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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 8, 1999
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SUMMIT BANCORP.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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NEW JERSEY 6711 22-1903313
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER) NO.)
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301 CARNEGIE CENTER
P.O. BOX 2066
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543-2066
(609) 987-3200
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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RICHARD F. OBER, JR., ESQ.
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
SUMMIT BANCORP.
301 CARNEGIE CENTER
P.O. BOX 2066
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543-2066
(609) 987-3430
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPIES TO:
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ROBERT M. LAROSE, ESQ. NORMAN D. SLONAKER, ESQ.
THOMPSON COBURN LLP BROWN & WOOD LLP
SUITE 3400 ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
ONE MERCANTILE CENTER 58TH FLOOR
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63101 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048
(314) 552-6000 (212) 839-5356
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO THE
PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration
Statement as determined in light of market conditions.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.
[ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box: [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, please check the
following box and list the Securities Act of 1933 registration statement number
of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the
Securities Act of 1933 registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [ ]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE PER AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED(1) REGISTERED(2) UNIT(3) PRICE PER UNIT(3) REGISTRATION FEE
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Debt Securities and Preferred Stock..... $1,000,000,000 100% $1,000,000,000 $278,000
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(1) Securities registered hereunder may be sold separately, together or as units
with other securities registered hereunder.
(2) Plus an additional principal amount of Debt Securities issued with an
original issue discount such that the aggregate initial offering price of
all securities registered hereunder will not exceed $1,000,000,000.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee.
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO
SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED , 1999
PROSPECTUS
$1,000,000,000
SUMMIT BANCORP.
DEBT SECURITIES
PREFERRED STOCK
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- - By this prospectus, we may offer from time to time up to $1,000,000,000 of
our:
- debt securities; and
- preferred stock.
- - When we offer securities, we will provide you with a prospectus supplement
describing the terms of the specific issue of securities, including the
offering price of the securities.
- - You should read this prospectus and the prospectus supplement relating to the
specific issue of securities carefully before you invest.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the
accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is , 1999.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements......... 2
Summit Bancorp....................... 3
Ratio Of Earnings To Fixed Charges
And Ratio of Earnings To Combined
Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
Dividends.......................... 4
Use Of Proceeds...................... 4
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Description Of Debt Securities....... 4
Description Of Preferred Stock....... 11
Plan Of Distribution................. 14
Legal Matters........................ 15
Experts.............................. 16
Where You Can Find Additional
Information........................ 16
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements contained in the section below entitled "Summit
Bancorp." and statements incorporated by reference from documents filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission by Summit are or may constitute
forward-looking statements. Because statements of this kind are subject to risks
and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or
implied by these forward-looking statements.
We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking
events discussed in this prospectus might not occur.
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You should rely on the information contained or incorporated by reference
in this prospectus. We have not, and any underwriters selected by us have not,
authorized any person to provide you with different information. If anyone
provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on
it. We are not, and any underwriters are not, making an offer to sell these
securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is
accurate as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus only. Our
business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have
changed since that date.
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SUMMIT BANCORP.
We are the largest New Jersey-based bank holding company based on total
consolidated assets. We own Summit Bank in New Jersey, Summit Bank in
Pennsylvania and Summit Bank in Connecticut, as well as several non-bank
subsidiaries. Our bank subsidiaries are engaged in a general banking business
and provide the following products and services:
- demand and interest bearing deposit accounts
- asset management accounts
- business, real estate, personal and installment loans
- lease financing, fiduciary, investment management, investment advisory,
custodial, correspondent, capital markets, financial advisory, money desk
and treasury services
- life and health insurance products and services
Our non-bank subsidiaries engage primarily in the following services:
- securities products and services
- life, health, property and casualty insurance products and services
- venture capital investment
- commercial finance lending
- lease financing
- asset based lending
- letter of credit issuance
- data processing
- reinsuring credit life and disability insurance policies related to
consumer loans made by the bank subsidiaries
Our principal executive offices are located at 301 Carnegie Center, P.O.
Box 2066, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2066 (telephone number (609) 987-3200).
In this prospectus, "Summit", "we", "us" and "our" refer to Summit Bancorp.
Summit is the issuer of all the securities offered under this prospectus.
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND RATIO OF EARNINGS TO
COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
Our consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and consolidated
ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividend
requirements for each of the periods indicated are set forth below:
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges:
Excluding Interest on Deposits...... 3.16x 3.19x 3.00x 3.21x 2.92x
Including Interest on Deposits...... 1.54x 1.55x 1.49x 1.61x 1.66x
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed
Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend
Requirements:
Excluding Interest on Deposits...... 3.13x 3.17x 2.98x 3.21x 2.92x
Including interest on Deposits...... 1.54x 1.55x 1.49x 1.61x 1.66x
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges is calculated by dividing earnings by
fixed charges. For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed
charges, earnings consist of earnings before income taxes plus interest and
one-third of net rental expense. Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits,
consist of interest on indebtedness, one-third of net rental expense (deemed to
be representative of the interest factor) and preferred stock dividend
requirements. Fixed charges, including interest on deposits, consists of the
foregoing items plus interest on deposits.
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividend
requirements is calculated similar to the ratio of earnings to fixed charges,
except for the amount of the preferred stock dividends, which are increased to
an amount representing the pre-tax earnings which would be required to cover
such dividend requirement.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the senior and
subordinated debt securities and preferred stock for general corporate purposes
in the ordinary course of business, including the reduction of indebtedness,
stock repurchases, investments in and advances to subsidiaries and possible
future acquisitions of bank and non-bank subsidiaries.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
We will issue senior debt securities under a Senior Indenture, dated as of
, 1999, between Summit and Citibank, N.A., as trustee. We will
issue subordinated debt securities under a Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
, 1999, between Summit and Citibank, N.A., as trustee. The
following summaries of some of the provisions of the indentures and the debt
securities are not complete and are subject to and are qualified in their
entirety by reference to all of the provisions of each of the indentures and the
related debt securities, which provisions of the indentures and the related debt
securities are incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used in this
prospectus which are not defined in this prospectus have the meaning as set
forth in the applicable indenture. Each of the indentures has been filed as an
exhibit to the registration statement of which this
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prospectus is a part. We will provide a copy of each of the indentures upon
request. See "Where You Can Find Additional Information."
The indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of the debt
securities that may be issued under the indentures and provide that related debt
securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series.
The senior debt securities will be unsecured senior obligations of Summit.
The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured subordinated obligations of
Summit. Each debt security shall bear interest at a rate determined in
accordance with the applicable indenture and will have a maturity and be payable
in the manner, at the place and with the frequency as set forth in the
applicable indenture. Interest payable on any series of debt securities shall be
paid to the holder of record of a debt security as of the close of business on
the record date. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to the applicable indenture,
interest on the debt securities will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
All amounts paid by Summit to the trustee or any paying agent for the
payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on or any additional
amounts with respect to any debt securities which remain unclaimed for two years
may be repaid to Summit and the holder of the debt securities shall look only to
Summit for such payment.
FORM, DENOMINATION AND REGISTRATION
Summit will issue each series of debt securities in fully registered form,
without coupons, in minimum denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000. In addition, Summit may issue debt securities in bearer form in minimum
denominations of $5,000. Each indenture provides that Summit may issue debt
securities in the form of a global note. The global note will be deposited with
The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") and registered in the name of Cede & Co.,
as nominee of DTC.
Ownership of beneficial interests in the global notes will be limited to
persons who have accounts with DTC ("participants") or persons who hold
interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global
notes will be shown on records maintained by DTC or its nominee.
So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner or holder of a global
note, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner
or holder of the debt securities represented by the global note for all purposes
under the indentures and the debt securities. Payments on global notes will be
made to DTC or its nominee as the registered owner. Neither Summit, the trustee
nor any paying agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of
the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests in the global notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to those beneficial ownership interests.
Summit expects that DTC or its nominee will credit direct participants'
accounts on the payable date with payments in respect of a global note in
amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interest in the principal
amount of the global note as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee, unless
DTC has reason to believe that it will not receive payment on the payable date.
Summit also expects that payments by participants to owners of beneficial
interests in global notes held through the participants will be governed by
standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with
securities held for the accounts of customers registered in "street name." These
payments will be the responsibility of the participants.
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Transfers between participants in DTC will occur in accordance with DTC
rules and the procedures set forth in the applicable indenture. The laws of some
states require that certain persons take physical delivery of securities in
definitive form. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a
global note to these persons may be limited. Because DTC can only act on behalf
of participants, who in turn act on behalf of indirect participants (defined
below) and certain banks, the ability of a person having a beneficial interest
in a global note to pledge his or her interest to persons or entities that do
not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions with respect to his
or her interest, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate of such
interest.
Summit believes that it is the policy of DTC that it will take any action
permitted to be taken by a holder of debt securities only at the direction of
one or more participants to whose account interests in the global notes are
credited and only in respect of the portion of the aggregate principal amount of
the relevant debt securities as to which the participant or participants has or
have given such direction.
DTC has advised Summit that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company
organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the
meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a
"clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section
17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds securities that its
participants deposit with DTC and facilitates the settlement among participants
of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited
securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in participants'
accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. Direct participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks,
trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is
owned by a number of its direct participants and by the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system also is available to others
such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that clear
through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant either
directly or indirectly ("indirect participants"). The rules applicable to DTC
and its participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DTC management is aware that some computer applications and systems for
processing data that are dependent upon calendar dates, including dates before,
on and after January 1, 2000, may encounter "year 2000 problems." DTC has
informed its participants and other members of the financial community that it
has developed and is implementing a program so that its systems, which
contribute to the timely payment of distributions (including principal and
income payments) to securityholders, book-entry deliveries and settlement of
trades within DTC, continue to function appropriately. This program includes a
technical assessment and a remediation plan, each of which is complete.
Additionally, DTC's plan includes a testing phase which is expected to be
completed within appropriate time frames.
However, DTC's ability to perform properly its services is also dependent
upon other parties, including issuers and their agents, third party vendors from
whom DTC licenses software and hardware and third party vendors upon whom DTC
relies for information relating to the provision of services. DTC has informed
its participants and other members of the financial community that it is
contacting (and will continue to contact) third party vendors from whom DTC
acquires services to impress upon them the importance of their
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services being year 2000 compliant and determine the extent of their efforts for
year 2000 remediation (and, as appropriate, testing) of their services. In
addition, DTC is in the process of developing contingency plans as it deems
appropriate.
According to DTC, the foregoing information with respect to DTC has been
provided to its participants and other members of the financial community for
informational purposes only and is not intended to serve as a representation,
warranty or contract modification of any kind.
Although DTC has agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate
transfers of interests in the global notes among participants of DTC, it is
under no obligation to perform or continue to perform these procedures, which
may be discontinued at any time. Neither Summit nor the trustee will have any
responsibility for the performance by DTC or its participants or indirect
participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures
governing their operations.
RANKING
The senior debt securities will be unsecured senior indebtedness of Summit
and will rank equally with all other unsecured senior indebtedness of Summit for
borrowed money.
The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured subordinated
indebtedness of Summit and will rank junior in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all senior indebtedness. At December 31, 1998, Summit had
outstanding senior indebtedness aggregating approximately $5.3 billion.
Because Summit is a holding company, the right of Summit, and hence the
right of creditors of Summit (including the holders of the debt securities), to
participate in any distribution of the assets of any subsidiary upon its
liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is necessarily subject to the prior
claims of creditors of the subsidiary (including claims of depositors, in the
case of subsidiary banks), except to the extent that Summit may itself be
recognized as a creditor of that subsidiary. In addition, dividends, loans and
advances from certain subsidiaries to Summit are restricted by regulatory
requirements.
CERTAIN COVENANTS
The indentures do not limit the amount of indebtedness that Summit and its
subsidiaries may incur. In addition, the indentures do not contain provisions
that would give holders of the debt securities the right to require Summit to
repurchase their debt securities in the event of a decline in the credit rating
of the debt securities resulting from a change in control, recapitalization or
similar restructuring.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
Summit may consolidate with or merge with or into any other corporation,
and Summit may convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets to any
corporation, provided that:
- the resulting corporation, if other than Summit, is a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America,
any state thereof or the District of Columbia and assumes all of Summit's
obligations to:
- pay or deliver the principal of, any premium and interest on and any
additional amounts with respect to all of the outstanding debt
securities, and
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- perform and observe all of Summit's obligations under each indenture
and the related debt securities; and
- immediately after any consolidation or merger, Summit, or any successor
corporation, as the case may be, is not in default under the indentures;
and
- the resulting corporation delivers to the trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the consolidation,
merger, conveyance, transfer or lease complies with the provisions of the
applicable indenture.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Each of the following will be an Event of Default with respect to the
senior debt securities:
- default in the payment of any interest or additional amounts when due,
and continuing for 30 days;
- default in the payment of any principal or premium, when due;
- default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when due;
- default in the performance of any obligation of Summit contained in the
Senior Indenture or the senior debt securities, and continuing for 90
days after written notice is provided in the manner set forth in the
Senior Indenture;
- a default under any debt instrument of Summit which results in the
acceleration of any amount in excess of $50,000,000 which acceleration is
not rescinded within 30 days after written notice is provided in the
manner set forth in the Senior Indenture;
- events specified in the Senior Indenture relating to the bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization of Summit or certain bank subsidiaries of
Summit; and
- any other Event of Default provided in the Senior Indenture with respect
to the senior debt securities.
An Event of Default is defined under the Subordinated Indenture only as
events specified in the Subordinated Indenture relating to the bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization of Summit or certain bank subsidiaries of Summit.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default as a result of
events specified in the indentures relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of Summit or certain bank subsidiaries of Summit) occurs and is
continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the outstanding debt securities of that series may declare all amounts, or any
lesser amount provided for in the debt securities, due and payable or
deliverable immediately. At any time after the trustee or the holders have made
a declaration of acceleration with respect to the debt securities of any series,
but before the trustee has obtained a judgment or decree for payment of money
due, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of that series may rescind any declaration of acceleration and its
consequences, provided that all payments and/or deliveries due, other than those
due as a result of acceleration, have been made and all Events of Default have
been remedied or waived.
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The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of any series may waive an Event of Default with respect to that
series, except a default:
- in the payment of any amounts due and payable or deliverable with respect
to the debt securities of that series; or
- in respect of an obligation of Summit under any indenture which cannot be
modified under the terms of that indenture without the consent of each
holder of each series of debt securities affected.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of a series may 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 with respect to debt securities of that series,
provided that such direction is not in conflict with any rule of law or the
applicable indenture. Subject to the provisions of each indenture relating to
the duties of the trustee, before proceeding to exercise any right or power
under an indenture at the direction of the holders, the trustee is entitled to
receive from those holders reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in complying with such
direction.
Each of the indentures provides that, within 90 days after the occurrence
of any Event of Default, the trustee shall notify, in the manner set forth in
the relevant indenture, each of the holders of the debt securities of such
series, unless the default has been cured or waived; provided, however, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of, any premium
or interest on or any additional amounts, or any sinking fund payment, with
respect to the debt securities, the trustee may withhold the notice if the board
of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
responsible officers of the trustee in good faith determine that the withholding
of the notice is in the best interest of the holders of the debt securities of
such series; and provided, further, that in the case of an Event of Default
resulting from a default under any debt instrument which results in the
acceleration of any amount in excess of $50,000,000 no notice to holders will be
given until at least 30 days after the occurrence of the default.
MODIFICATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Each indenture may be modified and amended by Summit and the trustee with
the consent of holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of each series of debt securities affected. However, without the consent of each
holder of any debt security affected, no amendment or modification to any
indenture may:
- change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any premium or
installment of interest on or additional amounts with respect to any debt
security;
- reduce the principal amount of, or the rate of interest on, or additional
amounts with respect to, or any premium payable upon the redemption of,
any debt security;
- change the obligation of Summit to pay additional amounts with respect to
any debt security or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original
Issue Discount Security that would be payable upon acceleration;
- change the redemption provisions of any debt security or adversely affect
the right of repayment at the option of any holder of any debt security;
- change the place or currency of any delivery or payment of principal of,
any premium or interest on or any additional amounts with respect to any
debt security;
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- impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any delivery or
payment on any debt security;
- reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is required to
modify or amend the applicable indenture;
- reduce the requirements for quorum or voting by holders of debt
securities;
- modify any provisions in the indentures regarding the waiver of past
defaults and the waiver of certain covenants by the holders of debt
securities, except to increase any percentage vote or consent required or
to provide that certain other provisions of the indentures cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of a certain percentage of the
holders of the debt securities affected thereby;
- with respect to the Subordinated Indenture, modify the subordination
provisions in a matter adverse to the holders of the senior debt
securities; or
- modify any of the foregoing requirements.
SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
If a particular series of senior debt securities so provides, Summit may
discharge certain obligations to holders of outstanding senior debt securities
by depositing with the trustee, in trust, funds in the currency in which the
senior debt securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay the entire
indebtedness on the senior debt securities with respect to principal (and
premium, if any), any additional amounts, and interest to the date of such
deposit (if the senior debt securities have become due and payable) or to the
maturity thereof, as the case may be. In addition, Summit must deliver to the
trustee:
- a certificate signed by a nationally recognized firm of Independent
Public Accountants certifying as to the sufficiency of the amounts
deposited pursuant to the Senior Indenture for the payment of the
principal of, or any premium or interest on and any additional amounts
with respect to the senior debt securities on the dates such payments are
due;
- an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that no Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and all conditions
precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness
have been complied with;
- a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an opinion of independent
counsel that the holders of such senior debt securities will not
recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a
result of such deposit, defeasance or discharge and will be subject to
U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if the deposit, defeasance or
discharge had not occurred; and
- if the series of senior debt securities are then listed on The New York
Stock Exchange, an Opinion of Counsel that the senior debt securities of
such series will not be delisted as a result of Summit's actions.
If, after Summit has deposited funds to effect deposit, defeasance or
discharge with respect to senior debt securities of any series, the holder of a
senior debt security of such series is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to
the Senior Indenture or the terms of the senior debt security to receive payment
in a currency other than that in which the deposit has been made with respect to
the senior debt security, the indebtedness represented by
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the senior debt security shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully
discharged and satisfied through the payment of any principal, premium and
interest on the senior debt security as the senior debt security becomes due out
of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount or other properties so
deposited with respect to the senior debt security into the currency in which
the senior debt security becomes payable as a result of the election.
REDEMPTION RIGHTS
Debt securities may be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of
Summit or the holder thereof, and may be subject to mandatory redemption
pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the
terms of the debt securities and the applicable indenture.
The redemption of the subordinated debt securities may be subject to
limitations imposed by regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System with respect to the maintenance by Summit of minimum levels of
Tier 2 capital, of which the subordinated debt securities may be a component.
GOVERNING LAW
The indentures and the debt securities will be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
REGARDING THE TRUSTEE
The trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions with Summit and
its subsidiaries from time to time, provided that if the trustee acquires any
conflicting interest it must eliminate the conflict upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, or else resign.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK
The following description of the terms of the preferred stock sets forth
certain general terms and provisions of the preferred stock which Summit may
issue. The terms of any series of the preferred stock will be described in the
applicable prospectus supplement relating to the preferred stock being offered.
The description of the terms of the preferred stock set forth below and in an
applicable prospectus supplement does not purport to be complete and is subject
to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the amendment to the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of Summit relating to the applicable series of
preferred stock, which will be filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by
reference in, the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
GENERAL
Pursuant to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Summit, as
amended, the Bylaws of Summit and applicable New Jersey law, Summit is
authorized to issue up to 6,000,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value per
share. The board of directors of Summit has the authority, without approval of
the shareholders, to issue all of the shares of preferred stock which are
currently authorized in one or more series and to fix the number of shares and
the rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and
limitations of such series.
As of the date of this prospectus, Summit had no preferred stock
outstanding. As of such date, Summit had 1,500,000 shares of Series R Preferred
Stock reserved for issuance under a Shareholder Rights Plan. Pursuant to the
Shareholder Rights Plan, Preferred
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Stock Purchase Rights are attached to the common stock, par value $0.80 per
share, of Summit. See "-- Preferred Stock Purchase Rights" below.
The holders of the preferred stock of each series will be entitled to
receive, when, as and if declared by the board of directors of Summit, out of
funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cash dividends at the
rates and on the dates as will be specified in the applicable prospectus
supplement. The rates may be fixed or variable or both. If variable, the formula
used for determining the dividend rate for each dividend period will be
specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Dividends will be payable to
the holders of record as they appear on the stock books of Summit on the record
dates as will be fixed by the board of directors of Summit.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, all
series of preferred stock will be senior in right as to dividends and in
liquidation to the common stock and any other class of stock of Summit ranking
junior to the preferred stock.
VOTING RIGHTS
Except as indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement or as expressly
required by applicable law, the holders of the preferred stock will not be
entitled to vote. In the event Summit issues a series of preferred stock with
voting rights, unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement relating
to such series, each such share will be entitled to one vote on matters on which
holders of such series of preferred stock are entitled to vote. Because each
full share of any series of preferred stock shall be entitled to one vote when
such share is entitled to vote, the voting power of such series, on matters on
which holders of such series and holders of other series of preferred stock
entitled to vote as a single class, shall depend on the number of shares in such
series, not the aggregate stated value, liquidation preference or initial
offering price of the shares of such series of preferred stock.
REDEMPTION RIGHTS
A series of preferred stock may be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the
option of Summit or any holder thereof, and may be subject to mandatory
redemption pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, in each case upon terms, at
the times and at the redemption prices specified in the applicable prospectus
supplement and subject to the rights of holders of other securities of Summit.
Preferred stock redeemed by Summit will be restored to the status of authorized
but unissued preferred shares.
The redemption of any shares of preferred stock may be subject to
limitations imposed by regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System with respect to the maintenance by Summit of minimum levels of
Tier 2 Capital, of which the preferred stock may be a component.
REPURCHASE OBLIGATION
The prospectus supplement relating to a series of preferred stock will
state the conditions and terms, if any, upon which such series shall be subject
to repurchase by Summit.
RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of Summit, the holders of each series of preferred stock shall be
entitled to receive out of the
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assets of Summit available for distribution to shareholders, before any
distribution of assets is made to holders of common stock or any other class or
series of shares ranking junior to the preferred stock upon liquidation, a
liquidating distribution in the amount per share as set forth in the prospectus
supplement relating to such series of preferred stock plus accrued and unpaid
dividends. If, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of Summit, the amounts payable with respect to preferred stock of any
series and any other shares of Summit ranking as to any such distribution on a
parity with the preferred stock of such series are not paid in full, the holders
of the preferred stock of such series and of such other shares will share
ratably in any such distribution of assets of Summit in proportion to the full
respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled. Neither the sale of
all or substantially all of the property or business of Summit nor the merger or
consolidation of Summit into or with any other corporation shall be deemed to be
a dissolution, liquidation or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of Summit.
Except as indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, after payment of
the full amount of the liquidating distribution to which they are entitled, the
holders of preferred stock of any series will not be entitled to any further
participation in any distribution of assets by Summit.
PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS
In August 1989, Summit adopted the Shareholder Rights Plan pursuant to
which one Preferred Stock Purchase Right attached to each share of common stock
outstanding as of the close of business on August 28, 1989. Holders of shares of
common stock issued subsequent to that date receive the Preferred Stock Purchase
Rights with their shares. Except as indicated below, each Preferred Stock
Purchase Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from Summit one one
hundred fiftieth ( 1/150) of a share of preferred stock designated as Series R
Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock Purchase Rights expire on August 16, 1999
and are subject to redemption and amendment in certain circumstances. The
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights trade automatically with shares of common stock
and become exercisable only under certain circumstances as described below.
In general, the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights will become exercisable
upon the earlier to occur (a "Distribution Date," as defined in the Shareholder
Rights Plan) of the following:
- ten days following a public announcement that a person or group has
acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the common stock
outstanding at that time or voting securities of Summit representing 15%
or more of the total voting power of Summit (such person or group
becoming an "Acquiring Person," as defined in the Shareholder Rights
Plan); or
- ten business days (or such later date as the board of directors of Summit
may determine) after the commencement of, or public announcement of an
intention to make, a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in
a person or group beneficially owning 30% or more of the outstanding
common stock or voting securities representing 30% or more of the total
voting power of Summit.
Generally, in the event a Distribution Date occurs by virtue of a person or
group becoming an Acquiring Person (other than pursuant to an offer for all
outstanding shares of common stock and other voting securities that the board of
directors of Summit determines to be fair to shareholders and otherwise in the
best interests of Summit), each Preferred Stock Purchase Right, other than
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights owned by the
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Acquiring Person, will thereafter entitle the holder to receive, upon exercise
of the Preferred Stock Purchase Right, a number of shares of Series R Preferred
Stock having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the Preferred
Stock Purchase Right.
In the event that a Distribution Date occurs (under either of the
circumstances described above) and Summit is acquired in a reorganization or
other business combination, or more than 50% of Summit's assets or earning power
is sold or transferred, each Preferred Stock Purchase Right will thereafter
entitle the holder thereof to receive, upon the exercise of the Preferred Stock
Purchase Right, a number of shares of common stock of the acquiror having a
value equal to two times the exercise price of the Preferred Stock Purchase
Right.
The combination of prohibitive dilution of the Acquiring Person's share
values and the power of the board of directors of Summit to redeem the Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights is intended to encourage potential acquiring persons to
negotiate with the board of directors of Summit with respect to the terms of any
acquisition or business combination and, to the extent possible, discourage or
defeat partial or two-tiered acquisition proposals.
The foregoing description of the Shareholder Rights Plan does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the
Shareholder Rights Plan, which is more fully described in Summit's registration
statement on Form 8-A filed August 28, 1989.
CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS UPON SUMMIT
The prospectus supplement relating to a series of preferred stock will
describe any conditions or restrictions upon Summit that are for the benefit of
such series, including the following: restrictions upon the creation of debt or
other series of preferred stock; payment of dividends; or distributions,
acquisitions or redemptions of shares ranking junior to such series.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Summit may offer and sell the debt securities and the preferred stock
(collectively, the "Offered Securities") directly or to or through underwriting
syndicates represented by managing underwriters, to or through underwriters
without a syndicate or through dealers or agents. The prospectus supplement with
respect to each series of the Offered Securities will set forth the terms of the
offering, including the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents,
the purchase price and the net proceeds to Summit from the sale, any
underwriting discounts, agency fees and other items constituting underwriters'
or agents' compensation, the initial public offering price and any discounts or
concessions allowed, re-allowed or paid to dealers.
If any underwriters are involved in the offer and sale, the Offered
Securities will be acquired by the underwriters and may be resold by them,
either at a fixed public offering price established at the time of offering or
from time to time in one or more negotiated transactions or otherwise, at prices
related to prevailing market prices determined at the time of sale. Unless
otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, the obligations of
the underwriters to purchase the Offered Securities will be subject to certain
conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the
Offered Securities described in the prospectus supplement if any are purchased.
Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or
re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
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Summit may offer and sell the Offered Securities directly or through an
agent or agents designated by Summit from time to time. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any debt securities sold to
one or more agents as principal will be purchased by the agents at a price equal
to 100% of the principal amount thereof less a percentage of the principal
amount equal to the commission applicable to an agency sale of a debt security
of identical maturity. An agent may sell debt securities it has purchased from
Summit as principal to other dealers for resale to investors and other
purchasers, and may reallow all or any portion of the discount received in
connection with the purchase from Summit to the dealers. After the initial
offering of the debt securities, the offering price (in the case of debt
securities to be resold at a fixed offering price), the concession and the
discount may be changed. Any agent participating in the distribution of the
Offered Securities may be deemed to be an "underwriter," as that term is defined
in the Securities Act of 1933, of the Offered Securities so offered and sold.
If any underwriters are involved in the offer and sale, they will be
permitted to engage in certain transactions that maintain or otherwise affect
the price of the Offered Securities. These transactions may include
over-allotment transactions, purchases to cover short positions created by the
underwriter in connection with the offering and the imposition of penalty bids.
If an underwriter creates a short position in the Offered Securities in
connection with the offering, i.e., if it sells more Offered Securities than set
forth on the cover page of the applicable prospectus supplement, the underwriter
may reduce that short position by purchasing the Offered Securities in the open
market. In general, purchases of a security to reduce a short position could
cause the price of the security to be higher than it might be in the absence of
such purchases. As noted above, underwriters may also choose to impose penalty
bids on certain other underwriters and/or selling group members. This means that
if certain underwriters purchase Offered Securities on the open market to reduce
their short position or to stabilize the price of the Offered Securities, they
may reclaim the amount of the selling concession from those underwriters and/or
selling group members who sold such Offered Securities as part of the offering.
Neither Summit nor any underwriter makes any representation or prediction
as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described
above may have on the price of the Offered Securities. In addition, neither
Summit nor any underwriter makes any representation that such underwriter will
engage in such transactions or that such transactions, once commenced, will not
be discontinued without notice.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered
into with Summit, to indemnification by Summit against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
The place and time of delivery for the Offered Securities in respect of
which this prospectus is delivered will be set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement if appropriate.
Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, each series of
Offered Securities will be a new issue of securities for which there currently
is no market. Any underwriters to whom Offered Securities are sold for public
offering and sale may make a market in such series of Offered Securities as
permitted by applicable laws and regulations, but such underwriters will not be
obligated to do so, and any such market making may be discontinued at any time
without notice. Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to the development or
liquidity of any market for the Offered Securities. The Offered Securities may
or may not be listed on a national securities exchange or for quotation through
the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
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Underwriters, agents and dealers may engage in transactions with or perform
services, including various investment banking and other services, for Summit
and/or any of its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the Offered
Securities offered hereby will be passed upon for Summit by Thompson Coburn LLP,
St. Louis, Missouri. If the Offered Securities are distributed in an
underwritten offering, certain legal matters will be passed upon for the
underwriters by Brown & Wood LLP, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Summit and its subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, and for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 1998, included in Summit's Annual Report on Form 10-K,
incorporated by reference herein and in the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part, have been incorporated by reference herein and in the
registration statement in reliance upon the report of KPMG LLP, independent
certified public accountants, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the
authority of KPMG LLP as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Accordingly, we file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy
statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
You may read and copy any document we file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission at the public reference facilities maintained by the Securities and
Exchange Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Our
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission also are available to the
public from the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at
http://www.sec.gov. Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at
1-800-SEC-0330 for further information. Our common stock is listed on the New
York Stock Exchange and the documents we file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission also are available for inspection and copying at the offices of the
New York Stock Exchange at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and does not contain all of the information
set forth in the registration statement. You should consult the registration
statement for further information with respect to our company and these
securities.
The Securities and Exchange Commission allows us to "incorporate by
reference" the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose
important information to you by referring you to those documents. The
information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this
prospectus, and later information that we file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission will automatically update and supersede this information and
information in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference the documents listed
below and any future filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
until all of the securities are sold.
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- Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998; and
- The description of our Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in our
registration statement on Form 8-A dated August 28, 1989.
You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or calling
us at the following address: Chief Financial Officer, Summit Bancorp., P.O. Box
2066, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2066, telephone (609) 987-3220.
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SUMMIT BANCORP.
DEBT SECURITIES
PREFERRED STOCK
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The following table sets forth the estimated expenses in connection with
the offering described in this registration statement:
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SEC Registration Fee........................................ $278,000
Legal Fees and Expenses..................................... 75,000
Accountants' Services....................................... 50,000
Trustee's Fees and Expenses................................. 15,000
Printing Expenses........................................... 30,000
Miscellaneous............................................... 52,000
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Total.................................................. $500,000
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
With respect to the indemnification of directors and officers, Section 5 of
Article IX of the By-Laws of Summit Bancorp. provides:
Section 5. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
(a) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a
party to or is involved in any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she
is or was a corporate agent of the Corporation, whether the basis of such
proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a corporate agent or in
any other capacity while serving as a corporate agent, shall be indemnified and
held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the laws of
the State of New Jersey as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in
the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits
the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law
permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all
expenses and liabilities in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a corporate agent and shall inure
to the benefit of such corporate agent's heirs, executors, administrators and
other legal representatives; provided, however, that except as provided in
Section 5(c) of this By-Law, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person
seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in
this By-Law shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by
the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in
advance of its final disposition, such advances to be paid by the Corporation
within 20 days after the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements
from the claimant requesting such advance or advances from time to time;
provided, however, that the advancement of counsel fees to a claimant other than
a claimant who is or was a director or Executive Vice President or higher
ranking officer of the Corporation shall be made only when the Board of
Directors or the General Counsel of the Corporation determines that arrangements
for counsel are satisfactory to the Corporation; and provided, further, that if
the laws of the State of New Jersey so require, the payment of such expenses
incurred by a corporate agent in such corporate agent's capacity as a corporate
agent (and not in any other capacity in which service was
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or is rendered by such person while a corporate agent, including, without
limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final
disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such corporate agent to repay all amounts
so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such corporate agent is
not entitled to be indemnified under this By-Law or otherwise.
(b) To obtain indemnification under this By-Law, a claimant shall submit to
the Corporation a written request, including therein or therewith such
documentation and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is
reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the claimant is
entitled to indemnification. Upon written request by a claimant for
indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5(b), a
determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to the claimant's
entitlement thereto shall be made as follows: (1) if requested by a claimant who
is or was a director or Executive Vice President or higher ranking officer of
this Corporation, by independent counsel (as hereinafter defined) in a written
opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to the
claimant; or (2) if the claimant is not a person described in Section 5(b)(1),
or is such a person and if no request is made by such a claimant for a
determination by independent counsel, (A) by the Board of Directors by a
majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors (as hereinafter
defined), or (B) if a quorum of the Board of Directors consisting of
disinterested directors is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, such quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent counsel in a written opinion
to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to the claimant.
In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made
by independent counsel at the request of the claimant, the independent counsel
shall be selected by the Board of Directors and paid by the Corporation. If it
is so determined that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, payment to
the claimant shall be made within 20 days after such determination.
(c) If a claim under Section 5(a) of this By-Law is not paid in full by the
Corporation within thirty days after a written claim pursuant to Section 5(b) of
this By-Law has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time
thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of
the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled
to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim, including attorney's
fees. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to
enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of
its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has
been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of
conduct which makes it permissible under the laws of the State of New Jersey for
the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden
of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the
Corporation (including its Board of Directors or independent counsel) to have
made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that
indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because the
claimant has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the laws of the
State of New Jersey, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including
its Board of Directors or independent counsel) that the claimant has not met
such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create
a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(d) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 5(b) of
this By-Law that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation
shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced
pursuant to Section 5(c) of this By-Law.
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(e) The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in
defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this
By-Law shall not be exclusive of any other rights which any person may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation, By-Laws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise. No repeal or modification of this By-Law shall in any
way diminish or adversely affect the rights of any corporate agent of the
Corporation hereunder in respect of any occurrence or matter arising prior to
any such repeal or modification.
(f) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any corporate agent of the Corporation or other enterprise against
any expense or liability, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such expense or liability under the laws of the
State of New Jersey.
(g) If any provision or provisions of this By-Law shall be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (1) the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this By-Law
(including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this By-Law
containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable)
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the fullest
extent possible, the provisions of this By-Law (including, without limitation,
each such portion of any section of this By-Law containing any such provision
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give
effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable.
(h) For purposes of this By-Law:
(1) "disinterested director" means a director of the Corporation who
is not and was not a party to or otherwise involved in the matter in
respect of which indemnification is sought by the claimant;
(2) "independent counsel" means a law firm, a member of a law firm, or
an independent practitioner that is experienced in matters of corporation
law and shall include any person who, under the applicable standards of
professional conduct then prevailing, would not have a conflict of interest
in representing either the Corporation or the claimant in an action to
determine the claimant's rights under this By-Law;
(3) "corporate agent" means any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or of any constituent
corporation absorbed by the Corporation in an consolidation or merger and
any person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of
any subsidiary of the Corporation or of any other enterprise, serving as
such at the request of this Corporation, or of any such constituent
corporation, or the legal representative of any such director, officer,
trustee, employee or agent;
(4) "other enterprise" means any domestic or foreign corporation,
other than the Corporation, and any partnership, joint venture, sole
proprietorship, trust or other enterprise, whether or not for profit,
served by a corporate agent;
(5) "expenses" means reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel fees;
(6) "liabilities" means amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of
settlements, judgments, fines and penalties;
(7) "proceeding" means any pending, threatened or completed civil,
criminal, administrative, legislative, investigative or arbitrative action,
suit or proceeding, and
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any appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation which could lead to
such action, suit or proceeding; and
(8) References to "other enterprises" include employee benefit plans;
references to "fines" include any excise taxes assessed on a person with
respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the
request of the indemnifying corporation" include any service as a corporate
agent which imposes duties on, or involves services by, the corporate agent
with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or
beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in
a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation."
(i) Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be
given to the Corporation under this By-Law shall be in writing and either
delivered in person or sent by facsimile, telex, telegram, overnight mail or
courier service, or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, to the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be effective
only upon receipt by the Secretary.
(j) This By-Law shall be implemented and construed to provide any corporate
agent described above who is found to have acted in good faith and in a manner
such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Corporation the maximum indemnification, advancement of expenses, and
reimbursement for liabilities and expenses allowed by law.
Such provision is consistent with Section 14A:3-5 of the Business
Corporation Act of the State of New Jersey, the state of Summit's incorporation,
which permits the indemnification of officers and directors, under certain
circumstances and subject to specified limitations, against liability which any
officer or director may incur in such capacity.
Article 6 of Summit's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that:
Except to the extent prohibited by law, no Director or officer of the
Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owned to the Corporation or
its shareholders provided that a Director or officer shall not be relieved
from liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in
breach of such person's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its
shareholders, (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law
or (c) resulting in receipt of an improper personal benefit. Neither the
amendment or repeal of this Article 6, nor the adoption of any provision of
this Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article
6, nor the adoption of any provision of this Restated Certificate of
Incorporation inconsistent with this Article 6, shall eliminate or reduce
the effect of this Article 6 in respect of any matter which occurred, or
any cause of action, suit or claim which but for this Article 6 would have
accrued or arisen, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.
Summit carries officers' and directors' liability insurance policies which
provide coverage against judgments, settlements and legal costs incurred because
of actual or asserted acts or omissions of such officers and directors of Summit
arising out of their duties as such, subject to certain exceptions, including,
but not limited to, damages based upon illegal personal profits or adjudicated
dishonesty of the person seeking indemnification. The policies provide coverage
of $50,000,000 in the aggregate.
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
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1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement (debt securities and
preferred stock).
4.1 Form of Indenture Regarding Senior Debt Securities. The form
or forms of senior debt securities with respect to each
particular offering will be filed as an exhibit to a Current
Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
4.2 Form of Indenture Regarding Subordinated Debt Securities.
The form or forms of subordinated debt securities with
respect to each particular offering will be filed as an
exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated
herein by reference.
5.1 Opinion of Thompson Coburn LLP regarding the legality of the
securities to be registered.
12.1 Statement Regarding Computation of Earnings to Fixed Charges
and Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
Dividends.
23.1 Consent of Thompson Coburn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP with regard to the use of its reports on
Summit's financial statements.
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
25.1 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility.
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Securities Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
to the Securities Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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(2) That, for purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing a registration statement on Form S-3 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of West Windsor, State of New Jersey,
on the 7th day of April, 1999.
SUMMIT BANCORP.
By /s/ T. JOSEPH SEMROD
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T. Joseph Semrod, Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints T. Joseph Semrod, William J. Healy and Richard F.
Ober, Jr. and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in ratifying and confirming all the said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below on the 7th day of April, 1999 by
the following persons in the capacities indicated.
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<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE
--------- -----
<C> <S>
/s/ T. JOSEPH SEMROD Chairman of the Board of Directors (Chief
- --------------------------------------------------- Executive Officer)
T. Joseph Semrod
Principal Executive Officer
/s/ ROBERT G. COX President and Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Robert G. Cox
/s/ WILLIAM J. HEALY Executive Vice President -- Finance
- --------------------------------------------------- (Principal Financial Officer)
William J. Healy
/s/ PAUL V. STAHLIN Senior Vice President and Comptroller
- --------------------------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer)
Paul V. Stahlin
/s/ S. RODGERS BENJAMIN Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
S. Rodgers Benjamin
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE
--------- -----
<C> <S>
/s/ ROBERT L. BOYLE Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Boyle
/s/ JAMES C. BRADY Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
James C. Brady
/s/ JOHN G. COLLINS Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
John G. Collins
/s/ T.J. DERMOT DUNPHY Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
T.J. Dermot Dunphy
/s/ ANNE EVANS ESTABROOK Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Anne Evans Estabrook
/s/ ELINOR J. FERDON Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Elinor J. Ferdon
/s/ WILLIAM M. FREEMAN Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
William M. Freeman
/s/ THOMAS H. HAMILTON Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Thomas H. Hamilton
/s/ FRED G. HARVEY Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Fred G. Harvey
/s/ FRANCIS J. MERTZ Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Francis J. Mertz
/s/ GEORGE L. MILES, JR. Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
George L. Miles, Jr.
/s/ WILLIAM R. MILLER Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
William R. Miller
/s/ RAYMOND SILVERSTEIN Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Raymond Silverstein
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE
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<C> <S>
/s/ ORIN R. SMITH Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Orin R. Smith
/s/ JOSEPH M. TABAK Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Joseph M. Tabak
/s/ DOUGLAS G. WATSON Director
- ---------------------------------------------------
Douglas G. Watson
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EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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<C> <S>
1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement (debt securities and
preferred stock).
4.1 Form of Indenture Regarding Senior Debt Securities. The form
or forms of senior debt securities with respect to each
particular offering will be filed as an exhibit to a Current
Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
4.2 Form of Indenture Regarding Subordinated Debt Securities.
The form or forms of subordinated debt securities with
respect to each particular offering will be filed as an
exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated
herein by reference.
5.1 Opinion of Thompson Coburn LLP regarding the legality of the
securities to be registered.
12.1 Statement Regarding Computation of Earnings to Fixed Charges
and Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock
Dividends.
23.1 Consent of Thompson Coburn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP with regard to the use of its reports on
Summit's financial statements.
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
25.1 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility.
</TABLE>
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SUMMIT BANCORP.
(a New Jersey corporation)
Preferred Stock and Debt Securities
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated ________, 1999
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Table of Contents
Page
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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties. ...............................3
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company......................3
(1) Compliance with Registration Requirements..................3
(2) Incorporated Documents.....................................4
(3) Independent Accountants....................................5
(4) Financial Statements.......................................5
(5) No Material Adverse Change in Business.....................5
(6) Good Standing of the Company...............................5
(7) Good Standing of Subsidiaries..............................6
(8) Capitalization.............................................6
(9) Authorization of this Underwriting Agreement and
Terms Agreement............................................6
(10) Authorization of Preferred Stock...........................6
(11) Authorization of Senior Debt Securities and/or
Subordinated Debt Securities...............................7
(12) Authorization of the Indentures............................7
(13) Descriptions of the Underwritten Securities................7
(14) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts..........................8
(15) Absence of Proceedings.....................................8
(16) Accuracy of Exhibits.......................................9
(17) Absence of Further Requirements............................9
(18) Possession of Licenses and Permits.........................9
(19) Commodity Exchange Act.....................................9
(20) Investment Company Act....................................10
(b) Officers' Certificates............................................10
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing....................10
(a) Underwritten Securities...........................................10
(b) Option Underwritten Securities....................................10
(c) Payment...........................................................11
(d) Denominations; Registration.......................................11
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company......................................11
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission
Requests..........................................................11
(b) Filing of Amendments..............................................12
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements...............................12
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses..........................................12
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws.........................12
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications...........................................13
(g) Earnings Statement................................................13
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(h) Use of Proceeds...................................................13
(i) Listing...........................................................13
(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities.................................13
(k) Reporting Requirements............................................14
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses...........................................14
(a) Expenses..........................................................14
(b) Termination of Agreement..........................................14
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations.......................14
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement...........................15
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company....................................15
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters...............................15
(d) Officers' Certificate.............................................15
(e) Accountant's Comfort Letter.......................................16
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter.........................................16
(g) Ratings...........................................................16
(h) Approval of Listing...............................................16
(i) No Objection......................................................16
(j) Lock-up Agreements................................................16
(k) Over-Allotment Option.............................................17
(l) No Ratings Downgrade..............................................17
(m) Additional Documents..............................................17
(n) Termination of Terms Agreement....................................18
SECTION 6. Indemnification...............................................18
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters...................................18
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers................19
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification.............................19
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse................19
SECTION 7. Contribution..................................................20
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery......................................................21
SECTION 9. Termination...................................................21
(a) Underwriting Agreement............................................21
(b) Terms Agreement...................................................21
(c) Liabilities.......................................................22
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters....................22
SECTION 11. Notices.......................................................24
SECTION 12. Parties.......................................................24
SECTION 13. Governing Law and Time........................................24
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings............................................24
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SUMMIT BANCORP.
(a New Jersey corporation)
Preferred Stock and Debt Securities
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
______, 1999
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
North Tower
World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281-1209
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Summit Bancorp., a New Jersey corporation (the "Company"), proposes to
issue and sell up to $1,000,000,000 aggregate initial public offering price of
its (i) shares of preferred stock, stated value $50 per share (the "Preferred
Stock"), or (ii) senior or subordinated debt securities (the "Debt Securities"),
or any combination thereof, from time to time, in or pursuant to one or more
offerings on terms to be determined at the time of sale.
The Preferred Stock will be issued in one or more series and each series
of Preferred Stock may vary, as applicable, as to the title, specific number of
shares, rank, stated value, liquidation preference, dividend rate or rates (or
method of calculation), dividend payment dates, redemption provisions, sinking
fund requirements, and any other variable terms as set forth in the applicable
amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (each, the "Preferred Stock
Amendments") relating to such series of Preferred Stock.
The Debt Securities will be issued in one or more series as senior
indebtedness (the "Senior Debt Securities") under an indenture, dated as of
[ ], 1999 (the "Senior Indenture"), between the Company and o, as trustee (the
"Senior Trustee"), or as subordinated indebtedness (the "Subordinated Debt
Securities") under an indenture, dated as of [ ], 1999 (the "Subordinated
Indenture", and collectively with the Senior Indenture, the "Indentures", and
each, an "Indenture"), between the Company and o, as trustee (the "Subordinated
Trustee", and collectively with the Senior Trustee, the "Trustees", and each, a
"Trustee"). Each series of Debt Securities may vary, as applicable, as to title,
aggregate principal amount, rank, interest rate or formula and timing of
payments thereof, stated maturity date, redemption and/or repayment provisions,
sinking fund requirements and any other variable terms established by or
pursuant to the applicable Indenture.
As used herein, "Securities" shall mean the Preferred Stock, Senior Debt
Securities or Subordinated Debt Securities, or any combination thereof,
initially issuable by the Company.
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Whenever the Company determines to make an offering of Securities through
Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
("Merrill Lynch"), or through an underwriting syndicate managed by Merrill
Lynch, the Company will enter into an agreement (each, a "Terms Agreement")
providing for the sale of such Securities to, and the purchase and offering
thereof by, Merrill Lynch and such other underwriters, if any, selected by
Merrill Lynch (the "Underwriters", which term shall include Merrill Lynch,
whether acting as sole Underwriter or as a member of an underwriting syndicate,
as well as any Underwriter substituted pursuant to Section 10 hereof). The Terms
Agreement relating to the offering of Securities shall specify the number or
aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Securities to be initially
issued (the "Initial Underwritten Securities"), the name of each Underwriter
participating in such offering (subject to substitution as provided in Section
10 hereof) and the name of any Underwriter other than Merrill Lynch acting as
co-manager in connection with such offering, the number or aggregate principal
amount, as the case may be, of Initial Underwritten Securities which each such
Underwriter severally agrees to purchase, whether such offering is on a fixed or
variable price basis and, if on a fixed price basis, the initial offering price,
the price at which the Initial Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by
the Underwriters, the form, time, date and place of delivery and payment of the
Initial Underwritten Securities and any other material variable terms of the
Initial Underwritten Securities. In addition, if applicable, such Terms
Agreement shall specify whether the Company has agreed to grant to the
Underwriters an option to purchase additional Securities to cover
over-allotments, if any, and the number or aggregate principal amount, as the
case may be, of Securities subject to such option (the "Option Underwritten
Securities"). As used herein, the term "Underwritten Securities" shall include
the Initial Underwritten Securities and all or any portion of any Option
Underwritten Securities. The Terms Agreement, which shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A hereto, may take the form of an exchange of any standard
form of written telecommunication between the Company and Merrill Lynch, acting
for itself and, if applicable, as representative of any other Underwriters. Each
offering of Underwritten Securities through Merrill Lynch as sole Underwriter or
through an underwriting syndicate managed by Merrill Lynch will be governed by
this Underwriting Agreement, as supplemented by the applicable Terms Agreement.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-o) [and
pre-effective amendment[s] no[s]. o thereto] for the registration of the
Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and
the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules
and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act
Regulations"). Such registration statement has been declared effective by the
Commission and each Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"), and the Company has filed such
post-effective amendments thereto as may be required prior to the execution of
the applicable Terms Agreement and each such post-effective amendment has been
declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement (as so
amended, if applicable), including the information, if any, deemed to be a part
thereof pursuant to Rule 430A(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations (the "Rule 430A
Information") or Rule 434(d) of the 1933 Act Regulations (the "Rule 434
Information"), is referred to herein as the "Registration Statement"; and the
final prospectus and the final prospectus supplement relating to the offering of
the Underwritten Securities, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters by
the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Underwritten
Securities, are collectively referred to
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herein as the "Prospectus"; provided, however, that all references to the
"Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus" shall also be deemed to include
all documents incorporated therein by reference pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), prior to the execution of the
applicable Terms Agreement; provided, further, that if the Company files a
registration statement with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933
Act Regulations (the "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), then, after such
filing, all references to "Registration Statement" shall also be deemed to
include the Rule 462 Registration Statement; and provided, further, that if the
Company elects to rely upon Rule 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations, then all
references to "Prospectus" shall also be deemed to include the final or
preliminary prospectus and the applicable term sheet or abbreviated term sheet
(the "Term Sheet"), as the case may be, in the form first furnished to the
Underwriters by the Company in reliance upon Rule 434 of the 1933 Act
Regulations, and all references in this Underwriting Agreement to the date of
the Prospectus shall mean the date of the Term Sheet. A "preliminary prospectus"
shall be deemed to refer to any prospectus used before the Registration
Statement became effective and any prospectus that omitted, as applicable, the
Rule 430A Information, the Rule 434 Information or other information to be
included upon pricing in a form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations and was used after such effectiveness
and prior to the execution and delivery of the applicable Terms Agreement. For
purposes of this Underwriting Agreement, all references to the Registration
Statement, Prospectus, Term Sheet or preliminary prospectus or to any amendment
or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include any copy filed
with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system ("EDGAR").
All references in this Underwriting Agreement to financial statements and
schedules and other information which is "contained," "included" or "stated" (or
other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or
preliminary prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial
statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus,
as the case may be, prior to the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement;
and all references in this Underwriting Agreement to amendments or supplements
to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus shall be
deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the 1934 Act which
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or
preliminary prospectus, as the case may be, after the execution of the
applicable Terms Agreement.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents
and warrants to Merrill Lynch, as of the date hereof, and to each Underwriter
named in the applicable Terms Agreement, as of the date thereof, as of the
Closing Time (as defined below) and, if applicable, as of each Date of Delivery
(as defined below) (in each case, a "Representation Date"), as follows:
(1) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The Registration
Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) has become
effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement (or such
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Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) has been issued under the 1933 Act and
no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any
request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been
complied with. In addition, each Indenture has been duly qualified under
the 1939 Act.
At the respective times the Registration Statement (including any
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) and any post-effective amendments
thereto (including the filing of the Company's most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K with the Commission (the "Annual Report on Form 10-K"))
became effective and at each Representation Date, the Registration
Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) and any
amendments thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with
the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1939 Act
(the "1939 Act Regulations") and did not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. At the date of the Prospectus, at the Closing Time and at each
Date of Delivery, if any, neither the Prospectus nor any amendments and
supplements thereto included or will include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company elects to rely
upon Rule 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will comply with
the requirements of Rule 434. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through Merrill
Lynch expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
Each preliminary prospectus and prospectus filed as part of the
Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment
thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, complied when
so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each
preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters
for use in connection with the offering of Underwritten Securities will,
at the time of such delivery, be identical to any electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR,
except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(2) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the
Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations") and, when read together
with the other information in the Prospectus, at the date of the
Prospectus, at the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, if any, did
not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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(3) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the
financial statements and any supporting schedules thereto included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent public
accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(4) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with
the related schedules and notes, as well as those financial statements,
schedules and notes of any other entity included therein, present fairly
the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries,
or such other entity, as the case may be, at the dates indicated and the
statement of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, or such other entity, as the
case may be, for the periods specified. Such financial statements have
been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.
The supporting schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information
required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary
financial information included in the Prospectus present fairly the
information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent
with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. In addition, any pro forma financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the related notes
thereto included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present
fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance
with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma
financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases
described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are
reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect
to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.
(5) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in
the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and
its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in
the ordinary course of business (a "Material Adverse Effect"), (B) there
have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, other than those arising in the ordinary course of business,
which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, and (C) except (i) for regular dividends on
the Company's common stock or preferred stock, if any, in amounts per
share that are consistent with past practice (including periodic increases
or decreases to such cash dividends) or the applicable charter document or
supplement thereto, respectively, and (ii) for any dividend payable in
stock or rights to purchase securities (common or preferred) of the
Company, respectively, there has been no dividend or distribution of any
kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital
stock.
