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ORION CAPITAL CORPORATION
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INDENTURE
Dated as of February 5, 1998
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
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$129,000,000
7.701% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS....................................................1
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.................................................1
ARTICLE II SECURITIES....................................................11
SECTION 2.01. FORMS GENERALLY............................................11
SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION...............................11
SECTION 2.03. FORM AND PAYMENT...........................................12
SECTION 2.04. LEGENDS....................................................12
SECTION 2.05. GLOBAL SECURITY............................................12
SECTION 2.06. INTEREST...................................................14
SECTION 2.07. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE......................................14
SECTION 2.08. REPLACEMENT SECURITIES.....................................16
SECTION 2.09. TREASURY SECURITIES........................................16
SECTION 2.10. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.......................................16
SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION...............................................17
SECTION 2.12. DEFAULTED INTEREST.........................................17
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP NUMBERS..............................................18
ARTICLE III PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY...........................18
SECTION 3.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.................18
SECTION 3.02. OFFICES FOR NOTICES AND PAYMENTS, ETC......................19
SECTION 3.03. APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES IN TRUSTEE'S
OFFICE....................................................19
SECTION 3.04. PROVISION AS TO PAYING AGENT...............................19
SECTION 3.05. CERTIFICATE TO TRUSTEE.....................................20
SECTION 3.06. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSOLIDATION PROVISIONS...................20
SECTION 3.07. LIMITATION ON DIVIDENDS....................................21
SECTION 3.08. COVENANTS AS TO ORION CAPITAL TRUST II.....................21
SECTION 3.09. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES........................................22
SECTION 3.10. PAYMENT UPON RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL........................22
ARTICLE IV SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY
AND THE TRUSTEE...............................................23
SECTION 4.01. SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS.....................................23
SECTION 4.02. PRESERVATION AND DISCLOSURE OF LISTS.......................23
SECTION 4.03. REPORTS OF THE COMPANY.....................................24
SECTION 4.04. REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE.....................................25
ARTICLE V REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON
EVENT OF DEFAULT..............................................26
SECTION 5.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT..........................................26
SECTION 5.02. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES ON DEFAULT; SUIT THEREFOR............27
SECTION 5.03. APPLICATION OF MONEYS COLLECTED BY TRUSTEE.................29
SECTION 5.04. PROCEEDINGS BY SECURITYHOLDERS.............................30
SECTION 5.05. PROCEEDINGS BY TRUSTEE.....................................31
SECTION 5.06. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE AND CONTINUING.........................31
SECTION 5.07. DIRECTION OF PROCEEDINGS AND WAIVER OF DEFAULTS
BY MAJORITY OF SECURITYHOLDERS............................31
SECTION 5.08. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.........................................32
SECTION 5.09. UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS...................................32
ARTICLE VI CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE........................................33
SECTION 6.01. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE.....................33
SECTION 6.02. RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS, OPINIONS, ETC.......................34
SECTION 6.03. NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECITALS, ETC........................35
SECTION 6.04. TRUSTEE, AUTHENTICATING AGENT, PAYING AGENTS,
TRANSFER AGENTS OR REGISTRAR MAY OWN SECURITIES...........35
SECTION 6.05. MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.................................35
SECTION 6.06. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF TRUSTEE.......................35
SECTION 6.07. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AS EVIDENCE..........................36
SECTION 6.08. CONFLICTING INTEREST OF TRUSTEE............................36
SECTION 6.09. ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE.....................................37
SECTION 6.10. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE..........................37
SECTION 6.11. ACCEPTANCE BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE............................38
SECTION 6.12. SUCCESSION BY MERGER, ETC..................................39
SECTION 6.13. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS A CREDITOR..............39
SECTION 6.14. AUTHENTICATING AGENTS......................................39
ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS................................40
SECTION 7.01. ACTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS..................................40
SECTION 7.02. PROOF OF EXECUTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS......................41
SECTION 7.03. WHO ARE DEEMED ABSOLUTE OWNERS.............................41
SECTION 7.04. SECURITIES OWNED BY COMPANY DEEMED NOT
OUTSTANDING...............................................42
SECTION 7.05. REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND...............42
ARTICLE VIII SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS.....................................42
SECTION 8.01. PURPOSE OF MEETINGS........................................42
SECTION 8.02. CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE................................43
SECTION 8.03. CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR SECURITYHOLDERS.............43
SECTION 8.04. QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING..................................43
SECTION 8.05. REGULATIONS................................................44
SECTION 8.06. VOTING.....................................................45
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS....................................................46
SECTION 9.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS.........................46
SECTION 9.02. WITH CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS............................47
SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT; EFFECT OF
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES...................................48
SECTION 9.04. NOTATION ON SECURITIES.....................................48
SECTION 9.05. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE FURNISHED TRUSTEE...................................48
ARTICLE X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE.............49
SECTION 10.01. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS...........49
SECTION 10.02. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR
COMPANY...................................................49
SECTION 10.03. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO BE GIVEN TRUSTEE....................50
ARTICLE XI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.......................50
SECTION 11.01. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE....................................50
SECTION 11.02. DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST BY TRUSTEE................51
SECTION 11.03. PAYING AGENT TO REPAY MONEYS HELD.........................51
SECTION 11.04. RETURN OF UNCLAIMED MONEYS................................51
SECTION 11.05. DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S.
GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS....................................51
SECTION 11.06. REINSTATEMENT.............................................53
ARTICLE XII IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS
AND DIRECTORS.................................................53
SECTION 12.01. INDENTURE AND SECURITIES SOLELY CORPORATE
OBLIGATIONS...............................................53
ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS......................................53
SECTION 13.01. SUCCESSORS................................................53
SECTION 13.02. OFFICIAL ACTS BY SUCCESSOR CORPORATION....................53
SECTION 13.03. SURRENDER OF COMPANY POWERS...............................54
SECTION 13.04. ADDRESS FOR NOTICES, ETC..................................54
SECTION 13.05. GOVERNING LAW.............................................54
SECTION 13.06. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS
Precedent.................................................54
SECTION 13.07. BUSINESS DAYS.............................................55
SECTION 13.08. TRUST INDENTURE ACT TO CONTROL............................55
SECTION 13.09. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC..........................55
SECTION 13.10. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.................................55
SECTION 13.11. SEPARABILITY..............................................55
SECTION 13.12. ASSIGNMENT................................................55
SECTION 13.13. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RIGHTS..................................56
ARTICLE XIV CONDITIONAL RIGHT TO SHORTEN MATURITY; PREPAYMENT
OF SECURITIES -- NO SINKING FUND..............................56
SECTION 14.01. SPECIAL EVENT PREPAYMENT..................................56
SECTION 14.02. OPTIONAL PREPAYMENT BY COMPANY............................56
SECTION 14.03. NO SINKING FUND...........................................57
SECTION 14.04. NOTICE OF PREPAYMENT; SELECTION OF SECURITIES.............57
SECTION 14.05. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES CALLED FOR PREPAYMENT...............58
SECTION 14.06. CONDITIONAL RIGHT TO SHORTEN MATURITY.....................58
ARTICLE XV SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES...................................59
SECTION 15.01. AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE..................................59
SECTION 15.02. DEFAULT ON SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS............................59
SECTION 15.03. LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY......................60
SECTION 15.04. SUBROGATION...............................................61
SECTION 15.05. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.......................62
SECTION 15.06. NOTICE BY THE COMPANY.....................................62
SECTION 15.07. RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE; HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS..............................................63
SECTION 15.08. SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED.........................63
ARTICLE XVI EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD..........................64
SECTION 16.01. EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD......................64
SECTION 16.02. NOTICE OF EXTENSION.......................................65
EXHIBIT A Form of Security; Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication...........................................A-1
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
of provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with Indenture dated as
of February 5, 1998 between Orion Capital Corporation and The Bank of New York,
as Trustee:
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
310(a)(1) ........................................... 6.09
(a)(2) ........................................... 6.09
310(a)(3) ........................................... N/A
(a)(4) ........................................... N/A
310(a)(5) ........................................... N/A
310(b) ........................................... 6.10, 6.11
310(c) ........................................... N/A
311(a) and (b) ........................................... 6.13
311(c) ........................................... N/A
312(a) ........................................... 4.01,
4.02(a)
312(b) and (c) ........................................... 4.02
313(a) ........................................... 4.04
313(b)(1) ........................................... 4.04
313(b)(2) ........................................... 4.04
313(c) ........................................... 4.04
313(d) ........................................... 4.04
314(a) ........................................... 4.03
314(b) ........................................... N/A
314(c)(1) and (2)........................................... 6.07
314(c)(3) ........................................... N/A
314(d) ........................................... N/A
314(e) ........................................... 6.07
314(f) ........................................... N/A
315(a)(c) and (d)........................................... 6.01
315(b) ........................................... 5.08
315(e) ........................................... 5.09
316(a)(1) ........................................... 5.07
316(a)(2) ........................................... N/A
316(a) last sentence........................................ 2.09
316(b) ........................................... 9.02
317(a) ........................................... 5.05
317(b) ........................................... 6.05
318(a) ........................................... 13.08
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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture as
executed and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.
THIS INDENTURE, dated as of February 5, 1998, between Orion Capital
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter sometimes called the
"Company"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee
(hereinafter sometimes called the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
In consideration of the premises, and the purchase of the Securities
by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for
the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time
of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS.
The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of
this Indenture shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section
1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), or which are by
reference therein defined in the Securities Act, shall (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) have the
meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said
Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed.
The following terms have the meanings given to them in the Declaration: (i)
Clearing Agency; (ii) Delaware Trustee; (iii) Depository; (iv) Capital Security
Certificate; (v) Property Trustee; (vi) Administrative Trustees; (vii) Direct
Action; and (viii) Purchase Agreement. All accounting terms used herein and not
expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and the term "generally accepted
accounting principles" means such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the time of any computation. 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. Headings are
used for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation. The
singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
"Additional Sums" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.06(c).
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" shall mean, with respect to any prepayment
date pursuant to Section 14.02, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual
equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such prepayment date plus
0.30%.
"Adverse Tax Consequence" shall have the meaning set forth in the
definition of Tax Event.
"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any
Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding the power to vote
20% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests of
the specified Person, (b) any Person 20% or more of whose outstanding voting
securities or other ownership interests are directly or indirectly owned,
controlled or held with power to vote by the specified Person, (c) any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with
the specified Person, and (d) a partnership in which the specified Person is a
general partner; provided, however, that Intercargo Corporation shall not be
deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or Orion Capital Trust II.
"Authenticating Agent" shall mean any agent or agents of the Trustee
which at the time shall be appointed and acting pursuant to Section 6.14.
"Bankruptcy Law" shall mean Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" shall mean either the Board of Directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors.
"Board Resolution" shall mean a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted
by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" shall mean, with respect to any series of Securities,
any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions
in The City of New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive
order to close.
"Capital Securities" shall mean undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of Orion Capital Trust II which rank pari passu with the Common
Securities issued by Orion Capital Trust II; provided, however, that if an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, no payments in respect of
distributions on, or payments upon liquidation, prepayment or otherwise with
respect to, the Common Securities shall be made until the holders of the Capital
Securities shall be paid in full the distributions and the liquidation,
prepayment and other payments to which they are entitled. References to "Capital
Securities" shall include collectively any Initial Capital Securities and
Exchange Capital Securities.
