EXHIBIT (4)
THIS MITTS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR MITTS
SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS MITTS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
("DTC"), TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS MITTS
SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO XXXXXXX XXXXX &
CO., INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY MITTS SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
No. R- 2,000,000 Units
CUSIP 59021J 30 7 (Each Unit representing $10 principal
amount of MITTS Securities)
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO., INC.
Nikkei 225 Market Index Target-Term Securities(R)
due June 27, 2007
("MITTS Securities")
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the
Indenture herein referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of TWENTY MILLION
DOLLARS ($20,000,000) (the "Principal Amount") plus the Supplemental Redemption
Amount, as defined below, if any, on June 27, 2007 (the "Stated Maturity").
Payment or delivery of the Principal Amount and the Supplemental Redemption
Amount, if any, and any interest on any overdue amount thereof with respect to
this Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts.
This MITTS Security is one of the series of Nikkei 225 Market Index Target-
Term Securities due June 27, 2007.
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Supplemental Redemption Amount
The "Supplemental Redemption Amount" with respect to this MITTS Security
equals:
( )
Principal Amount x (Ending Value-Starting Value)x Participation Rate
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Starting Value
provided, however, that in no event will the Supplemental Redemption Amount be
less than zero. The Starting Value equals 13,734.18. The Ending Value will be
determined by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (the
"Calculation Agent") and will equal the average or arithmetic mean of the
closing values of the Nikkei 225 Index, determined on each of the first five
Calculation Days during the Calculation Period (as defined below). If there are
fewer than five Calculation Days in the Calculation Period, then the Ending
Value will equal the average or arithmetic mean of the closing values of the
Nikkei 225 Index on those Calculation Days. If there is only one Calculation
Day during the Calculation Period, then the Ending Value will equal the closing
value of the Nikkei 225 Index on that Calculation Day. If no Calculation Days
occur during the Calculation Period, then the Ending Value shall equal the
closing value of the Nikkei 225 Index determined on the last scheduled Index
Business Day (as defined below) in the Calculation Period regardless of the
occurrence of a Market Disruption Event (as defined below) on that Index
Business Day.
The "Participation Rate" equals 100%.
The "Calculation Period" means the period from and including the seventh
scheduled Index Business Day prior to the Stated Maturity to and including the
second scheduled Index Business Day prior to the Stated Maturity.
"Calculation Day" means any Index Business Day during the Calculation
Period on which a Market Disruption Event has not occurred.
An "Index Business Day" is any day on which The New York Stock Exchange
(the "NYSE") and the American Stock Exchange (the "AMEX") are open for trading
and the Nikkei 225 Index or any Successor Index (as defined below) is calculated
and published.
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent shall be at the sole
discretion of the Calculation Agent and, absent a determination by the
Calculation Agent of a manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and
binding on the Company and the Holders and beneficial owners of the MITTS
Securities.
Adjustments to the Nikkei 225 Index; Market Disruption Events
If at any time Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. ("NKS") changes its method of
calculating the Nikkei 225 Index, or the value of the Nikkei 225 Index changes,
in any material respect, or if the Nikkei 225 Index is in any other way modified
so that the Nikkei 225 Index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent,
fairly represent the value of the Nikkei 225 Index had those changes or
modifications not been made, then, from and after that time, the Calculation
Agent shall, at the close of business in New York, New York, on each date that
the closing value of the
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Nikkei 225 Index is to be calculated, make any adjustments as, in the good faith
judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a
calculation of a value of a stock index comparable to the Nikkei 225 Index as if
those changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the closing
value with reference to the Nikkei 225 Index, as adjusted. Accordingly, if the
method of calculating the Nikkei 225 Index is modified so that the value of the
Nikkei 225 Index is a fraction or a multiple of what it would have been if it
had not been modified, e.g., due to a split, then the Calculation Agent shall
adjust the Nikkei 225 Index in order to arrive at a value of the Nikkei 225
Index as if it had not been modified, e.g., as if the split had not occurred.
"Market Disruption Event" means either of the following events, as
determined by the Calculation Agent:
(a) a suspension, material limitation or absence of trading on the Tokyo
Stock Exchange (the "TSE") of 20% or more of the Underlying Stocks
which then comprise the Nikkei 225 Index or a successor index during
the one-half hour period preceding the close of trading on the
applicable exchange; or
(b) the suspension or material limitation on the Singapore International
Monetary Exchange, Ltd., the Osaka Securities Exchange or any other
major futures or securities market from trading in futures or options
contracts related to the Nikkei 225 Index or a successor index during
the one-half hour period preceding the close of trading on the
applicable exchange.
For the purpose of the above definition:
(1) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not
constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced
change in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange;
(2) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the relevant futures
or options contract will not constitute a Market Disruption Event;
(3) a suspension in trading in a futures or options contract on the Nikkei
225 Index by a major securities market by reason of (a) a price change
violating limits set by that securities market, (b) an imbalance of
orders relating to those contracts, or (c) a disparity in bid and ask
quotes relating to those contracts will constitute a suspension or
material limitation of trading in futures or options contracts related
to the Nikkei 225 Index; and
(4) an absence of trading on the TSE will not include any time when the
TSE is closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.
