Exhibit 4.2
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INDENTURE
between
FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
as Issuer
to
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
Dated as of [ ], 1998
Providing for Issuance of
Subordinated Debt Securities in Series
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Reconciliation and tie between Subordinated Indenture, dated as of [ ], 1998,
and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
TRUST INDENTURE ACT SUBORDINATED
OF 1939 SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
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310 (a) (1) 6.12
(a) (2) 6.12
(a) (3) TIA
(a) (4) Not applicable
(a) (5) TIA
(b) 6.10; 6.12; TIA
311 (a) TIA
(b) TIA
312 (a) 6.8
(b) TIA
(c) TIA
313 (a) 6.7; TIA
(b) TIA
(c) 6.7; TIA
(d) 6.7; TIA
314 (a) 9.5; 9.6; TIA
(b) Not applicable
(c)(1) 1.2
(c)(2) 1.2
(c)(3) Not applicable
(d) Not applicable
(e) 1.2; TIA
(f) TIA
315 (a) 6.1
(b) 6.6
(c) 6.1
(d)(1) 6.1; TIA
(d)(2) 6.1; TIA
(d)(3) 6.1; TIA
(e) 5.15; TIA
316 (a)(last sentence) 1.1
(a)(1)(A) 5.2; 5.8
(a)(1)(B) 5.7
(b) 5.9; 5.10
(c) 1.4; TIA
317 (a)(1) 5.3
(a)(2) 5.4
(b) 9.3
318 (a) 1.11
(b) 1.11; TIA
(c) 1.11; TIA
This reconciliation and tie section does not constitute part of the Subordinated
Indenture.
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions................................................... 1
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.......................... 9
SECTION 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee........................ 10
SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders............................................... 11
SECTION 1.5. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company......................... 13
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver..................................... 13
SECTION 1.7. Headings and Table of Contents................................ 14
SECTION 1.8. Successors and Assigns........................................ 14
SECTION 1.9. Separability.................................................. 14
SECTION 1.10. Benefits of Indenture........................................ 14
SECTION 1.11. Governing Law................................................ 14
SECTION 1.12. Legal Holidays............................................... 15
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally............................................... 15
SECTION 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication............... 15
SECTION 2.3. Securities in Global Form..................................... 16
SECTION 2.4. Form of Legend for Securities in Global Form.................. 16
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.......................... 17
SECTION 3.2. Denominations................................................. 21
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating................ 21
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Securities.......................................... 24
SECTION 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange........................... 24
SECTION 3.6. Replacement Securities........................................ 28
SECTION 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved................ 29
SECTION 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners......................................... 31
SECTION 3.9. Cancellation.................................................. 31
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest...................................... 32
/1/ Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
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SECTION 3.11. CUSIP Numbers.................................................. 32
SECTION 3.12. Currency and Manner of Payment in Respect of Securities........ 32
SECTION 3.13. Appointment and Resignation of Exchange Rate Agent............. 36
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
SECTION 4.1. Termination of Company's Obligations Under the Indenture........ 37
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Funds...................................... 38
SECTION 4.3. Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company's Option
to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.................... 38
SECTION 4.4. Defeasance and Discharge........................................ 38
SECTION 4.5. Covenant Defeasance............................................. 39
SECTION 4.6. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance................. 40
SECTION 4.7. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust.. 41
SECTION 4.8. Repayment to Company............................................ 42
SECTION 4.9. Indemnity for Government Obligations............................ 43
ARTICLE 5
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default............................................... 43
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.......................... 44
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. 45
SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim................................ 45
SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities..... 45
SECTION 5.6. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.................................... 46
SECTION 5.7. Waiver of Past Defaults......................................... 46
SECTION 5.8. Control by Majority............................................. 46
SECTION 5.9. Limitation on Suits by Holders.................................. 46
SECTION 5.10. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment........................... 47
SECTION 5.11. Application of Money Collected................................. 47
SECTION 5.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................. 48
SECTION 5.13. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................. 48
SECTION 5.14. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws........................ 48
SECTION 5.15. Undertaking for Costs.......................................... 48
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee.............. 49
SECTION 6.2. Rights of Trustee............................................... 49
SECTION 6.3. Trustee May Hold Securities..................................... 50
SECTION 6.4. Money Held in Trust............................................. 51
SECTION 6.5. Trustee's Disclaimer............................................ 51
SECTION 6.6. Notice of Defaults.............................................. 51
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SECTION 6.7. Reports by Trustee to Holders................................... 51
SECTION 6.8. Securityholder Lists............................................ 51
SECTION 6.9. Compensation and Indemnity...................................... 52
SECTION 6.10. Replacement of Trustee......................................... 53
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor......................... 54
SECTION 6.12. Eligibility; Disqualification.................................. 55
SECTION 6.13. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.... 55
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent............................ 56
ARTICLE 7
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE BY THE COMPANY
SECTION 7.1. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Permitted............... 57
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.............. 58
SECTION 8.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders................. 59
SECTION 8.3. Compliance With Trust Indenture Act............................. 61
SECTION 8.4. Execution of Supplemental Indentures............................ 61
SECTION 8.5. Effect of Supplemental Indentures............................... 61
SECTION 8.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.............. 61
ARTICLE 9
COVENANTS
SECTION 9.1. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest, if any..... 62
SECTION 9.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency................................. 62
SECTION 9.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held
in Trust; Unclaimed Money...................................... 63
SECTION 9.4. Corporate Existence............................................. 64
SECTION 9.5. Reports by the Company.......................................... 64
SECTION 9.6. Annual Review Certificate; Notice of Defaults
or Events of Default........................................... 65
SECTION 9.7. Books of Record and Account..................................... 65
ARTICLE 10
REDEMPTION
SECTION 10.1. Applicability of Article....................................... 66
SECTION 10.2. Election to Redeem Notice to Trustee........................... 66
SECTION 10.3. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed......................... 66
SECTION 10.4. Notice of Redemption........................................... 67
SECTION 10.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................... 68
SECTION 10.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.......................... 68
SECTION 10.7. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................... 69
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ARTICLE 11
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 11.1. Applicability of Article............................... 69
SECTION 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.. 69
SECTION 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.............. 70
ARTICLE 12
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 12.1. Agreement to Subordinate............................... 70
SECTION 12.2. Certain Definitions.................................... 70
SECTION 12.3. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy; Etc.............. 71
SECTION 12.4. Default on Senior Indebtedness......................... 71
SECTION 12.5. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.................... 72
SECTION 12.6. Notice By Company...................................... 72
SECTION 12.7. Subrogation............................................ 72
SECTION 12.8. Relative Rights....................................... 73
SECTION 12.9. Subordination May Not Be Impaired By Company.......... 73
SECTION 12.10. Distribution.......................................... 73
SECTION 12.11. Rights Of Trustee And Paying Agent.................... 73
SECTION 12.12. Authorization To Effect Subordination................. 74
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INDENTURE, dated as of [___________], 1998 from Federal-Mogul
Corporation, a Michigan corporation, as issuer (the "Company"), to The Bank of
New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness ("Securities")
to be issued in one or more series as herein provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as
follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Definitions. (a) 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;
(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;
(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.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control, with such specified Person. For 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.
"Agent" means any Paying Agent or Registrar.
"Authenticating Agent" means any authenticating agent appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper in the official language of
the country of publication or in the English language, customarily published on
each Business Day whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays,
and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is
used or in the financial community of such place. Whenever successive
publications in an Authorized Newspaper are required hereunder they may be made
(unless otherwise expressly provided herein) on any Business Day and in the same
or different Authorized Newspapers.
"Bearer Security" means any Security issued hereunder which is payable
to bearer.
"Board" or "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company, the Executive Committee or any other duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution of the Board of
Directors, 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 the certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a
day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or particular
location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act 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 at such time.
"Common Stock" means any and all shares of series and classes of stock
of the Company designated as common stock, whether voting or non-voting, and
whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture.
"Company" means the party named as the Company in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until one or more successor corporations shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
means such successors.
"Company Order" and "Company Request" mean, respectively, a written
order or request signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom
must be the Chairman of the Board, the President the Chief Financial Officer,
any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or the Controller of the Company.
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"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign
Currency both by the government of the country which issued such currency and
for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public
institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU both
within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by
public institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any currency
unit other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was established.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee in which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Debt" means indebtedness for money borrowed.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of
time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
"Depositary", when used with respect to the Securities of or within
any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, means the
Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 until a
successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter shall mean or include each Person
which is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one
such Person, shall be a collective reference to such Persons.
"Dollar" means the currency of the United States as at the time of
payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from
time to time by the Council of the European Communities.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the
European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System
established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European
Communities.
"Exchange Rate Agent", when used with respect to Securities of or
within any series, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, a New York Clearing House bank designated
pursuant to Section 3.1 or Section 3.13 (which may include any such bank acting
as Trustee hereunder).