"Capital Securities Guarantee" shall mean any guarantee that the
Company may enter into with Orion Capital Trust II or other Persons that
operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Capital Securities
of Orion Capital Trust II and shall include an Initial Capital Securities
Guarantee and an Exchange Capital Securities Guarantee with respect to the
Initial Capital Securities and the Exchange Capital Securities, respectively.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, 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 Securities" shall mean undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of Orion Capital Trust II which rank pari passu with Capital Securities
issued by Orion Capital Trust II; provided, however, that if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, no payments in respect of Distributions on, or
payments upon liquidation, prepayment or otherwise with respect to, the Common
Securities shall be made until the holders of the Capital Securities shall be
paid in full the Distributions and the liquidation, prepayment and other
payments to which they are entitled.
"Common Securities Guarantee" shall mean any guarantee that the
Company may enter into with any Person or Persons that operates directly or
indirectly for the benefit of holders of Common Securities.
"Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, of the Company or any other class of stock resulting from changes or
reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of changes in par
value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value.
"Company" shall mean Orion Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and, subject to the provisions of Article X, shall include its
successors and assigns.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" shall mean a written request or
order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President (however designated),
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" shall mean the United States Treasury
security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the
Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate
debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining Life.
"Comparable Treasury Price" shall mean, with respect to any
prepayment date pursuant to Section 14.01, (i) the average of the bid and asked
prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage
of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such prepayment
date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release)
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30
p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any
successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such
Business Day, (A) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for
such prepayment date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations.
"Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
16.01.
"Conditional Tax Redemption Event" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 14.06.
"Custodian" shall mean any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Declaration" shall mean the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of Orion Capital Trust II, dated as of February 5, 1998.
"Default" shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
16.01.
"Definitive Securities" shall mean those Securities issued in fully
registered certificated form but not Securities issued in global form.
"Depositary" shall mean, with respect to Securities of any series,
for which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a
Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another
clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case,
shall be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 2.05(d).
"Dissolution Event" shall mean the liquidation of the Trust pursuant
to the Declaration, and the distribution of the Securities held by the Property
Trustee to the holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust pro rata in
accordance with the Declaration.
"Event of Default" shall mean any event specified in Section 5.01,
continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice, if
any, therein designated.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Exchange Capital Securities" shall mean 7.701% Capital Securities
(liquidation amount $1,000 per security) of Orion Capital Trust II, issued
pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
"Exchange Capital Securities Guarantee" shall mean the Capital
Securities Guarantee Agreement, issued pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
"Exchange Offer" shall mean the offer that may be made pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement (i) by the Company to exchange Exchange
Securities for Initial Securities and to exchange an Exchange Capital Securities
Guarantee for an Initial Capital Securities Guarantee and (ii) by Orion Capital
Trust II to exchange Exchange Capital Securities for Initial Capital Securities.
"Exchange Securities" shall mean the Company's 7.701% Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due April 15, 2028, issued pursuant
to an Exchange Offer, as authenticated and issued under this Indenture.
"Extension Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
16.01.
"Global Securities" shall mean those Securities issued in global
form, and "Global Security" shall mean the Security executed by the Company and
delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's
instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
"Indebtedness for Money Borrowed" shall mean any obligation of, or
any obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the repayment of borrowed money,
whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written
instruments.
"Indenture" shall mean this instrument as originally executed or, if
amended as herein provided, as so amended.
"Initial Capital Securities" shall mean 7.701% Capital Securities
(liquidation amount $1,000 per security) of Orion Capital Trust II.
"Initial Capital Securities Guarantee" shall mean the Capital
Securities Guarantee Agreement, dated February 5, 1998, between the Company and
The Bank of New York, as guarantee trustee.
"Initial Securities" shall mean the Company's 7.701% Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due April 15, 2028, as authenticated
and issued under this Indenture.
"Investment Company Act" shall mean the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
"Investment Company Event" shall mean that the Company shall have
received an opinion of an independent counsel experienced in practice under the
Investment Company Act, to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a
change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law
or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory
authority (a "Change in Investment Company Act Law"), there is more than an
insubstantial risk that Orion Capital Trust II is or will be considered an
"investment company" which is required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act, which Change in Investment Company Act Law becomes effective on or
after February 5, 1998.
"Interest Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.06.
"Non Book-Entry Capital Securities" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 2.05.
"Officers" shall mean any of the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President (however designated),
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed by two
Officers and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" shall mean a written opinion of counsel, who
may be an employee of the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Optional Prepayment Price" shall mean the greater of (i) 100% of
the principal amount to be prepaid or (ii) the sum, as determined by a Quotation
Agent, of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal to
be prepaid and interest thereon discounted to the prepayment date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to the date of prepayment and any Additional Sums.
"Orion Capital Trust II" or "Trust" shall mean Orion Capital Trust
II, a Delaware business trust created for the purpose of issuing its undivided
beneficial interests in connection with the issuance of Securities under this
Indenture.
"Other Debentures" shall mean only those junior subordinated
debentures issued by the Company from time to time and sold to trusts to be
established by the Company (if any), which are in each case similar to Orion
Capital Trust II.
"Other Guarantees" shall mean all guarantees to be issued by the
Company with respect to capital securities (if any) and issued to other trusts,
or to any trustee of such trusts or other entities affiliated with the Company
that are financing vehicles of the Company.
The term "outstanding" when used with reference to Securities,
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, mean, as of any particular
time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent under this Indenture, except
(a)...Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b)...Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or prepayment
of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with
the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been
set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as
its own paying agent); provided that, if such Securities, or portions thereof,
are to be prepaid prior to maturity thereof, notice of such prepayment shall
have been given as in Article XIV provided or provision satisfactory to the
Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c)...Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other
Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of
Section 2.08 unless proof satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee is
presented that any such Securities are held by bona fide holders in due course.
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, estate,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security shall mean 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 2.08 in lieu of a lost,
destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
"Prepayment Price" shall mean the Optional Prepayment Price or the
Special Event Prepayment Price, as the context requires.
The term "principal office of the Trustee", or other similar term,
shall mean the principal office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time
its corporate trust business shall be administered.
"Property Trustee" shall have the same meaning as set forth in the
Declaration.
"Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Purchase Agreement dated
February 2, 1998 among the Company, Orion Capital Trust II and the Initial
Purchasers as defined therein.
"Quotation Agent" shall mean the Reference Treasury Dealer.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" shall mean (i) Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation and its successors; provided, however, that if
the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in
New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute
therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (ii) any other Primary Treasury
Dealer selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" shall mean, with respect to
each Reference Treasury Dealer and any prepayment date pursuant to Section
14.01, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at
5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such
prepayment date.
"Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 5, 1998, by and among the Company, Orion Capital
Trust II and the Initial Purchasers, as such agreement may be amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time.
"Regular Record Date" with respect to the payment of interest
installments on the Securities, shall mean the fifteenth day preceding the
relevant Interest Payment Date. If a Regular Record Date is not a Business Day,
such Regular Record Date shall be deemed to be the next preceding Business Day.
"Remaining Life" shall mean the period from the prepayment date
pursuant to Section 14.01 to the Stated Maturity.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, shall
mean the chairman or any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman
or any vice chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, any
assistant vice president, the cashier, any assistant cashier, the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer
or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any
other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Security" shall mean Securities that bear or are
required to bear the legends set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
"Rule 144A" shall mean Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or under any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission.
"Securities" shall mean, collectively, the Initial Securities and
the Exchange Securities.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933 as amended.
"Securityholder", "holder of Securities", or other similar terms,
shall mean any person in whose name at the time a particular Security is
registered on the register kept by the Company or the Trustee for that purpose
in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Security Register" shall mean (i) prior to a Dissolution Event, the
list of holders kept by a Securities registrar or provided to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.01, as the case may be and (ii) following a Dissolution
Event, any security register maintained by a security registrar for the
securities appointed by the Company following the execution of a supplemental
indenture providing for transfer procedures as provided for in Section 2.07(a).
"Senior Indebtedness" shall mean with respect to the Company, (i)
the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of (A) Indebtedness for
Money Borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, notes, debentures,
bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company, (ii) all capital lease
obligations of the Company, (iii) all obligations of the Company issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale
obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any
conditional sale or title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts
payable arising in the ordinary course of business), (iv) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise of the Company in respect of any letter of credit,
banker's acceptance, security purchase facilities or similar credit transaction,
(v) all obligations in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements,
interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency
future or option contracts and other similar agreements, (vi) all obligations of
the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other persons for the
payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise and (vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i)
through (vi) above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset
of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company),
except for (1) any such indebtedness that is by its terms subordinated to or
pari passu with the Junior Subordinated Debentures and (2) any indebtedness
between or among the Company or its affiliates, including all other debt
securities and guarantees in respect of those debt securities issued to (a) any
other Orion Capital Trust or a trustee of such trust and (b) any other trust, or
of a trustee of such trust, or of a partnership or other entity affiliated with
the Company that is a financing vehicle of the Company (a "financing entity") in
connection with the issuance by such a financing entity of preferred securities
or other securities that rank pari passu with, or junior to, the Capital
Securities. Such Senior Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness
and be entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions irrespective of
any amendment, modification or waiver of any term of such Senior Indebtedness.
"Special Event" shall mean either an Investment Company Event or a
Conditional Tax Redemption Event, as the case may be.
"Special Event Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any
prepayment date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to
maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable
Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such prepayment date plus (i) 1.55% if such
prepayment date occurs on or prior to February 1, 1999 and (ii) 0.50% in all
other cases.
"Special Event Prepayment Price" shall mean, with respect to any
prepayment of the Securities pursuant to Section 14.01 hereof, an amount in cash
equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (ii) the
sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the
prepayment date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than 6 months, the actual months
elapsed and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period) at the
Special Event Adjusted Treasury Rate plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, including Compounded Interest, Additional Interest and
Additional Sums, if any, to the date of such prepayment.
"Stated Maturity" shall mean April 15, 2028, or such other date to
which the maturity of the Securities is changed pursuant to the right of the
Company to shorten the stated maturity pursuant to the provisions of Section
14.06.
"Subsidiary" shall mean with respect to any Person, (i) any
corporation at least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any
general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of
whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by
such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or
more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person
or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner. For the purposes of this
definition, "voting stock" means shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having
ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the
equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a
contingency.
"Tax Event" shall mean the receipt by Orion Capital Trust II and the
Company of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that,
as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective
change) in, the laws or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein or as a result of
any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or
applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or
which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after February 5, 1998, or,
as a result of a final determination, as evidenced by the execution of a Form
870 AD, arising from an audit or examination by the Internal Revenue Service,
there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) Orion Capital Trust II is, or
will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United States
Federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Securities,
(ii) interest payable by the Company on the Securities is not, or within 90 days
of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by the Company, in whole or
in part, for United States Federal income tax purposes, or (iii) Orion Capital
Trust II is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to
more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental
charges (each of the circumstances referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
being referred to herein as an "Adverse Tax Consequence").
"Tax Event Maturity Shortening" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 14.06.
"Trustee" shall mean the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof, and, subject to the provisions of Article VI hereof, shall
also include its successors and assigns as Trustee hereunder. The term "Trustee"
as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the
trustee with respect to that series.
"Trust Indenture Act of 1939" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 as in force at the date of execution of this Indenture, except as provided
in Section 9.03.
"Trust Securities" shall mean the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities, collectively.
"U.S. Government Obligations" shall mean securities that are (i)
direct obligations of the United States of America 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 of
America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case under
clauses (i) or (ii) are not callable or prepayable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust
company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a
specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government
Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository
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
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal
of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
ARTICLE II
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. FORMS GENERALLY.