(6) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of the State of
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New Jersey and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus
and to enter into and perform its obligations under, or as contemplated
under, this Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement. The
Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business
and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing
of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so
qualify or be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(7) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary bank chartered
under the laws of any state or the federal laws of the United States that
meets the definition of a "significant subsidiary" of the Company (as such
term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the 1933
Act) (each, a "Significant Bank Subsidiary" and, collectively, the
"Significant Bank Subsidiaries"), if any, has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or
leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure
to so qualify or be in good standing would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
each Significant Bank Subsidiary has been duly authorized and is validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company,
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest,
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of any Significant Bank Subsidiary was
issued in violation of preemptive or other similar rights of any
securityholder of such Significant Bank Subsidiary.
(8) Capitalization. If the Prospectus contains a "Capitalization"
section, the authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company is as set forth in the column entitled "Actual" under such
section (except for subsequent issuances thereof, if any, contemplated
under this Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or
employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the
exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the
Prospectus). Such shares of capital stock have been duly authorized and
validly issued by the Company and are fully paid and non-assessable, and
none of such shares of capital stock was issued in violation of preemptive
or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(9) Authorization of this Underwriting Agreement and Terms
Agreement. This Underwriting Agreement has been, and the applicable Terms
Agreement as of the date thereof will have been, duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company.
(10) Authorization of Preferred Stock. If the Underwritten
Securities being sold pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement include
Preferred Stock, such Underwritten Securities have been, or as of the date
of such Terms Agreement will have
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been, duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to
this Underwriting Agreement and such Terms Agreement. The applicable
Preferred Stock, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this
Underwriting Agreement and such Terms Agreement against payment of the
consideration therefor specified in such Terms Agreement, will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not be subject to
preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
No holder of such Preferred Stock is or will be subject to personal
liability by reason of being such a holder. The applicable Preferred Stock
Amendments will be in full force and effect prior to the Closing Time.
(11) Authorization of Senior Debt Securities and/or Subordinated
Debt Securities. If the Underwritten Securities being sold pursuant to the
applicable Terms Agreement include Senior Debt Securities and/or
Subordinated Debt Securities, such Underwritten Securities have been, or
as of the date of such Terms Agreement will have been, duly authorized by
the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement
and such Terms Agreement. Such Underwritten Securities, when issued and
authenticated in the manner provided for in the applicable Indenture and
delivered against payment of the consideration therefor specified in such
Terms Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent
transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally, or by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law), and except further as enforcement thereof
may be limited by requirements that a claim with respect to any Debt
Securities payable in a foreign or composite currency (or a foreign or
composite currency judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into
U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined
pursuant to applicable law or by governmental authority to limit, delay or
prohibit the making of payments outside the United States. Such
Underwritten Securities will be in the form contemplated by, and each
registered holder thereof is entitled to the benefits of, the applicable
Indenture.
(12) Authorization of the Indentures. If the Underwritten Securities
being sold pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement include Senior Debt
Securities and/or Subordinated Debt Securities, each applicable Indenture
has been, or prior to the issuance of the Debt Securities thereunder will
have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and,
upon such authorization, execution and delivery, will constitute a valid
and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws
relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, or
by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(13) Descriptions of the Underwritten Securities. The Underwritten
Securities being sold pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement and each
applicable Indenture, as of each Representation Date, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of
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the related Underwritten Securities, will conform in all material respects
to the statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus and will be
in substantially the form filed or incorporated by reference, as the case
may be, as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(14) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or in
default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the assets,
properties or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject (collectively, "Agreements and Instruments"), except for such
violations or defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Underwriting Agreement,
the applicable Terms Agreement and each applicable Indenture and any other
agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or
issued by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby or in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale
of the Underwritten Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale
of the Underwritten Securities as described under the caption "Use of
Proceeds") and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder
and thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or
passage of time or both, result in any violation of the provisions of the
charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or conflict
with or constitute a breach of, or default (except for a conflict, breach
or default that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect) or
Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets, properties
or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any
Agreements and Instruments, nor will such action result in the violation
of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or any of their assets, properties or operations (except for such
Repayment Events or violations that would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect). As used herein, a "Repayment Event" means any event or condition
which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of
indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder's behalf) the right to
require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of
such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(15) Absence of Proceedings. Other than as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or to the
knowledge of the Company threatened, against or affecting the Company or
any of its subsidiaries which is required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or which might reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably
be expected to materially and adversely affect the assets, properties or
operations thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
under the Prospectus, this Underwriting Agreement, the
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applicable Terms Agreement or any applicable Indenture, or the performance
by the Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The aggregate
of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective
assets, properties or operations is the subject which are not described in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine
litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(16) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which
are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as
exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.
(17) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, license, approval
or authorization of or filing with, or decree or order of, any court or
governmental authority or agency, including the New Jersey Department of
Banking and Insurance and the Pennsylvania Department of Banking, as
applicable, is necessary or required for the due authorization, execution
and delivery by the Company of this Underwriting Agreement or the
applicable Terms Agreement or for the performance by the Company of the
transactions contemplated under the Prospectus, this Underwriting
Agreement, such Terms Agreement or any applicable Indenture, except such
as have been already made, obtained or rendered, as applicable.
(18) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its
subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other
authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the
failure to possess such Governmental Licenses would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with
the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where
the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in
a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and
in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental
Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force
and effect would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental
Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(19) Commodity Exchange Act. If the Underwritten Securities being
sold pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement include Debt Securities,
such Debt Securities, upon issuance, will be excluded or exempted under,
or beyond the purview of, the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the
"Commodity Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act (the
"Commodity Exchange Act Regulations").
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(20) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and upon the
issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated
and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the
Prospectus will not be, an "investment company" within the meaning of
Section 3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act").
(b) Officers' Certificates. Any certificate signed by any executive
officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and delivered to any
Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering
of the Underwritten Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby on the date of
such certificate and, unless subsequently amended or supplemented, at each
Representation Date subsequent thereto.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Underwritten Securities. The several commitments of the Underwriters
to purchase the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms
Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth.
(b) Option Underwritten Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions
herein set forth, the Company may grant, if so provided in the applicable Terms
Agreement, an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase
up to the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of the
Option Underwritten Securities set forth therein at a price per Option
Underwritten Security equal to the price per Initial Underwritten Security, less
an amount equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and
paid or payable on the Initial Underwritten Securities but not payable on the
Option Underwritten Securities. Such option, if granted, will expire 30 days
after the date of such Terms Agreement, and may be exercised in whole or in part
from time to time only for the purpose of covering over-allotments which may be
made in connection with the offering and distribution of the Initial
Underwritten Securities upon notice by Merrill Lynch to the Company setting
forth the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Option
Underwritten Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising
the option and the time, date and place of payment and delivery for such Option
Underwritten Securities. Any such time and date of payment and delivery (each, a
"Date of Delivery") shall be determined by Merrill Lynch, but shall not be later
than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any
event prior to the Closing Time, unless otherwise agreed upon by Merrill Lynch
and the Company. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the
Option Underwritten Securities, each of the Underwriters, severally and not
jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number or aggregate
principal amount, as the case may be, of Option Underwritten Securities then
being purchased which the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may
be, of Initial Underwritten Securities each such Underwriter has severally
agreed to purchase as set forth in such Terms Agreement bears to the total
number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Initial
Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as Merrill Lynch in its
discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of a fractional number
or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of Option Underwritten
Securities.
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(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the
Initial Underwritten Securities shall be made at the offices of Brown & Wood
LLP, One World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048, or at such other place as
shall be agreed upon by Merrill Lynch and the Company, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern
time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern time)
on any given day) business day after the date of the applicable Terms Agreement
(unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof), or
such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be
agreed upon by Merrill Lynch and the Company (such time and date of payment and
delivery being herein called "Closing Time"). In addition, in the event that the
Underwriters have exercised their option, if any, to purchase any or all of the
Option Underwritten Securities, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery
of such Option Underwritten Securities, shall be made at the above-mentioned
offices of Brown & Wood LLP , or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by
Merrill Lynch and the Company, on the relevant Date of Delivery as specified in
the notice from Merrill Lynch to the Company.
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to
Merrill Lynch for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of the
Underwritten Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each
Underwriter has authorized Merrill Lynch, for its account, to accept delivery
of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Underwritten
Securities which it has severally agreed to purchase. Merrill Lynch,
individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not
be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Underwritten
Securities to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received
by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but
such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(d) Denominations; Registration. The Underwritten Securities or
certificates for the Underwritten Securities shall be in such denominations and
registered in such names as Merrill Lynch may request in writing at least one
full business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as
the case may be. The Underwritten Securities or certificates for the
Underwritten Securities will be made available for examination and packaging by
Merrill Lynch in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time)
on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery,
as the case may be.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with Merrill
Lynch and with each Underwriter participating in the offering of Underwritten
Securities, as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The
Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A
of the 1933 Act Regulations and/or Rule 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations, if and
as applicable, and will notify the Representative(s) immediately, and confirm
the notice in writing, of (i) the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment
to the Registration Statement or the filing of any supplement or amendment to
the Prospectus, (ii) the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) any
request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, and
(iv) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension
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of the qualification of the Underwritten Securities for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of
such purposes. The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant
to Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations and will take such steps as it deems
necessary to ascertain promptly whether the Prospectus transmitted for filing
under Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations was received for filing by the
Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file the
Prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the
issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the
lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) Filing of Amendments. The Company will give Merrill Lynch notice of
its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement
(including any filing under Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations), any Term
Sheet or any amendment, supplement or revision to either the prospectus included
in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective or to the
Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will
furnish Merrill Lynch with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of
time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file
or use any such document to which Merrill Lynch or counsel for the Underwriters
shall object, unless, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, it is required
to file such document by applicable law or regulation.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will
deliver to Merrill Lynch and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge,
signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by
reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of
experts, and will also deliver to Merrill Lynch, without charge, a conformed
copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment
thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The Registration
Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be
identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company will deliver to each
Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as
such Underwriter may reasonably request, and the Company hereby consents to the
use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will
furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such
number of copies of the Prospectus as such Underwriter may reasonably request.
The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the
Underwriters will be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof
filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by
Regulation S-T.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply
with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act
Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the
Underwritten Securities as contemplated in this Underwriting Agreement and the
applicable Terms Agreement and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
If at any time when the Prospectus is required by the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act
to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall
occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or
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for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement in order that the
Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at
the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the
opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or
amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of
the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and
file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement
as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the
Company will furnish to the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies
of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best efforts, in
cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten Securities for
offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states as Merrill
Lynch may designate, and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as may be
agreed upon in the applicable Terms Agreement, and to maintain such
qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date of
the applicable Terms Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a
foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it
is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing
business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each
jurisdiction in which the Underwritten Securities have been so qualified, the
Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of
such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for a period of not
less than one year from the date of such Terms Agreement.
(g) Earnings Statement. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant
to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its
securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes
of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section
11(a) of the 1933 Act, which may be satisfied by the Company's filing of reports
under the 1934 Act as permitted by Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it
from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner specified in the
Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds".
(i) Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to effect the listing
of the Underwritten Securities prior to the Closing Time on any national
securities exchange or quotation system if and as specified in the applicable
Terms Agreement.
(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities. Between the date of the applicable
Terms Agreement and the Closing Time, or such other date specified in such Terms
Agreement, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill
Lynch, directly or indirectly,
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issue, sell, offer or contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or
otherwise dispose of, the securities specified in such Terms Agreement.
(k) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, will
file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934
Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act
Regulations.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Underwriting Agreement or the
applicable Terms Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing
of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as
originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing
and delivery to the Underwriters of this Underwriting Agreement, any Terms
Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters, the Indentures and such other
documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale,
issuance or delivery of the Underwritten Securities, (iii) the preparation,
issuance and delivery of the Underwritten Securities or any certificates for the
Underwritten Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer taxes and
any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the
Underwritten Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of
the Company's counsel, accountants and other advisors or agents (including
transfer agents and registrars), as well as the fees and disbursements of the
Trustee, (v) the qualification of the Underwritten Securities under state
securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof,
including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation,
printing and delivery of the Blue Sky Survey, and any amendment thereto, (vi)
the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary
prospectus, any Term Sheet, and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto, (vii) the fees charged by nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations for the rating of the Underwritten Securities, (viii) the fees and
expenses incurred with respect to the listing of the Underwritten Securities,
(ix) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review, if any, by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") of the terms of
the sale of the Underwritten Securities, and (x) the fees and expenses of any
Underwriter acting in the capacity of a "qualified independent underwriter" (as
defined in Section 2(l) of Schedule E of the bylaws of the NASD), if applicable.
(b) Termination of Agreement. If the applicable Terms Agreement is
terminated by Merrill Lynch in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or
Section 9(b)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of
their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the
applicable Terms Agreement are subject to the accuracy of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates
of any executive officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
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performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and
to the following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement,
including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective under the
1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been instituted or be pending or threatened by the
Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional
information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of
counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing information relating to the
description of the Underwritten Securities, the specific method of distribution
and similar matters shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with
Rule 424(b)(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), as applicable (or any required
post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and
declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A), or, if the
Company has elected to rely upon Rule 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations, a Term
Sheet including the Rule 434 Information shall have been filed with the
Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b)(7).
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At Closing Time, Merrill Lynch shall
have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Richard F.
Ober, Jr., General Counsel for the Company and of Thompson Coburn, counsel for
the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters,
together with signed or reproduced copies of such opinions for each of the other
Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto and to such
further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, Merrill Lynch
shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Brown &
Wood LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced
copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, with respect to the
matters set forth in (1), (2), (6), (7) to (9), as applicable (it being
understood that any opinion required with respect to the Underwritten Securities
not being subject to preemptive or other similar rights of the securityholders
of the Company shall be limited to such rights arising by operation of law or
under the charter or by-laws of the Company), (10), (11) (solely as to the
information in the Prospectus under "Description of the Underwritten
Securities", or any caption purporting to describe any such Securities), (17),
(18), (21) and the penultimate paragraph of Exhibit B hereto. In giving such
opinion, such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of
jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, the federal law of
the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon
the opinions of counsel satisfactory to Merrill Lynch. Such counsel may also
state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied,
to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and
its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(d) Officers' Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not have been,
since the date of the applicable Terms Agreement or since the respective dates
as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change
in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs
or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and
Merrill Lynch shall have received a certificate of the Chairman, Vice Chairman,
President or a Vice President
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of the Company and of the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of
the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no
such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section
1(a) are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly
made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted, are pending or, to the best of such
officer's knowledge, are threatened by the Commission.
(e) Accountant's Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of the
applicable Terms Agreement, Merrill Lynch shall have received from KMPG Peat
Marwick LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to
Merrill Lynch, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each
of the other Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, Merrill Lynch shall have
received from KMPG Peat Marwick LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the
effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant
to subsection (e) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to
shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.
(g) Ratings. At Closing Time and at any relevant Date of Delivery, the
Underwritten Securities shall have the ratings accorded by any "nationally
recognized statistical rating organization", as defined by the Commission for
purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations, if and as specified in
the applicable Terms Agreement, and the Company shall have delivered to Merrill
Lynch a letter, dated as of such date, from each such rating organization, or
other evidence satisfactory to Merrill Lynch, confirming that the Underwritten
Securities have such ratings. Since the time of execution of such Terms
Agreement, there shall not have occurred a downgrading in, or withdrawal of, the
rating assigned to the Underwritten Securities or any of the Company's other
securities by any such rating organization, and no such rating organization
shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review its
rating of the Underwritten Securities or any of the Company's other securities.
(h) Approval of Listing. At Closing Time, the Underwritten Securities
shall have been approved for listing, subject only to official notice of
issuance, if and as specified in the applicable Terms Agreement.
(i) No Objection. If the Registration Statement or an offering of
Underwritten Securities has been filed with the NASD for review, the NASD shall
not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of
the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(j) Lock-up Agreements. On the date of the applicable Terms Agreement,
Merrill Lynch shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to it,
each lock-up agreement, if any, specified in such Terms Agreement as being
required to be delivered by the persons listed therein.
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(k) Over-Allotment Option. In the event that the Underwriters are granted
an over-allotment option by the Company in the applicable Terms Agreement and
the Underwriters exercise their option to purchase all or any portion of the
Option Underwritten Securities, the representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries hereunder shall be true and correct as of
each Date of Delivery, and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, Merrill Lynch
shall have received:
(1) A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chairman,
Vice Chairman, President or a Vice President of the Company and of the
Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company,
confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to
Section 5(d) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery;
(2) The favorable opinion of Richard F. Ober, Jr., General Counsel
for the Company and Thompson Coburn, counsel for the Company, in form and
substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of
Delivery, relating to the Option Underwritten Securities and otherwise to
the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof;
(3) The favorable opinion of Brown & Wood LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option
Underwritten Securities and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion
required by Section 5(c) hereof; and
(4) A letter from KMPG Peat Marwick LLP, in form and substance
satisfactory to Merrill Lynch and dated such Date of Delivery,
substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to
Merrill Lynch pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, except that the "specified
date" on the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date
not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.
(l) No Ratings Downgrade. Since the time of execution of such Terms
Agreement, there shall not have occurred a downgrading in, or withdrawal of, the
rating assigned to the Underwritten Securities or any of the Company's other
securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" as
defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the 1933 Act
Regulations, and no such rating organization shall have publicly announced that
it has under surveillance or review its rating of the Underwritten Securities or
any of the Company's other securities.
(m) Additional Documents. At Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery,
counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and
opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the
issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated, or in
order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or
the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings
taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and
substance to Merrill Lynch and counsel for the Underwriters.
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(n) Termination of Terms Agreement. If any condition specified in this
Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled,
the applicable Terms Agreement (or, with respect to the Underwriters' exercise
of any applicable over-allotment option for the purchase of Option Underwritten
Securities on a Date of Delivery after the Closing Time, the obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase the Option Underwritten Securities on such Date of
Delivery) may be terminated by Merrill Lynch by notice to the Company at any
time at or prior to the Closing Time (or such Date of Delivery, as applicable),
and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party
except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 hereof
shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act as follows:
(1) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information
and the Rule 434 Information deemed to be a part thereof, if applicable,
or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading;
(2) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section
6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of
the Company; and
(3) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred, including
as provided in Section 6(c) hereof, the fees and disbursements of counsel
chosen by Merrill Lynch), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing
or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by
any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense
is not paid under (1) or (2) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information
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furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Merrill Lynch expressly for
use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule
430A Information and the Rule 434 Information deemed to be a part thereof, if
applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto).
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter
severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each
of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or
Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage
and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this
Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions,
or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434
Information deemed to be a part thereof, if applicable, or any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Underwriter through Merrill Lynch expressly for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall
give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of
any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought
hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such
indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity
agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above,
counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by Merrill Lynch, and, in
the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the
indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may
participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided,
however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the
consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In
no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more
than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own
counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or
separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which
indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section
7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties
thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out
of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim, and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to
act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an
indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and
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expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for
any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(2) effected without
its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days
after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such
indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at
least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such
indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if at any time an
indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, an indemnifying party shall
not be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(2)
effected without its consent if such indemnifying party (i) reimburses such
indemnified party in accordance with such request to the extent it considers
such request to be reasonable and (ii) provides written notice to the
indemnified party substantiating the unpaid balance as unreasonable, in each
case prior to the date of such settlement.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6
hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one
hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the
Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement or (ii) if
the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on
the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims,
damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the
Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement shall be
deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from
the offering of such Underwritten Securities (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the
Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, or, if
Rule 434 is used, the corresponding location on the Term Sheet bear to the
aggregate initial public offering price of such Underwritten Securities as set
forth on such cover.
The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters,
on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the
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Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method
of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses,
liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and
referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating,
preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any
claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Underwritten Securities underwritten by it and distributed to
the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which
such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and
each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters'
respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in
proportion to the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, of
Initial Underwritten Securities set forth opposite their respective names in the
applicable Terms Agreement, and not joint.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.
All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Underwriting
Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement or in certificates of officers of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto or thereto
shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or
by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for
the Underwritten Securities.
SECTION 9. Termination.
(a) Underwriting Agreement. This Underwriting Agreement (excluding the
applicable Terms Agreement) may be terminated for any reason at any time by the
Company or by Merrill Lynch upon the giving of 30 days prior written notice of
such termination to the other party hereto.
(b) Terms Agreement. Merrill Lynch may terminate the applicable Terms
Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time
or any relevant Date of Delivery, if (i) there has been, since the time of
execution of such Terms Agreement or since the
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respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business, or (ii) there has occurred any material adverse
change in the financial markets in the United States or, if the Underwritten
Securities include Debt Securities denominated or payable in, or indexed to, one
or more foreign or composite currencies, in the international financial markets,
or any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis
or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or
international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the
effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of Merrill Lynch,
impracticable to market the Underwritten Securities or to enforce contracts for
the sale of the Underwritten Securities, or (iii) trading in any securities of
the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission, or if
trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange
or in the Nasdaq National Market has been suspended or materially limited, or
minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for
prices have been required, by either of said exchanges or by such system or by
order of the Commission, the NASD or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a
banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities
or, if the Underwritten Securities include Debt Securities denominated or
payable in, or indexed to, one or more foreign or composite currencies, by the
relevant authorities in the related foreign country or countries.
(c) Liabilities. If this Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms
Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 9, such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section
4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 hereof shall survive
such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of
the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time or the relevant Date of
Delivery, as the case may be, to purchase the Underwritten Securities which it
or they are obligated to purchase under the applicable Terms Agreement (the
"Defaulted Securities"), then Merrill Lynch shall have the right, within 24
hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting
Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all,
of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the
terms herein and therein set forth; if, however, Merrill Lynch shall not have
completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be,
of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number or aggregate
principal amount, as the case may be, of Underwritten Securities to be
purchased on such date pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly,
to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their
respective underwriting obligations under such Terms Agreement bear to the
underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters; or
(b) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be,
of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number or aggregate principal
amount, as the case may be, of Underwritten Securities to be purchased on
such date pursuant to such Terms
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Agreement, such Terms Agreement (or, with respect to the Underwriters'
exercise of any applicable over-allotment option for the purchase of
Option Underwritten Securities on a Date of Delivery after the Closing
Time, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Company to
sell, such Option Underwritten Securities on such Date of Delivery) shall
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in (i) a
termination of the applicable Terms Agreement, or (ii) in the case of a Date of
Delivery after the Closing Time, a termination of the obligations of the
Underwriters and the Company with respect to the related Option Underwritten
Securities, as the case may be, either Merrill Lynch or the Company shall have
the right to postpone the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the
case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any
required changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other
documents or arrangements.
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SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
Underwriters shall be directed to Merrill Lynch at World Financial Center, North
Tower, New York, New York 10281-1201, attention of o; and notices to the Company
shall be directed to it at 301 Carnegie Center, P.O. Box 2066, Princeton, New
Jersey 08543-2066, attention of the Chief Financial Officer, telecopy (609)
987-3481, with a copy to the General Counsel, telecopy (609) 987-3435.
SECTION 12. Parties. This Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company,
Merrill Lynch and, upon execution of such Terms Agreement, any other
Underwriters and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in
this Underwriting Agreement or such Terms Agreement is intended or shall be
construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters
and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and
officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 hereof and their heirs
and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
or in respect of this Underwriting Agreement or such Terms Agreement or any
provision herein or therein contained. This Underwriting Agreement and such
Terms Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof and thereof are
intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and
thereto and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and
officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the
benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Underwritten
Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason
merely of such purchase.
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT AND ANY
APPLICABLE TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY
TIME.
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein
and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this Underwriting Agreement, along with all counterparts, will become a binding
agreement between Merrill Lynch and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
SUMMIT BANCORP.
By:
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Name:
Title:
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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Exhibit A
SUMMIT BANCORP.
(a New Jersey corporation)
[Senior Debt Securities] [Subordinated Debt Securities] [Preferred Stock]
TERMS AGREEMENT
_____ __, ____
To: Summit Bancorp.
at 301 Carnegie Center
P.O. Box 2066
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2066
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We understand that Summit Bancorp., a New Jersey corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell [ shares of its preferred stock,
par value $__ per share (the "Preferred Stock")] [$ aggregate principal
amount of its [senior] [subordinated] debt securities (the "Debt Securities")]
(the "Underwritten Securities"). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
or incorporated by reference herein, we [the underwriters named below (the
"Underwriters")] offer to purchase [, severally and not jointly,] the [[number]
[principal] [amount] of] Underwritten Securities [opposite their names set forth
below] at the purchase price set forth below [, and a proportionate share of
Option Underwritten Securities set forth below, to the extent any are
purchased].
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[Number]
[Principal Amount]
Underwriter of [Initial] Underwritten Securities
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
___________________________
Total [$]
The Underwritten Securities shall have the following terms:
[Preferred Stock]
Title:
Rank:
Ratings:
Number of shares:
Number of Option Underwritten Securities:
Dividend rate (or formula) per share: $
Dividend payment dates:
Stated value: $
Liquidation preference per share: $
Redemption provisions:
Sinking fund requirements:
Listing requirements:
Marketing jurisdictions outside the U.S.:
Black-out provisions:
Lock-up provisions:
Initial public offering price per share: $___ plus accumulated dividends,
if any, from _____
Purchase price per share: $___ plus accumulated dividends, if any, from _____
Other terms and conditions:
Closing date and location:
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[Debt Securities]
Title:
Rank:
Ratings:
Aggregate principal amount:
Denominations:
Currency of payment:
Interest rate or formula:
Interest payment dates:
Regular record dates:
Stated maturity date:
Redemption provisions:
Sinking fund requirements:
Listing requirements:
Marketing jurisdictions outside the U.S.:
Black-out provisions:
Fixed or Variable Price Offering: [Fixed] [Variable] Price Offering
If Fixed Price Offering, initial public offering price per share: % of
the principal amount, plus accrued interest [amortized original issue
discount], if any, from _________________.
Purchase price per share: ___% of principal amount, plus accrued interest
[amortized original issue discount], if any, from _________________.
Form:
Other terms and conditions:
Closing date and location:
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All of the provisions contained in the document attached as Annex I hereto
entitled "SUMMIT BANCORP.-- Preferred Stock and Debt Securities --Underwriting
Agreement" are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety herein and
shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if
such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Terms defined in such
document are used herein as therein defined.
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Please accept this offer no later than ____ o'clock P.M. (New York City
time) on ______________ by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space
set forth below and returning the signed copy to us.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
By
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Authorized Signatory
[Acting on behalf of itself and the other
named Underwriters.]
Accepted:
SUMMIT BANCORP.
By
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit B
FORM OF OPINION OF RICHARD F. OBER, JR.,
GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE COMPANY,
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
(1) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
(2) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under, or as
contemplated under, the Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement.
