debentures
shall be Outstanding, the Company will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
and will comply with all laws applicable to it; provided, however, that nothing
in this Section shall prevent (i) any consolidation, merger or conveyance or
transfer of the properties of the Company substantially as an entirety as
permitted by Article Nine, or (ii) the dissolution and liquidation of the
Company after any such conveyance or transfer. The Company may omit in any
particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in this
Section if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least 66-2/3%
in principal amount of the Debentures at the time Outstanding, shall, by act of
such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such
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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 1105. Restrictions on Disposition of Capital Stock of Major
Subsidiaries. So long as any of the Debentures shall be Outstanding, the Company
will not create any security interest in more than 20% of the shares of Capital
Stock of any Major Subsidiary, or permit more than 20% of such shares (exclusive
of Directors' qualifying shares) to be held directly or indirectly by any Person
other than the Company or a corporation which is wholly-owned (except for
Directors' qualifying shares) by the Company.
Section 1106. Statement as to Compliance. The Company will deliver to
the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written
statement signed by the President, or any Executive, Senior or other Vice
President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company, stating, as to each signer thereof, that:
(1) A review of the activities of the Company during such
year and of performance under this Indenture has been
made under his supervision; and
(2) To the best of his knowledge, based on such review,
the Company has fulfilled all its obligations under
this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has
been a default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such default known to him
and the nature and status thereof.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF DEBENTURES
Section 1201. Conditions; Redemption Price. The Company may, at its
option, redeem the Debentures, in whole but not in part, at any time prior to
Maturity (a) if such redemption is made either (i) out of the proceeds of sale
of common stock or perpetual preferred stock or other equity securities of the
Company qualifying as regulatory capital pursuant to criteria established by the
Federal Reserve Board or (ii) with the approval of the Federal Reserve Board;
and (b) if at the time of mailing of the notice of redemption the Company is not
in default in the payment of any Senior Indebtedness and at such time redemption
of the Debentures would not result in a default in any covenant contained in any
indenture or other instrument pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness is
outstanding. Such redemption shall be at a Redemption Price which shall be the
principal amount of each Debenture plus a Redemption Premium on such principal
amount equal to the percentage of such principal amount then applicable under
the following schedule:
If the Redemption Date is during the 12 months' period
beginning July 1,
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Redemption
Year Premium
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2002................................................8%
2003................................................7%
2004................................................6%
2005................................................5%
2006................................................4%
2007................................................3%
2008................................................2%
2009................................................1%
; provided, however, that if the Debentures are redeemed prior to July 1, 2010,
but after the occurrence of a Adverse Tax Determination, or an Adverse Capital
Determination, the Redemption Premium shall be one percent (1%). The Debentures
may be redeemed without any Redemption Premium at any time on or after July 1,
2010. Upon any redemption, interest accrued from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to the Redemption Date will be paid along with the Redemption
Price.
Section 1202. Notice of Redemption. In case the Company shall desire to
exercise its right to redeem the Debentures pursuant to Section 1201, notice of
such redemption shall be given to the holders of the Debentures to be redeemed
as hereinafter in this Section 1202 provided. Such notice shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's direction, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.
Notice of redemption shall be given by mailing to holders of
the Debentures a notice of such redemption by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption
Date, to their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Debenture Register.
Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
In any case, failure duly to give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice,
to the Holder of any Debenture shall not affect the validity of the proceedings
for the redemption of any other Debenture.
Each such notice shall specify the Redemption Date, the place
of redemption and the Redemption Price at which the Debentures are to be
redeemed, and shall state that the Debentures shall become due and payable on
the Redemption Date, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender
of the Debentures, that from and after the Redemption Date interest thereon will
cease to accrue and that interest accrued to the Redemption Date will be paid as
specified in such notice.
At least one business day before the Redemption Date specified
in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 1202, the Company
will deposit with the Trustee or with the office or agency to be maintained by
the Company as provided in Section 1102 an
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amount of money sufficient to redeem on such date all the Debentures at the
Redemption Price, together (except if the Redemption Date is an Interest Payment
Date) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date.
The Company covenants and agrees, in connection with any
redemption of the Debentures pursuant to this Article, to provide the Trustee
with such lists of holders of Debentures and such other information and
materials as, and at such times as, the Trustee may reasonably request.