The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall
be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, the terms of which are
incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule,
agreements to which the Company is subject or usage. Each Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication. The Securities shall be issued in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer
holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall
nevertheless be valid.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee. The signature of the Trustee shall be conclusive
evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. The form
of Trustee's certificate of authentication to be borne by the Securities shall
be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
The Trustee shall, upon a Company Order, authenticate for original
issue up to, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any
time may not exceed $129,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Securities;
except as provided in Sections 2.07, 2.08, 2.10 and 14.05. The series of
Securities to be initially issued hereunder shall be the Initial Securities.
SECTION 2.03. FORM AND PAYMENT.
Except as provided in Section 2.05, the Securities shall be issued
in fully registered certificated form without interest coupons. Principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities issued in certificated form will
be payable, the transfer of such Securities will be registrable and such
Securities will be exchangeable for Securities bearing identical terms and
provisions at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose
under Section 3.02; provided, however, that payment of interest with respect to
Securities may be made at the option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the
holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by
transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto, provided that
proper transfer instructions have been received in writing by the relevant
record date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder of any
Securities is the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any)
on such Securities held by the Property Trustee will be made at such place and
to such account as may be designated by the Property Trustee.
SECTION 2.04. LEGENDS.
(a)...Except as permitted by subsection (b) of this Section 2.04 or
as otherwise determined by the Company in accordance with applicable law, each
Security shall bear the applicable legends relating to restrictions on transfer
pursuant to the securities laws in substantially the form set forth on Exhibit A
hereto.
(b)...The Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate
Exchange Securities in exchange for Initial Securities accepted for exchange in
the Exchange Offer, which Exchange Securities shall not bear the legends
required by subsection (a) above, in each case unless the holder of such Initial
Securities is either (A) a broker-dealer who purchased such Initial Securities
directly from the Company for resale pursuant to Rule 144A or any other
available exemption under the Securities Act, (B) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Initial Securities or (C) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company.
SECTION 2.05. GLOBAL SECURITY.
(a)...In connection with a Dissolution Event,
..................(i) if any Capital Securities are held in book-entry form, the
related Definitive Securities shall be presented to the Trustee (if an
arrangement with the Depositary has been maintained) by the Property Trustee in
exchange for one or more Global Securities (as may be required pursuant to
Section 2.07) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of all such outstanding Securities, to be registered in the name of the
Depositary, or its nominee, and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary for
crediting to the accounts of its participants pursuant to the instructions of
the Administrative Trustees; the Company upon any such presentation shall
execute one or more Global Securities in such aggregate principal amount and
deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance
with this Indenture; and payments on the Securities issued as a Global Security
will be made to the Depositary; and
..................(ii) if any Capital Securities are held in certificated form,
the related Definitive Securities may be presented to the Trustee by the
Property Trustee and any Capital Security certificate which represents Capital
Securities other than Capital Securities in book-entry form ("Non Book-Entry
Capital Securities") will be deemed to represent beneficial interests in
Securities presented to the Trustee by the Property Trustee having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Non Book-Entry
Capital Securities until such Capital Security certificates are presented to the
Security registrar for transfer or reissuance, at which time such Capital
Security certificates will be cancelled and a Security, registered in the name
of the holder of the Capital Security certificate, with an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Security
certificate cancelled, will be executed by the Company and delivered to the
Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with this Indenture. Upon
the issuance of such Securities, Securities with an equivalent aggregate
principal amount that were presented by the Property Trustee to the Trustee will
be deemed to have been cancelled.
(b)...The Global Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of
outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon; provided, that the
aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to
time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
prepayments. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any
increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby
shall be made by the Trustee, in accordance with applicable procedures
established by the Depositary.
(c)...The Global Securities may be transferred, in whole but not in
part, only to another nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary
selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(d)...If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or the Depositary has ceased to be
a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary
is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such
notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company will
execute, and the Trustee, upon written notice from the Company, will
authenticate and make available for delivery Definitive Securities, in
authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global Security. If
there is an Event of Default, the Depositary shall have the right to exchange
the Global Securities for Definitive Securities. In addition, the Company may at
any time determine that the Securities shall no longer be represented by a
Global Security. In the event of such an Event of Default or such a
determination, the Company shall execute, and subject to Section 2.07, the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate evidencing such determination
by the Company, will authenticate and make available for delivery Definitive
Securities, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global
Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Definitive
Securities, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be cancelled
by the Trustee. Such Definitive Securities issued in exchange for the Global
Security shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations
as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver
such Definitive Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in
whose names such Definitive Securities are so registered.
SECTION 2.06. INTEREST.
(a)...Each Security will bear interest at the rate of 7.701% per
annum (the "Coupon Rate") from the most recent date to which interest has been
paid or, if no interest has been paid, from February 5, 1998, until the
principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and
premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the Coupon Rate,
compounded semi-annually, payable (subject to the provisions of Article XVI)
semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each, an
"Interest Payment Date") commencing on April 15, 1998, to the Person in whose
name such Security or any predecessor Security is registered on the books of the
Company, at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest
installment.
(b)...Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than six months, the
actual months elapsed and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such
period. In the event that any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a
Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the
next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay), with the same force and effect as if made
on such date.
(c)...During such time as the Property Trustee is the holder of any
Securities, the Company shall pay any additional amounts on the Securities as
may be necessary in order that the amount of Distributions then due and payable
by Orion Capital Trust II on the outstanding Trust Securities shall not be
reduced as a result of any additional taxes, duties and other governmental
charges to which the Trust has become subject as a result of a Tax Event
("Additional Sums").
SECTION 2.07. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a)...TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. The Initial Securities, and those
Exchange Securities with respect to which any Person described in Section
2.04(b)(A), (B) or (C) is the beneficial owner, may not be transferred except in
compliance with any legend contained in Exhibit A unless otherwise determined by
the Company in accordance with applicable law. Upon any distribution of the
Securities following a Dissolution Event, the Company and the Trustee shall
enter into a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 to provide for the
transfer restrictions and procedures with respect to the Securities
substantially similar to those contained in the Declaration to the extent
applicable in the circumstances existing at such time.
(b)...GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES. To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities and Global Securities at
the Trustee's request. All Definitive Securities and Global Securities issued
upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities or Global
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Definitive
Securities or Global Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer
or exchange.
No service charge shall be made to a holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities during a period beginning at the opening of
business 30 days before the day of mailing of a notice of prepayment or any
notice of selection of Securities for prepayment under Article XIV hereof and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or (ii) register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for prepayment in whole or in
part, except the unprepaid portion of any Security being prepaid in part.
Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any
Security, the Trustee, any agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person
in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on such Securities, and neither the Trustee, any agent nor the Company
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(c)...EXCHANGE OF INITIAL SECURITIES FOR EXCHANGE SECURITIES.
The Initial Securities may be exchanged for Exchange Securities pursuant to
the terms of the Exchange Offer. The Trustee shall make the exchange as
follows:
The Company shall present the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
certifying the following:
..................(i) upon issuance of the Exchange Securities, the
transactions contemplated by the Exchange Offer have been consummated; and
..................(ii) the principal amount of Initial Securities properly
tendered in the Exchange Offer that are represented by a Global Security and the
principal amount of Initial Securities properly tendered in the Exchange Offer
that are represented by Definitive Securities, the name of each holder of such
Definitive Securities, the principal amount at maturity properly tendered in the
Exchange Offer by each such holder and the name and address to which Definitive
Securities for Exchange Securities shall be registered and sent for each such
holder.
The Trustee, upon receipt of (i) such Officers' Certificate, (ii) an
Opinion of Counsel (x) to the effect that the Exchange Securities have been
registered under Section 5 of the Securities Act and the Indenture has been
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and (y) with respect to the matters set
forth in Section 3(p) of the Registration Rights Agreement and (iii) a Company
Order, shall authenticate (A) a Global Security for Exchange Securities in
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial
Securities represented by a Global Security indicated in such Officers'
Certificate as having been properly tendered and (B) Definitive Securities
representing Exchange Securities registered in the names of, and in the
principal amounts indicated in, such Officers' Certificate.
If the principal amount at Stated Maturity of the Global Security
for the Exchange Securities is less than the principal amount at Stated Maturity
of the Global Security for the Initial Securities, the Trustee shall make an
endorsement on such Global Security for the Initial Securities indicating a
reduction in the principal amount at maturity represented thereby.
The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Securities for Exchange
Securities to the holders thereof as indicated in such Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 2.08. REPLACEMENT SECURITIES.
(a)...If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Company, or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the Trustee's requirements
for replacements of Securities are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by
the Securityholder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the
Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating
agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The
Company or the Trustee may charge for its expenses in replacing a Security.
(b)...Every replacement Security is an obligation of the Company and
shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
(c)...The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 2.09. TREASURY SECURITIES.
In determining whether the holders of the required principal amount
of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities
owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be considered as
though not outstanding, except that for purposes of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent,
only Securities that the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
considered.
SECTION 2.10. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of Definitive Securities, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, temporary Securities that are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor 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.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause
Definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. The Definitive
Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved, or provided by any
combination thereof, or in any other manner permitted by the rules and
regulations of any applicable securities exchange, all as determined by the
Officers executing such Definitive Securities. After the preparation of
Definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
Definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office
or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.02
hereof, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange therefor the same
aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of authorized denominations.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or
cancellation and shall return the cancelled Securities to the Company in
accordance with its normal practices (subject to the record retention
requirement of the Exchange Act) unless the Company directs them to be returned
to it. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that have
been prepaid or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.12. DEFAULTED INTEREST.
Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
"Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the holder on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such holder; and such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in
clause (a) or clause (b) below:
(a)...The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
Securities to the Persons in whose names such 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 notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be
paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 30 nor 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 Securityholder at his or her address as it
appears in the Security 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 mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date
and shall be no longer payable pursuant to the following clause (b).
(b)...The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP NUMBERS.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of prepayment as a convenience to Securityholders; 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 prepayment and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such prepayment shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE III
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 3.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the
Securityholders that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities at the place,
at the respective times and in the manner provided herein. Except as provided in
Section 2.03, each installment of interest on the Securities may be paid by
mailing checks for such interest payable to the order of the Securityholder
entitled thereto, as it may appear in the Securities register. The Company
further covenants to pay any and all amounts including, without limitation,
Additional Interest, if any, on the dates and in the manner required under the
Registration Rights Agreement.
SECTION 3.02. OFFICES FOR NOTICES AND PAYMENTS, ETC.
So long as any of the Securities remains outstanding, the Company
will maintain in The City of New York, New York, an office or agency where the
Securities may be presented for payment, an office or agency where the
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange as in
this Indenture provided and an office or agency where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture may be
served. The Company will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of
any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof. Until otherwise
designated from time to time by the Company in a notice to the Trustee, any such
office or agency for all of the above purposes shall be the office or agency of
The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration. In case the Company shall fail to
maintain any such office or agency in The City of New York, New York, or shall
fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location
thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at the
principal corporate trust office of the Trustee.
In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time
to time designate one or more offices or agencies outside The City of New York,
New York where the Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and
for exchange in the manner provided in this Indenture, and the Company may from
time to time rescind such designation, as the Company may deem desirable or
expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain any such office or
agency in the City of New York, New York, for the purposes above mentioned. The
Company will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any such designation
or rescission thereof.
SECTION 3.03. APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES IN TRUSTEE'S OFFICE.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a
Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 3.04. PROVISION AS TO PAYING AGENT.