"Exchange Rate Officers' Certificate" means a certificate setting
forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate or the applicable bid quotation
and (ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security
having the lowest denomination principal amount in the relevant currency or
currency unit), payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of
such
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Market Exchange Rate or the applicable bid quotation, signed by the Chief
Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice
President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or the Controller of the
Company.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency issued by the government of one
or more countries other than the United States or by any recognized
confederation or association of such governments.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States or, if specified as contemplated by Section
3.1, the government which issued the currency in which the Securities of a
particular series are or may be payable, for the payment of which its full faith
and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised
by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States or, if
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, such government which issued the
foreign currency in which the Securities of such series are or may be payable,
the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States or such other government, which, in either case,
are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall
also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian
with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest
on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depositary receipt, provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
"Holder" means, with respect to a Bearer Security, a bearer thereof or
of a coupon appertaining thereto and, with respect to a Registered Security, a
person in whose name a Security is registered on the Register.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as originally executed or as amended
or supplemented from time to time and shall include the forms and terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that
the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than
the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Market Exchange Rate" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, (i) for any conversion involving a
currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other,
the exchange rate between the relevant
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currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method
specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of the relevant series,
(ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon buying
rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii)
for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign
Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in
accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into
which conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from
which conversion is being made from major banks located in New York City, London
or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency, in
each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, in the event of the
unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Exchange Rate Agent shall use, in its sole
discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations
from one or more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market
for such currency or currency unit in question (which may include any such bank
acting as Trustee under this Indenture), or such other quotations as the
Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. If there is more than one market for
dealing in any currency or currency unit by reason of foreign exchange
regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such currency or
currency unit shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of securities
designated in such currency or currency unit would purchase such currency or
currency unit in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice
President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary
or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate", when used with respect to the Company, means
a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Chairman of the
Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President,
Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer
or the Controller of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from the General Counsel
or the Associate General Counsel of the Company or other legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Such other counsel may be an employee of
or counsel to the Company.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2.
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"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption money or Government Obligations in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the
Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust (if the Company
shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto; provided that, if such Securities are to
be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provisions therefor satisfactory to the Trustee have been
made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 4.4 and
4.5, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or
covenant defeasance as provided in Article 4; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in
respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether
sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose and for
the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act, (w) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount
Securities that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the
amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be)
due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, (x) the principal
amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in
making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding
for such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the
date such Security is originally issued by the Company as set forth in an
Exchange Rate Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the principal
amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar
equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as
provided in clause (w) above) of such Security, (y) the principal amount of any
Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation
and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the
principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless
otherwise provided with respect to such security pursuant to Section 3.1, and
(z) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the
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Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest and any other payments on any
Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or
rates of interest thereon, if any, the Maturity thereof and the redemption
provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company
upon the issuance of such Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of or
within any series, means the place or places where the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, if any, and any other payments on such Securities are payable
as specified as contemplated by Sections 3.1 and 9.2.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Preferred Stock" means any and all shares of series and classes of
stock of the Company designated as preferred stock, whether voting or non-
voting, and whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture.
"Principal Amount", when used with respect to any Security, means the
amount of principal, if any, payable in respect thereof at Maturity; provided,
however, that when used with respect to an Indexed Security in any context other
than the making of payments at Maturity, "principal amount" means the principal
face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
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"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, in whole or in part, means the price at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security issued hereunder and
registered as to principal and interest in the Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date
specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, shall
mean any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including
any vice president, any assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any
assistant treasurer, any trust officer, or any other 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 such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with a
particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
"Security" or "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital
of this Indenture and more particularly means any Security or Securities of the
Company issued, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security or in a coupon representing such installment of interest as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable (subject to any rights of the Company
to defer such payments in the manner set forth therein).
"Subsidiary" of any Person means any Person of which at least a
majority of capital stock having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or other governing body of such Person is owned by such Person
directly or through one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Total Assets" means, at any date, the total assets appearing on the
most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of a fiscal quarter of the Company,
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
effect on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 8.3.
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"Trustee" means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor Trustee replaces it pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means such successor Trustee and
if, at any time, there is more than one Trustee, "Trustee" as used with respect
to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that series.
"United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to the
Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1 the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"U.S. Person" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to the
Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, a citizen, national or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political
subdivision thereof, or an estate or trust, the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.
(b) The following terms shall have the meanings specified in the
Sections referred to opposite such term below:
Term Section
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"Act" 1.4(a)
"Bankruptcy Law" 5.1
"Component Currency" 3.12(d)
"Conversion Date" 3.12(d)
"Custodian" 5.1
"Defaulted Interest" 3.7(b)
"Election Date" 3.12(h)
"Event of Default" 5.1
"Notice of Default" 5.1(3)
"Register" 3.5
"Registrar" 3.5
"Senior Indenture" 12.2
"Valuation Date" 3.7(c)
Section 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take an 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.
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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to
Sections 2.3, 3.3 and 9.6) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) 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;
(3) 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 condition or covenant has been
complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3. 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 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,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations as to such matters are
erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Company or
of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer or counsel, as the
case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters
upon which his certificate, statement or opinion is based 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.
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Any acts to be taken or matters to be established pursuant to a Board
Resolution may be taken or established by one or more Officers or other
individuals authorized to act pursuant to a Board Resolution.
Section 1.4. Acts of Holders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to
be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or
by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and 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 a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the
production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any trust
company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at
the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or
exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be
proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer
Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any
Bearer Security continues until (i) another such certificate or affidavit
bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced,
(ii) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, (iii)
such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security or
(iv) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer
Securities may also be proved in any other reasonable manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient.
(d) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the
Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
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therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to
be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(f) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any series any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in
advance a record date for the determination of Holders of such series entitled
to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so, provided that
the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If such a
record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but
only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the
requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be
computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement
or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless
it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than six months after the record date.
(g) The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of any series entitled to join in the giving or making
of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to
in Section 5.2, (iii) any direction referred to in Section 5.8 or (iv) any
request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.9(2), in each case
with respect to Securities of such series. If such a record date is fixed
pursuant to this paragraph, the relevant action may be taken or given before or
after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business
on such record date shall be deemed to be holders of a series for the purpose of
determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such action,
and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed
as of such record date; provided that no such action by Holders on such record
date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting
a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set
pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect),
and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any
action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly
after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the
Company's expense, shall cause notice of such record date and the proposed
action by Holders to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.
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Section 1.5. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration, or
(b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it
at Federal-Mogul Corporation, 00000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: General Counsel or at any other address previously furnished
in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver . Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of an event (i) if any of the Securities affected
by such event are Registered Securities, such notice to the Holders thereof
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed first-class postage prepaid to each such Holder affected by
such event, at his address as it appears in the Register within the time
prescribed for the giving of such notice and, (ii) if any of the Securities
affected by such event are Bearer Securities, notice to the Holders thereof
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in the terms of such
Bearer Securities expressly provided) if published once in an Authorized
Newspaper in New York, New York and in such other city or cities, if any, as may
be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to
Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided herein. In any case where notice
is given to Holders by publication, neither the failure to publish such notice,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice with respect to any Holders of Registered Securities given as
provided herein. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed
shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or
not such Holder actually receives such notice.
If by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice as provided above,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. If it is
impossible or, in the opinion of the Trustee, impracticable to give any notice
by publication in the manner herein required, then such publication in lieu
thereof as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a
sufficient publication of such notice.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
Section 1.7. 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 1.8. 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 1.9. Separability. In case any provision of this Indenture or
the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.10. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in
the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.11. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND ANY
COUPONS APPERTAINING THERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This Indenture is subject to the Trust
Indenture Act and if any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with
any provision of the Trust Indenture Act, which is required under such Act to be
a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded the latter provision shall be
deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case
may be. Whether or not this Indenture is required to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act required to be
included in an indenture in order for such indenture to be so qualified shall be
deemed to be included in this Indenture with the same effect as if such
provisions were set forth herein and any provisions hereof which may not be
included in an indenture which is so qualified shall be deemed to be deleted or
modified to the extent such provisions would be required to be deleted or
modified in an indenture so qualified.
Section 1.12. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of
any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security or
coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series
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which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this
Section) payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, need not be
made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect
as if made on such date; provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so
payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may
be.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series and the
coupons, if any, to be attached thereto shall be in substantially such form as
shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary
therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities and coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution
of the Securities and coupons, if any. If temporary Securities of any series are
issued as permitted by Section 3.4, the form thereof also shall be established
as provided in the preceding sentence. If the forms of Securities and coupons,
if any, of any series are established by, or by action taken pursuant to, a
Board Resolution, a copy of the Board Resolution together with an appropriate
record of any such action taken pursuant thereto, including a copy of the
approved form of Securities or coupons, if any, shall be certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for
the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer
Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons, if any, shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any
other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities and
coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities and coupons,
if any.
Section 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The
Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series described in the within-
mentioned Indenture.
The Bank of New York
as Trustee
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by Authorized Signatory
Section 2.3. Securities in Global Form. If Securities of or within a
series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, any such Security may
provide that it shall represent the aggregate or specified amount of Outstanding
Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to
time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security
in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount,
or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented
thereby, shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if
applicable, Section 3.4, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any security in
permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or
Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. Any instructions
by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a
Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.2
hereof and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 3.3 shall apply to any
Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the
Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form
together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.2 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction
in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the
written statement contemplated by the last paragraph of Section 3.3.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, payment of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on any Security in permanent global form shall be
made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Section 2.4. Form of Legend for Securities in Global Form. Any
Registered Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall
bear a legend in substantially the following form with such changes as may be
required by the Depositary:
THIS SECURITY IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART FOR SECURITIES IN
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CERTIFICATED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE,
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY.
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. (a) The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in
one or more series.