Section 1203. Payment of Debentures on Redemption. If notice of
redemption shall have been given as provided in Section 1201, the Debentures
shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place stated in
such notice at the Redemption Price, together with accrued and unpaid interest
to the Redemption Date, and on and after such Redemption Date, provided that the
Company shall have deposited with the Trustee or with the office or agency to be
maintained by the Company as provided in Section 1102 cash sufficient for the
redemption thereof which shall then be held in trust, interest on the Debentures
shall cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of the Debentures at the
place of payment specified in such notice, the Debentures shall be paid and
redeemed at the Redemption Price, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to the Redemption Date. Installments of interest whose Stated Maturity
is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall continue to be payable to the
Holders of the Debentures on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to
their terms and the provisions of Section 307 of this Indenture. If any
Debenture 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 borne by the Debenture.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
EXCHANGE OF COMMONLY REGISTERED DEBENTURES
FOR UNRESTRICTED DEBENTURES
Section 1301. Exchange Privilege.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 305, and subject to
and upon compliance with the provisions of the form of the Commonly Registered
Debenture set forth in Section 202 and of this Article Thirteen, the Holder of
any Commonly Registered Debenture shall have the right, at his option, at any
time prior to January 1, 2011, to exchange the principal amount of any such
Commonly Registered Debenture, or any portion of such principal amount which is
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, for an Unrestricted Debenture or
Unrestricted Debentures in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount or portion thereof of the Commonly Registered Debenture to be so
exchanged, by surrender of the Commonly Registered Debenture to be so exchanged
in whole or in part (such surrender to be made in the manner provided in Section
1302 and in compliance with the provisions of the Commonly Registered Equity
Contract referred to on the face of such Commonly Registered Debenture and of
the Master Equity Contract).
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(b) Such Commonly Registered Debenture so surrendered shall be
accompanied by a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in connection with the issuance of any Unrestricted
Debenture in a name other than that of such Holder.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any case in which the
purchase price under a Commonly Registered Equity Contract shall have been paid
on or after January 1, 2011, in whole or in part, in any manner other than by
surrender of the Commonly Registered Debenture which refers to such Commonly
Registered Equity Contract on the face thereof or by exercise of the Company's
right of offset as provided in the form of Commonly Registered Debenture set
forth in Section 202, the Holder of such Commonly Registered Debenture shall
thereafter be entitled to exchange such Commonly Registered Debenture for an
Unrestricted Debenture or Unrestricted Debentures of authorized denominations in
an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount so paid.
(d) In any case in which the aggregate purchase obligation
under a Commonly Registered Equity Contract shall have been paid prior to
January 1, 2011, in whole or in part, in any manner other than by surrender of
the Commonly Registered Debenture which refers to such Commonly Registered
Equity Contract on the face thereof, the Holder of such Commonly Registered
Debenture shall thereafter be entitled to exchange such Commonly Registered
Debenture for an Unrestricted Debenture or Unrestricted Debentures in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the amount so paid, and, if such aggregate
purchase obligation shall not be paid in full, for a Commonly Registered
Debenture in a principal amount equal to the remaining aggregate purchase
obligation under such Commonly Registered Equity Contract. No exchange of a
Commonly Registered Debenture for an Unrestricted Debenture or Debentures may be
made after the Company shall have given notice of redemption of the Debentures
as provided in Section 1202.
Section 1302. Manner of Exercise of Exchange Privilege. In order to
exchange any Commonly Registered Debenture, in whole or in part, for an
Unrestricted Debenture or Unrestricted Debentures, the Holder of such Commonly
Registered Debenture shall surrender such Commonly Registered Debenture at the
office of the Equity Contract Agent in the City of Greenwood, Indiana, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Debenture Registrar duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and any instruments
or notices as shall be required pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture,
together with the Commonly Registered Equity Contract referred to on the face of
such Commonly Registered Debenture, and except in the case of an exchange
pursuant to Section 1301(c), an executed collateral agreement in the form set
forth on the reverse of such Commonly Registered Equity Contract (or separate
written collateral agreement satisfactory to the Company), and the Collateral
(as defined in the Master Equity Contract) referred to in such collateral
agreement which shall be of the kind and value required by Article VII of the
Master Equity Contract. As promptly as practicable after surrender of such
Commonly Registered Debenture, and any such written instrument of transfer, by
the Equity Contract Agent and upon compliance with the provisions of such
Commonly Registered Debenture, with the foregoing provisions of this Article
Thirteen and with the provisions of the Master Equity Contract, the Company
shall cause to be delivered to the Equity
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Contract Agent, (i) an Unrestricted Debenture or Unrestricted Debentures in the
aggregate principal amount issuable upon the exchange of such Commonly
Registered Debenture or portion thereof in accordance with the provisions of
this Article Thirteen and (ii) a new Commonly Registered Debenture or Commonly
Registered Debentures in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the unexchanged portion of the principal amount of the Commonly
Registered Debenture surrendered for exchange. Subject to the provisions of this
Section and of Sections 305 and 1301, each exchange shall be deemed to have been
effected on the date on which such Commonly Registered Debenture shall have been
surrendered and all applicable provisions of Section 305, of this Article
Thirteen and of the Master Equity Contract shall have been complied with, as
aforesaid, and the Person or Persons in whose name or names any Unrestricted
Debenture or Unrestricted Debentures shall be issued upon such exchange shall be
deemed to have become on said date the Holder or Holders thereof. No adjustment
shall be made for interest accrued on any Commonly Registered Debenture or
portion thereof that shall be exchanged or on any Unrestricted Debenture or
Unrestricted Debentures that shall be issuable upon the exchange of such
Commonly Registered Debenture or portion thereof.