(a)...If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the
Trustee with respect to the Securities, it will cause such paying agent to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provision of this Section 3.04,
..................(i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for
the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any
other obligor on the Securities) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the
Securities;
..................(ii) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by
the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities) to make any payment of
the principal of and premium or interest on the Securities when the same shall
be due and payable; and
..................(iii) that it will at any time during the continuance of any
such failure, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Trustee all sums so held in trust by it as such paying agent.
(b)...If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on
or before each due date of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on
the Securities, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
holders of the Securities a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium or
interest so becoming due and will notify the Trustee of any failure to take such
action and of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor under the
Securities) to make any payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or
interest on the Securities when the same shall become due and payable.
(c)...Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and
discharge with respect to the Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay
or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such
Securities by the Trustee or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this
Section 3.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
contained.
(d)...Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 3.04 is subject
to Sections 11.03 and 11.04.
SECTION 3.05. CERTIFICATE TO TRUSTEE.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year in each year, commencing with the first fiscal year
ending after the date hereof, so long as Securities are outstanding hereunder,
an Officers' Certificate, one of the signers of which shall be the principal
executive, principal financial or principal accounting officer of the Company,
stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as
officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of any Default by the
Company in the performance of any covenants contained herein, stating whether or
not they have knowledge of any such Default and, if so, specifying each such
Default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature thereof.
SECTION 3.06. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSOLIDATION PROVISIONS.
The Company will not, while any of the Securities remains
outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or
convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless the
provisions of Article X hereof are complied with.
SECTION 3.07. LIMITATION ON DIVIDENDS.
If at any time (i) there shall have occurred any event of which the
Company has actual knowledge that (a) is or with the giving of notice or the
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default and (b) which the
Company shall not have taken reasonable steps to cure, (ii) Securities are held
by the Property Trustee and the Company shall be in default with respect to its
payment of any obligations under the Capital Securities Guarantee, or (iii) the
Company shall have given notice of its election of the exercise of its right to
extend the interest payment period pursuant to Section 16.01 and any such
extension shall be continuing, then the Company will not, and will not permit
any Subsidiary to,
..................(i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or
prepay, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of
the Company's capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock);
..................(ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if
any, on or repay or repurchase or prepay any debt securities of the Company
(including any Other Debentures) that rank pari passu with or junior in right of
payment to the Securities; or
..................(iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any
guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company
(including Other Guarantees) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior
in right of payment to the Securities other than (a) dividends or distributions
in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares
of, Common Stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection
with the implementation of a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock
under any such plan in the future, or the prepayment or repurchase of any such
rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Capital Securities Guarantee,
(d) as a direct result of, and only to the extent necessary to avoid the
issuance of fractional shares of the Company's capital stock following, a
reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or the
conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another
class or series of the Company's capital stock, (e) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or
exchanged, and (f) purchases of Common Stock related to the issuance of Common
Stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit plans for its directors,
officers or employees or any of the Company's dividend reinvestment plans.
SECTION 3.08. COVENANTS AS TO ORION CAPITAL TRUST II.
In the event Securities are issued to Orion Capital Trust II or a
trustee of such trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by
Orion Capital Trust II, for so long as any of such Trust Securities remains
outstanding, the Company will (i) directly or indirectly maintain 100% ownership
of the Common Securities of Orion Capital Trust II; provided, however, that any
successor of the Company, permitted pursuant to Article X, may succeed to the
Company's ownership of such Common Securities, (ii) use its reasonable efforts
to cause Orion Capital Trust II (a) to remain a business trust, except in
connection with a distribution of Securities, the redemption of all of the Trust
Securities of Orion Capital Trust II or certain mergers, consolidations or
amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration, and (b) to continue to be
treated as a grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation
for United States federal income tax purposes, and (iii) use its reasonable
efforts to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an
individual beneficial interest in the Securities.
SECTION 3.09. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Securities
to Orion Capital Trust II and in connection with the sale of the Trust
Securities by Orion Capital Trust II, the Company, in its capacity as borrower
with respect to the Securities, shall:
(a)...pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and
issuance of the Securities, including commissions to the Initial Purchasers
payable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, fees and expenses in connection with
the Exchange Offer or other action to be taken pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement and compensation of the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.06;
(b)...pay all costs and expenses of the Trust (including, but not
limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization of Orion Capital
Trust II, the offering, sale and issuance of the Trust Securities (including
commissions to the initial purchasers in connection therewith), the fees and
expenses of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the costs and
expenses relating to the operation of the Trust;
(c)...be primarily and fully liable for any indemnification
obligations arising with respect to the Declaration;
(d)...pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding
taxes attributable to the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and
expenses with respect to such taxes of the Trust; and
(e)...pay all other fees, expenses, debts and obligations (other
than payments of principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on the Trust
Securities) related to Orion Capital Trust II.
SECTION 3.10. PAYMENT UPON RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL.
Upon termination of this Indenture or the removal or resignation of
the Trustee, unless otherwise stated, the Company shall pay to the Trustee all
amounts accrued and owing to the date of such termination, removal or
resignation. Upon termination of the Declaration or the removal or resignation
of the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to
Section 5.7 of the Declaration, the Company shall pay to the Delaware Trustee or
the Property Trustee, as the case may be, all amounts accrued and owing to the
date of such termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE IV
SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.01. SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS.
The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Trustee:
(a)...on a semi-annual basis on each Regular Record Date for the
Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Securityholders as of such record date;
(b)...at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 Business Days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 Business Days
prior to the time such list is furnished, except that, no such lists need be
furnished so long as the Trustee is in possession thereof by reason of its
acting as Security registrar; and
(c)...the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as Securities
registrar.
SECTION 4.02. PRESERVATION AND DISCLOSURE OF LISTS.
(a)...The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the
holders of the Securities (1) contained in the most recent list furnished to it
as provided in Section 4.01 or (2) received by it in the capacity of Securities
registrar (if so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished
to it as provided in Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b)...In case three or more holders of Securities (hereinafter
referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the
Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a
period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such
application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders
of Securities or with holders of all Securities with respect to their rights
under this Indenture and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall
within 5 Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election,
either:
..................(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved
at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a)
of this Section 4.02; or
..................(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of
holders of all Securities whose names and addresses appear in the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of this Section 4.02, and as to the approximate cost of mailing
to such Securityholders the form of proxy or other communication, if any,
specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to
such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each Securityholder whose name and address appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02 a copy of the form of proxy or
other communication which is specified in such request with reasonable
promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of
payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing,
unless within 5 Business Days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such
applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to
be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the
Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of
all Securities or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written
statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after
opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement
so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if,
after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the
Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the
objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the
Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Securityholders with
reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such
tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to
such applicants respecting their application.
(c)...Each and every holder of Securities, by receiving and holding
the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the holders
of Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this
Section 4.02, regardless of the source from which such information was derived,
and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any
material pursuant to a request made under said subsection (b).
SECTION 4.03. REPORTS OF THE COMPANY.
(a)...The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee,
within 15 Business Days after the date on which the Company files 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 Exchange Act; 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 Exchange Act 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)...The Company covenants and agrees 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.
(c)...The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail to all
holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon
the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee,
such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by
the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 4.03 as may be
required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
(d)...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 the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
(e)...So long as is required for an offer or sale of the Securities
to qualify for an exemption under Rule 144A under the Securities Act, the
Company shall, upon request, provide the information required by clause (d)(4)
thereunder to each Holder and to each beneficial owner and prospective purchaser
of Securities identified by any holder of Restricted Securities, unless such
information is furnished to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act.
SECTION 4.04. REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE.
(a)...The Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders such reports
concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided
pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall on or before each February 4 following the date of this Indenture,
commencing February 4, 1999, deliver to Securityholders a brief report which
complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).
(b)...A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, 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 any stock exchange.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
One or more of the following events of default shall constitute an
Event of Default hereunder (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):
(a)...default in the payment of any interest upon any Security or
any Other Debentures when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an
interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms hereof or,
in the case of any Other Debenture, the indenture related thereto, shall not
constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose; or
(b)...default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security or any Other Debentures as and when the
same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon prepayment, by
declaration of acceleration of maturity or otherwise; or
(c)...default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period
of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities 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; or
(d)...a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or all or
substantially all of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of
its affairs and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a
period of 90 consecutive days; or
(e)...the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession
by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Company or all or substantially all of its property, or
shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally to pay its debts as they become due.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities at the time
outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the
holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding may declare the principal amount of all Securities to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee
if given by the holders of the outstanding Securities), and upon any such
declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable.
The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that
if, at any time after the principal of the Securities shall have been so
declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of
the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, (i)
the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities and the
principal of and premium, if any, on any and all Securities which shall have
become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and
premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate as
the rate of interest specified in the Securities to the date of such payment or
deposit) and (B) such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred,
and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a
result of negligence or bad faith, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under
the Indenture shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided
herein, then, in every such case, the holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Securities at the time outstanding, by written notice to the Company and
to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but
no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under
this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned
because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have
been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the
Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities shall be restored
respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights,
remedies and powers of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the
Securities shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
SECTION 5.02. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES ON DEFAULT; SUIT THEREFOR.
The Company covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the
payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities as and when
the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for
a period of 30 days, or (b) in case default shall be made in the payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, on any of the Securities as and when the same
shall have become due and payable, whether at maturity of the Securities or upon
prepayment or by declaration of acceleration of maturity or otherwise, then,
upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit
of the holders of the Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become
due and payable on all such Securities for principal and premium, if any, or
interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal
and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law and, if the Securities are held by Orion
Capital Trust II or a trustee of such trust, without duplication of any other
amounts paid by Orion Capital Trust II or a trustee in respect thereof) upon the
overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities; and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including a reasonable compensation to the Trustee,
its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses or liabilities incurred by
the Trustee hereunder other than through its negligence or bad faith.
In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon
such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law
or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute
any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any
such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company or any other obligor on the Securities wherever situated the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for
the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities under
Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver
or trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Company or such
other obligor, or in the case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative
to the Company or other obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or
property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.02,
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or
otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal
and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and, in case of any
judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for
reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made,
by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, except as a result of negligence or
bad faith) and of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings
relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Securities, or to the
creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, unless prohibited by
applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the holders of the
Securities in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement,
reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or
person performing similar functions in comparable proceedings, and to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and
expenses; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization
is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make such payments to the
Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as
shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each
predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all
other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee
and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture,
or under any of the Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities, or the production thereof in any trial or
other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by
the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and
any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the
Securities.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders
of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the
Securities parties to any such proceedings.
SECTION 5.03. APPLICATION OF MONEYS COLLECTED BY TRUSTEE.
Any moneys collected by the Trustee shall be applied in the order
following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of
such moneys, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys have
been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee under
Section 6.06, including the costs and expenses of collection applicable to the
Securities and reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and
counsel, and of all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances
made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith;
Second: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if
and to the extent required by Article XV;
Third: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities in
respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become due and be
unpaid, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities, in respect of
which or for the benefit of which money has been collected, ratably, without
preference of priority of any kind, according to the amounts due on such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
Fourth: To the Company.