(3) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or
be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(4) Each Significant Bank Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the
conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good
standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise
stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of each Significant Bank Subsidiary has been duly
authorized and is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best
of my knowledge, is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free
and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim
or equity. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Significant
Bank Subsidiary was issued in violation of preemptive or other similar rights of
any securityholder of such Significant Bank Subsidiary.
(5) The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company is as set forth in the column entitled "Actual" under the caption
"Capitalization" (except for subsequent issuances thereof, if any, contemplated
under the Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or
employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise
of convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus) or in the
Company's most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such shares of
capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued by the Company and
are fully paid and non-assessable, and none of such shares of capital stock was
issued in violation of preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder
of the Company.
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(6) The Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(7) [Opinion to be given only in the case of Preferred Stock: The
Underwritten Securities have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance
and sale pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement. The applicable Preferred Stock, when issued and delivered by the
Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and such Terms Agreement against
payment of the consideration therefor specified in such Terms Agreement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not be subject to
preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. No
holder of such Preferred Stock is or will be subject to personal liability by
reason of being such a holder. The form of certificate used to evidence the
Preferred Stock is in due and proper form and complies with the applicable
statutory requirements, with any applicable requirements of the charter or
by-laws of the Company and with the requirements of the [o Stock Exchange/Nasdaq
National Market].]
(8) [Opinion to be given only in the case of Debt Securities: The
Underwritten Securities have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance
and sale pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement. The Underwritten Securities, when issued and authenticated in the
manner provided for in the applicable Indenture and delivered against payment of
the consideration therefor specified in such Terms Agreement, will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to
fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, or by general
equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law), and except further as enforcement thereof may
be limited by requirements that a claim with respect to any Debt Securities
payable in a foreign or corporate currency (or a foreign or composite currency
judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of
exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law or by
governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments
outside the United States. The Underwritten Securities are in the form
contemplated by, and each registered holder thereof is entitled to the benefits
of, the applicable Indenture.]
(9) Each applicable Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the applicable Trustee) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, or by general equitable principles (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(10) The Underwritten Securities being sold pursuant to the applicable
Terms Agreement and each applicable Indenture conform in all material respects
to the statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus and are in
substantially the form filed or incorporated by reference, as the case may be,
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
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(11) The information in the Prospectus under "Description of Underwritten
Securities" and "Description of Underlying Securities", if any, or any caption
purporting to describe any such Securities and in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
under "o"and in the Registration Statement under Item 15, to the extent that it
constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters or the Company's charter,
bylaws or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by us and
is correct in all material respects.
(12) To the best of my knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or in default in the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound,
or to which any of the assets, properties or operations of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is subject (collectively, "Agreements and Instruments"), except
for such violations or defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement,
the applicable Terms Agreement and each applicable Indenture and any other
agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or issued
by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement, the applicable Terms
Agreement, each applicable Indenture, and in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities and
the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Underwritten Securities as
described under the caption "Use of Proceeds") and compliance by the Company
with its respective obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the
giving of notice or passage of time or both, result in any violation of the
provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
or conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default (except for a conflict,
breach or default that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect) or
Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets, properties or
operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any Agreements
and Instruments, nor will such action result in the violation of any applicable
law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any
government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their assets,
properties or operations (except for such Repayment Events or violations that
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect). As used herein, a "Repayment
Event" means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note,
debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such
holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of
all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(13) To the best of my knowledge, there is not pending or threatened any
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries thereof is a party or to which the assets, properties or
operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries thereof is subject, before
or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, which might
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or which might
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the assets, properties
or operations thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated under
the Underwriting
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Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement or any applicable Indenture or the
performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder.
(14) All descriptions in the Prospectus of contracts and other documents
to which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party are accurate in all
material respects. To the best of my knowledge, there are no franchises,
contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other
instruments required to be described or referred to in the Prospectus or to be
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement other than those described or
referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto,
and the descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct in all material
respects.
(15) To the best of my knowledge, there are no statutes or regulations
that are required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described as
required.
(16) The Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement) has been declared effective under the 1933 Act. Any required filing
of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within
the time period required by Rule 424(b). To the best of my knowledge, no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (or such Rule
462(b) Registration Statement) has been issued under the 1933 Act and no
proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or are pending or threatened by
the Commission.
(17) The Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement) and the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference
therein, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement
(including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) and Prospectus, excluding the
documents incorporated by reference therein, as of their respective effective or
issue dates (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules
included therein or omitted therefrom and each Trustee's Statement of
Eligibility on Form T-1 (the "Form T-1s"), as to which we express no opinion)
complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933
Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(18) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than
the financial statements and supporting schedules therein or omitted therefrom,
as to which we express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed
with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, as applicable,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(19) No consent, license, approval or authorization of or filing with, or
decree or order of, any court or governmental authority or agency, including the
New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance and the Pennsylvania Department
of Banking, as applicable, is necessary or required for the due authorization,
execution or delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement or the
applicable Terms Agreement or for the performance by the Company of the
transactions contemplated under the Prospectus, the Underwriting Agreement, such
Terms Agreement or any applicable Indenture other than under the 1933 Act, the
1933 Act Regulations, the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations, which have
already been made, obtained or rendered, as applicable.
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(20) The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the
Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net
proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be, an "investment
company" within the meaning of Section 3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the "1940 Act").
Nothing has come to my attention that would lead us to believe that the
Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) or any
post-effective amendment thereto (except for financial statements and supporting
schedules and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom and for
the Form T-1s, as to which we make no statement), at the time the Registration
Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) or any
post-effective amendment thereto (including the filing of the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K with the Commission) became effective or at the date of the
applicable Terms Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto (financial statements and supporting schedules
and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we
make no statement), at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time any such
amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Closing Time, included
or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New Jersey and the
federal laws of the United States of America. In rendering such opinion, such
counsel has assumed, with the permission of the Underwriters, that the laws of
the States of New Jersey and New York are the same in all respects relevant to
this opinion. This opinion shall be dated and furnished to Merrill Lynch at the
Closing Time, and shall be satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the
Underwriters and shall expressly state that the Underwriters may rely on such
opinion as if it were addressed to them. Such counsel may rely on matters of
fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, and on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such
opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is
otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to
legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the
ABA Section of Business Law (1991).
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Exhibit C
FORM OF OPINION OF THOMPSON COBURN,
COMPANY'S COUNSEL TO BE DELIVERED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
(1) The information in the Prospectus under "Certain Federal Income Tax
Considerations" and "o" and our opinion set forth under "Certain Federal Income
Tax Considerations" is confirmed.
(2) Each applicable Indenture has been duly qualified under the 1939 Act.
(3) The Underwritten Securities, upon issuance, will be excluded or
exempted under, or beyond the purview of, the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended
(the "Commodity Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act (the "Commodity
Exchange Act Regulations").
Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that the
Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) or any
post-effective amendment thereto (except for financial statements and supporting
schedules and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom and for
the Form T-1s, as to which we make no statement), at the time the Registration
Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) or any
post-effective amendment thereto (including the filing of the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K with the Commission) became effective or at the date of the
applicable Terms Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto (except for financial statements and supporting
schedules and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to
which we make no statement), at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time
any such amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Closing Time,
included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
This opinion is limited to the federal laws of the United States of
America. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
involving the application of the laws of the State of New Jersey, upon the
opinion of Richard F. Ober, Jr., General Counsel of the Company of even date
herewith (which opinion shall be dated and furnished to Merrill Lynch at the
Closing Time, shall be satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the
Underwriters and shall expressly state that the Underwriters may rely on such
opinion as if it were addressed to them), provided that Thompson Coburn shall
state in their opinion that they believe that they and the Underwriters are
justified in relying upon such opinion, and (B), as to matters of fact (but not
as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such opinion shall not
state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is otherwise subject
to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal opinions,
including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of
Business Law (1991).
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Annex I
[FORM OF ACCOUNTANTS' COMFORT LETTER PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(e)]
We are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and its
subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations
and:
(i) in our opinion, the audited consolidated financial statements
and the related financial statement schedules included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations;
(ii) on the basis of procedures (but not an examination in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) consisting of a
reading of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the
Company for the [three- month periods ended _________, 19__ and _________,
19__, the three- and six-month periods ended _________, 19__ and
_________, 19__ and the three- and nine-month periods ended _________,
19__ and _________, 19__, included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (collectively, the "10-Q
Financials")] [, a reading of the unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements of the Company for the _____-month periods ended _________,
19___ and _________, 19___, included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (the "_____-month financials")]
[, a reading of the latest available unaudited interim consolidated
financial statements of the Company], a reading of the minutes of all
meetings of the stockholders and directors of the Company and its
subsidiaries and committees thereof since [day after end of last audited
period], inquiries of certain officials of the Company and its
subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters, a review of
interim financial information in accordance with standards established by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information ("SAS 71"), with
respect to the [description of relevant periods] and such other inquiries
and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to our
attention that caused us to believe that:
(A) the 10-Q Financials included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations applicable
to unaudited financial statements included in Form 10-Q or any
material modifications should be made to the 10-Q Financials
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus for them to be in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles;
[(B) the _____-month financials included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations
applicable to unaudited interim financial statements
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included in registration statements or any material modifications
should be made to the _____-month financials included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;]
(C) at [_________, 19___ and at] a specified date not more
than five days prior to the date of the applicable Terms Agreement,
there was any change in the ___________ of the Company and its
subsidiaries, any decrease in the __________ of the Company and its
subsidiaries or any increase in the __________ of the Company and
its subsidiaries, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the
latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except in each case for
any changes, decreases or increases that the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus disclose have occurred or may occur; or
(D) for the period from [_________, 19__ to _________, 19__
and for the period from] _________, 19__ to a specified date not
more than five days prior to the date of the applicable Terms
Agreement, there was any decrease in _________, __________ or
___________, in each case as compared with the comparable period in
the preceding year, except in each case for any decreases that the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus discloses have occurred or
may occur;
[(iii) based upon the procedures set forth in clause (ii) above and
a reading of the Selected Financial Data included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus [and a reading
of the financial statements from which such data were derived], nothing
came to our attention that caused us to believe that the Selected
Financial Data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the disclosure requirements of Item 301 of Regulation S-K of
the 1933 Act [, that the amounts included in the Selected Financial Data
are not in agreement with the corresponding amounts in the audited
consolidated financial statements for the respective periods or that the
financial statements not included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus from which certain of such data
were derived are not in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles;]
(iv) we have compared the information included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under selected
captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K of the 1933
Act and on the basis of limited procedures specified herein, nothing came
to our attention that caused us to believe that such information does not
comply as to form in all material respects with the disclosure
requirements of Items 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation
S-K;
[(v) based upon the procedures set forth in clause (ii) above, a
reading of the latest available unaudited financial statements of the
Company that have not been included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and a review of such financial
statements in accordance with SAS 71, nothing came to our attention that
caused us to believe that the unaudited amounts for ________ for the
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[most recent period] do not agree with the amounts set forth in the
unaudited consolidated financial statements for those periods or that such
unaudited amounts were not determined on a basis substantially consistent
with that of the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated
financial statements;]
[(vi) we are unable to and do not express any opinion on the [Pro
Forma Combined Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations] (collectively,
the "Pro Forma Statements") included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus or on the pro forma adjustments
applied to the historical amounts included in the Pro Forma Statements;
however, for purposes of this letter we have:
(A) read the Pro Forma Statements;
(B) performed [an audit] [a review in accordance with SAS 71]
of the financial statements to which the pro forma adjustments were
applied;
(C) made inquiries of certain officials of the Company who
have responsibility for financial and accounting matters about the
basis for their determination of the pro forma adjustments and
whether the Pro Forma Statements comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Rule 11-02
of Regulation S-X; and
(D) proved the arithmetic accuracy of the application of the
pro forma adjustments to the historical amounts in the Pro Forma
Statements; and
on the basis of such procedures and such other inquiries and procedures as
specified herein, nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe
that the Pro Forma Statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of Rule 11-02 of
Regulation S-X or that the pro forma adjustments have not been properly
applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements;]
and
(vii) in addition to the procedures referred to in clause (ii)
above, we have performed other procedures, not constituting an audit, with
respect to certain amounts, percentages, numerical data and financial
information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, which are specified herein, and have
compared certain of such items with, and have found such items to be in
agreement with, the accounting and financial records of the Company.
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SUMMIT BANCORP.,
Issuer
to
CITIBANK, N.A.,
Trustee
---------------------------
SENIOR INDENTURE
---------------------------
Dated as of [___________], 1999
Senior Debt Securities
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Reconciliation and tie between
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act")
and Indenture
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
- ----------- -----------------
Section 310(a)(1)............................................................6.7
(a)(2)......................................................................6.7
(b).........................................................................6.8
Section 312 (a)..............................................................7.1
(b).........................................................................7.2
(c).........................................................................7.2
Section 313 (a)..............................................................7.3
(b)(2)......................................................................7.3
(c).........................................................................7.3
(d).........................................................................7.3
Section 314 (a)..............................................................7.4
(c)(1)......................................................................1.2
(c)(2)......................................................................1.2
(e).........................................................................1.2
(f).........................................................................1.2
Section 316 (a)(last sentence)...............................................1.1
(a)(1)(A)..............................................................5.2,5.12
(a)(1)(B)..................................................................5.13
(b).........................................................................5.8
Section 317 (a)(1)...........................................................5.3
(a)(2)......................................................................5.4
(b)........................................................................10.3
Section 318 (a)..............................................................1.8
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Recitals.....................................................................1
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Definitions................................................2
Act................................................................2
Additional Amounts.................................................2
Affiliate..........................................................2
Authenticating Agent...............................................3
Authorized Newspaper...............................................3
Authorized Officer.................................................3
Bank...............................................................3
Bearer Security....................................................3
Board of Directors.................................................3
Board Resolution...................................................3
Business Day.......................................................3
Capital Stock......................................................3
Commission.........................................................4
Common Stock.......................................................4
Company............................................................4
Company Request and Company Order..................................4
Consolidated Assets................................................4
Controlled Subsidiary..............................................4
Conversion Event...................................................4
Corporate Trust Office.............................................5
Corporation........................................................5
Coupon.............................................................5
Currency...........................................................5
Debt...............................................................5
CUSIP number.......................................................5
Defaulted Interest.................................................5
Dollar.............................................................5
ECU................................................................5
Event of Default...................................................5
Foreign Currency...................................................6
Government Obligations.............................................6
Holder.............................................................6
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Indebtedness.......................................................6
Indenture..........................................................6
Independent Public Accountants.....................................6
Indexed Security...................................................7
Interest...........................................................7
Interest Payment Date..............................................7
Judgment Currency..................................................7
Legal Holiday......................................................7
Maturity...........................................................7
New York Banking Day...............................................7
Office or Agency...................................................7
Officers' Certificate..............................................7
Opinion of Counsel.................................................7
Original Issue Discount Security...................................8
Outstanding........................................................8
Paying Agent.......................................................9
Person.............................................................9
Place of Payment...................................................9
Predecessor Security...............................................9
Redemption Date....................................................9
Redemption Price...................................................9
Registered Security................................................9
Regular Record Date...............................................10
Required Currency.................................................10
Responsible Officer...............................................10
Security or Securities............................................10
Security Register and Security Registrar..........................10
Special Record Date...............................................10
Stated Maturity...................................................10
Significant Bank Subsidiary.......................................10
Subsidiary........................................................10
Trust Indenture Act...............................................10
Trustee...........................................................11
United States.....................................................11
United States Alien...............................................11
U.S. Depository or Depository.....................................11
Vice President....................................................11
Voting Stock......................................................11
Section 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions......................11
Section 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee....................12
Section 1.4. Acts of Holders...........................................13
Section 1.5. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company......................15
Section 1.6. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver...................15
Section 1.7. Language of Notices.......................................16
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Section 1.8. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.........................16
Section 1.9. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents..................16
Section 1.10. Successors and Assigns....................................16
Section 1.11. Separability Clause.......................................17
Section 1.12. Benefits of Indenture.....................................17
Section 1.13. Governing Law.............................................17
Section 1.14. Legal Holiday.............................................17
Section 1.15. Counterparts..............................................17
Section 1.16. Judgment Currency.........................................17
Section 1.17. No Security Interest Created..............................18
Section 1.18. Limitation on Individual Liability........................18
ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 2.1. Forms Generally...........................................18
Section 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...........19
Section 2.3. Securities in Global Form.................................19
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series......................20
Section 3.2. Currency; Denominations...................................24
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating............24
Section 3.4. Temporary Securities......................................26
Section 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.......................27
Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..........30
Section 3.7. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts;
Rights to Interest and Certain Additional
Amounts Preserved.........................................31
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners.....................................33
Section 3.9. Cancellation..............................................34
Section 3.10. Computation of Interest...................................34
Section 3.11. CUSIP Numbers.............................................34
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge................................34
Section 4.2. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of
Any Series................................................36
Section 4.3. Application of Trust Money................................38
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ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default.........................................38
Section 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment........40
Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee................................41
Section 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..........................42
Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of
Securities or Coupons.....................................43
Section 5.6. Application of Money Collected............................43
Section 5.7. Limitations on Suits......................................43
Section 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal
and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts..........44
Section 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies........................44
Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative............................45
Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver..............................45
Section 5.12. Control by Holders of Securities..........................45
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults...................................45
Section 5.14. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws...................46
Section 5.15. Undertaking for Costs.....................................46
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1. Certain Rights of Trustee.................................47
Section 6.2. Notice of Defaults........................................48
Section 6.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities....49
Section 6.4. May Hold Securities.......................................49
Section 6.5. Money Held in Trust.......................................49
Section 6.6. Compensation and Reimbursement............................49
Section 6.7. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...................50
Section 6.8. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.........50
Section 6.9. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee............52
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Section 6.10. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business...............................................53
Section 6.11. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.......................54
Section 6.12. Trustee's Application for Instructions ...................55
ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Holders................................................56
Section 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications
to Holders................................................56
Section 7.3. Reports by Trustee........................................56
Section 7.4. Reports by Company........................................57
ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc..............................57
Section 8.2. Successor Person Substituted for Company..................58
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders........59
Section 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders...........60
Section 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures......................61
Section 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.........................61
Section 9.5. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures........61
Section 9.6. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.......................62
Section 9.7. Notice of Supplemental Indenture..........................62
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
Section 10.1. Payment of Principal, any Premium, Interest
and Additional Amounts....................................62
Section 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency...........................62
Section 10.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.........64
Section 10.4. Additional Amounts........................................65
Section 10.5. Corporate Existence.......................................66
Section 10.6. Company Statement as to Compliance;
Notice of Certain Defaults................................66
Section 10.7 Limitation on Certain Dispositions
and on Merger and Sale of Assets..........................67
Section 10.8. Limitation on Creation of Liens...........................67
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Section 10.9. Limitation on Certain Acquisitions........................68
Section 10.10. Waiver of Certain Covenants ..............................68
Section 10.11. Calculation of Original Issue Discount ...................68
ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article..................................68
Section 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.....................68
Section 11.3. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.........69
Section 11.4. Notice of Redemption......................................69
Section 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price...............................70
Section 11.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.....................71
Section 11.7. Securities Redeemed in Part...............................72
ARTICLE 12
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.1. Applicability of Article..................................72
Section 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.....72
Section 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.................73
ARTICLE 13
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 13.1. Applicability of Article..................................73
ARTICLE 14
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 14.1. Applicability of Article..................................74
ARTICLE 15
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 15.1. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.................74
Section 15.2. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings........................74
Section 15.3. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings......................75
Section 15.4. Quorum; Action............................................75
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Section 15.5. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings...................................76
Section 15.6. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings...........77
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SENIOR INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], 1999 (the "Indenture"),
between SUMMIT BANCORP., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of New Jersey (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its
principal executive office located at 301 Carnegie Center, P.O. Box 2066,
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2066, and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking
association duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United
States of America (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust
Office (as herein defined) located at 111 Wall Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY
10043.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (hereinafter called the
"Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest,
to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have
such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture
and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted
and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as
follows:
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Definitions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or
unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act (as herein defined), either directly or by reference
therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America and, except as otherwise herein
expressly provided, the terms "generally accepted accounting principles"
or "GAAP" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder
shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the
United States of America at the date or time of such computation;
(4) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" 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; and
(5) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the
phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in
those Articles.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holders, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required
hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to
be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to
such Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person (as herein defined) means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control", when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly
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or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have the meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 6.11 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of
one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the
place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each
day that is a Business Day (as herein defined), in the place of publication,
whether or not published on days that are Legal Holidays (as herein defined) in
the place of publication, and of general circulation in each place in connection
with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place.
Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers,
the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers
in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any day
that is a Business Day in the place of publication.
"Authorized Officer" means, when used with respect to the Company, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President, any Vice
President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company.
"Bank" means (i) any institution organized under the laws of the United
States of America, any State of the United States of America, the District of
Columbia, any territory of the United States of America, Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa or the Virgin Islands which (a) accepts deposits that the
depositor has a legal right to withdraw on demand, and (b) engages in the
business of making commercial loans, and (ii) any trust company organized under
the laws of any of the foregoing jurisdictions.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to
Section 2.1 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company or any
committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any particular
respect for the Company hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions, 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, delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", with respect to any Place of Payment (as herein defined)
or other location, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other
location are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
"Capital Stock" means, as to shares of a particular corporation,
outstanding shares of stock of any class whether now or hereafter authorized,
irrespective of whether such class shall be
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limited to a fixed sum or percentage in respect of the rights of the holders
thereof to participate in dividends and in the distribution of assets upon the
voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such corporation.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any capital stock of any class of the Company
which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the
event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person, and any other obligor upon the Securities.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Assets" means all amounts that would be shown as assets on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Significant Bank Subsidiaries
(as herein defined) prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"Controlled Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of which more than 80% of the
aggregate voting power of the outstanding shares of the Voting Stock at the time
is owned directly or indirectly by the Company or by one or more Controlled
Subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more Controlled Subsidiaries, after
giving effect to the issuance to any Person other than the Company or any
Controlled Subsidiary of Voting Stock of the Subsidiary issuable on exercise of
options, warrants or rights to subscribe for such Voting Stock or on conversion
of securities convertible into such Voting Stock.
"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency
both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such
Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or
other public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii)
the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions of or within the European Union or (iii) any
currency unit or composite currency other than the ECU for the purposes for
which it was established.
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"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at the date of original execution of this Indenture
is located at 111 Wall Street, 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10043.
"Corporation" includes corporations and limited liability companies and,
except for purposes of Article Eight, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in
respect of the principal of or any premium or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars (as herein defined) or the
Foreign Currency (as herein defined), as the case may be, in which such payment,
deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or pursuant to the terms
hereof or such Security and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or
transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof or such Security, means
Dollars.
"CUSIP number" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a Security
by Standard & Poor's Corporation, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"Debt" means (a) any liability of the Company (1) for borrowed money, or
under any reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of credit, or (2)
evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument, or (3) for payment
obligations arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
arrangement (including a purchase money obligation) given in connection with the
acquisition of any businesses, properties or assets of any kind, or (4) for the
payment of money relating to a capitalized lease obligation; provided that (a)
shall not include any liability of any subsidiary not otherwise covered in (b)
or (c); (b) any liability of others of a type described in the preceding clause
(a) that the Company has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal liability;
and (c) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or
refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (a) and (b)
above.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
"Dollars" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender
for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
"ECU" means the European Currency Units as defined and revised from time
to time by the Council of the European Union.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System established
by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Community.
"European Union" means the European Community, the European Coal and
Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
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"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite
currency, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of
one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any
recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct obligations
of the United States of America or the other government or governments in the
confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Security or any Additional Amounts in respect
thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder
are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or
(ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency
or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or
governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the
case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank
or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or
a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect
to any such 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 Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or
principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced
by such depository receipt.
"Holder", in the case of any Registered Security (as herein defined),
means the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security
Register (as herein defined) and, in the case of any Bearer Security, means the
bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon, means the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness", with respect to any Person, means indebtedness for
borrowed money or for the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of,
or guaranteed by, such Person and computed in accordance with GAAP.
"Indenture" means this instrument as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, with respect to any
Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon
appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 3.1 (as such terms and
provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"Independent Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of
accountants that, with respect to the Company and any other obligor under the
Securities or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public
accountants regularly retained by the Company or who may be other independent
public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any
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Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to
this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity (as herein defined) may be
more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest", with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security (as
herein defined) which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity (as herein
defined), means interest payable after Maturity and, when used with respect to a
Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to
Section 10.4, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date", with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 1.16.
"Legal Holiday" has the meaning specified in Section 1.14.
"Maturity", with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or repurchase,
notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes the Redemption
Date (as herein defined).
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section 1.16.
"Office" or "Agency", with respect to any Securities, means an office or
agency of the Company maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such
Securities pursuant to Section 10.2 or any other office or agency of the Company
maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to Section 10.2 or, to the
extent designated or required by Section 10.2 in lieu of such office or agency,
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company
that complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act
and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company or other counsel, that, if required by
the Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
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"Original Issue Discount Security" means a Security issued pursuant to
this Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the
principal face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant
to Section 5.2.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the
Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security
Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment at the Maturity thereof
money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
pursuant hereto (other than pursuant to Section 4.2) with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust
or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of
such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security with respect to which the Company has
effected defeasance pursuant to the terms hereof, except to
the extent provided in Section 4.2; and
(d) any such Security which has been paid pursuant to Section 3.6
or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have
been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
unless there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser in whose hands such Security is a valid obligation
of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount
of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall
be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of
such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been
declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof
pursuant to Section 5.2 at the time of such determination, (ii) the principal
amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination
and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the
principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, (iii) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar
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equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the
principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the
Dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the
amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, and (iv)
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in making any such determination or relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities
which a Responsible Officer (as herein defined) of the Trustee actually knows to
be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes
to the satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with
respect to such Securities, and (B) that the pledgee is not the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto or an
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with
respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", with respect to any Security, means the place or
places where the principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional
Amounts with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or such Security.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in
lieu of a lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which
a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen
Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon
appertains.
"Redemption Date", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture or such Security.
"Redemption Price", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or
pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Registered Security" means any Security established pursuant to Section
2.1 which is registered in a Security Register.
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"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Registered Security
on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified in or
pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 1.16.
"Responsible Officer" means any Vice President (as herein defined), any
Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer,
any Assistant Treasurer, or any trust officer or any other 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 or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds,
debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of Indebtedness, as the case may
be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that,
if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of
Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 3.5.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Registered Security means a date fixed by the Company pursuant to Section 3.7.
"Stated Maturity", with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect
thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and
payable.
"Significant Bank Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary that is a bank chartered
under the laws of any state or the federal laws of the United States that meets
the definition of "Significant Subsidiary" as such term is defined in Rule 1-02
of Regulation S-X promulgated under the 1933 Act.
"Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at the time of determination
the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or
indirectly more than 50% of the voting power of the shares of its Voting Stock
(as herein defined).