(b) The following matters shall be established with respect to each
series of Securities issued hereunder (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate or (iii) in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which title shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series of
Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(which limit shall not pertain to (i) Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 8.6,
or 10.7 and (ii) any Securities which, pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any,
on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination
thereof;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of
interest, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the
method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest
Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and, with respect
to Registered Securities, the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest
payable on any Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date;
(5) the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(6) the right, if any, of the Company to defer payment of interest
and the maximum length of any such deferral period.
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(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which,
the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and
the other terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be
redeemed or otherwise purchased, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company and, if other than as provided in Section 10, the manner in which
the particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of
such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption;
(8) the obligation, if any, and the limitations, if any, on the
rights of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series
pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening
of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof or at the
Company's option or otherwise, or to apply any purchases of Securities to
any such redemption, and, if any, the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which, the application of purchases to redemptions, and
the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, if Registered Securities, and if other than denominations of
$5,000 and any integral multiple thereof, if Bearer Securities, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including
currency unit or units) in which the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable, or in
which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, and the particular
provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to, or in
lieu of the provisions of Section 3.12, and whether the Securities of the
series may be satisfied and discharged other than as provided in Article 4;
(11) if the payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on the Securities of the series are to be made, at the election of the
Company or a Holder, in a currency or currencies (including currency unit
or units) other than that in which such Securities are denominated or
designated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including currency
unit or units) in which such payments are to be made, the terms and
conditions of such payments and the manner in which the exchange rate with
respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions
applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to, or in lieu of the
provisions of Section 3.12, and whether the Securities of the series may be
satisfied and discharged other than as provided in Article 4;
(12) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be determined with
reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or
method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities
of the series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index,
formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined;
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(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of such Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 5.2 or the
method by which such portion shall be determined;
(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose
thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall
be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated
Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to
be the principal amount shall be determined);
(15) if other than as provided in Section 3.7, the Person to whom any
interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be payable and the
manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer
Securities of the series shall be payable, and the extent to which, or the
manner in which (including any certification requirement and other terms
and conditions under which), any interest payable on a temporary or
permanent global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other
than in the manner provided in Section 2.3 and Section 3.4, as applicable;
(16) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be
specified or any provisions which may be related to rights of the Holders
to give any notice of acceleration, or to waive any past default or to
rescind and annul any declaration of acceleration and its consequences or
to institute or control any proceeding for any remedy with respect to
Securities of the series;
(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default set forth in Section 5.1 or remedies set forth in Article 5 or
covenants of the Company set forth in Article 9 pertaining to the
Securities of the series;
(18) under what circumstances, if any, the Company will pay
additional amounts on the Securities of that series held by a Person who is
not a U.S. Person in respect of taxes or similar charges withheld or
deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem or
otherwise purchase such Securities rather than pay such additional amounts
(and the terms of any such option);
(19) whether Securities of the series shall be issuable as Registered
Securities or Bearer Securities (with or without interest coupons), or
both, and any restrictions applicable to the offering, sale or delivery of
Bearer Securities and, if other than as provided in Section 3.5, the terms
upon which Bearer Securities of a series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of the same series and vice versa;
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(20) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any
temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series
shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first
Security of the series to be issued;
(21) the forms of the Securities and coupons, if any, of the series;
(22) the applicability, if any, to the Securities of or within the
series of Sections 4.4 and 4.5, or such other means of defeasance or
covenant defeasance as may be specified for the Securities and coupons, if
any, of such series, and, if the Securities are payable in a currency other
than Dollars, whether, for the purpose of such defeasance or covenant
defeasance the term "Government Obligations" shall include obligations
referred to in the definition of such term which are not obligations of the
United States or an agency or instrumentality of the United States;
(23) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any
Paying Agent;
(24) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(25) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in
part in global form (i) the Depositary for such global Securities, (ii) the
form of any legend in addition to or in lieu of that in Section 2.4 which
shall be borne by such global security, (iii) whether beneficial owners of
interests in any Securities of the series in global form may exchange such
interests for certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of
any authorized form and denomination, and (iv) if other than as provided in
Section 3.5, the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur;
(26) whether Securities of the series are convertible into Common
Stock or Preferred Stock, and, if so, the class or series of capital stock
of the Company into which such Securities are convertible and the terms and
conditions upon which such conversion will be effected, including the
initial conversion price or conversion rate and other conversion
provisions; and
(27) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture and the Trust Indenture
Act) including any terms which may be required by or advisable under United
States laws or regulations or advisable (as determined by the Company) in
connection with the marketing of Securities of the series.
(c) All Securities of any one series and coupons, if any, appertaining
to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except,
in the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth or determined in
the manner provided, in the related Officers' Certificate or (iii) in an
indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be
issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be
reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional
Securities of such series.
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(d) If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board
Resolution shall be certified by the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for
determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate
record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of
any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the
authentication and delivery thereof. With respect to Securities of a series
subject to a Periodic Offering, such Board Resolutions or Officers' Certificates
may provide general terms for Securities of such series and provide either that
the specific terms of particular securities of such series shall be specified in
a Company Order, or that such terms shall be determined by the Company, or one
or more of its agents designated in its Officers' Certificates, in accordance
with the Company Order, as contemplated by the first proviso of the third
paragraph of Section 3.3.
Section 3.2. Denominations. Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 3.1, any Registered Securities of a series shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and any
Bearer Securities of a series shall be issuable in denominations of $5,000 and
any integral multiples thereof.
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers. The
signatures of any of these Officers on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile. The coupons, if any, of Bearer Securities shall bear the facsimile
signature of two Officers.
Securities and coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time, the Company may deliver Securities,
together with any coupons appertaining thereto, of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided,
however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in
accordance with such other procedures (including, without limitation, the
receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or
its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in writing) reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered
to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of
such series.
If the form or terms of the Securities of a series have been
established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating such Securities and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture
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in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 315(a) through (d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the forms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section
2.1, that such forms have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section
3.1, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture, subject in the case of Securities offered in
a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel; and
(3) that such Securities together with any coupons appertaining
thereto, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights and to general equity principles and
except further as enforcement thereof may be limited by (A) requirements
that a claim with respect to any Securities denominated other than in
Dollars (or a Foreign Currency or currency unit judgment in respect of such
claim) be converted into Dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date
determined pursuant to applicable law or (B) governmental authority to
limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments in Foreign Currencies or
currency units or payments outside the United States.
Notwithstanding that such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee
shall have the right to decline to authenticate such Securities if, in the
written opinion of counsel to the Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of
the Trustee) reasonably acceptable to the Company, the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will adversely affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which the
Trustee reasonably determines, by action of its board of directors or trustees,
executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or vice
presidents, that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to
existing Holders. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee
will not be required to authenticate Securities denominated in a Foreign
Currency if the Trustee reasonably believes that it would be unable to perform
its duties with respect to such Securities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the two preceding
paragraphs, if all of the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to the two preceding paragraphs in connection with
the authentication of each Security of such series if such
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documents, with appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, are
delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first
Security of such series to be issued.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering,
the Trustee and all other Holders may rely upon the documents delivered pursuant
to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the
first authentication of Securities of such series.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in global form, then
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section
and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one
or more Securities in global form that (i) shall represent and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Security or
Securities in global form, (ii) shall be registered, if a Registered Security,
in the name of the Depositary for such Security or Securities in global form or
the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such
Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instruction and (iv) shall bear the
legends set forth in Section 4 and the terms determined by or pursuant to the
Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series.
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.1 for a Registered
Security in global form must, at the time of its designation and at all times
while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable statute or regulation.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the Depositary is so
registered. Each Depositary shall enter into an agreement with the Trustee
governing the respective duties and rights of such Depositary and the Trustee
with regard to Securities issued in global form.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication
and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated
by Section 3.1.
No Security or coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any
benefits under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until
authenticated by the manual signature of one of the authorized signatories of
the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent and no coupon shall be valid until the
Security to which it appertains has been so authenticated. Such signature upon
any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Except as permitted by Section 3.6
or 3.7, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security
unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and
cancelled.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company,
and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as
provided in Section 3.9 together with a written statement (which need not comply
with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating
that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all
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purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture.
Section 3.4. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute and, upon Company
Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities of such
series which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor and form,
with or without coupons, of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities and coupons, if
any. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be
in global form, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of
such series.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, each of
which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary
Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of
such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of
the Company pursuant to Section 9.2 in a Place of Payment for such series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like
tenor; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered
in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided further that no
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer
Security unless the Trustee shall have received from the person entitled to
receive the definitive Bearer Security a certificate substantially in the form
approved in or pursuant to the Board Resolutions relating thereto and such
delivery shall occur only outside the United States. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Section 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall
cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office
or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 9.2 in a
Place of Payment a register (the "Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Registered Securities and the registration of transfers of
Registered Securities. The Register shall be in written form or in any other
form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The
Trustee is hereby appointed "Registrar" for the purpose of registering
Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security
of any series at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 9.2 in a
Place of Payment for that series,
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the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount containing identical terms and provisions.