SECTION 5.04. PROCEEDINGS BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
No holder of any Security shall have any right by virtue of or by
availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written
notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the
Securities specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided, and
unless also the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding shall have made written request upon the
Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it
may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein
or thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action,
suit or proceeding, and during such 60 days the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding do not give a
direction to the Trustee inconsistent with the request, it being understood and
intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every
Security with every other taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more
holders of Securities 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 holder of Securities, or to obtain or seek to
obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any
right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, however, the
right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of
(premium, if any) and interest on such Security, on or after the same shall have
become due and payable, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder
and by accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and
covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security with every other such taker
and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities shall have
any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any
other Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to
any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all
holders of Securities. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of
this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to
such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
The Company and the Trustee acknowledge that pursuant to the
Declaration, the holders of Capital Securities are entitled, in the
circumstances and subject to the limitations set forth therein, to commence a
Direct Action with respect to any Event of Default under this Indenture and the
Securities.
SECTION 5.05. PROCEEDINGS BY TRUSTEE.
In case an Event of Default occurs with respect to Securities and is
continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the
rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings
as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such
rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in
bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right
vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
SECTION 5.06. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE AND CONTINUING.
Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.08, all powers
and remedies given by this Article V to the Trustee or to the Securityholders
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of
any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the
Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or
otherwise established with respect to the Securities, and no delay or omission
of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right
or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as
aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a
waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.04, every power and remedy given by this Article V or by
law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Securityholders.
SECTION 5.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by
MAJORITY OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, however, that
(subject to the provisions of Section 6.01) the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee shall determine that the
action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the holders not taking part
in such direction or if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the
action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in
good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a
trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers, shall
determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee
in personal liability. Prior to any declaration accelerating the Stated Maturity
of the Securities, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the
Securities waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences
except a Default (a) in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on any of the Securities or (b) in respect of covenants or provisions
hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of
each Security affected; provided, however, that if the Securities are held by
the Property Trustee, such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be
effective until the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of
Trust Securities shall have consented to such waiver or modification to such
waiver; provided, further, that if the consent of the holder of each outstanding
Security is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each holder of
the Trust Securities shall have consented to such waiver. Upon any such waiver,
the Default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this
Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities shall
be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall
have been waived as permitted by this Section 5.07, said Default or Event of
Default shall for all purposes of the Securities and this Indenture be deemed to
have been cured and to be not continuing.
SECTION 5.08. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a Default
with respect to the Securities mail to all Securityholders, as the names and
addresses of such holders appear upon the Security register, notice of all
Defaults known to the Trustee, unless such Defaults shall have been cured before
the giving of such notice (the term "Defaults" for the purpose of this Section
5.08 being hereby defined to be the events specified in clauses (a), (b), (c),
(d) and (e) of Section 5.01, not including periods of grace, if any, provided
for therein, and irrespective of the giving of written notice specified in
clause (c) of Section 5.01); and provided that, except in the case of Default in
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as the board of directors of the Trustee, the executive committee thereof,
or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in
good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of
the Securityholders; and provided further, that in the case of any Default of
the character specified in Section 5.01(c), no such notice to Securityholders
shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof but shall be
given within 90 days after such occurrence.
SECTION 5.09. UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Security
by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the
merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but
the provisions of this Section 5.09 shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or group of
Securityholders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of
the Securities outstanding at the time outstanding, or to any suit instituted by
any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Security against the Company on or after the
same shall have become due and payable.
ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.01. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE.
With respect to the holders of the Securities issued hereunder, the
Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or
waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform
such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or
waived) the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as
a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct, except that
(a)...prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred:
..................(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee
shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as
are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
..................(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture;
but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture;
(b)...the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless it
shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and
(c)...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 Securityholders pursuant to Section 5.07, relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Indenture.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the
repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the
terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not
reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 6.02. RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS, OPINIONS, ETC.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:
(a)...the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, debenture or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b)...any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein may be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate
(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed);
and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;
(c)...the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any
advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d)...the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which may be incurred therein or thereby;
(e)...the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; nothing
contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured or waived), to
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;
(f)...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, consent, order, approval, bond,
debenture, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do
so by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time outstanding; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable
time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred
by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of
this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such
expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; and
(g)...the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents
(including any Authenticating Agent) or attorneys, and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or
attorney appointed by it with due care.
SECTION 6.03. NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECITALS, ETC.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except in the
certificate of authentication of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent) shall
be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee and the
Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent make no representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee and
the Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of any Securities or the proceeds of any Securities authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 6.04. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or
REGISTRAR MAY OWN SECURITIES.
The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent or any paying agent or any
transfer agent or any Security registrar, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, paying agent, transfer
agent or Security registrar.
SECTION 6.05. MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04, all moneys received by
the Trustee or any paying agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided,
be held in trust for the purpose for which they were received, but need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
and any paying agent shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all
interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time upon the
written order of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
the President or a Vice President or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of
the Company.
SECTION 6.06. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF TRUSTEE.
The Company, as borrower, covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee
from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as
shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the Trustee (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust), and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee
upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ)
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its
negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify each of the
Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and
employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage,
claim, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the
income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of
the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the
Company under this Section 6.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to
pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall
constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall
be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds
held or collected by the Trustee in its capacity as such, except funds held in
trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities.
Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under
applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(d) or Section
5.01(e), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its
counsel) and the compensation for the services of the Trustee as provided for
herein 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 6.07. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AS EVIDENCE.
Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.01 and 6.02, whenever in
the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or
omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect
thereof is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or
bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such
certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
SECTION 6.08. CONFLICTING INTEREST OF TRUSTEE.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest"
within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and
the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 6.09. ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation organized
and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state
or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia or a corporation or other
Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission authorized under such laws
to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000) and subject to supervision or
examination by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority.
If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.09 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.
The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as
Trustee.
In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.09, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.10. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.
(a)...The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed,
may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the
Company and by mailing notice thereof to the holders of the Securities at their
addresses as they shall appear on the Security register. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or
trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If
no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
within 60 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the affected
Securityholders, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder
who has been a bona fide holder of a Security for at least six months may,
subject to the provisions of Section 5.09, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor
trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b)...In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
..................(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for
at least six months, or
..................(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder, or
..................(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall
be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control
of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the
successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 5.09, any
Securityholder 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 and the
appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice,
if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee.
(c)...The holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and
nominate a successor trustee, which shall be deemed appointed as successor
trustee unless within 10 days after such nomination the Company objects thereto
or if no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted
appointment within 30 days after such removal, in which case the Trustee so
removed or any Securityholder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in
subsection (a) of this Section 6.10 provided, may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee.
(d)...Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 6.11.
SECTION 6.11. ACCEPTANCE BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor trustee
an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring trustee shall become effective and such
successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but,
nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor trustee,
the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it
pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee
so ceasing to act and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
trustee all property and money held by such retiring trustee thereunder. Upon
request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to
such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act
shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property or funds held or collected
by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of
Section 6.06.
No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 6.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be qualified under the provisions of Section 6.08 and eligible under the
provisions of Section 6.09.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 6.11, the Company shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to the holders of Securities at their addresses as they shall
appear on the Security register. If the Company fails to mail such notice within
10 Business Days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee,
the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
Company.
SECTION 6.12. SUCCESSION BY MERGER, ETC.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to
the trusts created by this Indenture any Securities shall have been
authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the
certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such
Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities
shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate
such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name
of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the
full force which the Securities or this Indenture elsewhere provides that the
certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to
adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or
authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only
to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 6.13. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS A CREDITOR.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject
to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein.
SECTION 6.14. AUTHENTICATING AGENTS.
There may be one or more Authenticating Agents appointed by the
Trustee upon the request of the Company with power to act on its behalf and
subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Securities issued
upon exchange or registration of transfer thereof as fully to all intents and
purposes as though any such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized
to authenticate and deliver Securities; provided, that the Trustee shall have no
liability to the Company for any acts or omissions of the Authenticating Agent
with respect to the authentication and delivery of Securities. Any such
Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States or of any state or territory
thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to act as
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and being subject to supervision or examination by federal, state,
territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or the requirements of
such authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.14 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 an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect herein specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business
of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent
hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this
Section 6.14 without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving
such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time
any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 6.14, the
Trustee may, and upon the request of the Company shall, promptly appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent eligible under this Section 6.14, shall give
written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall mail notice of such
appointment to all Securityholders as the names and addresses of such holders
appear on the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights,
powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like
effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein.
The Company, as borrower, agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent
from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. Any Authenticating
Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as
such in accordance with the directions of the Trustee.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.01. ACTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a
specified percentage in principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding may take any action (including the making of any demand or request,
the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action)
the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such
specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument
or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such Securityholders
in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of
such holders of Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such
Securityholders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of
Article VIII, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any
such record of such a meeting of such Securityholders.
If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the
Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, fix in
advance a record date for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date
is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only
the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall
be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether
Securityholders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Securities have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the
outstanding Securities shall be computed as of the record date; provided,
however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such
Securityholders on the 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.
SECTION 7.02. PROOF OF EXECUTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, 6.02 and 8.05, proof of
the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy shall
be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory
to the Trustee. The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register or by a certificate of the Security registrar. The Trustee may require
such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem
necessary.
The record of any Securityholders' meeting shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 8.06.
SECTION 7.03. WHO ARE DEEMED ABSOLUTE OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent,
any transfer agent and any Security registrar may deem the person in whose name
such Security shall be registered upon the Security Register to be, and may
treat him as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security
shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal of and premium, if any, and, subject to Section 2.06, interest on such
Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any Authenticating Agent nor any paying agent nor any transfer agent nor any
Security registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such
payments so made to any holder for the time being or upon his order shall be
valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and
discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Security.
SECTION 7.04. SECURITIES OWNED BY COMPANY DEEMED NOT OUTSTANDING.
In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount
of Securities at the time outstanding have concurred in any direction, consent
or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Company or any
other obligor on the Securities or by any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company or any other obligor on the Securities shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that
for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities which the
Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the
purposes of this Section 7.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction
of the Trustee the pledgee's right to vote such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any such other obligor or person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right,
any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full
protection to the Trustee.
SECTION 7.05. REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND.
At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee,
as provided in Section 7.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the
percentage in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding
specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a
Security (or any Security issued in whole or in part in exchange or substitution
therefor) the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in
the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing
written notice with the Trustee at the principal office of the Trustee and upon
proof of holding as provided in Section 7.02, revoke such action so far as
concerns such Security (or so far as concerns the principal amount represented
by any exchanged or substituted Security). Except as aforesaid any such action
taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of any
Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or
not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security or any Security
issued in exchange or substitution therefor.
ARTICLE VIII
SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS
SECTION 8.01. PURPOSE OF MEETINGS.
A meeting of Securityholders may be called at any time and from time
to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article VIII for any of the following
purposes:
(a)...to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to
give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any Default
hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be
taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article V;
(b)...to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee
pursuant to the provisions of Article VI;
(c)...to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02; or
(d)...to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on
behalf of the holders of any specified principal amount of such Securities at
the time outstanding under any other provision of this Indenture or under
applicable law.
SECTION 8.02. CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders to
take any action specified in Section 8.01, to be held at such time and at such
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Trustee shall
determine. Notice of every meeting of the Securityholders, setting forth the
time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to
be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to holders of Securities at their
addresses as they shall appear on the Securities Register. Such notice shall be
mailed not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting.
SECTION 8.03. CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR SECURITYHOLDERS.