Section 1303. Conversion of Commonly Registered Debentures upon
Cancellation of Equity Contracts. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 305
and the foregoing provisions of this Article Thirteen, upon any cancellation of
the Equity Contracts pursuant to Section 2.06 of the Master Equity Contract,
each Commonly Registered Debenture shall be deemed to be converted into an
Unrestricted Debenture of like unpaid principal amount and registered in the
name of the Holder of such Commonly Registered Debenture.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
EXCHANGE OF UNRESTRICTED DEBENTURES FOR
COMMONLY REGISTERED DEBENTURES
Section 1401. Exchange Privilege. Subject to the provisions of Section
305, and subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the form of the
Unrestricted Debenture set forth in Section 204 and of this Article Fourteen,
the Holder of any Unrestricted Debenture shall have the right, at his option, at
any time prior to January 1, 2011, to exchange the principal amount of any such
Unrestricted Debenture, or any portion of such principal amount which is $1,000
or an integral multiple thereof, for a Commonly Registered Debenture or Commonly
Registered Debentures in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount or portion thereof of the Unrestricted Debenture to be so exchanged, by
surrender of the Unrestricted Debenture to be so exchanged in whole or in part
(such surrender to be made in the manner provided in Section 1402 and in
compliance with the provisions of the Master Equity Contract). Such Unrestricted
Debenture so surrendered shall be accompanied by a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the
issuance of any Commonly Registered Debenture in a name other than that of such
Holder.
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Section 1402. Manner of Exercise of Exchange Privilege. In order to
exchange any Unrestricted Debenture, in whole or in part, for a Commonly
Registered Debenture or Commonly Registered Debentures, the Holder of such
Unrestricted Debenture shall surrender such Unrestricted Debenture at the office
of the Equity Contract Agent in the City of Greenwood, Indiana, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Debenture Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing, and any instruments or notices which
shall be required pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, together with
(i) a Collateralized Equity Contract or Collateralized Equity Contracts with an
aggregate purchase obligation equal to the principal amount of such Unrestricted
Debenture, and (ii) an executed acceptance agreement in the form of the
acceptance set forth on the reverse of such Collateralized Equity Contract (or
separate written acceptance agreement satisfactory to the Company). As promptly
as practicable after surrender of such Unrestricted Debenture and any such
written instrument of transfer by the Equity Contract Agent, and upon compliance
with the provisions of such Unrestricted Debenture, with the foregoing
provisions of this Article Fourteen and with the provisions of the Master Equity
Contract, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Equity Contract Agent
(i) a Commonly Registered Debenture or Commonly Registered Debentures in the
aggregate principal amount issuable upon the exchange of such Unrestricted
Debenture or portion thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Article
Fourteen and (ii) a new Unrestricted Debenture or Unrestricted Debentures in
authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
unexchanged portion of the principal amount of the Unrestricted Debenture
surrendered for exchange. Each Commonly Registered Debenture so issued upon
exchange of such Unrestricted Debenture shall refer, on the face thereof (by
letters and numbers), to a Commonly Registered Equity Contract representing an
aggregate purchase obligation for shares of Common Stock equal to the principal
amount of such Commonly Registered Debenture. Such Commonly Registered Debenture
shall be registered in the name of the obligor under and registered owner of
such Commonly Registered Equity Contract as requested by the Equity Contract
Agent. Subject to the provisions of this Section and of Sections 305 and 1401,
each exchange shall be deemed to have been effected on the date on which such
Unrestricted Debenture shall have been surrendered and all the applicable
provisions of Section 305, of this Article Fourteen and of the Master Equity
Contract shall have been complied with, as aforesaid, and the Person or Persons
in whose name or names any Commonly Registered Debenture or Commonly Registered
Debentures shall be issued upon such exchange shall be deemed to have become on
said date the Holder or Holders thereof. No adjustment shall be made for
interest accrued on any Unrestricted Debenture or portion thereof that shall be
exchanged or on any Commonly Registered Debenture or Commonly Registered
Debentures that shall be issuable upon the exchange of such Unrestricted
Debenture or portion thereof.
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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 share together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first
above written.
FIRST SHARES BANCORP, INC.
By:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
President
Attest:
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Secretary
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
By:
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Xxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Vice President
Attest:
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Assistant Secretary
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STATE OF INDIANA )
) SS:
COUNTY OF XXXXXXX )
On the ______ day of ____________, 2002, before me personally came
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is President of First Shares Bancorp, Inc., one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that he signed his
name thereto by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation.
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Notary Public
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STATE OF OHIO )
) SS:
COUNTY OF XXXXXXXX )
On the ______ day of ____________, 2002, before me personally
came Xxxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxxx, by me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose
and say that she is Vice President of The Huntington National Bank, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that
she signed her name thereto by authority of the Board of Directors of said bank.
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