Bearer Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto shall be
transferable by delivery.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series
(except a Registered Security in global form) may be exchanged for other
Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount containing identical terms and provisions,
upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer
Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, at the
option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities (if the Securities of such series are issuable in
registered form) or Bearer Securities (if Bearer Securities of such series are
issuable in more than one denomination and such exchanges are permitted by such
series) of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be
exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all
matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer
Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured
coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer
Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the
Trustee in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons,
or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company
and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they
may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter
the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however,
that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2, interest represented by
coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons
at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in case any Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such
office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series after
the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date
and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant
Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating
to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be
(or, if such coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such coupon
shall be returned to the person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may
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be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of
such coupon, when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Each Security issued in global form authenticated under this Indenture
shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such series or
a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or
custodian therefor, and each such Security issued in global form shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding any other provision (other than the provisions set
forth in the eighth, ninth and tenth paragraphs of this Section) of this
Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in
certificated form in the circumstances described below, a Security in global
form representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of
such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another
nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of
such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 3.3, the Company shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If
a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware
of such ineligibility, the Company's election pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(24)
shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for
the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of
like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like
tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of
such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or
Securities in global form.
The Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine that
Securities of a series issued in global form shall no longer be represented by
such a Security or Securities in global form. In such event the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall
authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series of like tenor in
certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such
series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities
in global form.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Depositary for such series may surrender a Security in
global form of such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of
such series in certificated form on such terms as
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are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
to each Person specified by such Depositary a new certificated
Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Person, in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial
interest in the Security in global form; and
to such Depositary a new Security in global form of like tenor in
a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal
amount of the surrendered Security in global form and the aggregate
principal amount of certificated Securities delivered to Holders
thereof.
Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities in
certificated form, such Security in global form shall be cancelled by the
Trustee. Unless expressly provided with respect to the Securities of any series
that such Security may be exchanged for Bearer Securities, Securities in
certificated form issued in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant to
this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary for such Security in global form, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons
in whose names such Securities are so registered.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or upon any
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing
the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Registrar or
the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
for any exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration or transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 8.6 or 10.7 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer
of, or exchange any Securities for a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before any selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and of
the series of which such Security is a
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part and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the
relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of
Securities of like tenor and of such series to be redeemed; (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Registered Security selected for redemption, in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed
in part; or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security selected for redemption,
except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of
that series and like tenor; provided that such Registered Security shall be
simultaneously surrendered for redemption.
The foregoing provisions relating to registration, transfer and
exchange may be modified, supplemented or superseded with respect to any series
of Securities by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto.
Section 3.6. Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security or a
Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the
Trustee, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be
required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a
replacement Registered Security, if such surrendered Security was a Registered
Security, or a replacement Bearer Security with coupons corresponding to the
coupons appertaining to the surrendered Security, if such surrendered Security
was a Bearer Security, of the same series and date of maturity, if the Trustee's
requirements are met.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
or Security with a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon and (ii) such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of
either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in lieu
of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security
to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant
coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a replacement Registered Security, if
such Holder's claim appertains to a Registered Security, or a replacement Bearer
Security with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining to the
destroyed, lost or stolen Bearer Security or the Bearer Security to which such
lost, destroyed or stolen coupon appertains, if such Holder's claim appertains
to a Bearer Security, of the same series and principal amount, containing
identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to
the destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security or coupon, pay such Security
or coupon; provided, however, that payment of principal of and any premium or
interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section
9.2, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, any interest on
Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the
coupons appertaining thereto.
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Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued
pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or
in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its
coupon, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon, 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 Securities of that
series and their coupons, if any, 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 Securities or coupons.
Section 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. (a)
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any
series of Securities, interest, if any, on any Registered Security which is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest at the office or agency maintained for such
purpose pursuant to Section 9.2; provided, however, that at the option of the
Company, interest on any series of Registered Securities that earn interest may
be paid (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it
shall appear on the Register of Holders of Securities of such series or (ii) at
the expense of the Company, by wire transfer to an account maintained by the
Person entitled thereto as specified in the Register of Holders of Securities of
such series.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect
to any series of Securities, (i) interest, if any, on Bearer Securities shall be
paid only against presentation and surrender of the coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they mature and (ii) original issue
discount, if any, on Bearer Securities shall be paid only against presentation
and surrender of such Securities; in either case at the office of a Paying Agent
located outside the United States, unless the Company shall have otherwise
instructed the Trustee in writing, provided that any such instruction for
payment in the United States does not cause any Bearer Security to be treated as
a "registration-required obligation" under United States laws and regulations.
The interest, if any, on any temporary Bearer Security shall be paid, as to any
installment of interest evidenced by a coupon attached thereto, only upon
presentation and surrender of such coupon and, as to other installments of
interest, only upon presentation of such Security for notation thereon of the
payment of such interest. If at the time a payment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on a Bearer Security or coupon shall become due, the
payment of the full amount so payable at the office or offices of all the Paying
Agents outside the United States is illegal or effectively precluded because of
the imposition of exchange controls or other similar restrictions on the payment
of such amount in Dollars, then the
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Company may instruct the Trustee to make such payments at a Paying Agent located
in the United States, provided that provision for such payment in the United
States would not cause such Bearer Security to be treated as a "registration-
required obligation" under United States laws and regulations.
(b) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with
respect to any series of Securities, any interest on Registered Securities of
any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue
of their having been such Holders, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by
the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2)
below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of such Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall 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 the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
(1) provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and
not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not
less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder of such Registered Securities at his address as it appears
in the Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall
be paid to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of such Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
specified date in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Registered Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed
payment pursuant to this clause (2), such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
(c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section
3.5, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer
of or in exchange for or in
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lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of any
Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for
the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject
to Section 3.7) interest, if any, on such Registered Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and an agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the
absolute owner of such Bearer Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving
payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Bearer Security or coupon 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.
None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a
Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company or the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee,
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee) as a Holder, with respect to such
Security in global form or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of
beneficial interests in such Security in global form, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its
nominee) as Holder of such Security in global form.
Section 3.9. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver
Securities and coupons to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and any
Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities and coupons surrendered
to them for replacement, for registration of transfer, or for exchange or
payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities and coupons surrendered for
replacement, for registration of transfer, or for exchange, payment, redemption
or cancellation and may, but shall not be required to, dispose of cancelled
Securities and coupons and issue a certificate of destruction to the Company.
The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, except as expressly permitted in
the terms of Securities for any particular series or as permitted pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture.
Section 3.10. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 3.1, interest on the Securities of each series shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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Section 3.11. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities
may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, in such case, the
Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to
Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made
as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
Section 3.12. Currency and Manner of Payment in Respect of
Securities. (a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 3.1, with respect to Registered Securities of any series not
permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders of
which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (b) below, and with
respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except as provided in paragraph (d)
below, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
any Registered or Bearer Security of such series will be made in the currency or
currencies or currency unit or units in which such Registered Security or Bearer
Security, as the case may be, is payable. The provisions of this Section 3.12
may be modified or superseded pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any
Securities.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 3.1, with respect to
Registered Securities of any series, that Holders shall have the option, subject
to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of principal of, premium,
if any, or interest, if any, on such Registered Securities in any of the
currencies or currency units which may be designated for such election by
delivering to the Trustee (or the applicable Paying Agent) a written election
with signature guarantees and in the applicable form established pursuant to
Section 3.1, not later than the close of business on the Election Date
immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to
receive such payments in any such currency or currency unit, such election will
remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed
by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (or any
applicable Paying Agent) for such series of Registered Securities (but any such
change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date
immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to
be made on such payment date, and no such change of election may be made with
respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with
respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or with respect to which the
Company has deposited funds pursuant to Article 4 or with respect to which a
notice of redemption has been given by or on behalf of the Company). Any Holder
of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election
to the Trustee (or any applicable Paying Agent) not later than the close of
business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the
applicable payment date in the relevant currency or currency unit as provided in
Section 3.12(a). The Trustee (or the applicable Paying Agent) shall notify the
Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the
aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for which Holders have made
such written election.
(c) If the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been
provided for with respect to any Registered Securities of a series pursuant
to Section 3.1, then, unless
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otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any such Registered
Securities, not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for
each payment date for such Registered Securities, the Exchange Rate Agent will
deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the currency or
currencies or currency unit or units in which Registered Securities of such
series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of, premium,
if any, and interest, if any, on such Registered Securities to be paid on such
payment date, and specifying the amounts in such currency or currencies or
currency unit or units so payable in respect of such Registered Securities as to
which the Holders of Registered Securities denominated in any currency or
currencies or currency unit or units shall have elected to be paid in another
currency or currency unit as provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election
referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for with respect to any
Registered Securities of a series pursuant to Section 3.1, and at least one
Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1, on the second Business Day preceding such payment date the Company
will deliver to the Trustee (or the applicable Paying Agent) an Exchange Rate
Officers' Certificate in respect of the Dollar, Foreign Currency or Currencies,
ECU or other currency unit payments to be made on such payment date. Unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, the Dollar, Foreign Currency or
Currencies, ECU or other currency unit amount receivable by Holders of
Registered Securities who have elected payment in a currency or currency unit as
provided in paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis
of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the second Business Day (the
"Valuation Date") immediately preceding each payment date, and such
determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency,
ECU or any other currency unit in which any of the Securities are denominated or
payable otherwise than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to
paragraph (b) above, then, with respect to each date for the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the applicable
Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency, ECU or such other
currency unit occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency, ECU
or such other currency unit was used (the "Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall
be the currency of payment for use on each such payment date (but such Foreign
Currency, ECU or such other currency unit that was previously the currency of
payment shall, at the Company's election, resume being the currency of payment
on the first such payment date preceded by 15 Business Days during which the
circumstances which gave rise to the Dollar becoming such currency no longer
prevail). Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, the Dollar amount
to be paid by the Company to the Trustee or any applicable Paying Agent and by
the Trustee or any applicable Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities
with respect to such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency
other than a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in
the case of a Foreign Currency that is a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of
the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the
manner provided in paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, if the
Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any currency or currency unit
shall have elected to be paid in another currency or currency unit or in other
currencies as provided in paragraph (b) above, and
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(i) a Conversion Event occurs with respect to any such elected currency or
currency unit, such Holder shall receive payment in the currency or currency
unit in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election and
(ii) if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the currency or currency unit
in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such
Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (d) of this
Section 3.12 (but, subject to any contravening valid election pursuant to
paragraph (b) above, the elected payment currency or currency unit, in the case
of the circumstances described in clause (i) above, or the payment currency or
currency unit in the absence of such election, in the case of the circumstances
described in clause (ii) above, shall, at the Company's election, resume being
the currency or currency unit of payment with respect to Holders who have so
elected, but only with respect to payments on payment dates preceded by 15
Business Days during which the circumstances which gave rise to such currency or
currency unit, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (i) above,
or the Dollar, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii) above,
as applicable, becoming the currency or currency unit of payment, no longer
prevail).