In case at any time the Company pursuant to a resolution of the
Board of Directors, or the holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting of Securityholders, by written request setting forth in reasonable
detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not
have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such
request, then the Company or such Securityholders may determine the time and the
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such meeting and may
call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 8.01, by mailing
notice thereof as provided in Section 8.02.
SECTION 8.04. QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders a Person
shall (a) be a holder of one or more Securities or (b) a Person appointed by an
instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or more Securities. The only
Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their
counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any
representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 8.05. REGULATIONS.
(a)...Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the
Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any
meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and
of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and
other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the
conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
(b)...The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by
the Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 8.03, in which case the
Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in
like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting.
(c)...Subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, at any meeting each
holder of Securities or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each
$1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by him; provided,
however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting
to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote
other than by virtue of Securities held by him or instruments in writing as
aforesaid duly designating him as the Person to vote on behalf of other
Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8.02 or 8.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a
majority of those present, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting
may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
(d)...The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of holders of
Securities; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting
with respect to a consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization,
direction or other action which may be given by the holders of not less than a
specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Securities, the
Persons holding or representing such specified percentage in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum
within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall,
if convened at the request of holders of Securities, be dissolved. In any other
case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as
determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 8.02, except that such notice need be given only
once not less than five days prior the date on which the meeting is scheduled to
be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state
expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the
outstanding Securities which shall constitute a quorum.
(e)...Except as limited by the first proviso to the first paragraph
of Section 9.02, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly
reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities; provided, however, that, except as limited by the first
proviso to the first paragraph of Section 9.02, any resolution with respect to
any consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other
action which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the holders of
not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened
and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of
the holders of not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities.
(f)...Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of
holders of Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding
on all the holders of Securities whether or not present or represented at the
meeting.
SECTION 8.06. VOTING.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of
Securities shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial
number or numbers of the Securities held or represented by them. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count
all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make
and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in
triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the
proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and
affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a
copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as
provided in Section 8.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the
Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be
signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of
the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the
other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached
thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. The holders of the Initial Securities
and the Exchange Securities shall vote for all purposes as a single class.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of
the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
The Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time
amend this Indenture, without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or
more of the following purposes:
(a)...to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor
corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company pursuant
to Article X hereof;
(b)...to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants,
restrictions or conditions for the protection of the Securityholders as the
Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of
the Securityholders, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and
continuance, of a Default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions or
conditions a Default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or
any of the remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided,
however, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction or
condition, such amendment 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 provide for an immediate enforcement upon such Default or
may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such Default;
(c)...to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Securities
in coupon form if allowed by law (including Securities registrable as to
principal only) and to provide for exchangeability of such Securities with the
Securities issued hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate
changes for such purpose;
(d)...to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture; provided that any such action shall not
materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Securities;
(e)...to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Securities;
(f)...to make provision for transfer procedures, certification,
book-entry provisions, the form of restricted securities legends, if any, to be
placed on Securities, and all other matters required pursuant to Section 2.07 or
otherwise necessary, desirable or appropriate in connection with the issuance of
Securities to holders of Capital Securities in the event of a distribution of
Securities by Orion Capital Trust II following a Dissolution Event;
(g)...to qualify or maintain qualification of this Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act; or
(h)...to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights
of any Securityholder in any material respect.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the
execution of any supplemental indenture to effect such amendment, to make any
further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained
and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property
thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its
discretion, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any amendment to this Indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent
of the holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding
any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.02. WITH CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS.
(a)...With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 7.01) of
the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may from time to time and at any time amend this Indenture for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
holders of the Securities; provided, however, that no such amendment shall
without the consent of the holders of each Security then outstanding and
affected hereby (i) extend the Stated Maturity of any Security, or reduce the
rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon (except as contemplated
by Article XVI), or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce any amount
payable on prepayment thereof, or make the principal thereof or any interest or
premium thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in the
Securities, or impair or affect the right of any Securityholder to institute
suit for payment thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities
the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment to this
Indenture; provided, however, that if the Securities are held by Orion Capital
Trust II, such amendment shall not be effective until the holders of a majority
in liquidation amount of Trust Securities shall have consented to such
amendment; provided, further, that if the consent of the holder of each
outstanding Security is required, such amendment shall not be effective until
each holder of the Trust Securities shall have consented to such amendment.
(b)...Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors certified by its Secretary or Assistant
Secretary authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture affecting such
amendment, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
Securityholders 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 in its discretion, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
(c)...Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, prepared
by the Company, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders as their names and addresses
appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
(d)...It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Securityholders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT; EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES.
Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of
this Article IX shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX, this
Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance
therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties
and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders
of Securities shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder,
subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms
and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be
part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.04. NOTATION ON SECURITIES.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture affecting such series pursuant to the provisions of this
Article IX may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall
so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company, authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and delivered
in exchange for the Securities then outstanding.
SECTION 9.05. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE
FURNISHED TRUSTEE.
(a)...The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and
6.02, may receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto
complies with the requirements of this Article IX.
(b)...The Trustee may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is
authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that
it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the
execution thereof.
ARTICLE X
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE
SECTION 10.01. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company, as the case may be), or
successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or
successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance,
transfer or lease of the property of the Company or its successor or successors
as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or
not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors) authorized to
acquire and operate the same; provided, that (a) the Company is the surviving
Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, conveyance, transfer
or lease of property is made is a Person organized and existing under the laws
of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and (b)
upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, the
due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on the Securities according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance
and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept
or performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental
indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as
then in effect) satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to
the Trustee by the Person formed by such consolidation, or into which the
Company shall have been merged, or by the Person which shall have acquired such
property, and (c) after giving effect to such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or lease, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 10.02. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR COMPANY.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer
and upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by supplemental indenture,
executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee,
of the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on all of the Securities and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed or observed by the Company, such successor Person shall succeed to and
be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named
herein as the party of the first part, and the Company thereupon shall be
relieved of any further liability or obligation hereunder or upon the
Securities. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and may
issue either in its own name or in the name of Orion Capital Corporation, any or
all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been
signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent;
and, upon the order of such successor Person instead of the Company and subject
to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any
Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers
of the Company to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for authentication,
and any Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be
signed and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for that
purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal
rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or
thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all
of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
SECTION 10.03. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO BE GIVEN TRUSTEE.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02,
may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any consolidation,
merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, and any assumption, permitted or
required by the terms of this Article X, complies with the provisions of this
Article X.
ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 11.01. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation
all Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities which shall
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.08) and not theretofore cancelled, or (b) all the
Securities not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become
due and payable within one year or are to be called for prepayment within one
year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
prepayment, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, funds
sufficient to pay on the Stated Maturity or upon prepayment all of the
Securities (other than any Securities which shall have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.08)
not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to
the Stated Maturity or prepayment date, as the case may be, but excluding,
however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of principal (or premium, if
any) or interest on the Securities (1) theretofore repaid to the Company in
accordance with the provisions of Section 11.04, or (2) paid to any State or to
the District of Columbia pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws, and
if in either case the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.02, 2.07, 2.08, 3.01,
3.02, 3.04, 6.06, 6.10 and 11.04 hereof, which shall survive until such
Securities shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections 6.06, 6.10 and 11.04
shall survive, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by any
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, to the effect that all
conditions to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been
satisfied, and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture, the
Company, however, hereby agreeing to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or
expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee in
connection with this Indenture or the Securities.
SECTION 11.02. DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE
HELD IN TRUST BY TRUSTEE. _
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04, all moneys and U.S.
Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01 or
11.05 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly
or through any paying agent (including the Company if acting as its own paying
agent), to the holders of the particular Securities for the payment of which
such moneys or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee,
of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (premium, if any) and
interest.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 11.05 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the holders of outstanding Securities.
SECTION 11.03. PAYING AGENT TO REPAY MONEYS HELD.
Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys
then held by any paying agent of the Securities (other than the Trustee) shall,
upon written demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and
thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such moneys.
SECTION 11.04. RETURN OF UNCLAIMED MONEYS.
Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent
for payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on
Securities and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the holders of Securities
for two years after the date upon which the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) or interest on such Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due
and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such paying agent
on written demand; and the holder of any of the Securities shall thereafter look
only to the Company for any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect
and all liability of the Trustee or such paying agent with respect to such
moneys shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 11.05. DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS.
The Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined
below) from its obligations with respect to the Securities on the 123rd day
after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied with respect
to the Securities:
(a) The Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocably with the Trustee or the Defeasance Agent (as defined below) as trust
funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,
the benefit of the holders of the Securities (i) money in an amount, or (ii)
U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal
in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than
one Business Day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or
(iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to
(ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee and the Defeasance Agent, if any, to pay and discharge each installment
of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the outstanding Securities
on the dates such installments of principal, premium or interest are due;
(b) if the Securities are then listed on any national securities
exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Defeasance
Agent, if any, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the exercise of the
option under this Section 11.05 would not cause such Securities to be delisted
from such exchange;
(c) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; and
(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and the
Defeasance Agent, if any, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that holders of
the Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal
income tax purposes as a result of the exercise of the option under this Section
11.05 and will be subject to United States federal income tax in the same amount
and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
option had not been exercised, and such opinion shall be accompanied by a
private letter ruling to that effect received from the United States Internal
Revenue Service or a revenue ruling pertaining to a comparable form of
transaction to that effect published by the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
"Discharged" means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Securities and to have
satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities
(and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of holders of
Securities to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above,
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and the interest on the
Securities when such payments are due; (B) the Company's obligations with
respect to the Securities under Sections 2.07, 2.08, 5.02 and 11.04; and (C) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.
"Defeasance Agent" means another financial institution which is
eligible to act as Trustee hereunder and which assumes all of the obligations of
the Trustee necessary to enable the Trustee to act hereunder. In the event such
a Defeasance Agent is appointed pursuant to this Section, the following
conditions shall apply:
(a) The Trustee shall have approval rights over the document
appointing such Defeasance Agent and the document setting forth such Defeasance
Agent's rights and responsibilities; and
(b) The Defeasance Agent shall provide verification to the Trustee
acknowledging receipt of sufficient money and/or U.S. Government Obligations to
meet the applicable conditions set forth in this Section 11.05.
SECTION 11.06. REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or any Defeasance Agent is unable to apply any money
in accordance with Section 11.05 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason
of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations
under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section ll.05 until such time as the
Trustee or any Defeasance Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 11.05.
ARTICLE XII
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 12.01. INDENTURE AND SECURITIES SOLELY CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest on any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of the Company in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of
the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or
future, of the Company or of any successor Person to the Company, either
directly or through the Company, any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a
condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issue of the Securities.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 13.01. SUCCESSORS.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this
Indenture contained by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns whether
so expressed or not.
SECTION 13.02. OFFICIAL ACTS BY SUCCESSOR CORPORATION.
Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized
or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the
Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the
like board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be
the lawful sole successor of the Company.
SECTION 13.03. SURRENDER OF COMPANY POWERS.
The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of 2/3
(two-thirds) of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may
surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so
surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any successor
Person.
SECTION 13.04. ADDRESS FOR NOTICES, ETC.
Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is
required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the holders of
Securities on the Company may be given or served by being deposited postage
prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed
(until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee for the purpose)
to the Company, 0 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Any notice,
direction, request or demand by any Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall
be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or
made in writing at the office of the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration.
SECTION 13.05. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract
made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of said State, without
regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
SECTION 13.06. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that in the opinion of
the signers 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 have been complied with.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that the Person
making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (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 such Person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 13.07. BUSINESS DAYS.