Discontinuance of the Nikkei 225 Index
If NKS discontinues publication of the Nikkei 225 Index and NKS or another
entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent
determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Nikkei 225 Index (a
"Successor Index"), then, upon the Calculation Agent's notification of its
determination to the Trustee (as defined below) and the
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Company, the Calculation Agent will substitute the Successor Index as calculated
by NKS or any other entity for the Nikkei 225 Index and calculate the Ending
Value as described above under "Supplemental Redemption Amount". Upon any
selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index, the Company shall cause
notice to be given to holders of the MITTS Securities.
In the event that NKS discontinues publication of the Nikkei 225 Index and:
. the Calculation Agent does not select a Successor Index, or
. the Successor Index is no longer published on any of the Calculation
Days,
the Calculation Agent will compute a substitute value for the Nikkei 225 Index
in accordance with the procedures last used to calculate the Nikkei 225 Index
before any discontinuance. If a Successor Index is selected or the Calculation
Agent calculates a value as a substitute for the Nikkei 225 Index as described
below, the Successor Index or value will be used as a substitute for the Nikkei
225 Index for all purposes, including for purposes of determining whether a
Market Disruption Event exists.
If the NKS discontinues publication of the Nikkei 225 Index before the
Calculation Period and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Index
is available at that time, then on each Business Day until the earlier to occur
of:
. the determination of the Ending Value, or
. a determination by the Calculation Agent that a Successor Index is
available,
the Calculation Agent will determine the value that would be used in computing
the Supplemental Redemption Amount as described in the preceding paragraph as if
that day were a Calculation Day. The Calculation Agent will cause notice of each
value to be published not less often than once each month in The Wall Street
Journal or another newspaper of general circulation, and arrange for information
with respect to these values to be made available by telephone.
A "Business Day" is any day on which the NYSE and the AMEX are open for
trading.
General
This MITTS Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company, issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1983,
as amended and restated (herein referred to as the "Indenture"), between the
Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank , as Trustee (herein referred to as the
"Trustee", which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee
and the Holders of the MITTS Securities, and the terms upon which the MITTS
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
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The Company hereby covenants for the benefit of the Holders of the MITTS
Securities, to the extent permitted by applicable law, not to claim voluntarily
the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder
of the MITTS Securities.
The MITTS Securities are not subject to redemption by the Company or at the
option of the Holder prior to the Stated Maturity.
In case an Event of Default with respect to any MITTS Securities shall have
occurred and be continuing, the amount payable to a Holder of a MITTS Security
upon any acceleration permitted by the MITTS Securities, with respect to each
$10 principal amount thereof, will be equal to the $10 principal amount and the
Supplemental Redemption Amount, if any, calculated as though the date of early
repayment is the Stated Maturity of the MITTS Securities.
In case of default in payment of the MITTS Securities (whether at the
Stated Maturity or upon acceleration), from and after the maturity date the
MITTS Securities shall bear interest, payable upon demand of the Holders
thereof, at the rate of 6.06% per annum (to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable) on the unpaid amount due and payable on
such date in accordance with the terms of the MITTS Securities to the date
payment of such amount has been made or duly provided for.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, of each
series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities of each series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this MITTS
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this MITTS Security and of any MITTS Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this MITTS Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this MITTS
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Principal Amount plus
the Supplemental Redemption Amount, if any, with respect to this MITTS Security
and any interest on any overdue amount thereof at the time, place, and rate, and
in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth
therein and on the first page hereof, the transfer of this MITTS Security may be
registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this MITTS
Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one
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or more new MITTS Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The MITTS Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons
in denominations of $10 and integral multiples thereof. This MITTS Security
shall remain in the form of a global security held by a Depository.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) any Depository is at any time unwilling or
unable to continue as Depository and a successor depository is not appointed by
the Company within 60 days, (y) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee
a Company Order to the effect that this MITTS Security shall be exchangeable or
(z) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the MITTS
Securities, this MITTS Security shall be exchangeable for MITTS Securities in
definitive form of like tenor and of an equal aggregate Principal Amount, in
denominations of $10 and integral multiples thereof. Such definitive MITTS
Securities shall be registered in such name or names as the Depository shall
instruct the Trustee. If definitive MITTS Securities are so delivered, the
Company may make such changes to the form of this MITTS Security as are
necessary or appropriate to allow for the issuance of such definitive MITTS
Securities.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this MITTS 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 this MITTS Security is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this MITTS Security be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this MITTS Security which are defined in the Indenture
but not in this MITTS Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by The
Chase Manhattan Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor
thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this
MITTS Security shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed
under its corporate seal.
Dated: April 30, 2001
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Inc.
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the [Copy of Seal]
within-mentioned Indenture.
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee By:
Treasurer
By: Attest:
Authorized Officer Secretary
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