(f) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent
payment date by the Exchange Rate Agent by converting the specified Foreign
Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.
(g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be determined
by the Exchange Rate Agent and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (h)
below, shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified
Amount of each Component Currency (as each such term is defined in paragraph (h)
below) into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on
the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.
(h) For purposes of this Section 3.12 the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
"Component Currency" shall mean any currency which, on the Conversion
Date, was a component currency of the relevant currency unit, including, but not
limited to, ECU.
"Election Date" shall mean the Regular Record Date for the applicable
series of Registered Securities as specified pursuant to Section 3.1 by which
the written election referred to in Section 3.12(b) may be made.
A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the number of
units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which such Component
Currency represented in the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited
to, ECU, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit
of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in
the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component
Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective Specified
Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such
consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single currency, and such
amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single
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currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date
any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by specified
amounts of such two or more currencies, the sum of which, at the Market Exchange
Rate of such two or more currencies on the date of such replacement, shall be
equal to the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency and such amounts
shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies shall thereafter be
Component Currencies. If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant currency
unit, including, but not limited to, ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any
event referred to above in this definition of "Specified Amount") occurs with
respect to any Component Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the
applicable Valuation Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency
shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit,
be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the
Conversion Date of such Component Currency.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding
the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the
Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified Amounts as
specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the
Company, the Trustee (and any applicable Paying Agent) and all Holders of
Securities denominated or payable in the relevant currency, currencies or
currency units. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to
the Company and the Trustee of any such decision or determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a
Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company
will promptly give written notice thereof to the Trustee (or any applicable
Paying Agent) and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee (or such Paying
Agent) will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section
1.6 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event the
Company so determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to ECU
or any other currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the
Company will promptly give written notice thereof to the Trustee (or any
applicable Paying Agent) and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee (or
such Paying Agent) will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided
in Section 1.6 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the
Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event
the Company determines in good faith that any subsequent change in any Component
Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above has occurred,
the Company will similarly give written notice to the Trustee (or any applicable
Paying Agent) and to the Exchange Rate Agent and the Trustee (or such Paying
Agent) will similarly given written notice to the affected Holders.
The Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities shall be fully
justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it
from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have any
duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information
independent of the Company or the Exchange Rate Agent.
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Section 3.13. Appointment and Resignation of Exchange Rate Agent. (a)
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, if and so long as the
Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a currency other than Dollars or
(ii) may be payable in a currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is
required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company will
maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at
least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Company will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to
make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time and in the manner
specified pursuant to Section 3.12 for the purpose of determining the applicable
rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the purpose of converting the issued
currency or currencies or currency unit or units into the applicable payment
currency or currency unit for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, pursuant to Section 3.12.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a
successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective
until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as
evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Company and the Trustee of
the appropriate series of Securities accepting such appointment executed by the
successor Exchange Rate Agent.
(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange
Rate Agent for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1 at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect
to the Securities of any particular series that are originally issued by the
Company on the same date and that are initially denominated and/or payable in
the same currency or currencies or currency unit or units).
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
Section 4.1. Termination of Company's Obligations Under the Indenture.
(a) This Indenture shall upon a Company Request cease to be of further effect
with respect to Securities of or within any series and any coupons appertaining
thereto (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of such Securities and replacement of such Securities which may have
been lost, stolen or mutilated as herein expressly provided for) and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto when
(1) either
(A) all such Securities previously authenticated and delivered and
all coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) such coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities surrendered in
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exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, surrender
of which is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 3.5, (ii)
such Securities and coupons which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid, as provided in Section 3.6, (iii) such coupons
appertaining to Bearer Securities called for redemption and maturing after the
relevant Redemption Date, surrender of which has been waived as provided in
Section 10.6 and (iv) such Securities and coupons 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 9.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii)
below, any coupons appertaining thereto 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, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at
the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the currency
or currencies or currency unit or units in which the Securities of such
series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on such Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, with respect thereto, on the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable) or at the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, 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 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 as to
such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligation
of the Company to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.9, the
obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and,
if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of
clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and
the last paragraph of Section 9.3 shall survive.
Section 4.2. Application of Trust Funds. Subject to the provisions of
the last paragraph of Section 9.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities, the coupons
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and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, if any,
and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with or
received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
Section 4.3. Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company's Option
to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If pursuant to Section 3.1
provision is made for either or both of (i) defeasance of the Securities of or
within a series under Section 4.4 or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities
of or within a series under Section 4.5, then the provisions of such Section or
Sections, as the case may be, together with the provisions of Sections 4.6
through 4.9 inclusive, with such modifications thereto as may be specified
pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any Securities, shall be applicable to
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its
option by or pursuant to Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 4.4 (if
applicable) or Section 4.5 (if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article.
Section 4.4. Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's exercise of
the option specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with respect to
the Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section
4.6 are satisfied (hereinafter "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance
means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of
Section 4.7 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clause (ii)
of this Section, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall on a Company Order execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except the following, which shall survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely from the
trust funds described in Section 4.6(a) and as more fully set forth in such
Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest,
if any, on such Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto when such
payments are due; (ii) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities
under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 9.2 and 9.3 and with respect to the payment of
additional amounts, if any, payable with respect to such Securities as specified
pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(16); (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Article 4. Subject to
compliance with this Article 4, the Company may exercise its option under this
Section notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 4.5 with
respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto. Following a
defeasance, payment of such Securities may not be accelerated because of an
Event of Default.
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Section 4.5. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of the
option specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its
obligations under Sections 7.1, 9.4 and 9.7 (and with respect to Section 9.6,
shall be required to certify only with respect to those covenants not defeased
pursuant to this Section 4.5) and, if specified pursuant to Section 3.1, its
obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in
Section 4.6 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be
not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in
connection with Sections 7.1, 9.4 and 9.7 or such other covenant, but shall
continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this
purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or
indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or
such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under
Section 5.1(3) or 5.1(7), or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as
specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 4.6. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The
following shall be the conditions to application of Section 4.4 or Section 4.5
to any Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining thereto:
(a) The Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocably with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of
Section 6.12 who shall agree to comply with, and shall be entitled to the
benefits of, the provisions of Sections 4.3 through 4.9 inclusive and the last
paragraph of Section 9.3 applicable to the Trustee, for purposes of such
Sections also a "Trustee") as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
payments referred to in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 4.6(a), specifically
pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, with instructions to the
Trustee as to the application thereof, (A) money in an amount (in such currency,
currencies or currency unit or units in which such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Maturity), or (B) if
Securities of such series are not subject to repayment at the option of Holders,
Government Obligations which through the payment of interest, if any, and
principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not
later than one day before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (x)
or (y) of this Section 4.6(a), money in an amount or (C) a combination thereof
in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be
applied by the Trustee to pay and (x) discharge the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto on the Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or
interest, if any, and (y) any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to such
Securities on the day on which such payments are due and payable
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in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto. Before such a deposit the Company may make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption or purchase of
Securities at a future date or dates in accordance with Article 10 which shall
be given effect in applying the foregoing.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, this
Indenture or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound, in each case, on the date of such deposit pursuant to Section
4.6(a).
(c) In the case of an election under Section 4.4, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of
execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income
tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times, as
would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not
occurred.
(d) In the case of an election under Section 4.5, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance under Section 4.4 or the covenant defeasance under
Section 4.5 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(f) No Default or Event of Default under Section 5.1(5) or 5.1(6)
with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall have
occurred and be continuing during the period commencing on the date of such
deposit and ending on the 91st day after such date (it being understood that
this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such
period).
(g) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the
trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 unless such trust shall be
registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
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(h) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in
compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations
which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
(i) No event or condition shall exist that, pursuant to the
provisions of Article 12, would prevent the Company from making payments of the
principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such
series and coupons appertaining thereto on the date of such deposit.
Section 4.7. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to be Held in
Trust. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.3, all money
and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to
Section 3.1) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.6 in respect of any Securities of any series and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee,
in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent)
as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to
Section 3.1, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 4.6(a) has been made,
(i) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.12(b) or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a currency or currency unit other than that in
which the deposit pursuant to Section 4.6(a) has been made in respect of such
Security, or (ii) a Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section 3.12(d)
or 3.12(e) or by the terms of any Security in respect of which the deposit
pursuant to Section 4.6(a) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such
Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be deemed to have been, and
will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due
out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below
in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in
respect of such Security into the currency or currency unit in which such
Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based
on the applicable Market Exchange Rate for such currency or currency unit in
effect on the second Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with
respect to a Conversion Event, for such currency or currency unit in effect (as
nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.