In any case where the date of payment of principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on the Securities will not be a Business Day, the payment of
such principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities need not be
made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, with the
same force and effect as if made on the date of payment and no interest shall
accrue for the period from and after such date.
SECTION 13.08. TRUST INDENTURE ACT TO CONTROL.
If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture which
is required to be included in this Indenture by any of Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, such required provision shall
control.
SECTION 13.09. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles
and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or
restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 13.10. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.
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 and the same instrument.
SECTION 13.11. SEPARABILITY.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall for any reason be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities, but this Indenture and the Securities shall be construed as if
such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained
herein or therein.
SECTION 13.12. ASSIGNMENT.
The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its
rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly owned
Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of any such assignment,
the Company will remain liable for all such obligations. Subject to the
foregoing, the Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the
parties thereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may
not otherwise be assigned by the parties hereto.
SECTION 13.13. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RIGHTS.
The Company acknowledges that, with respect to any Securities held
by Orion Capital Trust II or a trustee of such Trust, if the Property Trustee of
such Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the holder of the
Securities held as the assets of Orion Capital Trust II, any holder of Capital
Securities may institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to
enforce such Property Trustee's rights under this Indenture without first
instituting any legal proceedings against such Property Trustee or any other
person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the
Company to pay principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities
when due, the Company acknowledges that a holder of Capital Securities may
directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities having a
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities of such holder on or after the respective due date specified in the
Securities.
ARTICLE XIV
CONDITIONAL RIGHT TO SHORTEN MATURITY;
PREPAYMENT OF SECURITIES -- NO SINKING FUND
SECTION 14.01. SPECIAL EVENT PREPAYMENT.
If a Special Event has occurred and is continuing, then the Company
shall have the right, upon (i) not less than 45 days written notice to the
Trustee and (ii) not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days written notice to
the Securityholders, to prepay the Securities, in whole (but not in part), at
any time within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event, at the
Special Event Prepayment Price. Following a Special Event, the Company shall
take such action as is necessary promptly to determine the Special Event
Prepayment Price, including without limitation the appointment by the Company of
a Quotation Agent. The Special Event Prepayment Price shall be paid prior to
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of such prepayment or such earlier
time as the Company determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Special Event Prepayment Price by 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on the date such Special Event Prepayment Price is to
be paid.
SECTION 14.02. OPTIONAL PREPAYMENT BY COMPANY.
Subject to the provisions of this Article XIV, the Company shall have the
right to prepay the Securities, in whole or in part, at any time and from time
to time, at the optional prepayment price equal to the Optional Prepayment
Price.
If the Securities are only partially prepaid pursuant to this
Section 14.02, the Securities to be prepaid will be chosen PRO RATA or by lot or
by any other method utilized by the Trustee; provided that, as to Securities
registered as a Global Security at the time of prepayment, the Depositary shall
determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of such
Securities held by each holder of a Security to be prepaid. The Optional
Prepayment Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
date of such prepayment or at such earlier time as the Company determines,
provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to
pay the Optional Prepayment Price by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date such
Optional Prepayment Price is to be paid.
SECTION 14.03. NO SINKING FUND.
The Securities are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
SECTION 14.04. NOTICE OF PREPAYMENT; SELECTION OF SECURITIES.
In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to prepay
all, or, as the case may be, any part of the Securities in accordance with their
terms, it shall fix a date for prepayment and shall mail a notice of such
prepayment at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
prepayment to the holders of Securities so to be prepaid as a whole or in part
at their last addresses as the same appear on the Security Register. Such
mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice if mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by
mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any Security designated for
prepayment as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the prepayment of any other Security.
Each such notice of prepayment shall specify the CUSIP number of the
Securities to be prepaid, the date fixed for prepayment, the prepayment price at
which the Securities are to be prepaid (or the method by which such prepayment
price is to be calculated), the place or places of payment that payment will be
made upon presentation and surrender of the Securities, that interest accrued to
the date fixed for prepayment will be paid as specified in said notice, and that
on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be prepaid
will cease to accrue. If less than all the Securities are to be prepaid the
notice of prepayment shall specify the numbers of the Securities to be prepaid.
In case any Security is to be prepaid in part only, the notice of prepayment
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be prepaid and shall
state that on and after the date fixed for prepayment, upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the
unprepaid portion thereof will be issued.
Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the prepayment date
specified in the notice of prepayment given as provided in this Section, the
Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an
amount of money sufficient to prepay on the prepayment date all the Securities
so called for prepayment at the appropriate Prepayment Price, together with
accrued interest to the date fixed for prepayment.
The Company will give the Trustee notice not less than 45 days prior
to the prepayment date as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
prepaid and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion
it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Securities or portions thereof (in
integral multiples of $1,000, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable
form of Security) to be prepaid.
SECTION 14.05. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES CALLED FOR PREPAYMENT.
If notice of prepayment has been given as provided in Section 14.04,
the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to which such notice has
been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places
stated in such notice at the applicable Prepayment Price, together with interest
accrued to the date fixed for prepayment (subject to the rights of holders of
Securities on the close of business on a Regular Record Date in respect of an
Interest Payment Date occurring on or prior to the prepayment date), and on and
after said date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
Securities at the Prepayment Price, together with interest accrued to said date)
interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for prepayment
shall cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a
place of payment specified in said notice, the said Securities or the specified
portions thereof shall be paid and prepaid by the Company at the applicable
Prepayment Price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for
prepayment (subject to the rights of holders of Securities on the close of
business on a Regular Record Date in respect of an Interest Payment Date
occurring on or prior to the prepayment date).
Upon presentation of any Security prepaid in part only, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or
Securities of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the
unprepaid portion of the Security so presented.
SECTION 14.06. CONDITIONAL RIGHT TO SHORTEN MATURITY.
If a Tax Event occurs, then the Company will have the right, prior
to the termination of the Trust, either (i) to shorten the Stated Maturity of
the Securities to the minimum extent required, but not to a date earlier than
April 15, 2018 such that, in the written opinion of counsel experienced in such
matters delivered to the Company, after shortening the Stated Maturity, interest
paid on the Securities shall be deductible for federal income tax purposes (the
action referred to above being referred to herein as a "Tax Event Maturity
Shortening") or (ii) to prepay the Securities. The circumstances under which the
Company has the right to prepay the Securities in connection with a Tax Event is
referred to herein as a "Conditional Tax Redemption Event" and, since a
Conditional Tax Redemption Event is deemed to be a Special Event, the Securities
shall then be subject to prepayment in accordance with the provisions of Section
14.01.
ARTICLE XV
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 15.01. AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of Securities
issued hereunder likewise covenants and agrees, that the Securities shall be
issued subject to the provisions of this Article XV; and each holder of a
Security, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof,
accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The payment by the Company of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on all Securities issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the
manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of the Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the
date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.
No provision of this Article XV shall prevent the occurrence of any
Default or Event of Default hereunder.
SECTION 15.02. DEFAULT ON SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
In the event and during the continuation of any default by the
Company in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due
on any Senior Indebtedness, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior
Indebtedness has been accelerated because of a default, then, in either case, no
payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal (including
prepayment) of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities.
In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities,
then no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal
(including prepayments) of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities
until the holders of all Senior Indebtedness outstanding at the time of such
acceleration shall receive payment in full of all amounts due in respect of such
Senior Indebtedness (including any amounts due upon acceleration).
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall
be received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the preceding
paragraph of this Section 15.02, such payment shall be held in trust for the
benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees
under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Indebtedness may have
been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent of
the amounts due in respect of such Senior Indebtedness and only to the extent
that the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or their representative or
representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in writing, within 90 days of
such payment, of the amounts then due and owing on such Senior Indebtedness and
only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 15.03. LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY.
Upon any payment by the Company or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of
the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due upon all Senior Indebtedness
of the Company shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in
money in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made by the Company on
account of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities;
and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization,
any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind
or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the
Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled to receive from the Company,
except for the provisions of this Article XV, shall be paid by the Company or by
any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person
making such payment or distribution, or by the Securityholders or by the Trustee
under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the
respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, as calculated by
the Company) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such
Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may
appear, to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full, in
money or money's worth, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any
payment or distribution is made to the Securityholders or to the Trustee.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the
Trustee before all amounts in respect of Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, or
provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, such
payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be
paid over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their
representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, and their respective interests may appear, as calculated
by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all amounts due in respect of
such Senior Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with its terms, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the benefit of
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
For purposes of this Article XV, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation
provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which
is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article XV with respect
to the Securities to the payment of Senior Indebtedness that may at the time be
outstanding, provided that (i) such Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new
corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and
(ii) the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness are not, without the
consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The
consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another
Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the sale,
conveyance, transfer or lease of its property as an entirety, or substantially
as an entirety, to another Person upon the terms and conditions provided for in
Article X of this Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 15.03 if such
other Person shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
transfer or lease, comply with the conditions stated in Article X of this
Indenture. Nothing in Section 15.02 or in this Section 15.03 shall apply to
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.05 of this
Indenture.
SECTION 15.04. SUBROGATION.
Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due in respect of
Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the Securityholders shall be subrogated to
the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company, as the case may
be, applicable to such Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the
purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the
Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of
this Article XV, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article
XV to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by
Securityholders or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors
other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the
Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such
Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XV are
and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the
holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article XV or elsewhere in this Indenture
or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and the
holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Securities the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall
become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or
shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Securities and creditors
of the Company, as the case may be, other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, nor shall anything herein or
therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Security from exercising all
remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon a Default under this
Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XV of the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the
Company, as the case may be, received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred
to in this Article XV, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of
this Indenture, and the Securityholders shall be entitled conclusively to rely
upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are
pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation
trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to
the Trustee or to the Securityholders, for the purposes of ascertaining the
Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, the
amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed
thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XV.
SECTION 15.05. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.
Each Securityholder by such Securityholder's acceptance thereof
authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Securityholder's behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
provided in this Article XV and appoints the Trustee such Securityholder's
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 15.06. NOTICE BY THE COMPANY.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the
making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article XV or any other provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that
would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV, unless
and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or
from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice,
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, shall be
entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however,
that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this
Section 15.06 at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the
terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on
any Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to
apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within three
Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this
Indenture, shall be entitled conclusively to rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company (or a trustee on behalf of such holder), to
establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event
that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with
respect to the right of any Person as a holder of such Senior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XV, the
Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by
such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such
Person under this Article XV, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as
to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred
to in this Article XV, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall be entitled to
rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization,
dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a
certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian,
receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other person making
such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon,
the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article XV.
SECTION 15.07. RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE; HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article XV in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any
time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness,
and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as
such holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company,
the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XV, and no implied
covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such 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 such Senior Indebtedness and,
subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not
be liable to any holder of such Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or
deliver to Securityholders, the Company or any other Person money or assets to
which any holder of such Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article XV or otherwise.
Nothing in this Article XV shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.06.
SECTION 15.08. SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness
of the Company to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in
any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of
the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder,
or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants
of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may
have or otherwise be charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing
paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time
and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the
Securityholders, without incurring responsibility to the Securityholders and
without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article XV or
the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Securities to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the
manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or
alter, such Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner
such Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement
under which such Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange,
release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise
securing such Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner
for the collection of such Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain
from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.
ARTICLE XVI
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 16.01. EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD.