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision
thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or
replaced from time to time or as supplemented from
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time to time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in
furtherance of the purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect
to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person who is then a
Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one
such Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
"United States", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or any Security, means the United States of America (including the
states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions
and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual,
a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a
non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" means, with respect to any Security
issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person
designated as U.S. Depository or Depository by the Company in or pursuant to
this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law
or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any
successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person,
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" shall mean, with respect to any Securities,
the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "Vice President".
"Voting Stock" means stock of a Corporation of the class or one of the
classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at
least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such
Corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class
or classes has or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency).
Section 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent,
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if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents or any of them is specifically required by any provision of
this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or
covenant has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, provided
that such officer, after reasonable inquiry, has no reason to believe and does
not believe that the Opinion of Counsel with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate or opinion is based is erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the Company, provided that such counsel, after reasonable inquiry, has no
reason to believe and does not believe that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture or any Security, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
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Section 1.4. Acts of Holders.
(1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be
embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series
voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in
writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and
held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of
such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a
Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and, subject to
Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act, conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section 1.4. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 15.6.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 1.4, unless otherwise
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depository
that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or
proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depository that is a
Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial
owners of interests in any such global Security through such U.S. Depository's
standing instructions and customary practices.
The Company shall fix a record date for the purpose of determining the
Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security
held by a U.S. Depository entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depository
to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders.
If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly
appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make,
give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more
than 90 days after such record date.
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(2) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing referred to in this Section 1.4 may be proved in any
reasonable manner; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof
with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section 1.4.
(3) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(4) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such
Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust
company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Company,
wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company and the
Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such
Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer
Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or
affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or
affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the
Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until
(i) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of
the same Bearer Security is produced, or (ii) such Bearer Security is produced
to the Trustee by some other Person, or (iii) such Bearer Security is
surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (iv) such Bearer Security
is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of
Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and
the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same
may also be proved in any other manner which the Company and the Trustee deem
sufficient.
(5) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by
Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of
Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date
shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of
the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be
computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement
or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities 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.
(6) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
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thereof in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any
Security Registrar, any Paying Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such Act is made upon such Security.
Section 1.5. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
(which may be made via facsimile) to or with the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed
to the attention of its Treasurer, with a copy to the attention of its
General Counsel, at the address of its principal office specified in the
first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 1.6. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered
Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of a Registered Security affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice; and
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer
Securities, if any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of
New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange
outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the
Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on
a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not
earlier than the earliest date and the second such publication not later
than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided herein. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively
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presumed to have been duly given or provided. In the case by reason of the
suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be
made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification
for every purpose hereunder.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither failure to give notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in
any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice mailed to
Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 1.7. Language of Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election
or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that, if the Company so elects, any published notice may be in
an official language of the country of publication with a translation in
English to be provided to the Trustee upon request.
Section 1.8. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
This Indenture is subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture. If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties under any
required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by Section 318(c)
thereof, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may
be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to
this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.9. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.10. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
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Section 1.11. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 1.12. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar,
any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their successors hereunder and
the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.13. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities and any Coupons shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said
state.
Section 1.14. Legal Holiday.
"Legal Holiday", except as otherwise may be provided herein or in any
Security, with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which Banks in such Place of Payment or other
location are not authorized or obligated by law to be open.
Section 1.15. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 1.16. Judgment Currency.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or
premium or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts on the Securities of any
series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be
rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate
at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase
in The City of New York the requisite amount of the Required Currency with the
Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which a final
unappealable judgment is given, and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to
make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied
by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered
in accordance with clause (a)), in any currency other than the Required
Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the
actual receipt, by the payee, of the full
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amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such
payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of
action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if
any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the
Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by
judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes
of the foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday
or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to be closed.
Section 1.17. No Security Interest Created.
Nothing in this Indenture or in any Securities, express or implied, shall
be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code
or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect in any
jurisdiction where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be
located.
Section 1.18. Limitation on Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in this Indenture or in any Security, or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company, either directly or through the Company, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or
penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the
obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such
personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
incorporators, shareholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Company, or
any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this
Indenture or in any Security or implied therefrom; and that any and all such
personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity
or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims
against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by
reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture
or in any Security or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Indenture and the issuance of such Security.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 2.1. Forms Generally.
Each Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or
permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate
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insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto
and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Security or Coupon as evidenced by
their execution of such Security or Coupon.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons
and shall not be issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a
steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other
manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such
Securities or Coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or
Coupons.
Section 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 6.11, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall
be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Trustee
By
------------------------------------------
Authorized Officer
Section 2.3. Securities in Global Form.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in temporary or permanent
global form. If Securities of a series shall be issuable in global form, any
such Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall
represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or
such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time
endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to
reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the
amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of
Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such
manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the
Company Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4 with respect
thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if
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applicable, Section 3.4, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver, in each case
at the Company's expense, any Security in permanent global form in the manner
and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4 has
been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with
respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be
accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.7, unless otherwise specified
in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of principal of, any
premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security
in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons
specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.8 and except as provided in
the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding
Securities represented by a global Security (i) in the case of a global Security
in registered form, the Holder of such global Security in registered form, or
(ii) in the case of a global Security in bearer form, the Person or Persons
specified pursuant to Section 3.1.
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in
one or more series.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered
hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and
set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto,
(1) the title of such Securities (including CUSIP numbers) and the
series in which such Securities shall be included;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5,
3.6, 9.5 or 11.7, upon repayment in part of any Registered Security of
such series pursuant to Article Thirteen;
(3) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities,
as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered
Securities, and whether the
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Bearer Securities are to be issuable with Coupons, without Coupons or
both, and any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of
the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities
may be exchanged for Registered Securities and vice versa;
(4) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form,
when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and (i)
whether such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent global
form or both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such
global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same
series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination, and
the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than
in the manner specified in Section 3.5, and (iii) the name of the
Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, with respect to any
such global Security;
(5) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer
Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer
Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date of
original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued);
(6) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer
Securities, whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary
Bearer Security in global form payable in respect of an Interest Payment
Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer
Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing
organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security
held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions
(including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest
payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the
Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(7) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which
such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such
Securities is payable;
(8) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest,
if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are
to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such interest
shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates
are to be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the
interest payable on Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date,
whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities
or any of them shall be payable, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding
the determination of interest on a floating rate Security and the manner
of giving such notice, and the basis upon which interest shall be
calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(9) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium
and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities
shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
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exchange, any of such Securities may be surrendered for exchange and
notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities
and this Indenture may be served, the extent to which, or the manner in
which, any interest payment or Additional Amounts on a global Security on
an Interest Payment Date will be paid and the manner in which any
principal of or premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;
(10) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the
option of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period
or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms
and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company;
(11) whether the Company is obligated to redeem or purchase any of
such Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at
the option of any Holder thereof and, if so, the date or dates on which,
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
other terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and any
provisions for the remarketing of such Securities so redeemed or
purchased;
(12) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are
Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which
any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if
other than the denomination of $5,000;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.2 or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(14) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of
the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts
with respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(15) if the principal of, any premium or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise,
in Dollars or in a Foreign Currency other than that in which such
Securities are stated to be payable, the date or dates on which, the
period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon
which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining
the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated
to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities or any of them are
to be paid pursuant to such election, and any deletions from or
modifications of or additions to the terms of this Indenture to provide
for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities denominated or payable, at
the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign
Currency;
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(16) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may
be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or
methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without
limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity securities,
equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions
upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and
paid or payable;
(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to any of such
Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(18) whether Section 4.2 relating to defeasance shall not be
applicable to the Securities of such series and any deletions from, or
modifications or additions to, the provisions of Article Four in respect
of the Securities of such series;
(19) whether any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the
exercise of warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities
to be authenticated and delivered;
(20) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and
are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon
exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain
certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then
the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(21) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee
and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying
Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
(22) whether any of the Securities of a series shall be issued as
Original Issue Discount Securities; and
(23) any other terms of such Securities and any other deletions from
or modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such
Securities.
All Securities of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining to
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to
Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of interest
thereon, or method of determining the rate of interest, if any, Maturity, and
the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise
be provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth
in the Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental
hereto pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of
any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time
upon written order of persons designated in the Officers' Certificate or
supplemental indenture and
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that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Officers'
Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions
of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Officers' Certificate
or supplemental indenture. All Securities of any one series need not be issued
at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided, a series may be reopened for
issuances of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional
terms of such series of Securities.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be established
by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board Resolution shall
be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 3.2. Currency; Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal
of, any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant
to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in Dollars shall be
issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated in Dollars
shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not denominated in
Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect
to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman, its President, its Treasurer or a Vice President
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one
of its Assistant Secretaries. Coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company
by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. The signature of any
of these officers and the reproduction of the corporate seal of the Company on
the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto, as applicable, may be manual
or facsimile.
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of
the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities and Coupons or did not hold such offices at the date
of original issuance of such Securities or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons
appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication
and, provided that the Board Resolution and Officers' Certificate or
supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to
in Section 3.1 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with
the Company Order and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. In authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in
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relation to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the Trustee
shall receive, and, subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act, shall be fully protected in relying upon,
(1) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if
any, have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(b) all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of
such Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, have been
complied with and that such Securities and Coupons, when completed by
appropriate insertions, executed under the Company's corporate seal and
attested by duly authorized officers of the Company, delivered by duly
authorized officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication
pursuant to this Indenture, and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legally valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject
to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought
in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders thereof
to the benefits of this Indenture; such Opinion of Counsel need express no
opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies; and
(c) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been
complied with;
and, to the extent that this Indenture is required to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act in connection with the issuance of such Securities, to the
further effect that:
(d) this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
and
(2) an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the
execution, authentication and delivery of such Securities and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto, have been complied with and that, to the best knowledge of
the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or
lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it
shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers'
Certificate at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion and
certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the
time of issuance of the first Security of such series. After any such first
delivery, any separate written request by an Authorized Officer of the Company
that the Trustee authenticate and deliver Securities of such series for original
issue will be deemed to be a certification by the
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Company that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to
authentication and delivery of such Securities continue to have been complied
with.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an
Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a
manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee,
being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of
the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
No Security or Coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless
there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in
the form provided for in Section 2.2 or 6.11 executed by or on behalf of the
Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its
authorized officers. Such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by Section 3.6 or 3.7, the Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons
appertaining thereto then matured have been detached and cancelled.
Section 3.4. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute
and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in Section 3.3, temporary
Securities in lieu thereof which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued, in registered form or, if authorized in or pursuant to this
Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers of the Company executing such Securities may determine, as
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Such temporary
Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be
exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities are
issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same
series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to those of any
temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such
definitive Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office
or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (accompanied
by any unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations of the same series
and containing identical terms and provisions; provided, however, that no
definitive Bearer Security,
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except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer
Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in or pursuant to this
Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with
respect to a temporary global Security, until so exchanged the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the
Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein
sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for
such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered
Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such
series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series
of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or
the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for each
series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace
from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided
that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor
Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall have been
appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the
Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be
Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the
right to examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times.
There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of
any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same
series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a like
aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding
and containing identical terms and provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing
identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at
any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to Securities
of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may
be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing identical
terms, denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this
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Indenture and in the same aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, with
all unmatured Coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining.
If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured
Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be
effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable
to the Company and the Trustee in an amount equal to the face amount of such
missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons
may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying
Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender
to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment
shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of
such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section
10.2, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation
and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such series located
outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer
Security of any series is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such
series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series and like tenor after
the close of business at such Office or Agency on (i) any Regular Record Date
and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the
opening of business at such Office or Agency on the related date for payment of
Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon
relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case
may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such
Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of
any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series
may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by
the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant
to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities only if (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling, unable or
ineligible to continue as depository and a successor depository is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing,
(ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the
effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the
beneficial owners of interests in a
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global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive
Securities as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of
the preceding sentence, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not
later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in such form and
denominations as are required by or pursuant to this Indenture, and of the same
series, containing identical terms and in aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of such global Security, executed by the Company. On or
after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such global
Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depository or such
other Depository as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect
thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the U.S.
Depository or such other Depository, as the case may be (which instructions
shall be in writing but need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers'
Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified
in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent
for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive
Securities as described above without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered
global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of
the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of
such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not
issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case
the definitive Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable
only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or
Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the
beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of any certification
or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities; provided, however,
that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before any selection of Securities of the same series to be
redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further, that
(unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer Security
delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall be mailed or
otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly following any
such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to
such Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, or such other
Depository or U.S. Depository referred to above in accordance with the
instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is
issued in exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of
business at the Office or Agency for such Security where such exchange occurs on
or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such Security and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, interest shall not be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case
may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but shall be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to
the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such global Security
shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
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All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same
debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture
as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge and any other
expenses (including fees and expenses of the Trustee) that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 9.5 or 11.7 not involving any transfer.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the same
series under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such
selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in the case of
any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or
(iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the
extent provided with respect to such Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security
may be exchanged for a Registered Security of like tenor and the same series,
provided that such Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for
redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Security which, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment
at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to
be so repaid.
Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
this Section 3.6, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing
identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding
to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or
Coupon, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or
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Coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and, upon the Company's request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in
exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains
with all appurtenant Coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen, a new Security of
the same series containing identical terms and of like principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining
thereto corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed,
lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or
stolen Coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.6, in case any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or Coupon has become or is about
to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing
a new Security, pay such Security or Coupon; provided, however, that payment of
principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect
to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2, be
payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located outside the
United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
any interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with respect to
such interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the
Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 3.6, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security, with any Coupons appertaining thereto issued pursuant
to this Section 3.6 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in
exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains
shall constitute a separate obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security and Coupons appertaining thereto or the
destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series and any
Coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 3.6, as amended or supplemented pursuant to
this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities or Coupons.
Section 3.7. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to
Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest
on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which
shall be payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest. In case a Bearer Security of any series
is
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surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close
of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on
any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business (at such office or
agency) on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall
be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and
interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange of such Bearer Security, but will be
payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest
on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which
shall be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted
Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor
Security thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed by the Company in the following manner. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
to be paid on such Registered Security, the Special Record Date therefor
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 on or prior
to the date of the proposed payment, such money when so deposited to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Person entitled to such Defaulted
Interest as in this Clause provided. The Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest shall be not more than 15 days and not
less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after notification to the Trustee of the proposed payment.
The Trustee shall, in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the
Holder of such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) at
his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in
the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar notice to be
published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication
shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such
Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be
registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall
no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a
Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at the office or agency in a
Place of Payment for such
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series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the
close of business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related
proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security
shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such proposed date of
payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date
of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for
such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such
Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Security may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, at the option of the Company, interest on Registered Securities that
bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by
transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United
States.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.7 and Section 3.5,
each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered in the
Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 3.5 and
3.7) interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with
respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and none of the Company,
the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the
absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment
thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and
none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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No Holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its
behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee, any
Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of
beneficial ownership interests of a global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Section 3.9. Cancellation.
All Securities and Coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as Securities and
Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose, shall be
cancelled promptly by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Securities so delivered shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section 3.9, except as expressly permitted by or
pursuant to this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and Coupons held by the
Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall prepare and
send a certificate of such destruction to the Company.
Section 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in any
Security, interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11. 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 redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order, this Indenture shall
cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified
in such Company Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, on
receipt of a Company Order, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to
such series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons
appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in exchange
for Registered Securities of such series and maturing
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after such exchange whose surrender is not required or has been waived as
provided in Section 3.5, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series which
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 3.6, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Securities of
such series called for redemption and maturing after the relevant
Redemption Date whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section
11.7, and (iv) Securities and Coupons of such series for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii)
below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption
by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such
purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any premium
and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or
to the Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of
such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the
Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to
Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions
thereto are met.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section 6.6 and, if money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 4.1, the
obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 4.3, 10.2 and 10.3, with respect to the
payment of Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities as
contemplated by Section 10.4 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts
payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect
of such Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 4.1(1)(b)), shall survive such
satisfaction and discharge.
Section 4.2. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of Any
Series.
If, pursuant to Section 3.1, provision is made for defeasance of
Securities of any series pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the
Outstanding Securities of such series and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of such indebtedness, when
(1) either
(A) with respect to all Outstanding Securities of such series and
any Coupons appertaining thereto,
(i) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee, as trust funds in trust for such purpose, an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding
Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any), any
Additional Amounts, and interest to the Stated Maturity or any Redemption
Date as contemplated by the penultimate paragraph of this Section 4.2, as
the case may be; or
(ii) with respect to any series of Securities which are
denominated in United States Dollars, the Company has deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Trustee, as obligations in trust for such
purpose, such amount of Government Obligations which are not callable at
the option of the issuer thereof as will, together with the income to
accrue thereon without consideration of any reinvestment thereof, be
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding
Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any), any
Additional Amounts, and interest to the Stated Maturity or any Redemption
Date as contemplated by the penultimate paragraph of this Section 4.2; or
(B) the Company has properly fulfilled such other means of
satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section 3.1, to
be applicable to the Securities of such series; and
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series; and
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(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a certificate signed by a
nationally recognized firm of Independent Public Accountants certifying as
to the sufficiency of the amounts deposited pursuant to subsections
(1)(A)(i) or (ii) of this Section 4.2 for payment of the principal (and
premium, if any), any Additional Amounts and interest on the dates such
payments are due, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
such Certificate and Opinion stating that no Event of Default or event
which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of
Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing and all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
the satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness on all
Outstanding Securities of any such series have been complied with; and
(4) The Company has delivered to the Trustee
(A) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an opinion
of independent counsel that the Holders of the Securities of such series will
not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income
tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;
and
(B) if the Securities of such series are then listed on the
New York Stock Exchange, an Opinion of Counsel that the Securities of such
series will not be delisted as a result of the exercise of this option.
Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in subsection (1)(A) of this
Section 4.2 shall be irrevocable and shall be made under the terms of an escrow
trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee. If any
Outstanding Securities of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated
Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption or repayment provisions or
in accordance with any mandatory sinking fund requirement, the Company shall
make such arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Security, if, after a deposit referred to in Sections 4.2(1)(A) and 4.2(2) has
been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was
made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.1 or the terms of
such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the
deposit pursuant to Sections 4.2(1)(A) and 4.2(2) has been made in respect of
such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign
Currency in which the deposit pursuant to Sections 4.2(1)(A) and 4.2(2) has been
made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any Coupons appertaining
thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and
satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and
interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such
Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from
time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or
other property deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which
such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event
based on
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(x) in the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable
market exchange rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day
prior to each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the
applicable market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly
as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 4.2 with
respect to all the Outstanding Securities of any series, the terms and
conditions of such series, including the terms and conditions with respect
thereto set forth in this Indenture, other than the provisions of Sections 3.5,
3.6, and 10.2 and other than the right of Holders of Securities and any Coupons
of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in this Section 4.2,
payment of the principal (and premium, if any) of, the interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and Coupons (if any)
appertaining thereto when such payments are due, and the rights, powers, duties
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, shall no longer be binding upon, or
applicable to, the Company; provided that the Company shall not be discharged
from any payment obligations in respect of Securities of such series which are
deemed not to be Outstanding under clause (iii) of the definition thereof if
such obligations continue to be valid obligations of the Company under
applicable law.
Section 4.3. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money
and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to
Section 3.1) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any
series and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied
by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly
or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in
respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts,
if any; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
series, means any one of the following events (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),
unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the
supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate establishing
the terms of such series pursuant to this Indenture:
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(1) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of such series,
or any Additional Amounts payable with respect thereto, when such interest
becomes or such Additional Amounts become due and payable, and continuance of
such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any
Security of such series, or any Additional Amounts payable with respect thereto,
when such principal or premium becomes or such Additional Amounts become due and
payable at their Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by
the terms of a Security of such series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of
the Company in this Indenture or the Securities (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in the performance or the breach of which is elsewhere in
this Section 5.1 specifically dealt with or which has been expressly included in
this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than such
series), 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 of such series, a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) if any event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture or
instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or
evidenced, any Debt of the Company, whether such Debt now exists or shall
hereafter be created, shall happen and shall result in such Debt in principal
amount in excess of $50,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior
to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such
acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within a period of 30 days after
there shall have 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 of such series, a written notice
specifying such event of default and requiring the Company to cause such
acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such Debt to be discharged
and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(6) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Bank Subsidiary in
an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, adjudging it a bankrupt or insolvent, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of the Company or a Significant Bank Subsidiary, as the
case may be, or for any substantial part 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
(7) the Company or Significant Bank Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or shall
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consent to the entry of an order for relief in any 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 similar
official) of the Company or a Significant Bank Subsidiary, as the case may be,
or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall be unable generally to pay its
debts as they become due; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided in or pursuant to this Indenture
with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) and (7)
of Section 5.1) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee
if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal or such
lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 5.1
occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding
Securities of that series (or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the
Securities of such series) shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and
payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder of any Security of that series.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and
the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of money
sufficient to pay
(a) all overdue installments of any interest on and Additional
Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series and any Coupon
appertaining thereto,
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon and
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any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by
or provided for in such Securities,
(c) to the extent that payment of such interest or Additional
Amounts is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of any interest and
Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities, and
(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 6.6; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other
than the non-payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any
Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series which shall have
become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on or
any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon appertaining
thereto when such interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any premium on
any Security or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at their Maturity,
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with interest upon the overdue principal,
any premium and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts at
the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount of money as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other
amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.6.
If the Company fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee
pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce
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the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any
other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the
Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein or therein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
similar judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon
the Securities of any series or the property of the Company or such other
obligor or their creditors, 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 on the Company for the payment of any overdue principal, premium,
interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention
in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of any applicable series,
of the principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts owing
and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or
any Coupons appertaining thereto allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder of Securities or any Coupons 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 Holders of Securities or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 6.6.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or any Coupon any plan of
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reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or Coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security or any Coupon in any
such proceeding.
Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities
or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of the
Securities or Coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.6. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, or any
premium, interest or Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities or
Coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if
only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.6;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and
Additional Amounts in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such
Securities and Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and
Additional Amounts, respectively;
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company.
Section 5.7. Limitations on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining
thereto shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series;
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(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee such
indemnity as is reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture or any Security to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series, or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and
for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any
Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security or Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 3.5
and 3.7) interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security
or payment of such Coupon, as the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity
or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of
redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of
such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such
repayment is due) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or a Coupon has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such
case the Company, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and each such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
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Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons in the last paragraph
of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the
extent permitted by law, shall be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or
Coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article
or by law to the Trustee or to any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be.
Section 5.12. Control by Holders of Securities.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series 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 with respect to the
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Indenture or with the Securities of such series,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the other
Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may waive any
past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except
a default
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(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on,
or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or
any Coupons appertaining thereto, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company expressly waives (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) all benefit or advantage of any such law and
covenants that it will not utilize any such laws to hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 5.15. Undertaking for Costs.
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 any
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 5.15 shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding
in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of Outstanding Securities of
any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on or
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to any Security on or after the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, and, in the case of repayment, on
or after the date for repayment) or interest on any overdue principal of any
Security.
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ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected
in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document
(whether in its original or facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to
be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order (in each
case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons
appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery
pursuant to Section 3.3 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided
therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and
the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by the Trustee hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by or pursuant to this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or
any Coupons appertaining thereto pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as is
reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in
its discretion, may but shall not be obligated to make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine, during
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business hours and upon reasonable notice, the relevant books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense
of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any
kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that such Responsible
Officer or Officers was negligent, acted in bad faith or engaged in
willful misconduct;
(9) the Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, and Security Registrar
shall have the same protections as the Trustee set forth hereunder; and
(10) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with an Act of the Holders hereunder, and, to the extent not so provided
herein, with respect to any action requiring the Trustee to exercise its
own discretion, 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 or any
Securities, unless it shall be proved that, in connection with any such
action taken, suffered or omitted or any such act, the Trustee was
negligent, acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct.
Section 6.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect
to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section 7.3(3), notice of such default hereunder actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any), or interest, if any, on, or Additional
Amounts or any sinking fund or purchase fund installment with respect to, any
Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good
faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the best interest of
the Holders of Securities and Coupons of such series; and provided, further,
that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(5)
with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be
given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of
this Section 6.2, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice
or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of such series.
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Section 6.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as the
statements of the Company and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent
assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or the Coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
(if such Trustee is serving as Authenticating Agent) and perform its obligations
hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the
qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the
Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 6.4. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee or the
Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the
Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it
would have if it were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or such other Person.
Section 6.5. Money Held in Trust.
Except as provided in Section 4.3 and Section 10.3, money held by the
Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed to in writing with the Company.
Section 6.6. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all
services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust) as provided from time to time in a separate
agreement between the Company and the Trustee, or if any service is not
covered by such an agreement, reasonable compensation;
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture or arising out of or in connection with the acceptance
or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents
and
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counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;
and
(3) to fully indemnify the Trustee and its agents, officers,
directors and employees and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold them
harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
(including taxes other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee)
incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on their
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable
costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability
in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or
duties hereunder, except to the extent that any such loss, liability or
expense was due to the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section 6.6, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any
series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities or any Coupons
appertaining thereto.
To the extent permitted by law, any compensation or expense incurred by
the Trustee after a default specified in or pursuant to Section 5.1 is intended
to constitute an expense of administration under any then applicable bankruptcy
or insolvency law. "Trustee" for purposes of this Section 6.6 shall include any
predecessor Trustee but the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of any
Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section 6.6.
The provisions of this Section 6.6 shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee
and shall apply with equal force and effect to the Trustee in its capacity as
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent or Security Registrar.
Section 6.7. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia, that is eligible under Section
310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined capital and
surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture
Act) of at least $50,000,000, and that is subject to supervision or examination
by Federal or state authority. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.7, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
Section 6.8. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(1) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.9.
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(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.9 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the
Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to such series.
(3) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and the Company.
If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.9
shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the receiving
of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee may petition at the expense of
the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to such series.
(4) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed
upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to
Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or
any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Security of such series for at least six months, or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.7 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or any
such Holder,
(c) 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, or
(d) the Trustee shall transfer all or substantially all of its
corporate trust business to a non-affiliate of the Trustee.
then, in any such case, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such
series, and, in the case of Section 6.8(4)(a) (b) or (c), subject to Section
315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf
of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of
such series and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(5) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of such series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 6.9. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapacity, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a
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majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 6.9, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders of Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 6.9, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(6) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are
issued as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an
Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
(7) In no event shall any retiring Trustee be liable for the acts or
omissions of any successor Trustee hereunder.
Section 6.9. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee.
(1) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect to
all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company and the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or
such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges and
the charges of its agents and counsel, shall execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the
retiring Trustee and, subject to Section 10.3, shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in
Section 6.6.