Section 4.8. Repayment to Company. To the extent permitted by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 76, as amended or interpreted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
from time to time, or any successor thereto ("Standard No. 76"), or to the
extent permitted by the Commission, the Trustee shall, from time to time, take
one or more of the following actions as specified in a Company Request: (a)
retransfer, reassign and deliver to the Company any securities deposited with
the Trustee
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pursuant to Section 4.6(a), provided that the Company shall, in substitution
therefor, simultaneously transfer, assign and deliver to the Trustee other
Governmental Obligations appropriate to satisfy the Company's obligations in
respect of the relevant Securities; and (b) the Trustee and Paying Agent shall
promptly pay to the Company upon Company Request any excess money or securities
held by them at any time, including, without limitation, any assets deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.6(a) exceeding those necessary for the
purposes of Section 4.6(a). The Trustee shall not take the actions described in
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 4.8 unless it shall have first received
a written report of Ernst & Young LLP, or another nationally recognized
independent public accounting firm, (i) expressing their opinion that the
contemplated action is permitted by Standard No. 76 or the Commission for
transactions accounted for as extinguishment of debt under the circumstances
described in paragraph 3.c of Standard No. 76 or any successor provision, and
(ii) verifying the accuracy, after giving effect to such action or actions, of
the computations which demonstrate that the amounts remaining to be earned on
the Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.6(a)
will be sufficient for purposes of Section 4.6(a).
Section 4.9. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall
pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee against, any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this
Article or the principal and interest, if any, and any other amount received on
such Government Obligations.
ARTICLE 5
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default. An "Event of Default" occurs with
respect to the Securities of any series if (whatever the reason for such Event
of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of
that series or any coupon appertaining thereto or any additional amount
payable with respect to any Security of that series as specified pursuant
to Section 3.1(b) when the same becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of or any premium
on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at its
Maturity or on redemption or otherwise, or in the payment of a mandatory
sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of the Securities of that
series;
(3) the Company fails to comply in any material respect with any of its
agreements or covenants in, or any of the provisions of, this Indenture
with respect to any Security of that series (other than an agreement,
covenant or provision for which non-compliance is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with), and such non-compliance continues for a period of
60 days after there has been given by registered or certified mail, to the
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Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the
series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it
to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder;
(4) the Company, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law,
(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding, (B) consents to the entry of
an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding, (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, (E) makes an admission in writing of its
inability to its debts generally as they become due or (F) takes corporate
action in furtherance of any such action;
(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company, in an
involuntary case, (B) adjudges the Company as bankrupt or insolvent, or
approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
and adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company, or appoints
a Custodian of the Company, or for all or substantially all of its
property, or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company and the decree
remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(6) any other Event of Default provided as contemplated by Section 3.1
with respect to Securities of that series.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as practicable,
written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate of any Default, its
status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
As used in the Indenture, the term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11,
U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other law for the relief of debtors. As used in the Indenture,
the term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 5.2. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of all of the Outstanding Securities of that series
by written notice to the Company (and if given by the Holders, to the Trustee),
may declare the principal (or, if the Securities of that series are Original
Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the original
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of and accrued
interest, if any, on the Securities of that series to be due and payable and
upon any such declaration such principal (or, in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such specified amount) and interest,
if any, shall be immediately due and payable, provided, however, that payment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such
series shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article 12.
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At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if all existing Defaults
and Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.7. No such
rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security or
coupon, if any, when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, the Company will, upon
demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities or coupons, if any, the whole amount then due and payable on
such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, and,
to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal, premium, if any, and on any overdue
interest, if any, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities or coupons, if any, 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, provided, however,
that payment of all such amounts shall remain subordinated to the extent
provided in Article 12.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to secure any other proper remedy.
Section 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file
such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and take such actions
authorized under the Trust Indenture Act as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities allowed in
any judicial proceedings relating to the Company, its creditors or its property.
In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys
or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute
the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
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and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.9.
Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee, in its own name as an
express trust, without the possession of any of the Securities or the production
thereof in any proceeding relating thereto and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee and its
counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect
to which judgment was recovered.
Section 5.6. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing
upon an Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of or acquiescence in any such Event of Default.
Section 5.7. Waiver of Past Defaults. In addition to the provisions of
Section 5.2 and except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of
any series by written notice to the Trustee may waive on behalf of the Holders
of all Securities of such series a past Default or Event of Default with respect
to that series and its consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in
the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any
Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto or (ii) in respect of
a covenant or provision hereof which pursuant to Section 8.2 cannot be amended
or modified without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of
such series adversely affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture.
Section 5.8. Control by Majority. Except as otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 3.1, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected (with each such
series voting as a class) 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 it with respect to Securities of that
series; provided, however, that (i) the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture (ii) the Trustee may refuse
to follow any direction that is unduly prejudicial to the rights of the Holders
of Securities of such series not consenting or that would in the good faith
judgment of the Trustee have a substantial likelihood of involving the Trustee
in personal liability and (iii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to
the taking of any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable
indemnification satisfactory to the Trustee against all losses and expenses
caused by taking or not taking such action. This paragraph shall be in lieu of
Section 316(a)(1)(A) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(A) is
hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act.
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Section 5.9. Limitation on Suits by Holders. No Holder of any Security
of any series or any coupons appertaining thereto 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) the Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series have made a written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its
own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to be,
or which may be, incurred by the Trustee in pursuing the remedy;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and the offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceedings;
and
(5) during such 60 day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series have not
given to the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such written request.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, no one or
more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by
availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the
rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority
or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 5.10. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, but subject to Section 9.2, the right of
any Holder of a Security or coupon to receive payment of principal of, premium,
if any, and, subject to Sections 3.5 and 3.7, interest, if any, on the Security,
on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security (or, in case of
redemption, on the redemption dates), and the right of any Holder of a coupon to
receive payment of interest due as provided in such coupon, or, subject to
Section 5.9, to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after
such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of
such Holder.
Section 5.11. Application of Money Collected. If the Trustee collects
any money pursuant to this Article, it shall, subject to the subordination
provisions hereof, pay out the money 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, if any, upon presentation of
the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
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First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 6.9;
Second: to Holders of Securities and coupons in respect of which or
for the benefit of which such money has been collected for amounts due and
unpaid on such Securities for principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, respectively; and
Third: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders pursuant to this Section 5.11. At least 15 days before such record date,
the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the
record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
Section 5.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or
any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under
this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any
reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then
and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.13. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise
provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or the Holders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any existing right or
remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.14. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now
or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 5.15. Undertaking for Costs. 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, a court in its discretion may
require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
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costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, against any party litigant in the
suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by the party litigant.
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a)
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee's duties and
responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section 315(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall exercise the rights
and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person 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, it own negligent failure to
act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: this subsection shall not be
construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section; 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; and 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 in accordance with Section 5.8
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Trustee, under the Indenture.
Section 6.2. Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act:
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Trustee
need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document;
(b) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than
delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, to the
Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 3.3 which shall be
sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of
Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
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(d) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care;
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers;
(g) The Trustee shall not be required 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 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;
(h) 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, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(i) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(j) 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 6.2;
(k) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person
employed to act hereunder.
Section 6.3. Trustee May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying
Agent, any Registrar or any other agent of the Company in its in individual or
any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons
and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may
otherwise deal with the Company, an Affiliate of the Company or Subsidiary of
the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying
Agent, Registrar or such other agent.
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Section 6.4. 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 upon in writing with the
Company.
Section 6.5. Trustee's Disclaimer. The recitals contained herein and
in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be
taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities or any coupon. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the
Securities or for monies paid over to the Company pursuant to the Indenture.
Section 6.6. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is
continuing with respect to the Securities of any series and if it is actually
known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall, within 90 days
after it occurs, transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities of such series,
in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act, notice of all Defaults known to it unless such Default shall have
been cured or waived; provided, however, that except in the case of a Default in
payment on the Securities of any series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if
and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a committee of
its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding such notice
is in the interests of Holders of Securities of that series; and provided,
further, that in the case of any Default of the character specified in Section
5.1(3) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holder shall
be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
Section 6.7. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each
May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of
Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Holders of Securities as provided in Section 313(C) of the Trust Indenture Act a
brief report dated as of such May 15 if required by and in compliance with
Section 313(A) of the Trust Indenture Act. A copy of each such report shall, at
the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each
stock exchange, if any, upon which the Securities are listed, with the
Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee
when the Securities are listed on, or delisted from, any stock exchange.
Section 6.8. Securityholder Lists. 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 Holders of Securities of each series. If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
semiannually on or before the last day of June and December in each year, 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 containing all the
information in the possession or control of the Registrar, the Company or any of
its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of
Holders of Securities of each such series. If there are Bearer Securities of any
series Outstanding, even if the Trustee is the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee such a list containing such information with respect to
Holders of such Bearer Securities only.
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Section 6.9. Compensation and Indemnity. (a) The Company shall pay
to the Trustee from time to time such reasonable compensation for its services
as the Company and the Trustee shall agree in writing from time to time. The
Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon
request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection
with the performance of its duties under this Indenture. Such expenses shall
include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee's agents and
counsel.