(a) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the
term of the Securities, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest
payment period of such Securities for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods, including the first such semi-annual period during such
extension period (as set forth in Section 16.02(c)) (the "Extension Period"),
during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable, provided
that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Stated Maturity. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment of which has been deferred
because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this Section
16.01, will bear interest thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded semi-annually
for each semi-annual period of the Extension Period ("Compounded Interest"). At
the end of the Extension Period, the Company shall pay all interest accrued and
unpaid on the Securities, including any Additional Sums and Compounded Interest
(together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to the holders of the
Securities in whose names the Securities are registered in the Security Register
on the first record date immediately preceding the end of the Extension Period.
(b) During any such Extension Period, the Company may not, and may
not permit any Subsidiary to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions
on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to,
any of the Company's capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock),
(ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company (including Other
Debentures) that rank pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the
Securities or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by
the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company if such
guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the Securities
(other than (a) dividends or distributions in shares of or options, warrants or
rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, common stock of the Company, (b)
any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a
stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the
future, or the prepayment or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c)
payments under the Capital Securities Guarantee, (d) as a direct result of, and
only to the extent necessary to avoid the issuance of fractional shares of the
Company's capital stock following, a reclassification of the Company's capital
stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company's
capital stock for another class or series of the Company's capital stock, (e)
the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital stock
pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the
security being converted or exchanged, and (f) purchases of common stock related
to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit
plans for its directors, officers or employees or any of the Company's dividend
reinvestment plans). None of the Company's Subsidiaries will be prohibited from
declaring and paying cash distributions with respect to its capital stock or
from making payments with respect to its debt securities.
(c) Before the termination of any such Extension Period, the Company
may further defer payments of interest by further extending such period,
provided that such period, together with all such previous and further
extensions within such Extension Period, shall not exceed 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods, including the first such semi-annual period during such
Extension Period, or extend beyond the Stated Maturity. Upon the termination of
any Extension Period and the payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the
Company may elect to commence a new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing
requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period,
except at the end thereof, but the Company may prepay at any time all or any
portion of the interest accrued during an Extension Period.
SECTION 16.02. NOTICE OF EXTENSION.
(a) If the Property Trustee is the only registered holder of the
Securities at the time the Company selects an Extension Period, the Company
shall give written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee
and the Trustee of its selection of such Extension Period at least 5 Business
Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which distributions
on the Trust Securities issued by Orion Capital Trust II are payable, or (ii)
the date the Trust is required to give notice of the record date, or the date
such Distributions are payable, to any national securities exchange or to
holders of the Capital Securities issued by the Trust, but in any event at least
5 Business Days before such record date.
(b) If the Property Trustee is not the only holder of the Securities
at the time the Company selects an Extension Period, the Company shall give the
holders of the Securities and the Trustee written notice of its selection of
such Extension Period at least 10 Business Days before the earlier of (i) the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (ii) the date the Company is required
to give notice of the record or payment date of such interest payment to any
national securities exchange.
(c) The semi-annual period in which any notice is given pursuant to
paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 16.02 shall be counted as one of the 10
semi-annual periods permitted in the maximum Extension Period permitted under
Section 16.01. There is no limitation on the number of times that the Company
may elect to begin an Extension Period.
The Bank of New York hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture
declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of
the day and year first above written.
ORION CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Title:__Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:
Name:Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:Vice President
EXHIBIT A
[IF THE SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT: THIS SECURITY IS A
GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS
SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY 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) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS (A) THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"),
TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND (B) ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT HEREON 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 SINCE THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY
OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES NOT TO
OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY
"AFFILIATE" OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF
THIS SECURITY) EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) SO
LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A) THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS
GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO
OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN
THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7)
OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR
INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION
WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO
ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER,
SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY
OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY
TO THE COMPANY, AND (ii) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E), TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE
OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE REVERSE OF THIS SECURITY IS COMPLETED
AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEREE TO THE COMPANY. SUCH HOLDER FURTHER AGREES THAT
IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR
BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IS AVAILABLE.
No. CUSIP No.
ORION CAPITAL CORPORATION
7.701% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE
DUE APRIL 15, 2028
Orion Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company",
which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to The Bank of New
York, as Property Trustee, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
$129,000,000 on April 15, 2028 (the "Stated Maturity"), unless the Stated
Maturity is shortened under certain circumstances described herein or this
Debenture is previously prepaid, and to pay interest on the outstanding
principal amount hereof from February 5, 1998, or from the most recent interest
payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment Date") to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually (subject to deferral as set forth
herein) in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15,
1998, at the rate of 7.701% per annum until the principal hereof shall have
become due and payable, and on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and
(without duplication and to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest at the
same rate per annum compounded semi-annually. The amount of interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than 6 months, the actual months
elapsed and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period. In the
event that any date on which the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on this Security is payable is not a Business Day, then payment payable on such
date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without
any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), with the same force
and effect as if made on such date.
The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which shall be the
15th day preceding the relevant interest payment date. Any such interest
installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the holders on such Regular Record Date and may be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the
Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be
given to the holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such special
record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as maybe required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security
shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that
purpose in any coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time
of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided,
however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by
(i) check mailed to the holder at such address as shall appear in the Security
Register or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled
thereto, provided that proper written transfer instructions have been received
by the relevant record date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the
Holder of this Security is the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at such place
and to such account as may be designated by the Property Trustee.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is unsecured and, to the
extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of Senior Indebtedness, and this Security is issued
subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each holder of
this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each holder hereof, by his or
her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the
subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of
Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives
reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose
until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on
behalf of the Trustee.
The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side
hereof and such provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though
fully set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
executed.
ORION CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:___________________________
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Authorized Signatory
(FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY)
This Security is one of the Securities of the Company (herein
sometimes referred to as the "Securities"), specified in the Indenture, all
issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February
5, 1998 (the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered between the Company and
The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), to which Indenture reference
is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and
the holders of the Securities.
Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event, the Company
shall have the right to prepay this Security in whole (but not in part) at the
Special Event Prepayment Price. "Special Event Prepayment Price" shall mean,
with respect to any prepayment of the Securities following a Special Event, an
amount in cash equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof
or (ii) the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of the present values of
the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to
the prepayment date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than 6 months, the actual
months elapsed and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period) at
the Special Event Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each case, any accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, including Compounded Interest, Additional Interest and
Additional Sums, if any, to the date of such prepayment.
In addition, the Company shall have the right to prepay this
Security, in whole or in part, at any time (an "Optional Prepayment"), at the
Optional Prepayment Price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal
amount to be prepaid or (ii) the sum, as determined by a Quotation Agent, of the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal to be prepaid
and interest thereon discounted to the prepayment date on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted
Treasury Rate, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
date of prepayment and any Additional Sums.
The Special Event Prepayment Price and the Optional Prepayment
Price, as the case requires, shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York time,
on the date of such prepayment or at such earlier time as the Company
determines, provided, that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount
sufficient to pay the applicable Prepayment Price by 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the date such Prepayment Price is to be paid. Any prepayment pursuant
to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days
notice. If the Securities are only partially prepaid by the Company pursuant to
an Optional Prepayment, the Securities to be prepaid will be chosen by lot or by
any other method utilized by the Trustee; provided that, as to Securities
registered as a Global Security at the time of prepayment, the Depositary shall
determine the particular Securities to be prepaid in accordance with its
procedures.
In the event of prepayment of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities for the unprepaid portion hereof will be issued in the
name of the holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If a Tax Event occurs, then the Company will have the right, prior
to the termination of the Trust, either (i) to shorten the Stated Maturity of
this Security to the minimum extent, but not earlier than April 15, 2018, such
that, in the written opinion of counsel experienced in such matters delivered to
the Company, after shortening the Stated Maturity, interest paid on the
Securities shall be deductible for federal income tax purposes or (ii) to prepay
the Securities.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Securities may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities at the time outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute
supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of each
holder of Securities then outstanding and affected thereby, (i) extend the
Stated Maturity of any Securities, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or
reduce any amount payable on prepayment thereof, or reduce the rate or extend
the time of payment of interest thereon (subject to Article XVI of the
Indenture), or make the principal of, or interest or premium on, the Securities
payable in any coin or currency other than U.S. dollars, or impair or affect the
right of any holder of Securities to institute suit for the payment thereof, or
(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are
required to consent to any such supplemental indenture. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of all of the
holders of the Securities, to waive any past default in the performance of any
of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the
Indenture, and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities or a
Default in respect of any covenant or provision under which the Indenture cannot
be modified or amended without the consent of each holder of Securities then
outstanding. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Security (unless
revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Security and of any
Security issued in exchange heretofore or in place hereof (whether by
registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the time and place and at the
rate and in the money herein prescribed.
As long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term
of the Securities, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest
payment period of such Securities for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods, including the first such semi-annual period during such
extension period (an "Extension Period"), during which Extension Period no
interest shall be due and payable, provided that no Extension Period may extend
beyond the Stated Maturity of the Securities. At the end of the Extension
Period, the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid, together
with deferred interest thereon at the rate specified for the Securities (to the
extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law).
Before the termination of any such Extension Period, the Company may further
defer payments of interest by further extending such Extension Period, provided
that such Extension Period, together with all such previous and further
extensions within such Extension Period, shall not exceed 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods, including the first semi-annual period during such
Extension Period, or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the Securities. Upon
the termination of any such Extension Period and the payment of all accrued and
unpaid interest and any additional amounts then due, the Company may commence a
new Extension Period, subject to the foregoing requirements.
The Company has agreed that, if at any time (i) there shall have
occurred any event of which the Company has actual knowledge that (a) is, or
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would be, an Event of
Default and (b) in respect of which the Company shall not have taken reasonable
steps to cure, (ii) if such Securities are held by Orion Capital Trust I, the
Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under
the Capital Securities Guarantee, or (iii) the Company shall have given notice
of its election of the exercise of its right to extend the interest payment
period and any such extension shall be continuing, then the Company will not,
and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
(i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or prepay,
purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the
Company's capital stock) (which includes common and preferred stock);
(ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on
or repay or repurchase or prepay any debt securities of the Company that rank
pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the Securities; or
(iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by
the Company of the debt securities or any Subsidiary of the Company if such
guarantee ranks pari passu or junior in right of payment to the Securities ther
than (a) dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights
to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Common Stock of the Company, (b) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder
rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the
prepayment or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under
the Capital Securities Guarantee, (d) as a direct result of, and only to the
extent necessary to avoid the issuance of fractional shares of the Company's
capital stock following, a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or
the exchange or the conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital
stock for another class or series of the Company's capital stock, (e) the
purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital stock
pursuant to the exchange or conversion of such capital stock or the security
being exchanged or converted, and (f) purchases of Common Stock related to the
issuance of Common Stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit plans for
its directors, officers or employees or any of the Company's dividend
reinvestment plans. None of the Company's Subsidiaries will be prohibited from
declaring and paying cash distributions with respect to its capital stock or
from making payments with respect to its debt securities.
The Company will have the right at any time to dissolve Orion
Capital Trust II and cause the Securities to be distributed to the holders of
the Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons
in denominations of $1,000.00 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in
the Indenture and subject to the transfer restrictions limitations as may be
contained herein and therein from time to time, this Security is transferable by
the holder hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of
this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the
Trustee in the City and State of New York accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly
executed by the holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Securities of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and the registrar may deem
and treat the holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing
hereon made by anyone other than the Security registrar) for the purpose of
receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and premium, if any,
and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any registrar shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or
otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against
any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor Person, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance
hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly
waived and released.
All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT
OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.