(2) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring
Trustee and such successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring
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with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee
shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any
trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no
Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or received by, or any act
or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder, and, upon the
execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein, such retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility for the
exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and
obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates other than as hereinafter expressly set forth, and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment
of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or such
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates and subject to Section 10.3 shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee, to the extent contemplated by
such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject to its claim,
if any, provided for in Section 6.6.
(3) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a successor Trustee,
the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section 6.9, as the case may
be.
(4) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor
Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 6.10. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated
but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
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authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 6.11. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to
the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or
those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer,
partial redemption or partial repayment or pursuant to Section 3.6, and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent must be acceptable to the Company and, except as
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be a Corporation
that would be permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an
indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is authorized under
applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating Agent and has a
combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of
the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. 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 specified in this Section 6.11. If the Authenticating Agent has or
shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act, with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Authenticating Agent shall take such action as is required pursuant to said
Section 310(b).
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such
Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 6.11, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.11, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail
written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all
Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which
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Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer
Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its
principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any
successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section 6.11.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time
compensation for its services under this Section 6.11 as provided from time to
time in a separate agreement between the Company and the Authenticating Agent,
or if any service is not covered by such an agreement, reasonable compensation.
If the Trustee makes such payments, it shall be entitled to be reimbursed for
such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 6.6.
The provisions of Sections 3.8, 6.3 and 6.4 shall be applicable to each
Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series
of Securities pursuant to this Section 6.11, the Securities of such series may
have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Trustee
By
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as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one
time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating
Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the
Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be
accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall
appoint in accordance with this Section 6.11 an Authenticating Agent having an
office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such
series of Securities.
SECTION 6.12 Trustee's Application for Instructions from the Company.
Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company
may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to
be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or
after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee
in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date
specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business
Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such
application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any
earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in
the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions
in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
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ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company
shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record
Date for interest for each series of Securities, or if there is no Regular
Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semi-annually upon
such other date as are set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or
indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each
case in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of Holders as of the applicable date, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 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 days prior
to the time such list is furnished,
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such
list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Trustee,
any Paying Agent or any Security Registrar 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 Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act, 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 Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
(1) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May
15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, if
required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall
transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report
dated as of such May 15 with respect to any of the events specified in said
Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately
preceding May 15 and the date of this Indenture.
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(2) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(3) Reports pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall be transmitted in the
manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 7.4. Reports by Company.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, upon the Trustee's request, copies of the
annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of
such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it
shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations.
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);
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with 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 of this Indenture as may be required from time
to time by such rules and regulations. 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); and
(3) transmit within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be
filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section 7.4 as
may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company may consolidate with or merge into any other Person (whether
or not affiliated with the Company), or convey, transfer or lease its properties
and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person
(whether or not affiliated with the Company), and the Company may permit any
other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) to consolidate with or
merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as
an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company; provided that:
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(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires
by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the
Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
(or indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental
hereto, executed by the successor Person and delivered to the Trustee the due
and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the performance of
every obligation in this Indenture and the Outstanding Securities on the part of
the Company to be performed or observed and shall provide for exchange rights in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are
exchangeable into Common Stock or other securities;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary as a
result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such
Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default or event which,
after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) either the Company or the successor Person shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 8.2. Successor Person Substituted for Company.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger of the Company into
any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance
with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter, except in
the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the Coupons.
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ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or Coupons, the Company
(when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee, at any
time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained
herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental
indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Company; or
(3) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide
that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or
eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of, any premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized
denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in
uncertificated form, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect
the interests of the Holders of Securities then Outstanding or any Coupons
appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.9; or
(6) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in
any material respect; or
(7) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue,
authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
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(8) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any
series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture); or
(9) to modify, eliminate or supplement any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four,
provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any
Holder of an Outstanding Security of such series and any Coupons appertaining
thereto or any other Outstanding Security or Coupon in any material respect; or
(10) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding
or Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect.
Section 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Company's Board
Resolution) and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of (1) adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or (2)
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
under this Indenture or of the Securities of such series; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby, shall
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or
installment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the
calculation of such rate) of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or
otherwise, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts
pursuant to Section 10.4 (except as contemplated by Section 8.1(1) and permitted
by Section 9.1(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2 or the amount
thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.4, change the redemption
provisions or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any
Holder as contemplated by Article Thirteen, or change the Place of Payment,
Currency in which the principal of, any premium or interest on, or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security is payable, or impair the right
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date
or, in the case of repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the date
for repayment), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture
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or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 15.4 for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.2, Section 5.13 or
Section 10.6, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which shall have been included expressly and solely
for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to
such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under this
Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance
thereof.
Section 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created
by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution of
such supplemental indenture have been fulfilled. The Trustee may, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.5. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and
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executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 9.6. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section 9.7. Notice of Supplemental Indenture.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 9.2, the Company shall transmit to
the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series affected thereby a notice
setting forth the substance of such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, any Premium, Interest and Additional
Amounts.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of,
any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of such series in accordance with the terms thereof, any Coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Any interest due on any Bearer Security
on or before the Maturity thereof, and any Additional Amounts payable with
respect to such interest, shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of the Coupons appertaining thereto for such interest as they severally mature.
Section 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series (but not Bearer
Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is
located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of such series relating thereto and this Indenture may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall
maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or
Agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United
States where Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may
be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the
Securities of such series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom
and the
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Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange
located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the
Company shall maintain a Paying Agent in London, Luxembourg or any other
required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as
the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required Office or Agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that
Bearer Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may be
presented and surrendered for payment at the place specified for the purpose
with respect to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment
of principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer
Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, if
amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars,
payment of principal of, any premium or interest on and any Additional Amounts
with respect to any such Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of
such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside
the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices
or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency
in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other Office or
Agency. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee as the Office or Agency of the Company in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The Company may
subsequently appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York for the Securities of any series.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated
in a Foreign Currency, or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long
as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company
will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required,
at least one exchange rate agent.
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Section 10.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the
principal of, any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to
any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal
or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, any
premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities
of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies described
in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal or any premium,
interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless such Paying Agent is
the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section 10.3, that such Paying Agent shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any
premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of
such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of
principal, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to
the Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in
trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
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Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon
appertaining thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal
or any such premium or interest or any such Additional Amounts shall have become
due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then
held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company (or any governmental entity to which
the Company may have been required to escheat such money) for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment for such
series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series, or
both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication
or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal and any
premium or interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 10.4. Additional Amounts.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, the Company agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any
Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the
net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant
hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention
of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof
shall not be construed as excluding the payment of Additional Amounts in those
provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of the applicable series, if the Securities of a series provide for
the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest
Payment Date with respect to such series of Securities (or if the Securities of
such series shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a
payment of principal is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of
payment of principal or interest if there has been any change with respect to
the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if
other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and
such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and
premium, if any, or
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interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities
of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens
without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge described in the Securities of such series. If any such
withholding shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by
country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such
Holders of Securities or Coupons, and the Company agrees to pay to the Trustee
or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such
Securities. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent
for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of
or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any
Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
Section 10.5. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and that of each Subsidiary and their respective rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not
obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to preserve any such corporate existence,
right or franchise if the Company or any Subsidiary shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or
the business of such Subsidiary and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous
in any material respect to any Holder.
Section 10.6. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain
Defaults.
(1) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of
the Company, stating that
(a) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and
of its performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her
supervision, and
(b) to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (a)
the Company has complied with all the conditions and covenants imposed on
it under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying
each such default known to him or her and the nature and status thereof,
and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice
or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an
event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to
him or her and the nature and status thereof.
(2) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the
occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default or any event which
after notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default pursuant
to clause (4) of Section 5.1.
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(3) The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the Company's compliance
with the covenants contained in this Article 10 other than as specifically set
forth in this Section 10.6.
Section 10.7. Limitation on Certain Dispositions and on Merger and Sale of
Assets.
Except as otherwise provided in Article 8, the Company will not:
(1) sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of, or
securities convertible into or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or
purchase shares of, Voting Stock of a Significant Bank Subsidiary, and will not
permit a Significant Bank Subsidiary to issue any shares of, or securities
convertible into or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase
shares of, such Voting Stock if, in each case, after giving effect to any such
transaction, such Significant Bank Subsidiary would cease to be a Controlled
Subsidiary; or
(2) permit a Significant Bank Subsidiary to:
(a) merge or consolidate with any other corporation, unless the
surviving corporation is, or upon consummation of the merger or
consolidation will become, the Company or a Controlled Subsidiary; or
(b) lease, sell or transfer all or substantially all its properties
and assets to any corporation or other Person, except to the Company or a
Controlled Subsidiary or a Person that, upon such lease, sale or transfer,
will become the Company or a Controlled Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such sale, assignment, transfer or
other disposition of securities, any such merger or consolidation or any such
lease, sale or transfer of properties and assets shall not be prohibited if
required (a) by any law or any rule, regulation or order of any governmental
agency or authority or (b) as a condition imposed by any law or any rule,
regulation or order of any governmental agency or authority with respect to the
acquisition by the Company or any Controlled Subsidiary, directly or indirectly,
through purchase of securities or assets, or a merger, consolidation or
otherwise, of any Person, provided that after giving effect to such acquisition
(i) such Person will be a Controlled Subsidiary and (ii) the Consolidated Assets
of the Company will be at least equal to the Consolidated Assets of the Company
prior thereto.
Section 10.8 Limitation on Creation of Liens.
So long as any of the Securities shall be Outstanding, the Company will
not create, assume, incur or suffer to be created, assumed or incurred or to
exist any pledge, encumbrance or lien, as security for indebtedness for borrowed
money, upon any shares of, or securities convertible into or options, warrants
or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Voting Stock of a Significant
Bank Subsidiary if, treating such pledge, encumbrance or lien as a transfer of
the shares of, or securities convertible into or options, warrants or rights to
subscribe for or purchase shares of, Voting Stock subject thereto to the secured
party, the Significant Bank Subsidiary would not be a Controlled Subsidiary.
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Section 10.9. Limitation on Certain Acquisitions.
The Company will not (a) acquire Capital Stock of any corporation or (b)
acquire substantially all the assets and liabilities of any corporation, if,
immediately upon giving effect to such acquisition, the Company would not then
be in full compliance with all the terms, conditions and covenants contained in
this Indenture.
Section 10.10. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in Section 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9 with respect to
the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders
of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series, by Act of such Holders, either shall waive such compliance in such
instance or generally shall have waived compliance with such term, provision or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall
become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee
in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force
and effect.
Section 10.11. Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each
calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue
discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding
Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information
relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as
permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided
herein or pursuant hereto) this Article.
Section 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of (a) less than all of the Securities of any series, or (b) all of
the Securities of any series, with the same issue date, interest rate or
formula, Stated Maturity and other terms, the Company shall, at least 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and
of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
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Section 11.3. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities of any series with the same issue date,
interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such
series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the
portion of the principal amount of a Registered Security of such series not
redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series
established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar
(if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and,
in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 11.4. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 1.6,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a
shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to the Holders of
Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner
herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated for
redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in
the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
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(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon
surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without
charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due
and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if
applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of
Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after
the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price
and any accrued interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of
any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all
Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of
any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any
Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and no
Registered Securities of such series are to be redeemed, and if such Bearer
Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption
on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.5 or otherwise, the last date, as
determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made, and
(10) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Cedel reference numbers of
such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depository to identify
such Securities).
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 1.6 need not
identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit, with
respect to the Securities of any series called for redemption pursuant to
Section 11.4, with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 10.3) an amount of money in the applicable Currency sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or in the
Securities of such series) any accrued
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interest on and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, all such Securities or
portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 11.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the Coupons for such
interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the
extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be
paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with any accrued interest
and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, except
as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities
of such series, installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest (at an Office or Agency
located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2),
and provided, further, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to
this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, installments of
interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 3.7.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may
be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or
Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to
them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any
Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender
to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be
entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that any interest
or Additional Amounts represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such
Security located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in
Section 10.2.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid, shall bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
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Section 11.7. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security without service charge, a new Registered Security or Securities of the
same series, containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository
or other Depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in
the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a
new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so
surrendered.
ARTICLE 12
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.1. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise permitted or
required in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security of such series issued
pursuant to this Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking
fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided
in Section 12.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of
Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such
series and this Indenture.
Section 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of any series to be made pursuant to the
terms of such Securities (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of such series
(other than any of such Securities previously called for redemption or any of
such Securities in respect of which cash shall have been released to the
Company), together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all
unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto, and (2) apply as a credit Securities of
such series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company
pursuant to the terms of such series of Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of
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such series of Securities, provided that such Securities have not been
previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such
purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking
fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If, as a result of the delivery or
credit of Securities of any series in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this
Section 12.2, the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed
in order to satisfy the remaining sinking fund payment shall be less than
$100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such series for redemption,
except upon Company Request, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee
or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment,
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall at the request of
the Company from time to time pay over and deliver to the Company any cash
payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the
Company to the Trustee of Securities of that series purchased by the Company
having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment requested to be
released to the Company.
Section 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 75 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.2, and the optional amount, if
any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and
will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so credited and not
theretofore delivered. If such Officers' Certificate shall specify an optional
amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment,
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee
shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date
in the manner specified in Section 11.3 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the
manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.
ARTICLE 13
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 13.1. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders
thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the
terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of
Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of
Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 3.9, shall not
operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented
by such
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Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or
surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be
cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
13.1, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange
for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment
bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders
of such Securities on or before the close of business on the repayment date an
amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of
such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of
such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is
so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE 14
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 14.1. Applicability of Article.
Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the
determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in
which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same Currency, or (ii)
any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to
the contrary in the form of Security of any particular series or pursuant to
this Indenture or the Securities, any amount in respect of any Security
denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such
action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such
amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with
respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action,
determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable
record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action,
determination of rights or distribution) as the Company may specify in a written
notice to the Trustee.
ARTICLE 15
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 15.1. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time
and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series.
Section 15.2. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series for any purpose specified in Section 15.1, to be held at such time
and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if
Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as Bearer
Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee
shall
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determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series,
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 given, in the manner
provided in Section 1.6, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the
date fixed for the meeting.
(2) In case at any time the Company (by or pursuant to a Board Resolution)
or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders
of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 15.1, by
written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be
taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made
the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt
of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to Section 1.6) or shall
not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then
the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series are
to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for such meeting and may call such
meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (1) of
this Section 15.2.
Section 15.3. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 15.4. Quorum; Action.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if
convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, 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 reconvened meeting, such
reconvened meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of
such reconvened meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting
shall be given as provided in Section 15.2(1), except that such notice need be
given only once not less than five days prior to 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 of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
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Except as limited by the proviso to Section 9.2, any resolution presented
to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 9.2, any
resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act which this Indenture expressly provides may
be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less
than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series
may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which
a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such
specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 15.4 shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons
appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at
the meeting.
Section 15.5. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series 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 deem appropriate.
Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding
of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.4 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.4
or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or
guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 1.4 to
certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed
valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 1.4 or other proof.
(2) 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 Holders of Securities as provided in Section 15.2(2), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series 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
vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(3) At any meeting, each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy
shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of
such series 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.
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The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a
Security of such series or proxy.
(4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 15.2 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 15.6. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series 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, at least in
triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series 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 given as provided in Section 15.2 and, if
applicable, Section 15.4. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, all
as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] SUMMIT BANCORP.
Attest:
By
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Name:
Title:
[SEAL]
[ ],
as Trustee
Attest:
By
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Name:
Title:
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STATE OF )
: SS.:
COUNTY OF )
On the _____ day of _________, 1999, before me personally came
_____________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and
say that he is a ____________________________ of SUMMIT BANCORP., a New Jersey
corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such Corporation's seal; that it was so affixed by authority
of the Board of Directors of said Corporation; and that he signed his name
thereto by like authority.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
: SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the _____ day of ________, 1999, before me personally came
_________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is a ____________________ of ,_______________________________ a banking
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, one
of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such Corporation's seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said Corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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SUMMIT BANCORP.,
Issuer
to
CITIBANK, N.A.,
Trustee
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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
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Dated as of [ ], 1999
Subordinated Debt Securities
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Reconciliation and tie between
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act")
and Indenture
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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<S> <C>
Section 310(a)(1).................................... 6.7
(a)(2).................................... 6.7
(b)....................................... 6.8
Section 312(a)....................................... 7.1
(b)....................................... 7.2
(c)....................................... 7.2
Section 313(a)....................................... 7.3
(b)(2).................................... 7.3
(c)....................................... 7.3
(d)....................................... 7.3
Section 314(a)....................................... 7.4
(c)(1).................................... 1.2
(c)(2).................................... 1.2
(e)....................................... 1.2
(f)....................................... 1.2
Section 316(a)(last sentence)........................ 1.1
(a)(1)(A)................................. 5.2, 5.12
(a)(1)(B) ................................ 5.13
(b)....................................... 5.8
Section 317(a)(1).................................... 5.3
(a)(2).................................... 5.4
(b)....................................... 10.3
Section 318(a)....................................... 1.8
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Recitals.......................................................................1
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Definitions..................................................2
Act..................................................................2
Additional Amounts...................................................2
Affiliate............................................................2
Authenticating Agent.................................................3
Authorized Newspaper.................................................3
Authorized Officer...................................................3
Bank.................................................................3
Bearer Security......................................................3
Board of Directors...................................................3
Board Resolution.....................................................3
Business Day.........................................................3
Commission...........................................................3
Common Stock.........................................................4
Company..............................................................4
Company Request and Company Order....................................4
Consolidated Assets..................................................4
Corporate Trust Office...............................................4
Corporation..........................................................4
Coupon...............................................................4
Currency.............................................................4
CUSIP number.........................................................4
Defaulted Interest...................................................4
Dollars..............................................................5
ECU..................................................................5
European Monetary System.............................................5
European Union.......................................................5
Event of Default.....................................................5
Foreign Currency.....................................................5
Holder...............................................................6
Indebtedness.........................................................6
Indenture............................................................6
Independent Public Accountants.......................................6
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Indexed Security.....................................................5
Interest.............................................................6
Interest Payment Date................................................6
Judgment Currency....................................................6
Legal Holiday........................................................6
Maturity.............................................................6
New York Banking Day.................................................6
Office or Agency.....................................................6
Officers' Certificate................................................6
Opinion of Counsel...................................................6
Original Issue Discount Security.....................................6
Outstanding..........................................................6
Paying Agent.........................................................8
Person...............................................................8
Place of Payment.....................................................8
Predecessor Security.................................................8
Redemption Date......................................................8
Redemption Price.....................................................8
Registered Security..................................................8
Regular Record Date..................................................8
Required Currency....................................................8
Responsible Officer..................................................8
Security or Securities...............................................9
Security Register and Security Registrar.............................9
Senior Indebtedness..................................................9
Special Record Date..................................................9
Stated Maturity......................................................9
Significant Bank Subsidiary..........................................9
Subsidiary...........................................................9
Trust Indenture Act..................................................9
Trustee..............................................................9
United States.......................................................10
United States Alien.................................................10
U.S. Depository or Depository.......................................10
Vice President......................................................10
Voting Stock........................................................10
Section 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........................10
Section 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee......................11
Section 1.4. Acts of Holders.............................................11
Section 1.5. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company........................14
Section 1.6. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.....................14
Section 1.7. Language of Notices.........................................15
Section 1.8. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act...........................15
Section 1.9. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents....................15
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Section 1.10. Successors and Assigns......................................15
Section 1.11. Separability Clause.........................................15
Section 1.12. Benefits of Indenture.......................................16
Section 1.13. Governing Law...............................................16
Section 1.14. Legal Holiday...............................................16
Section 1.15. Counterparts................................................16
Section 1.16. Judgment Currency...........................................16
Section 1.17. No Security Interest Created................................17
Section 1.18. Limitation on Individual Liability..........................17
ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 2.1. Forms Generally.............................................17
Section 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.............18
Section 2.3. Securities in Global Form...................................18
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series........................19
Section 3.2. Currency; Denominations.....................................23
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..............23
Section 3.4. Temporary Securities........................................25
Section 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.........................26
Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities............29
Section 3.7. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts;
Rights to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts
Preserved...................................................30
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners.......................................32
Section 3.9. Cancellation................................................33
Section 3.10. Computation of Interest.....................................33
Section 3.11. CUSIP Numbers...............................................33
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge..................................33
Section 4.2. Application of Trust Money..................................35
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ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default...........................................35
Section 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment..........36
Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee..................................................37
Section 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................38
Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of
Securities or Coupons.......................................38
Section 5.6. Application of Money Collected..............................39
Section 5.7. Limitations on Suits........................................39
Section 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal
and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts............40
Section 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..........................40
Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative..............................40
Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................41
Section 5.12. Control by Holders of Securities............................41
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.....................................41
Section 5.14. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.....................42
Section 5.15. Undertaking for Costs.......................................42
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1. Certain Rights of Trustee...................................42
Section 6.2. Notice of Defaults..........................................44
Section 6.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities......44
Section 6.4. May Hold Securities.........................................44
Section 6.5. Money Held in Trust.........................................45
Section 6.6. Compensation and Reimbursement..............................45
Section 6.7. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.....................46
Section 6.8. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...........46
Section 6.9. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee..............48
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Section 6.10. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business....................................................49
Section 6.11. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.........................49
Section 6.12. Trustee's Application for Instructions......................51
ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders.....................................................51
Section 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders......52
Section 7.3. Reports by Trustee..........................................52
Section 7.4. Reports by Company..........................................52
ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc................................53
Section 8.2. Successor Person Substituted for Company....................54
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders..........54
Section 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.............55
Section 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................57
Section 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures...........................57
Section 9.5. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures..........57
Section 9.6. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.........................57
Section 9.7. Notice of Supplemental Indenture............................57
Section 9.8. Subordination Unimpaired....................................57
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
Section 10.1. Payment of Principal, any Premium, Interest and Additional
Amounts.....................................................58
Section 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................58
Section 10.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust...........59
Section 10.4. Additional Amounts..........................................61
Section 10.5. Corporate Existence.........................................62
Section 10.6. Company Statement as to Compliance;
Notice of Certain Defaults..................................62
Section 10.7. Calculation of Original Issue Discount......................62
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ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article....................................63
Section 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.......................63
Section 11.3. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed...........63
Section 11.4. Notice of Redemption........................................63
Section 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................65
Section 11.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.......................65
Section 11.7. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................66
ARTICLE 12
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.1. Applicability of Article....................................66
Section 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.......67
Section 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund...................67
ARTICLE 13
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 13.1. Applicability of Article....................................68
ARTICLE 14
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 14.1. Applicability of Article....................................68
ARTICLE 15
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 15.1. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called...................68
Section 15.2. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings..........................69
Section 15.3. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings........................69
Section 15.4. Quorum; Action..............................................70
Section 15.5. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment
of Meetings.................................................70
Section 15.6. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.............71
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ARTICLE 16
SUBORDINATION
Section 16.1. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness..............72
Section 16.2. Subrogation.................................................74
Section 16.3. Obligation of Company Unconditional.........................74
Section 16.4. Payments on Securities Permitted............................75
Section 16.5. Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee....................75
Section 16.6. Knowledge of Trustee........................................75
Section 16.7. Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness...................76
Section 16.8. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired.......76
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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], 1999 (the "Indenture"), between
SUMMIT BANCORP., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of New Jersey (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal
executive office located at 301 Carnegie Center, P.O. Box 2066, Princeton, New
Jersey 08543-2066, and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America
(hereinafter called the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office (as herein
defined) located at 111 Wall Street, 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10043.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (hereinafter
called the "Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates
of interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series
and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture
and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted
and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as
follows:
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Definitions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or
unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act (as herein defined), either directly or by reference
therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America and, except as otherwise herein
expressly provided, the terms "generally accepted accounting principles"
or "GAAP" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder
shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the
United States of America at the date or time of such computation;
(4) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" 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; and
(5) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the
phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in
those Articles.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holders, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required
hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to
be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to
such Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person (as herein defined) means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control", when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly
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or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have the meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 6.11 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of
one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the
place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each
day that is a Business Day (as herein defined) in the place of publication,
whether or not published on days that are Legal Holidays (as herein defined) in
the place of publication, and of general circulation in each place in connection
with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place.
Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers,
the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers
in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any day
that is a Business Day in the place of publication.
"Authorized Officer" means, when used with respect to the Company, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President, any Vice
President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company.
"Bank" means (i) any institution organized under the laws of the United
States of America, any State of the United States of America, the District of
Columbia, any territory of the United States of America, Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa or the Virgin Islands which (a) accepts deposits that the
depositor has a legal right to withdraw on demand, and (b) engages in the
business of making commercial loans, and (ii) any trust company organized under
the laws of any of the foregoing jurisdictions.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to
Section 2.1 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company or any
committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any particular
respect for the Company hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions, 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, delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", with respect to any Place of Payment (as herein defined)
or other location, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other
location are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or, if at any time after
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the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing
the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any capital stock of any class of the Company
which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the
event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person, and any other obligor upon the Securities.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Assets" means all amounts that would be shown as assets on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Significant Bank Subsidiaries
(as herein defined) prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at the date of original execution of this Indenture
is located at 111 Wall Street, 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10043.
"Corporation" includes corporations and limited liability companies and,
except for purposes of Article Eight, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in
respect of the principal of or any premium or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars (as herein defined) or the
Foreign Currency (as herein defined), as the case may be, in which such payment,
deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or pursuant to the terms
hereof or such Security and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or
transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof or such Security, means
Dollars.
"CUSIP number" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a Security
by Standard & Poor's Corporation, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
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"Dollars" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender
for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
"ECU" means the European Currency Units as defined and revised from time
to time by the Council of the European Union.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System established
by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Community.
"European Union" means the European Community, the European Coal and Steel
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite
currency, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of
one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any
recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"Holder", in the case of any Registered Security (as herein defined),
means the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security
Register (as herein defined) and, in the case of any Bearer Security, means the
bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon, means the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness", with respect to any Person, means indebtedness for
borrowed money or for the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of,
or guaranteed by, such Person and computed in accordance with GAAP.
"Indenture" means this instrument as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, with respect to any
Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon
appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 3.1 (as such terms and
provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"Independent Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of
accountants that, with respect to the Company and any other obligor under the
Securities or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public
accountants regularly retained by the Company or who may be other independent
public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any
Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to
this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity (as herein defined) may be
more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
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"Interest", with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security (as
herein defined) which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity (as herein
defined), means interest payable after Maturity and, when used with respect to a
Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to
Section 10.4, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date", with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 1.16.
"Legal Holiday" has the meaning specified in Section 1.14.
"Maturity", with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or repurchase,
notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes the Redemption
Date (as herein defined).
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section 1.16.