(b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee or any Predecessor Trustee
and their agents for, and hold them harmless against, any loss or liability
damage, claim or reasonable expense including taxes (other than taxes based upon
or determined or measured by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it arising
out of or in connection with its acceptance or administration of the trust or
trusts hereunder, including the reasonable 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. The Trustee shall notify
the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company
shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The
Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.
(c) The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against
any loss, liability, damage or claim incurred by the Trustee through negligence
or bad faith or willful misconduct.
(d) To secure the payment obligations of the Company pursuant to this
Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series on
all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in
trust to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on particular
Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or Section 5.1(6), the
expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture.
Section 6.10. Replacement of Trustee. (a) The resignation or removal
of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective
only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of appointment as provided in
Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by giving written notice thereof to the Company.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to that
series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor
Trustee for such series with the Company's consent.
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(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.12 of this
Indenture or Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months; or
(3) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting, is adjudged a bankrupt or
an insolvent or a receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or
its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or
(ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation or removal, the Trustee resigning or
being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(f) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed
with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at
any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or
the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to
the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all
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others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case of
the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment.
Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective, and the successor Trustee, without further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring
Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and such successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an
indenture supplemental hereto wherein such successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, such successor Trustee all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to the successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
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(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under the Trust Indenture Act.
(e) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the
manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 1.6. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 6.12. Eligibility; Disqualification. There shall at all
times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under
Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall have a combined capital
and surplus of at least $75,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of Federal,
State, Territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority,
then, for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect heretofore specified
in this Article.
Section 6.13. 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 the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may
appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of
Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue, exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be
valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall
be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall
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be acceptable to the Company and, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant
to Section 3.1, shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation
organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United
States of America or of any State or the District of Columbia, authorized under
such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus
of not less than $25,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or State authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act
on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time
resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series
and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with
respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set forth in
Section 1.6. 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.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses
for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series described in the within-
mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
by
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as Authenticating Agent
by
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE 7
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE BY THE COMPANY
Section 7.1. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Permitted. The
Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or transfer or lease all or
substantially all of its assets to, any Person unless:
(1) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or any
merger (if other than the Company), or to which such transfer or lease shall
have been made, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company), or to which such transfer or lease shall
have been made, assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the
Company under the Securities and this Indenture;
(3) immediately after giving effect to the transaction no Default or
Event of Default exists; and
(4) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such
conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would become
subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance
which would not be permitted by the Securities of any series, the Company or
such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be
necessary effectively to secure such Securities equally and ratably with all
indebtedness secured thereby.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed
transaction an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture
comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation
of the transaction under this Indenture have been met.
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In the event of the assumption by a successor corporation as provided
in clause (2) above, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company hereunder and under the Securities with the same
effect as if it had been named hereunder and thereunder and any coupons
appertaining thereto and all such obligations of the Company shall terminate.
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee at any time and from time to time, may
enter into indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably 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 and obligations of the
Company herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for
the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; provided,
however, that in respect of any such additional covenant such supplemental
indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after Default (which
period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other Defaults)
or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such Default; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or
any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of
Default are expressly included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to facilitate the issuance of Bearer
Securities (including, without limitation, to provide that Bearer Securities may
be registrable as to principal only) or to facilitate the issuance of Securities
in global form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall become
effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior
to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit
of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or
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(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
6.11; or
(9) if allowed without penalty under applicable laws and
regulations, to permit payment in the United States (including any of the States
and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any,
on Bearer Securities or coupons, if any; or
(10) 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 Indenture, provided such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of
any series; or
(11) to cure an ambiguity or correct any mistake, provided such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of
any series; or
(12) to modify the provisions of Article 12 with respect to all or
any series of Securities (except with respect to any Outstanding Securities, to
the extent prohibited by clause (5) of Section 8.2).
Section 8.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With
the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series adversely affected by such
supplemental indenture, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto to add any provisions to or to change or eliminate any
provisions of this Indenture or of any other indenture supplemental hereto or to
modify the rights of the Holders of such Securities; provided, however, that
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
a supplemental indenture under this Section may not:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, if
any, on, or any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof
or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption,
repurchase or repayment thereof, or change the manner in which the amount
of any principal thereof or premium, if any, or interest, if any, thereon
is determined or reduce the amount of the principal of any Original Issue
Discount Security or Indexed Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.2, or change the Place of Payment where or the currency in which any
Security or any premium 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);
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(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series affected thereby, 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 and their consequences)
provided for in this Indenture;
(3) waive a default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any,
or interest, if any, on, any Security of such Series;
(4) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or
agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 9.2;
(5) make any change in Section 5.7 or this 8.2(a) except to increase
any percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holders
of each Outstanding Security of such series affected thereby; or
(6) modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the
subordination of the Outstanding Securities of any series in a manner
adverse to the Holders thereof.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture, which has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It is not necessary under this Section 8.2 for the Holders to consent
to the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it is
sufficient if they consent to the substance thereof.
Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by an Officers'
Certificate and a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the
consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the
execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise, in which case the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into such supplemental indenture.
Section 8.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment to
this Indenture or the Securities of one or more series shall be set forth in a
supplemental indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect.
Section 8.4. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
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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 8.5. 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 Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any
coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 8.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities, including any coupons, of any series authenticated and delivered
after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may,
and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the
Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities including any coupons of any series
so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any
such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities including any coupons of such series.
ARTICLE 9
COVENANTS
Section 9.1. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest, if
any. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each
series of Outstanding Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series, any
coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. An installment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest, if any, shall be considered paid on the date it is
due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for and
sufficient to pay the installment.
Section 9.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency. If Securities of a
series are issued as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each
Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where
Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a
series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain, (i) subject
to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an office or agency in a Place of
Payment for that series which is located outside the United States where
Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered
for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of that series are listed
on The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland Limited, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange
located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the
Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in
London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States,
as the
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case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such
exchange, and (ii) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an
office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside
the United States, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the
Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, no payment
of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any
office or agency of the Company in the United States, by check mailed to any
address in United States, by transfer to an account located in the United States
or upon presentation or surrender in the United States of a Bearer Security or
coupon for payment, even if the payment would be credited to an account located
outside the United States; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a
series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any
premium or interest on any such Bearer Security shall be made at the office of
the Company's Paying Agent located within the United States, if (but only if)
payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or interest, as
the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained
for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions. The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities (including coupons, if any) of one or more series
may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time
to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation
or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities (including
coupons, if any) of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, the Trustee
shall initially serve as Paying Agent.
Section 9.3. Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust;
Unclaimed Money. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent
with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any of the Securities
of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, 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 in
writing of its action or failure so to act.
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The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Securities of that series in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any
payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Securities; 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 or defeasance 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 terms 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 any principal, premium or interest
on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, 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, unless otherwise required by certain
provisions of applicable law; and the Holder of such Security and coupon, if
any, 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 a newspaper published in
the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed to such Holder,
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.
Section 9.4. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article 7, the Company
will at all times do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and
keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and its rights and
franchises; provided that nothing in this Section 9.4 shall prevent the
abandonment or termination of any right or franchise of the Company if, in the
opinion of the Company, such abandonment or termination is in the best interests
of the
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Company and does not materially adversely affect the ability of the Company to
fulfill its obligations hereunder.
Section 9.5. Reports by the Company. The Company covenants:
(a) to file with the Trustee, within 30 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports
and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not
required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of
such sections, then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission, 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, as amended, 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;
(b) to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission,
such additional information, documents and reports with respect to
compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided for in
this Indenture, as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations; and
(c) to transmit to all Holders of Securities, within 30 days after
the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent
provided in section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of
any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 9.5, as may be required
by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including information
concerning the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder,
provided that the foregoing shall not relieve the Trustee of any of its
responsibilities hereunder.
Section 9.6. Annual Review Certificate; Notice of Defaults or Events
of Default. (a) The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the Trustee,
within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with
respect to Securities of any series with the fiscal year next following the
issue date of such series of Securities), a certificate from the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer
as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 9.6, such
compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.
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(b) The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the Trustee,
within a reasonable time after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of a
Default or an Event of Default of the character specified in Section 5.1(4)
hereof, written notice of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default.
Section 9.7. Books of Record and Account. The Company will keep
proper books of record and account, either on a consolidated or individual
basis. The Company shall cause its books of record and account to be examined
either on a consolidated or individual basis, by one or more firms of
independent public accountants not less frequently than annually. The Company
shall prepare its financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
ARTICLE 10
REDEMPTION
Section 10.1. Applicability of Article. Securities (including
coupons, if any) of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity, whether at the option of the Holder thereof or the Company, shall be
redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
Section 10.2. Election to Redeem Notice to Trustee. The election of
the Company to redeem any Securities, including coupons, if any, shall be
evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In the case of any redemption at
the election of the Company of less than all the Securities or coupons, if any,
of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and Redemption Price, of
the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if
applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any
redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a
condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish
the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such
restriction or condition.
Section 10.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, if less than all the
Securities (including coupons, if any) of a series with the same terms are to be
redeemed, the Trustee, not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, shall
select the Securities of the series to be redeemed in such manner as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series,
provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security
shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. The Trustee shall make the selection
from Securities of the series that are Outstanding and that have not previously
been called for redemption and may provide for the selection for redemption of
portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities, including
coupons, if any, of that series or
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any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities, including
coupons, if any, of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of that series. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected by the Trustee
for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. If the Company shall so
direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company, any Affiliate of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company thereof shall not be included in the
Securities selected for redemption.
For purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities (including coupons, if
any) shall relate, in the case of any Securities (including coupons, if any)
redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount
of such Securities (including coupons, if any) which has been or is to be
redeemed.
Section 10.4. Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 1.6 not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of a series are to
be redeemed, the identification (and in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amounts) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed;
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice
which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption
Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder will receive, without a
charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(5) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, together
in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any,
maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment for the
Redemption Price;
(6) that Securities of the series called for redemption and all
unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining thereto must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(7) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become
due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed
and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said
date;
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(8) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(9) that unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied
by all coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption Date or the amount of any
such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any
Paying Agent is furnished; and
(10) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by
the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.
Section 10.5. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 9.3) an amount of money in the currency or
currencies (including currency unit or units) in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for
the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the
Redemption Price of, and (unless the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) interest accrued to the Redemption Date on, all Securities or
portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
Unless any Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment
obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
(including Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the
Company may deliver such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such
payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this
Indenture or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Section 10.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest and the coupons for any such interest
appertaining to any Bearer Security so to be redeemed, except to the extent
provided below, shall be void. Except as provided in the next succeeding
paragraph, upon surrender of any such Security, including coupons, if any, for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the
Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer
Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and its
possessions (except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2) and, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and surrender
of coupons for such interest; and provided, further that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest on Registered
Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
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If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Bearer Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount
equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such
missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there
be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption
Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted;
provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at
an office or agency located outside of the United States (except as otherwise
provided pursuant to Section 9.2) and, unless otherwise provided as contemplated
by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
Section 10.7. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a
Security that is redeemed in part at any Place of Payment therefor (with, if the
Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed
by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
that Security, without service charge a new Security or Securities of the same
series, having the same form, terms and Stated Maturity, in any authorized
denomination equal in aggregate principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the principal amount of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE 11
SINKING FUNDS
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities
of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction
as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of the
Securities of such series.
Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption) together, in the case of Bearer Securities of
such series, with all unmatured coupons
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appertaining thereto and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which
have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms
of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund
payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, or (iii) may apply Securities
of a series previously cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
pursuant to Section 3.9 in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to
be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of
such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited.
Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee
at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.
Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less
than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to
be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 11.2 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 10.3 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 10.4. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 10.6 and 10.7.
ARTICLE 12
SUBORDINATION
Section 12.1. Agreement to Subordinate. The Company agrees, and each
Holder by accepting a Security agrees, that the indebtedness evidenced by the
Security is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner
provided in this Article 12, to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness, and that the subordination is for the benefit of, and shall be
enforceable directly by, the holders of Senior Indebtedness, without any act or
notice of acceptance hereof or reliance hereon.
Section 12.2. Certain Definitions.
"Senior Indebtedness" means (i) all indebtedness of the Company,
whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created, incurred or
assumed, that is for borrowed money, or evidenced by a note or similar
instrument given in connection with the acquisition of any business, properties
or assets, including securities, (ii) any indebtedness of any other Person of
the kind described in the preceding clause (i) for the payment of which the
Company is responsible or liable as guarantor or otherwise and (iii) amendments,
renewals, extensions and refundings of any such indebtedness. Senior
Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and to be entitled to the
benefits of the subordination provisions of this Article 12
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irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of the Senior
Indebtedness or extension or renewal of the Senior Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior
Indebtedness shall not include (A) any indebtedness of the Company to any of its
Subsidiaries, (B) indebtedness incurred for the purchase of goods or materials
or for services obtained in the ordinary course of business and (C) any
indebtedness which by its terms is expressly made pari passu with or
subordinated to the Securities.
Section 12.3. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy; Etc. In the
event of
(i) any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation,
reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding relating
to the Company, its creditors or its property,
(ii) any proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding
up of the Company, voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency
or bankruptcy proceedings,
(iii) any assignment by the Company for the benefit of creditors, or
(iv) any other marshalling of the assets of the Company,
all Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, interest accruing after
the commencement of any such proceeding, assignment or marshalling of assets)
shall first be paid in full before any payment or distribution, whether in cash,
securities or other property, shall be made by the Company on account of the
Securities. In any such event, any payment or distribution, whether in cash,
securities or other property (other than securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or a readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in the
subordination provisions of this Indenture with respect to the indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness at the
time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any such
plan of reorganization or readjustment) which would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Article 12) be payable or deliverable in respect of the
Securities (including any such payment or distribution which may be payable or
deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company
being subordinated to the payment of the Securities) shall be paid or delivered
directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or to their representative or
trustee in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders until
all Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full.
Section 12.4. Default on Senior Indebtedness. If (i) the Company
defaults in the payment of any principal or premium, if any, or interest on any
Senior Indebtedness when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity
or at a date fixed for prepayment or declaration or otherwise or (ii) an event
of default occurs with respect to any Senior Indebtedness permitting the holders
thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof and written notice of such event of
default (requesting that payments on the Securities cease) is given to the
Company by the
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holders of Senior Indebtedness, then unless and until such default in payment or
event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist
no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property or securities, by set-off or
otherwise) shall be made or agreed to be made on account of the Securities or
interest thereon or in respect of any repayment, redemption, retirement,
purchase or other acquisition of the Securities. This Article 12 shall not apply
to any payments to be made on the Securities from funds held in trust pursuant
to Article 4 provided that this Article 12 did not prohibit the deposit of such
funds into trust at the time of such deposit.
Section 12.5. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. If a distribution
is made to the Trustee or any Holder at a time when a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee or such Holder, respectively, has actual knowledge that because of this
Article 12 such distribution should not have been made to it, the Trustee or
such Holder who receives the distribution shall hold it in trust for the benefit
of, and, upon written request, shall pay it over to, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness as their interests may appear, or their agent or representative or
the trustee under the indenture or other agreement (if any) pursuant to which
Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may
appear, for application to the payment of all principal, premium, if any, and
interest then payable with respect to any Senior Indebtedness.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such obligations on the part of the Trustee as are
specifically set forth in this Article 12 and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and shall not be
liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall pay over or distribute to or on
behalf of Holders or the Company or any other Person money or assets to which
any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article
12, except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or
gross negligence of the Trustee.
Section 12.6. Notice By Company. The Company shall promptly notify
in writing the Trustee and any Paying Agent of any facts known to the Company
that would cause a payment with respect to the Securities to violate this
Article 12, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination
of the Securities to the Senior Indebtedness provided in this Article 12.
Section 12.7. Subrogation. Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed
to have been paid in full unless the holders thereof shall have received cash,
securities or other property equal to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness
then outstanding. After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the
Securities are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated (equally and ratably
with all other indebtedness as to which the right to receive payment is pari
passu with the Securities) to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to
receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness to the extent that
distributions otherwise payable to the Holders have been applied to the payment
of Senior Indebtedness, and such payments or distributions received by any
Holder of Securities, by reason of such subrogation, of cash, securities or
other property which otherwise would be paid or distributed to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, shall, as
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between the Company and its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness on the one hand, and the Holders of Securities, on the other, be
deemed to be a payment by the Company on account of Senior Indebtedness, and not
on account of Securities.
Section 12.8. Relative Rights. This Article 12 defines the relative
rights of Holders and holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this Indenture
shall:
(i) impair as between the Company and Holders, the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional to pay principal of
and interest on the Securities in accordance with their terms;
(ii) affect the relative rights of Holders and creditors of the
Company other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior
Indebtedness; or
(iii) prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising its
available remedies upon a Default or Event of Default, subject to the
rights of holders and owners of Senior Indebtedness to receive
distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders. If the
Company fails because of this Article 12 to pay principal of premium,
if any, or interest on a Security on the due date, the failure is
still a Default or Event of Default.
Section 12.9. Subordination May Not Be Impaired By Company. No
present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness shall be prejudiced in the
right to enforce subordination of the indebtedness constituting the Securities
by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company.
Section 12.10. Distribution. Upon any payment or distribution of
assets of the Company referred to in this Article 12, the Trustee and the
Holders shall be entitled to rely upon an order or decree made by any court of
competent jurisdiction or upon any certificate of the liquidating trustee or
agent or other person making any Distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders
for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other Debt of the
Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or
distributed thereon and all other acts pertinent thereto or to this Article 12
and the Trustee and the Holders shall not be required to take any action with
respect to such payment or distribution in the absence of such order, decree or
certificate.
Section 12.11. Rights Of Trustee And Paying Agent. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Article 12 or any other provision of this Indenture,
neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment or
distribution by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, or the taking of any action by
the Trustee or such Paying Agent, and the Trustee or such Paying Agent may
continue to make payments on the Securities unless, in the case of the Trustee,
and in the case of such Paying Agent as long as the Trustee is such Paying
Agent, a Responsible Officer shall have received at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee, and in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee it
shall have received, in each case at least two Business Days prior
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to the date of such payment, written notice of facts that would cause any such
payment with respect to the Securities to violate this Article 12 which notice
must specifically refer to this Article 12. The Trustee or any Paying Agent, as
applicable, shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to the Holders. Nothing
in this Article 12 shall limit the right of the holders of Senior Indebtedness
to recover payments as contemplated elsewhere in this Article 12 or impair the
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.9 hereof.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior
Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, subject
to Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(b) and 311. Any Agent may do the same with
like rights.
Section 12.12. Authorization To Effect Subordination. Each Holder of
a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination as provided in this Article 12, and appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
* * *
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but
one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
by: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
by: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
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