"Office" or "Agency", with respect to any Securities, means an office or
agency of the Company maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such
Securities pursuant to Section 10.2 or any other office or agency of the Company
maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to Section 10.2 or, to the
extent designated or required by Section 10.2 in lieu of such office or agency,
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company
that complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act
and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company or other counsel, that, if required by
the Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means a Security issued pursuant to
this Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the
principal face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant
to Section 5.2.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
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(a) any such Security theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the
Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security
Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment at the Maturity thereof
money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
pursuant hereto (other than pursuant to Section 4.1) with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust
or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of
such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security which has been paid pursuant to Section 3.6
or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have
been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
unless there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser in whose hands such Security is a valid obligation
of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount
of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall
be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of
such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been
declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof
pursuant to Section 5.2 at the time of such determination, (ii) the principal
amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination
and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the
principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, (iii) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent,
determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal
amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar
equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount
determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, and (iv) Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in making any such determination or relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a
Responsible Officer (as herein defined) of the Trustee actually knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with respect to
such Securities, and (B) that the pledgee is not the
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Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining
thereto or an Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with
respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", with respect to any Security, means the place or
places where the principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional
Amounts with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or such Security.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in
lieu of a lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which
a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen
Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon
appertains.
"Redemption Date", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture or such Security.
"Redemption Price", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or
pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Registered Security" means any Security established pursuant to Section
2.1 which is registered in a Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Registered Security
on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified in or
pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 1.16.
"Responsible Officer" means any Vice President (as herein defined), any
Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer,
any Assistant Treasurer, or any trust officer or any other 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 or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
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"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds,
debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of Indebtedness, as the case may
be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that,
if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of
Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 3.5.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on all indebtedness and other obligations of the Company, whether
outstanding at the date hereof or thereafter incurred or created, except such
indebtedness or obligations as are by their terms expressly stated to be
subordinated in right of payment to, or to rank pari passu with, the Securities
or are identified in a Board Resolution or any indenture supplemental hereto as
subordinated in right of payment to, or to rank pari passu with, the Securities.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Registered Security means a date fixed by the Company pursuant to Section 3.7.
"Stated Maturity", with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect
thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and
payable.
"Significant Bank Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary that is a bank chartered
under the laws of any state or the federal laws of the United States that meets
the definition of "Significant Subsidiary" as such term is defined in Rule 1-02
of Regulation S-X promulgated under the 1933 Act.
"Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at the time of determination
the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or
indirectly more than 50% of the voting power of the shares of its Voting Stock
(as herein defined).
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision
thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or
replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by rules or
regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of
such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect
to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person who is then a
Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is
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more than one such Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used
with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series.
"United States", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or any Security, means the United States of America (including the
states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions
and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual,
a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a
non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" means, with respect to any Security
issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person
designated as U.S. Depository or Depository by the Company in or pursuant to
this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law
or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any
successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person,
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" shall mean, with respect to any Securities,
the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "Vice President".
"Voting Stock" means stock of a Corporation of the class or one of the
classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at
least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such
Corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class
or classes has or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency).
Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
or any of them is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or
covenant has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, provided
that such officer, after reasonable inquiry, has no reason to believe and does
not believe that the Opinion of Counsel with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate or opinion is based is erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the Company, provided that such counsel, after reasonable inquiry, has no
reason to believe and does not believe that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture or any Security, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.4. Acts of Holders.
(1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable
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as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be
embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series
voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in
writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and
held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of
such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a
Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and, subject to
Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act, conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section 1.4. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 15.6.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 1.4, unless otherwise
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depository
that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or
proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depository that is a
Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial
owners of interests in any such global Security through such U.S. Depository's
standing instructions and customary practices.
The Company shall fix a record date for the purpose of determining the
Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security
held by a U.S. Depository entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depository
to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders.
If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly
appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make,
give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more
than 90 days after such record date.
(2) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing referred to in this Section 1.4 may be proved in any
reasonable manner; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof
with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section 1.4.
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(3) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(4) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such
Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust
company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Company,
wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company and the
Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such
Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer
Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or
affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or
affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the
Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until
(i) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of
the same Bearer Security is produced, or (ii) such Bearer Security is produced
to the Trustee by some other Person, or (iii) such Bearer Security is
surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (iv) such Bearer Security
is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of
Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and
the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same
may also be proved in any other manner which the Company and the Trustee deem
sufficient.
(5) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by
Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of
Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date
shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of
the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be
computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement
or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities 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.
(6) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any
Paying Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
Act is made upon such Security.
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Section 1.5. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
(which may be made via facsimile) to or with the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed
to the attention of its Treasurer, with a copy to the attention of its
General Counsel, at the address of its principal office specified in the
first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 1.6. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered
Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of a Registered Security affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice; and
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer
Securities, if any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of
New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange
outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the
Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on
a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not
earlier than the earliest date and the second such publication not later
than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided herein. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In
the case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any
other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither failure to give notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in
any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice mailed to
Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 1.7. Language of Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election
or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that, if the Company so elects, any published notice may be in
an official language of the country of publication with a translation in English
to be provided to the Trustee upon request.
Section 1.8. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
This Indenture is subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture. If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties under any
required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by Section 318(c)
thereof, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may
be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to
this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.9. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.10. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.11. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
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Section 1.12. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar,
any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their successors hereunder and
the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.13. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities and any Coupons shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said
state.
Section 1.14. Legal Holiday.
"Legal Holiday", except as otherwise may be provided herein or in any
Security, with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which Banks in such Place of Payment or other
location are not authorized or obligated by law to be open.
Section 1.15. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 1.16. Judgment Currency.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or
premium or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts on the Securities of any
series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be
rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate
at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase
in The City of New York the requisite amount of the Required Currency with the
Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which a final
unappealable judgment is given, and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to
make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied
by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered
in accordance with clause (a)), in any currency other than the Required
Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the
actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency
expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable
as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in
the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall
fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be
payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any
other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "New York
Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday
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in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of
New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be
closed.
Section 1.17. No Security Interest Created.
Nothing in this Indenture or in any Securities, express or implied, shall
be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code
or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect in any
jurisdiction where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be
located.
Section 1.18. Limitation on Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in this Indenture or in any Security, or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
shareholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company, either directly or through the Company, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or
penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the
obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such
personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
incorporators, shareholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Company, or
any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this
Indenture or in any Security or implied therefrom; and that any and all such
personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity
or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims
against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by
reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture
or in any Security or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Indenture and the issuance of such Security.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 2.1. Forms Generally.
Each Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or
permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant
to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Security or Coupon as evidenced by their execution of
such Security or Coupon.
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Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons
and shall not be issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a
steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other
manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such
Securities or Coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or
Coupons.
Section 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 6.11, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall
be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Trustee
By
--------------------------
Authorized Officer
Section 2.3. Securities in Global Form.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in temporary or permanent
global form. If Securities of a series shall be issuable in global form, any
such Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall
represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or
such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time
endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to
reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the
amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of
Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such
manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the
Company Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4 with respect
thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if applicable, Section
3.4, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver, in each case at the Company's
expense, any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon
instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4 has
been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with
respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be
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accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.7, unless otherwise specified
in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of principal of, any
premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security
in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons
specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.8 and except as provided in
the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding
Securities represented by a global Security (i) in the case of a global Security
in registered form, the Holder of such global Security in registered form, or
(ii) in the case of a global Security in bearer form, the Person or Persons
specified pursuant to Section 3.1.
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities shall be
subordinated in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness as provided in Article
16. The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered
hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and
set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto,
(1) the title of such Securities (including CUSIP numbers) and the
series in which such Securities shall be included;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5,
3.6, 9.5 or 11.7, upon repayment in part of any Registered Security of
such series pursuant to Article Thirteen;
(3) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities,
as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered
Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable with
Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the
offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any,
upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities
and vice versa;
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(4) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form,
when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and (i)
whether such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent global
form or both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such
global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same
series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination, and
the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than
in the manner specified in Section 3.5, and (iii) the name of the
Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, with respect to any
such global Security;
(5) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer
Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer
Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date of
original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued);
(6) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer
Securities, whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary
Bearer Security in global form payable in respect of an Interest Payment
Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer
Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing
organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security
held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions
(including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest
payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the
Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(7) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which
such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such
Securities is payable;
(8) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest,
if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are
to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such interest
shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates
are to be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the
interest payable on Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date,
whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities
or any of them shall be payable, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding
the determination of interest on a floating rate Security and the manner
of giving such notice, and the basis upon which interest shall be
calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(9) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium
and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities
shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, any of such
Securities may be surrendered for exchange and notices or demands to or
upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be
served, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payment
or Additional Amounts on a
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global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid and the manner in
which any principal of or premium, if any, on any global Security will be
paid;
(10) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the
option of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period
or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms
and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company;
(11) whether the Company is obligated to redeem or purchase any of
such Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at
the option of any Holder thereof and, if so, the date or dates on which,
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
other terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and any
provisions for the remarketing of such Securities so redeemed or
purchased;
(12) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are
Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which
any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if
other than the denomination of $5,000;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.2 or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(14) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of
the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts
with respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(15) if the principal of, any premium or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise,
in Dollars or in a Foreign Currency other than that in which such
Securities are stated to be payable, the date or dates on which, the
period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon
which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining
the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated
to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities or any of them are
to be paid pursuant to such election, and any deletions from or
modifications of or additions to the terms of this Indenture to provide
for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities denominated or payable, at
the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign
Currency;
(16) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may
be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or
methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without
limitation, on one or more Currencies,
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commodities, equity securities, equity indices or other indices), and, if
so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to any of such
Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(18) whether any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the
exercise of warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities
to be authenticated and delivered;
(19) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and
are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon
exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain
certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then
the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(20) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee
and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying
Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
(21) whether any of the Securities of a series shall be issued as
Original Issue Discount Securities; and
(22) any other terms of such Securities and any other deletions from
or modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such
Securities.
All Securities of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining to
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to
Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of interest
thereon, or method of determining the rate of interest, if any, Maturity, and
the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise
be provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth
in the Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental
hereto pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of
any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time
upon written order of persons designated in the Officers' Certificate or
supplemental indenture and that such persons are authorized to determine,
consistent with such Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental
indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series as are
specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture. All
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise so provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional
Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of
Securities.
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If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be established
by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board Resolution shall
be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 3.2. Currency; Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal
of, any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant
to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in Dollars shall be
issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated in Dollars
shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not denominated in
Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect
to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman, its President, its Treasurer or a Vice President
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one
of its Assistant Secretaries. Coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company
by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. The signature of any
of these officers and the reproduction of the corporate seal of the Company on
the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto, as applicable, may be
manual or facsimile.
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of
the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities and Coupons or did not hold such offices at the date
of original issuance of such Securities or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons
appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication
and, provided that the Board Resolution and Officers' Certificate or
supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to
in Section 3.1 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with
the Company Order and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. In authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the Trustee
shall receive, and, subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act, shall be fully protected in relying upon,
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(1) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if
any, have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(b) all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of
such Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, have been
complied with and that such Securities and Coupons, when completed by
appropriate insertions, executed under the Company's corporate seal and
attested by duly authorized officers of the Company, delivered by duly
authorized officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication
pursuant to this Indenture, and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legally valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject
to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought
in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders thereof
to the benefits of this Indenture; such Opinion of Counsel need express no
opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies; and
(c) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been
complied with;
and, to the extent that this Indenture is required to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act in connection with the issuance of such Securities, to the
further effect that:
(d) this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
and
(2) an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the
execution, authentication and delivery of such Securities and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto, have been complied with and that, to the best knowledge of
the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or
lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it
shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers'
Certificate at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion and
certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the
time of issuance of the first Security of such series. After any such first
delivery, any separate written request by an Authorized Officer of the Company
that the Trustee authenticate and deliver Securities of such series for original
issue will be deemed to be a certification by the Company that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to authentication and delivery
of such Securities continue to have been complied with.
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The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an
Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a
manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee,
being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of
the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
No Security or Coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless
there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in
the form provided for in Section 2.2 or 6.11 executed by or on behalf of the
Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its
authorized officers. Such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by Section 3.6 or 3.7, the Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons
appertaining thereto then matured have been detached and cancelled.
Section 3.4. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute
and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in Section 3.3, temporary
Securities in lieu thereof which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued, in registered form or, if authorized in or pursuant to this
Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers of the Company executing such Securities may determine, as
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Such temporary
Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be
exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities are
issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same
series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to those of any
temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such
definitive Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office
or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (accompanied
by any unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations of the same series
and containing identical terms and provisions; provided, however, that no
definitive Bearer Security, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and
provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
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exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions
set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a temporary global Security, until so
exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of
such series.
Section 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the
Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein
sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for
such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered
Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such
series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series
of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or
the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for each
series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace
from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided
that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor
Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall have been
appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the
Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be
Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the
right to examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times.
There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of
any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same
series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a like
aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding
and containing identical terms and provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing
identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at
any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to Securities
of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may
be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing identical
terms, denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture and in the
same aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be
exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, with all unmatured Coupons
and all
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matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer
Security is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured
Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer
Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the
Trustee in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons,
or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company
and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they
may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter
the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such
missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2, interest
represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such series located outside the United
States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series
is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such series in exchange for a
Registered Security of such series and like tenor after the close of business at
such Office or Agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such
Office or Agency on the related date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such
Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if
such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be
returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or
Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall not be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be
payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of
any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series
may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by
the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant
to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities only if (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling, unable or
ineligible to continue as depository and a successor depository is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing,
(ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the
effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the
beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange
such interests for definitive Securities as the result of an event described in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, then without unnecessary
delay
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but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be
so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in
such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to this Indenture,
and of the same series, containing identical terms and in aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security, executed by the
Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so
exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the
U.S. Depository or such other Depository as shall be specified in the Company
Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the
Trustee and the U.S. Depository or such other Depository, as the case may be
(which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the
Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or
in part, for definitive Securities as described above without charge. The
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each
portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate principal amount
of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of
like tenor as the portion of such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless
such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered
Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the global
Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are
issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of
Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall
be specified by the beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of
any certification or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities;
provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of the same
series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided,
further, that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no
Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall
be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly
following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by
the Trustee to such Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, or
such other Depository or U.S. Depository referred to above in accordance with
the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is
issued in exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of
business at the Office or Agency for such Security where such exchange occurs on
or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such Security and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, interest shall not be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case
may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but shall be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to
the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such global Security
shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same
debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the
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same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge and any other
expenses (including fees and expenses of the Trustee) that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 9.5 or 11.7 not involving any transfer.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the same
series under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such
selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in the case of
any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or
(iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the
extent provided with respect to such Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security
may be exchanged for a Registered Security of like tenor and the same series,
provided that such Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for
redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Security which, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment
at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to
be so repaid.
Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
this Section 3.6, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing
identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding
to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or
Coupon, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or Coupon has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and, upon the
Company's request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or
in lieu of any
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such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which
a destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains with all appurtenant Coupons not
destroyed, lost or stolen, a new Security of the same series containing
identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding
to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security
or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.6, in case any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or Coupon has become or is about
to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing
a new Security, pay such Security or Coupon; provided, however, that payment of
principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect
to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2, be
payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located outside the
United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
any interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with respect to
such interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the
Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 3.6, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security, with any Coupons appertaining thereto issued pursuant
to this Section 3.6 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in
exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains
shall constitute a separate obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security and Coupons appertaining thereto or the
destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series and any
Coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 3.6, as amended or supplemented pursuant to
this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities or Coupons.
Section 3.7. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to
Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest
on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which
shall be payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest. In case a Bearer Security of any series
is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the
close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series)
on any Regular Record Date and before the
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opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon
relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest will not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange
of such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon
when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest
on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which
shall be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted
Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security
thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed by
the Company in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee
in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on such
Registered Security, the Special Record Date therefor 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 on or prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when so deposited to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Person entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
Clause provided. The Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to
the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
notification to the Trustee of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall, in
the name and at the expense of the Company, cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to
be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holder of such Registered
Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) at his address as it appears
in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the
expense of the Company cause a similar notice to be published at least
once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a
condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered
Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security of
any series is surrendered at the office or agency in a Place of Payment
for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after
the close of business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date
and before the opening of business at
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such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of
Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the
Coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest
will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will
be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Security may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, at the option of the Company, interest on Registered Securities that
bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by
transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United
States.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.7 and Section 3.5,
each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered in the
Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 3.5 and
3.7) interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with
respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and none of the Company,
the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the
absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment
thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and
none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No Holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its
behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee, and any agent of the Company or
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the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar
will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating
to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a global
Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to
such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 3.9. Cancellation.
All Securities and Coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as Securities and
Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose, shall be
cancelled promptly by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Securities so delivered shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section 3.9, except as expressly permitted by or
pursuant to this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and Coupons held by the
Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall prepare and
send a certificate of such destruction to the Company.
Section 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in any
Security, interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11. 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 redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order, this Indenture shall
cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified
in such Company Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, on
receipt of a Company Order, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to
such series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons
appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in exchange
for Registered Securities of such series and maturing after such exchange
whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section
3.5, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed,
lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
3.6, (iii) Coupons
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appertaining to Securities of such series called for redemption and
maturing after the relevant Redemption Date whose surrender has been
waived as provided in Section 11.7, and (iv) Securities and Coupons of
such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid
to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii)
below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption
by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such
purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any premium
and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or
to the Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of
such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the
Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to
Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions
thereto are met.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section 6.6 and, if money shall
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have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of
this Section 4.1, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to
the Securities of such series under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 4.3, 10.2 and 10.3, with
respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such
Securities as contemplated by Section 10.4 (but only to the extent that the
Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount
deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 4.1(1)(b)),
shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
Section 4.2. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 in respect of any Outstanding
Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in
trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of
such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest
and Additional Amounts, if any; but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or effected by operation of
law pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is
supplemented or modified in or pursuant to a supplemental indenture executed in
compliance with Article 9 hereof:
(1) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Bank
Subsidiary in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, adjudging it a
bankrupt or insolvent, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or a
Significant Bank Subsidiary, as the case may be, or for any substantial
part 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
(2) the Company or Significant Bank Subsidiary shall commence a
voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law
now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for
relief in any involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
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assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or similar official) of the
Company or a Significant Bank Subsidiary, as the case may be, or for any
substantial part of its property.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any
related Coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of
the exercise of any power granted herein, or enforce any proper remedy.
Section 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of
not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such
lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
or such lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and
the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of money
sufficient to pay
(a) all overdue installments of any interest on and Additional
Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series and any Coupon
appertaining thereto,
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon and any Additional Amounts with respect
thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(c) to the extent that payment of such interest or Additional
Amounts is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of any interest and
Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities, and
(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 6.6; and
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(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series shall
have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on or
any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon appertaining
thereto when such interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any premium on
any Security or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at their Maturity,
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with interest upon the overdue principal,
any premium and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts at
the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount of money as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other
amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.6.
If the Company fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee
pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in
the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other
obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the
Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein or therein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
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Section 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
similar judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon
the Securities of any series or the property of the Company or such other
obligor or their creditors, 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 on the Company for the payment of any overdue principal, premium,
interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention
in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of any applicable series,
of the principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts owing
and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or
any Coupons appertaining thereto allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder of Securities or any Coupons 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 Holders of Securities or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 6.6.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or any Coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or Coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or any Coupon in any such proceeding.
Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities
or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit
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of each and every Holder of the Securities or Coupons in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.6. Application of Money Collected.
Subject to the provisions of Article 16, any money collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the
date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
money on account of principal, or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts,
upon presentation of the Securities or Coupons, or both, as the case may be, and
the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.6;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and
Additional Amounts in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such
Securities and Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and
Additional Amounts, respectively;
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company.
Section 5.7. Limitations on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining
thereto shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee such
indemnity as is reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture or any Security to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series, or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and
for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any
Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security or Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 3.5
and 3.7) interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security
or payment of such Coupon, as the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity
or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of
redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of
such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such
repayment is due) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or a Coupon has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such
case the Company, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and each such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons in the last paragraph
of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the
extent permitted by law, shall be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
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Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or
Coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article
or by law to the Trustee or to any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be.
Section 5.12. Control by Holders of Securities.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series 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 with respect to the
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture or with the Securities of such series,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the
other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may waive any
past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except
a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on,
or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or
any Coupons appertaining thereto, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising thereunder, shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 5.14. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company expressly waives (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) all benefit or advantage of any such law and
covenants that it will not utilize any such laws to hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 5.15. Undertaking for Costs.
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 any
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 5.15 shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding
in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of Outstanding Securities of
any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on or
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to any Security on or after the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, and, in the case of repayment, on
or after the date for repayment) or interest on any overdue principal of any
Security.
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected
in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document
(whether in its original or facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to
be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order (in each
case, other than delivery
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of any Security, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the
Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 3.3 which
shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of
the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and
the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by the Trustee hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by or pursuant to this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or
any Coupons appertaining thereto pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as is
reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in
its discretion, may but shall not be obligated to make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine, during business hours and
upon reasonable notice, the relevant books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company
and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason
of such inquiry or investigation;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that such Responsible
Officer or Responsible Officers was negligent, acted in bad faith or
engaged in willful misconduct;
(9) the Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, and Security Registrar
shall have the same protections as the Trustee set forth hereunder; and
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(10) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with an Act of the Holders hereunder, and, to the extent not so provided
herein, with respect to any action requiring the Trustee to exercise its
own discretion, 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 or any
Securities, unless it shall be proved that, in connection with any such
action taken, suffered or omitted or any such act, the Trustee was
negligent, acted in bad faith or engaged in willful misconduct.
Section 6.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect
to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section 7.3(3), notice of such default hereunder actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any), or interest, if any, on, or Additional
Amounts or any sinking fund or purchase fund installment with respect to, any
Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good
faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the best interest of
the Holders of Securities and Coupons of such series. For the purpose of this
Section 6.2, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or
lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of such series.
Section 6.3. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as the
statements of the Company and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent
assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or the Coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
(if such Trustee is serving as Authenticating Agent) and perform its obligations
hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the
qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the
Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 6.4. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee or the
Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the
Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
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rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying
Agent, Security Registrar or such other Person.
Section 6.5. Money Held in Trust.
Except as provided in Section 10.3, money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under no liability for
interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed to in
writing with the Company.
Section 6.6. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all
services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust) as provided from time to time in a separate
agreement between the Company and the Trustee, or if any service is not
covered by such an agreement, reasonable compensation;
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture or arising out of or in connection with the acceptance
or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents
and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;
and
(3) to fully indemnify the Trustee and its agents, officers,
directors and employees and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold them
harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
(including taxes other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee)
incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on their
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable
costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability
in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or
duties hereunder, except to the extent that any such loss, liability or
expense was due to the Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section 6.6, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any
series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities or any Coupons
appertaining thereto.
To the extent permitted by law, any compensation or expense incurred by
the Trustee after a default specified in or pursuant to Section 5.1 is intended
to constitute an expense of
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administration under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. "Trustee"
for purposes of this Section 6.6 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of any Trustee shall not affect the
rights of any other Trustee under this Section 6.6.
The provisions of this Section 6.6 shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee
and shall apply with equal force and effect to the Trustee in its capacity as
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent or Security Registrar.
Section 6.7. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia, that is eligible under Section
310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined capital and
surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture
Act) of at least $50,000,000, and that is subject to supervision or examination
by Federal or state authority. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.7, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
Section 6.8. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(1) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until
the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee pursuant to Section
6.9.
(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required
by Section 6.9 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days
after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such series.
(3) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the
Trustee and the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 6.9 shall not have been delivered to the
Trustee within 30 days after the receiving of such notice of removal, the
removed Trustee may petition at the expense of the Company any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to such series.
(4) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations
imposed upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with
respect to Securities of any series after written request therefor
by the Company or any Holder of a Security of such series who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months, or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.7
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Company or any such Holder,
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(c) 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, or
(d) the Trustee shall transfer all or substantially all of its
corporate trust business to a non-affiliate of the Trustee.
then, in any such case, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such
series, and, in the case of Section 6.8(4)(a), (b) or (c), subject to Section
315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf
of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of
such series and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(5) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of such series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 6.9. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapacity, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 6.9, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders of Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 6.9, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(6) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are
issued as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an
Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
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(7) In no event shall any retiring Trustee be liable for the acts or
omissions of any successor Trustee hereunder.
Section 6.9. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee.
(1) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of
its charges and the charges of its agents and counsel, shall execute and deliver
an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts of the retiring Trustee and, subject to Section 10.3, shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any,
provided for in Section 6.6.
(2) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring
Trustee and such successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible
for any notice given to, or received by, or any act or failure to act on the
part of any other Trustee hereunder, and, upon the execution and delivery of
such supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee
shall have no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or
for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under
this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates other than as hereinafter
expressly set forth, and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on
request of the Company or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon
payment of its charges with respect to the Securities of that or those series
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to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates and subject to
Section 10.3 shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee,
to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of
that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,
subject to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.6.
(3) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a successor Trustee,
the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section 6.9, as the case may
be.
(4) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor
Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 6.10. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated
but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 6.11. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to
the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or
those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer,
partial redemption or partial repayment or pursuant to Section 3.6, and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent must be acceptable to the Company and, except as
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be a Corporation
that would be permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an
indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is authorized under
applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating Agent and has a
combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of
the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
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eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.11, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 6.11. If
the Authenticating Agent has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as
defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Authenticating Agent shall take such action as is
required pursuant to said Section 310(b).
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such
Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 6.11, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.11, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail
written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all
Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which
such Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer
Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its
principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any
successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section 6.11.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time
compensation for its services under this Section 6.11 as provided from time to
time in a separate agreement between the Company and the Authenticating Agent,
or if any service is not covered by such an agreement, reasonable compensation.
If the Trustee makes such payments, it shall be entitled to be reimbursed for
such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 6.6.
The provisions of Sections 3.8, 6.3 and 6.4 shall be applicable to each
Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series
of Securities pursuant to this Section 6.11, the Securities of such series may
have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the
following form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Trustee
By
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as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one
time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating
Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the
Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be
accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall
appoint in accordance with this Section 6.11 an Authenticating Agent having an
office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such
series of Securities.
SECTION 6.12 Trustee's Application for Instructions from the Company.
Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company
may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to
be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or
after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee
in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date
specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business
Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such
application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any
earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in
the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions
in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company
shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record
Date for interest for each series of Securities, or if there is no Regular
Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semi-annually upon
such other dates as are set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution
or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each
case in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of Holders as of the applicable date, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 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 days prior
to the time such list is furnished,
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such
list shall be required to be furnished.
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Section 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Trustee,
any Paying Agent or any Security Registrar 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 Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act, 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 Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
(1) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May
15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, if
required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall
transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report
dated as of such May 15 with respect to any of the events specified in said
Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately
preceding May 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(2) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(3) Reports pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall be transmitted in the
manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 7.4. Reports by Company.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, upon the Trustee's request, copies of the
annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of
such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it
shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations.
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);
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(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with 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 of this Indenture as may be required from time
to time by such rules and regulations. 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); and
(3) transmit within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be
filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section 7.4 as
may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company may consolidate with or merge into any other Person (whether
or not affiliated with the Company), or convey, transfer or lease its properties
and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person
(whether or not affiliated with the Company), and the Company may permit any
other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) to consolidate with or
merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as
an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company; provided that:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires
by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the
Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
(or indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental
hereto, executed by the successor Person and delivered to the Trustee the due
and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the performance of
every obligation in this Indenture and the Outstanding Securities on the part of
the Company to be performed or observed and shall provide for exchange rights in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are
exchangeable into Common Stock or other securities;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary as a
result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such
Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default or event which,
after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have occurred and be continuing; and
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(3) either the Company or the successor Person shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 8.2. Successor Person Substituted for Company.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger of the Company into
any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance
with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter, except in
the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the Coupons.
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or Coupons, the Company
(when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee, at any
time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained
herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental
indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Company; or
(3) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide
that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or
eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of, any premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized
denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in
uncertificated form, provided that any such action which shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding
or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
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(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.9; or
(6) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in
any material respect; or
(7) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue,
authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(8) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any
series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture); or
(9) to modify, eliminate or supplement any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four,
provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any
Holder of an Outstanding Security of such series and any Coupons appertaining
thereto or any other Outstanding Security or Coupon in any material respect; or
(10) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement which
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any
series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material
respect.
Section 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Company's Board
Resolution) and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of (1) adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or (2)
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
under this Indenture or of the Securities of such series; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby, shall
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(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or
installment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the
calculation of such rate) of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or
otherwise, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts
pursuant to Section 10.4 (except as contemplated by Section 8.1(1) and permitted
by Section 9.1(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2 or the amount
thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.4, change the redemption
provisions or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any
Holder as contemplated by Article Thirteen, or change the Place of Payment,
Currency in which the principal of, any premium or interest on, or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security is payable, or impair the right
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date
or, in the case of repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the date
for repayment), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
reduce the requirements of Section 15.4 for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.2 or Section 5.13
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of
the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, or
(4) modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the
subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which shall have been included expressly and solely
for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to
such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
No supplemental indenture shall materially and adversely affect the
subordination rights of any holders of Senior Indebtedness without the consent
of such holders.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under this
Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance
thereof.
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Section 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created
by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution of
such supplemental indenture have been fulfilled. The Trustee may, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.5. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 9.6. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section 9.7. Notice of Supplemental Indenture.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 9.2, the Company shall transmit to
the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series affected thereby a notice
setting forth the substance of such supplemental indenture.
Section 9.8. Subordination Unimpaired.
No supplemental indenture entered into under this Article shall modify,
directly or indirectly, the provisions of Article 16 or the definition of Senior
Indebtedness in Section 1.1 in
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any manner that might alter or impair the subordination of the Securities with
respect to Senior Indebtedness then outstanding, unless each holder of such
Senior Indebtedness has consented thereto in writing; provided, however, that
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein the Trustee shall
be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of Counsel that any supplemental
indenture complies with the provisions of this Section 9.8.
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
Section 10.1. Payment of Principal, any Premium, Interest and Additional
Amounts.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of,
any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of such series in accordance with the terms thereof, any Coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Any interest due on any Bearer Security
on or before the Maturity thereof, and any Additional Amounts payable with
respect to such interest, shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of the Coupons appertaining thereto for such interest as they severally mature.
Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series (but not Bearer
Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is
located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of such series relating thereto and this Indenture may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall
maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or
Agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United
States where Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may
be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the
Securities of such series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom
and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock
exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so
require, the Company shall maintain a Paying Agent in London, Luxembourg or any
other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so
long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change
in the location, of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company shall fail
to maintain any such required Office or Agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
except that Bearer Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining
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thereto may be presented and surrendered for payment at the place specified for
the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive
all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment
of principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer
Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, if
amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars,
payment of principal of, any premium or interest on and any Additional Amounts
with respect to any such Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of
such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside
the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices
or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency
in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other Office or
Agency. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee as the Office or Agency of the Company in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The Company may
subsequently appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York for the Securities of any series.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated
in a Foreign Currency, or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long
as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company
will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required,
at least one exchange rate agent.
Section 10.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the
principal of, any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to
any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) sufficient
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to pay the principal or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming
due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure
so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, any
premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities
of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies described
in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal or any premium,
interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless such Paying Agent is
the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section 10.3, that such Paying Agent shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any
premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of
such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of
principal, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to
the Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in
trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon
appertaining thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal
or any such premium or interest or any such Additional Amounts shall have become
due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then
held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company (or any governmental entity to which
the Company may have been required to escheat such
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money) for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in
each Place of Payment for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered
Securities of such series, or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication or mailing nor shall it be later than two years
after such principal and any premium or interest or Additional Amounts shall
have become due and payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
Section 10.4. Additional Amounts.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, the Company agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any
Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the
net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant
hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention
of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof
shall not be construed as excluding the payment of Additional Amounts in those
provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of the applicable series, if the Securities of a series provide for
the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest
Payment Date with respect to such series of Securities (or if the Securities of
such series shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a
payment of principal is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of
payment of principal or interest if there has been any change with respect to
the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if
other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and
such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to
Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are
United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such
series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers'
Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld
on such payments to such Holders of Securities or Coupons, and the Company
agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts
required by the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants to indemnify the
Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on
their part arising out of or in connection
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with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers'
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
Section 10.5. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and that of each Subsidiary and their respective rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not
obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to preserve any such corporate existence,
right or franchise if the Company or any Subsidiary shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or
the business of such Subsidiary and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous
in any material respect to any Holder.
Section 10.6. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain
Defaults.
(1) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of
the Company, stating that
(a) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and
of its performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her
supervision, and
(b) to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (a)
the Company has complied with all the conditions and covenants imposed on
it under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying
each such default known to him or her and the nature and status thereof,
and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice
or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an
event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to
him or her and the nature and status thereof.
(2) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the
occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default.
(3) The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the Company's compliance
with the covenants contained in this Article 10 other than as specifically set
forth in this Section 10.6.
Section 10.7. Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each
calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue
discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding
Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information
relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as
permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided
herein or pursuant hereto) this Article.
Section 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of (a) less than all of the Securities of any series, or (b) all of
the Securities of any series, with the same issue date, interest rate or
formula, Stated Maturity and other terms, the Company shall, at least 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and
of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
Section 11.3. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities of any series with the same issue date,
interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such
series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the
portion of the principal amount of a Registered Security of such series not
redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series
established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar
(if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and,
in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 11.4. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 1.6,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a
shorter period is specified in the
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Securities to be redeemed, to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed. Failure
to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any
Registered Securities designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any
defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in
the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon
surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without
charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due
and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if
applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of
Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after
the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price
and any accrued interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of
any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all
Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of
any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any
Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and no
Registered Securities of such series are to be redeemed, and if such Bearer
Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption
on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.5 or otherwise, the last date, as
determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made, and
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(10) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Cedel reference numbers of
such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depository to identify
such Securities).
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 1.6 need not
identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit, with
respect to the Securities of any series called for redemption pursuant to
Section 11.4, with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 10.3) an amount of money in the applicable Currency sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 or in the
Securities of such series) any accrued interest on and Additional Amounts with
respect thereto, all such Securities or portions thereof which are to be
redeemed on that date.
Section 11.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the Coupons for such
interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the
extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be
paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with any accrued interest
and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, except
as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities
of such series, installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest (at an Office or Agency
located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2),
and provided, further, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to
this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, installments of
interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 3.7.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may
be paid after
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deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all
such missing Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be
waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying
Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the
Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be
entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that any interest
or Additional Amounts represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such
Security located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in
Section 10.2.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid, shall bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
Section 11.7. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security without service charge, a new Registered Security or Securities of the
same series, containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository
or other Depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in
the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a
new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so
surrendered.
ARTICLE 12
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.1. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise permitted or
required in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security of such series issued
pursuant to this Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series is herein
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referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for
by the terms of Securities of such series and this Indenture.
Section 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of any series to be made pursuant to the
terms of such Securities (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of such series
(other than any of such Securities previously called for redemption or any of
such Securities in respect of which cash shall have been released to the
Company), together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all
unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto, and (2) apply as a credit Securities of
such series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company
pursuant to the terms of such series of Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such series of
Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited.
Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee
at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly. If, as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities
of any series in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 12.2, the
principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed in order to satisfy
the remaining sinking fund payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need
not call Securities of such series for redemption, except upon Company Request,
and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied
to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent shall at the request of the Company from time to time pay
over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or
such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of
that series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to
the cash payment requested to be released to the Company.
Section 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 75 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.2, and the optional amount, if
any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and
will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so credited and not
theretofore delivered. If such Officers' Certificate shall specify an optional
amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment,
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee
shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date
in the manner specified in Section 11.3 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to
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be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided
in Section 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
11.6 and 11.7.
ARTICLE 13
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 13.1. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders
thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the
terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of
Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of
Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 3.9, shall not
operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented
by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or
surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be
cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
13.1, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange
for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment
bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders
of such Securities on or before the close of business on the repayment date an
amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of
such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of
such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is
so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE 14
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 14.1. Applicability of Article.
Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the
determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in
which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same Currency, or (ii)
any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to
the contrary in the form of Security of any particular series or pursuant to
this Indenture or the Securities, any amount in respect of any Security
denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such
action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such
amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with
respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action,
determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable
record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action,
determination of rights or distribution) as the Company may specify in a written
notice to the Trustee.
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ARTICLE 15
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 15.1. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time
and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series.
Section 15.2. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series for any purpose specified in Section 15.1, to be held at such time
and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if
Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as Bearer
Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee
shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series,
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 given, in the manner
provided in Section 1.6, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the
date fixed for the meeting.
(2) In case at any time the Company (by or pursuant to a Board Resolution)
or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders
of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 15.1, by
written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be
taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made
the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt
of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to Section 1.6) or shall
not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then
the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series are
to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for such meeting and may call such
meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (1) of
this Section 15.2.
Section 15.3. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
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Section 15.4. Quorum; Action.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if
convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, 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 reconvened meeting, such
reconvened meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of
such reconvened meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting
shall be given as provided in Section 15.2(1), except that such notice need be
given only once not less than five days prior to 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 of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 9.2, any resolution presented
to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 9.2, any
resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act which this Indenture expressly provides may
be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less
than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series
may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which
a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such
specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 15.4 shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons
appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at
the meeting.
Section 15.5. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series 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 deem appropriate.
Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding
of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.4 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.4
or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or
guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 1.4 to
certify to the
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holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that written
instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and
genuine without the proof specified in Section 1.4 or other proof.
(2) 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 Holders of Securities as provided in Section 15.2(2), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series 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
vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(3) At any meeting, each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy
shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of
such series 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, except as a Holder of a
Security of such series or proxy.
(4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 15.2 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 15.6. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series 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, at least in
triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series 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 given as provided in Section 15.2 and, if
applicable, Section 15.4. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
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ARTICLE 16
SUBORDINATION
Section 16.1. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities, by his
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities and the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof are
hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set
forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of Senior Indebtedness.
Anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series to the
contrary notwithstanding, the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be
subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth, to all Senior Indebtedness:
(a) In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and
any receivership, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or other
similar proceedings in connection therewith, relative to the Company, and
in the event of any proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or
other winding-up of the Company, whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy, then the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to
receive payment in full of all principal of, and premium and interest on
all Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for such payment,
before the Holders of the Securities or any Coupons are entitled to
receive any payment on account of principal, premium, if any, interest or
Additional Amounts upon the Securities, and to that end the holders of
Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive for application in
payment thereof any payment or distribution of any kind or character,
whether in cash or property or securities, which may be payable or
deliverable in any such proceedings in respect of the Securities after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution in respect of such
Senior Indebtedness;
(b) In the event that the Securities of any series are declared or
otherwise become due and payable before their expressed maturity because
of the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder (under circumstances
when the provisions of the foregoing clause (a) or the following clause
(c) shall not be applicable), the holders of Senior Indebtedness due and
payable at the time such Securities so become due and payable because of
such occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder shall, so long as such
declaration has not been rescinded and annulled pursuant to Section 5.2,
be entitled to receive payment in full of all principal of, and premium
and interest on all such Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made
for such payment, before the Holders of the Securities of such series are
entitled to receive any payment on account of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest and Additional Amounts on the Securities of such series;
provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the Holders of Securities from
seeking any remedy allowed at law or at equity so
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long as any judgment or decree obtained thereby makes provision for
enforcing this clause; and
(c) In the event that any default in the payment of principal (and
premium, if any) of or interest on indebtedness for borrowed money
constituting Senior Indebtedness beyond any applicable grace period with
respect thereto shall occur and be continuing, if either (i) notice of
such default, in writing, shall have been given to the Company and to the
Trustee by the holders of at least 10% in principal amount of such class,
kind or category of indebtedness for borrowed money (or the representative
or representatives of such holders) provided that judicial proceedings
shall be commenced in respect of such default within 180 days in the case
of a default in payment of principal or interest and within 90 days in the
case of any other default, after the giving of such notice, and provided
further that only one such notice shall be given pursuant to this Section
16.1 in any twelve-month period, or (ii) judicial proceedings shall be
pending in respect of such default, then the Holders of the Securities and
the Trustee for their benefit shall not be entitled to receive any payment
on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest and Additional
Amounts thereon unless payment in full of all principal of, and premium
and interest on, such Senior Indebtedness then due and payable shall have
been made or provided for. The Trustee, forthwith upon receipt of any
notice received by it pursuant to this Section 16.1, shall, as soon as
practicable, send a notice thereof to each Holder of Securities at the
time outstanding as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the
Security Register.
In case despite the foregoing provisions, any payment or distribution
shall, in any such event, be paid or delivered to any Holder of the Securities
or to the Trustee for their benefit before all Senior Indebtedness shall have
been paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for and
so paid and delivered to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (or their duly
authorized representatives) until all Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid
in full.
The Company shall give written notice to the Trustee within five days
after the occurrence of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation,
reorganization, arrangement or similar proceeding of the Company within the
meaning of this Section 16.1. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the
Company referred to in this Article 16, the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Section 315(a) through 315(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, and the Holders of
the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the trustee in
bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors or other liquidating
agent making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Holders of Securities, as the case may be, for the purpose of ascertaining the
persons entitled to participate in such 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 16.
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
Senior Indebtedness to participate in any
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payment or distribution pursuant to this Section 16.1, the Trustee may request
such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as
to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, as to the extent to
which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution,
and as to other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Section
16.1, 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.
Section 16.2. Subrogation.
Upon the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness to which the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is in the circumstances subordinated as
provided in Section 16.1, the Holders of the Securities 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 applicable to such
Senior Indebtedness until all amounts owing on the Securities shall be paid in
full, and, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of such
Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, no payment or
distribution made to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by virtue of this
Article which otherwise would have been made to the Holders of the Securities
shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company on account of such Senior
Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article 16 are and
are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the
Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Section 16.3. Obligation of Company Unconditional.
Nothing contained in this Article 16 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company and its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness 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),
interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities and
Coupons 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 other than the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, 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 default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any,
under this Article 16 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash,
property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such
remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article 16, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled
to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which any such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceeding
affecting the affairs of the Company is pending or upon a certificate of the
trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of
ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in
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such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other
indebtedness of the Company the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
Article 16.
Section 16.4. Payments on Securities Permitted.
Nothing contained in this Article 16 or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in
any of the Securities, shall affect the obligation of the Company to make, or
prevent the Company from making, payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any), interest or any Additional Amounts on the Securities in accordance with
the provisions hereof and thereof, except as otherwise provided in this Article
16.
Section 16.5. Effectuation of Subordination by Trustee.
Each Holder of Securities, by his acceptance thereof, authorizes and
directs the Trustee in his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article 16 and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 16.6. Knowledge of Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 16 or any other provisions
of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any Senior Indebtedness, or any default in the payment of the
principal of or the premium, if any, or interest on any Senior Indebtedness,
except any Senior Indebtedness issued pursuant to an instrument to which the
Trustee hereunder is a party or pursuant to an indenture under which the Trustee
hereunder is trustee, or of any facts which would prohibit the making of any
payment of moneys to or by the Trustee, or the taking of any other action by the
Trustee, unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
at its Corporate Trust Office, before 12:00 noon on the fifth Business Day prior
to the date on which such payment is due, from the Company, any Holder of the
Securities, any paying agent of the Company or the holder or representative of
any class of Senior Indebtedness who shall have been certified by the Company or
otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such a
holder. Prior to receipt of any such written notice the Trustee shall be
entitled to assume that no such facts exist and if prior to the fifth Business
Day preceding the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become
due and payable for any purpose the Trustee shall not have received with respect
to such moneys the notice provided for in this Section 16.6, then anything to
the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, the Trustee may receive such
moneys and/or apply the same to the purpose for which they were received and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it
on or after such date with respect to such funds; provided, however, that no
such application shall affect the obligations under this Article of the Persons
receiving such money from the Trustee.
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Section 16.7. Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness.
Except as otherwise provided in the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall
be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any
Senior Indebtedness at the 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. Notwithstanding anything in this
Indenture or in the Securities of any series, nothing in this Article 16 shall
apply to claims of or payment to the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.6.
With respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article 16, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Trustee shall
not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or
deliver to Holders, the Company or any other Person moneys or assets to which
any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article 16
or otherwise.
Section 16.8. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not Impaired.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to
enforce the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced
or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any
non-compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions or covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, all
as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] SUMMIT BANCORP.
Attest:
By
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Name:
Title:
[SEAL]
[ ],
as Trustee
Attest:
By
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Name:
Title:
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STATE OF )
: SS.:
COUNTY OF )
On the _____ day of ________, 1999, before me personally came
__________________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn,
did depose and _____________________________ say that he is a of SUMMIT
BANCORP., a New Jersey corporation, one of the persons described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation;
that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's seal; that it was
so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said Corporation; and that
he signed his name thereto by like authority.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
: SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the _____ day of ________, 1999, before me personally came
_______________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose
and say that he is a _______________________ of ____________________________, a
banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument;
that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said
instrument is such Corporation's seal; that it was so affixed by authority of
the Board of Directors of said Corporation; and that he signed his name thereto
by like authority.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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EXHIBIT 5.1
April 8, 1999
Summit Bancorp.
301 Carnegie Center
P. O. Box 2066
Princeton, NJ 08543-3430
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 - $1,000,000,000 of Debt Securities
and Preferred Stock of Summit Bancorp.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Summit Bancorp., a New Jersey corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the registration of $1,000,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of debt securities (the "Debt Securities") and preferred stock
(the "Stock" and collectively with the Debt Securities, the "Securities") of the
Company. In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have examined such
corporate records of the Company, such laws and such other information as we
have deemed relevant, including the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended and currently in effect, certificates
received from state officials and statements we have received from officers and
representatives of the Company. In delivering this opinion, the undersigned
assumed the genuineness of all signatures; the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals; the conformity to the originals of all documents
submitted to us as certified, photostatic or conformed copies; the authenticity
of the originals of all such latter documents; and the correctness of statements
submitted to us by officers and representatives of the Company.
Based only on the foregoing, the undersigned is of the opinion that:
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
under the laws of the State of New Jersey; and
2. The Securities to be issued by the Company pursuant to the
Registration Statement have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued
by the Company, (i) the Stock will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and (ii) the Debt Securities will be binding obligations of the
Company.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Thompson Coburn LLP
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SUMMIT BANCORP. EXHIBIT 12.1
Computation of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(in thousands, except ratios)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
EXCLUDING INTEREST ON DEPOSITS
I. Pretax income from continuing
operations $ 675,226 $ 571,183 $ 433,706 $ 467,405 $ 337,662
========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
II. Interest expense, excluding
interest on deposits 328,513 237,598 194,673 191,929 135,699
========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
III. Rental expense $ 75,712 $ 66,186 $ 58,857 $ 56,609 $ 51,500
Less:
Rental income from subleases 3,692 3,610 3,701 4,375 3,393
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Rental expense, net 72,020 62,576 55,156 52,234 48,107
Rental factor 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33
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Rental expense - adjusted $ 23,767 $ 20,650 $ 18,201 $ 17,237 $ 15,875
========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
IVa. Dividends on preferred stock $ -- $ -- $ 2,544 $ 2,700 $ 3,035
b. Preferred dividends grossed-up for income
taxes (35%) -- -- 3,914 4,154 4,669
V. Total earnings (sum I, II, III) 1,027,506 829,431 646,580 676,571 489,236
VIa. Total fixed charges (sum II, III, IVa) 352,280 258,248 215,418 211,866 154,609
b. Total fixed charges and preferred
dividend requirements (sum II, III, IVb) 352,280 258,248 216,788 213,320 156,243
VII. Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (V/VIa) 2.92x 3.21x 3.00x 3.19x 3.16x
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges
and preferred dividend requirements (V/VIb) 2.92x 3.21x 2.98x 3.17x 3.13x
INCLUDING INTEREST ON DEPOSITS
VIII. Interest on deposits $ 672,893 $ 682,019 $ 659,034 $ 630,303 $ 464,033
IX. Total earnings (sum I, II, III, VIII) 1,700,399 1,511,450 1,305,614 1,306,874 953,269
Xa. Total fixed charges (sum II, III, IVa, VIII) 1,025,173 940,267 874,452 842,169 618,642
b. Total fixed charges and preferred
dividend requirements (sum II, III, IVb, VIII) 1,025,173 940,267 875,822 843,623 620,276
XI. Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (IX/Xa) 1.66x 1.61x 1.49x 1.55x 1.54x
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges
and preferred dividend requirements (IX/Xb) 1.66x 1.61x 1.49x 1.55x 1.54x
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Exhibit 23.2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Summit Bancorp.
We consent to the use of our report dated January 19, 1999 relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Summit Bancorp. and subsidiaries as of December
31, 1998 and 1997 and the related consolidated statements of income,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1998, which report appears in the December 31, 1998
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Summit Bancorp., incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Summit Bancorp. We also consent to the
reference to our Firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement.
/s/ KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP
Short Hills, New Jersey
April 7, 1999
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
Check if an application to determine eligibility of a Trustee
pursuant to Section 305(b)(2)
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CITIBANK, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
13-5266470
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10043
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
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SUMMIT BANCORP.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
New Jersey 22-1903313
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
301 Carnegie Center
P.O. Box 2066
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2066
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
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Item 1. General Information.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to
which it is subject.
Name Address
---- -------
Comptroller of the Currency Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York New York, NY
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None.
Item 16. List of Exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of
Eligibility.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference as exhibits hereto.
Exhibit 1 - Copy of Articles of Association of the Trustee, as now in
effect. (Exhibit 1 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 2-79983)
Exhibit 2 - Copy of certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence
business. (Exhibit 2 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 2-29577).
Exhibit 3 - Copy of authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate
trust powers. (Exhibit 3 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 2-55519)
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Exhibit 4 - Copy of existing By-Laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to T-1
to Registration Statement No. 33-34988)
Exhibit 5 - Not applicable.
Exhibit 6 - The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. (Exhibit 6 to T-1 to Registration
Statement No. 33-19227.)
Exhibit 7 - Copy of the latest Report of Condition of Citibank, N.A.
(as of December 31, 1998 - attached)
Exhibit 8 - Not applicable.
Exhibit 9 - Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the
Trustee, Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, all in The City of New York and State of New York, on the 7th day of
April, 1999.
CITIBANK, N.A.
By /s/Deirdra N. Ross
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Deirdra N. Ross
Trust Officer
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Charter No. 1461
Comptroller of the Currency
Northeastern District
REPORT OF CONDITION
CONSOLIDATING
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
SUBSIDIARIES OF
CITIBANK, N.A.
of New York in the State of New York, at the close of business on
December 31, 1998, published in response to call made by Comptroller
of the Currency, under Title 12, United States Code, Section 161.
Charter Number 1481 Comptroller of the Currency Northeastern District.
ASSETS
Cash and balance due from
depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances
and currency and coin ................................ $ 8,052,000
Interest-bearing balances ............................. 15,782,000
Held-to-maturity securities ........................... 0
Available-for-sale securities ......................... 87,830,000
Federal funds sold and securities purchased
under agreements to resell ........................... 8,089,000
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and Leases, net of unearned income ............. $182,508,000
LESS:Allowance for loan
and lease losses ......................... 4,709,000
Loans and leases, net of unearned
income, allowance,
and reserve .......................................... $177,799,000
Trading assets ........................................ 31,683,000
Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases) .................................. 4,022,000
Other real estate owned ............................... 468,000
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries
and associated companies ............................. 1,154,000
Customers' liability to this bank on
acceptances outstanding .............................. 1,281,000
Intangible assets ..................................... 3,504,000
Other assets .......................................... 11,791,000
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TOTAL ASSETS .......................................... $300,895,000
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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices .................................. $ 39,355,000
Noninternet-bearing .................... $ 13,199,000
Interest-bearing ....................... 26,156,000
In foreign offices, Edge and
Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs ..................... 163,578,000
Noninterest-bearing ..................... 10,803,000
Interest-bearing ........................ 152,770,000
Federal funds purchased and securities
sold under agreements to repurchase .................. 9,752,000
Trading liabilities ................................... 30,758,000
Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness
and obligations under capitalized leases):
With a remaining maturity of one year or less ........ 13,308,000
With a remaining maturity of more than one year
through three years .................................. 1,528,000
With a remaining maturity of more than three years ... 2,110,000
Bank's liability on acceptances executed
and outstanding ...................................... 1,382,000
Coordinated notes and debentures ...................... 6,600,000
Other liabilities ..................................... 13,802,000
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TOTAL LIABILITIES ..................................... $281,183,000
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EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ......... 0
Common Stock .......................................... $ 751,000
Surplus ............................................... 9,387,000
Undivided profits and capital revenues ................ 10,356,000
Net unrealized holding gains (losses)
on available for sale securities ..................... (113,000)
Cumulative foreign currency
translation adjustments .............................. (659,000)
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TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL .................................. $ 19,732,000
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TOTAL LIABILITIES, LIMITED-LIFE PREFERRED
STOCK, AND EQUITY CAPITAL ............................ $300,895,000
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I, Roger W. Trupin, Controller of the above-named bank do hereby
declared that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
ROGER W. TRUPIN
CONTROLLER
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this
Report of Condition. We declare that it has been examined by us,
and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in
conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.
PAUL J. COLLINS
JOHN S. REED
WILLIAM R. RHODES
DIRECTORS
