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EXHIBIT 4.1
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LIBERTY DIGITAL, INC.
AND
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,Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of , 200_
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Debt Securities
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Article I Definitions................................................................................................ 1
Section 1.1 Certain Terms Defined.............................................................................. 1
Article II Securities................................................................................................ 6
Section 2.1 Forms Generally.................................................................................... 6
Section 2.2 Form Of Trustee's Certificate Of Authentication.................................................... 7
Section 2.3 Amount Unlimited; Issuable In Series............................................................... 7
Section 2.4 Authentication And Delivery Of Securities.......................................................... 10
Section 2.5 Execution Of Securities............................................................................ 12
Section 2.6 Certificate Of Authentication...................................................................... 12
Section 2.7 Denomination And Date Of Securities; Payment Of Interest........................................... 13
Section 2.8 Registration, Transfer And Exchange................................................................ 13
Section 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost And Stolen Securities.......................................... 16
Section 2.10 Cancellation Of Securities; Destruction Thereof.................................................... 17
Section 2.11 Temporary Securities............................................................................... 18
Article III Covenants Of The Issuer.................................................................................. 18
Section 3.1 Payment Of Principal And Interest.................................................................. 18
Section 3.2 Offices For Payments, Etc.......................................................................... 19
Section 3.3 Appointment To Fill A Vacancy In Office Of Trustee................................................. 20
Section 3.4 Paying Agents...................................................................................... 20
Section 3.5 Compliance Certificates............................................................................ 21
Section 3.6 Corporate Existence................................................................................ 21
Article IV Securityholder Lists And Reports By The Issuer And The Trustee............................................ 21
Section 4.1 Issuer To Furnish Trustee Information As To Names And Addresses Of Securityholders................. 21
Section 4.2 Reports By The Issuer.............................................................................. 22
Section 4.3 Reports By The Trustee............................................................................. 22
Article V Remedies Of The Trustee And Securityholders On Event Of Default............................................ 23
Section 5.1 Event Of Default Defined, Acceleration Of Maturity; Waiver Of Default.............................. 23
Section 5.2 Collection Of Indebtedness By Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt...................................... 26
Section 5.3 Application Of Proceeds............................................................................ 28
Section 5.4 Suits For Enforcement.............................................................................. 29
Section 5.5 Restoration Of Rights On Abandonment Of Proceedings................................................ 29
Section 5.6 Limitations On Suits By Security Holders........................................................... 29
Section 5.7 Unconditional Right Of Securityholders To Institute Certain Suits.................................. 30
Section 5.8 Powers And Remedies Cumulative; Delay Or Omission Not Waiver Of Default............................ 30
Section 5.9 Control By Holders Of Securities................................................................... 30
Section 5.10 Waiver Of Past Defaults............................................................................ 31
Section 5.11 Trustee To Give Notice Of Default, But May Withhold In Certain Circumstances....................... 31
Section 5.12 Right Of Court To Require Filing Of Undertaking To Pay Costs....................................... 31
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Article VI Successor Corporation........................................................................................... 32
Section 6.1 When Company May Merge, Etc.............................................................................. 32
Article VII Concerning The Trustee......................................................................................... 32
Section 7.1 Duties And Responsibilities Of The Trustee; During Default; Prior To Default............................. 32
Section 7.2 Certain Rights Of The Trustee............................................................................ 33
Section 7.3 Trustee Not Responsible For Recitals, Disposition Of Securities Or Application Of Proceeds Thereof....... 34
Section 7.4 Trustee And Agents May Hold Securities Or Coupons; Collections, Etc...................................... 35
Section 7.5 Moneys Held By Trustee................................................................................... 35
Section 7.6 Compensation And Indemnification Of Trustee And Its Prior Claim.......................................... 35
Section 7.7 Right Of Trustee To Rely On Officer's Certificate, Etc................................................... 35
Section 7.8 Indentures Not Creating Potential Conflicting Interests For The Trustee.................................. 36
Section 7.9 Qualification Of Trustee; Conflicting Interests.......................................................... 36
Section 7.10 Persons Eligible For Appointment As Trustee.............................................................. 36
Section 7.11 Resignation And Removal; Appointment Of Successor Trustee................................................ 36
Section 7.12 Acceptance Of Appointment By Successor Trustee........................................................... 37
Section 7.13 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation Or Succession To Business Of Trustee................................... 39
Section 7.14 Preferential Collection Of Claims Against The Issuer..................................................... 39
Section 7.15 Appointment Of Authenticating Agent...................................................................... 39
Article VIII Concerning The Securityholders................................................................................ 40
Section 8.1 Evidence Of Action Taken By Securityholders............................................................... 40
Section 8.2 Proof Of Execution Of Instruments And Of Holding Of Securities............................................ 40
Section 8.3 Holders To Be Treated As Owners........................................................................... 41
Section 8.4 Securities Owned By Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding......................................................... 41
Section 8.5 Right Of Revocation Of Action Taken....................................................................... 41
Article IX Supplemental Indentures......................................................................................... 42
Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent Of Securityholders................................................ 42
Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent Of Securityholders................................................... 43
Section 9.3 Effect Of Supplemental Indenture.......................................................................... 45
Section 9.4 Documents To Be Given To Trustee.......................................................................... 45
Section 9.5 Notation On Securities In Respect Of Supplemental Indentures.............................................. 45
Article X Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture; Unclaimed Moneys........................................................ 46
Section 10.1 Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture.................................................................. 46
Section 10.2 Application By Trustee Of Funds Deposited For Payment Of Securities...................................... 49
Section 10.3 Repayment Of Moneys Held By Paying Agent................................................................. 50
Section 10.4 Return Of Moneys Held By Trustee And Paying Agent Unclaimed For Two Years................................ 50
Section 10.5 Indemnity For U.S. Government Of Obligations............................................................. 50
Article XI Miscellaneous Provisions........................................................................................ 51
Section 11.1 Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers And Directors Of Issuer Exempt From Individual Liability........... 51
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Section 11.2 Provisions Of Indenture For The Sole Benefit Of Parties And Holders Of Securities And Coupons..... 51
Section 11.3 Successors And Assigns Of Issuer Bound By Indenture............................................... 51
Section 11.4 Notices And Demands On Issuer, Trustee And Holders Of Securities And Coupons...................... 51
Section 11.5 Officer's Certificates And Opinions Of Counsel; Statements To Be Contained Therein................ 52
Section 11.6 Payments Due On Saturdays, Sundays And Holidays................................................... 53
Section 11.7 Conflict Of Any Provision Of Indenture With Trust Indenture Act................................... 53
Section 11.8 New York Law To Govern............................................................................ 53
Section 11.9 Counterparts...................................................................................... 53
Section 11.10 Effect Of Headings................................................................................ 53
Section 11.11 Securities In A Composite Currency, Currency Unit Or Foreign Currency............................. 53
Section 11.12 Judgment Currency................................................................................. 54
Article XII Redemption Of Securities And Sinking Funds............................................................... 55
Section 12.1 Applicability Of Article.......................................................................... 55
Section 12.2 Notice Of Redemption; Partial Redemptions......................................................... 55
Section 12.3 Payment Of Securities Called For Redemption....................................................... 56
Section 12.4 Exclusion Of Certain Securities From Eligibility For Selection For Redemption..................... 57
Section 12.5 Mandatory And Optional Sinking Funds.............................................................. 57
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], 200_ by and between
LIBERTY DIGITAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), and [ ],
as trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to time of
its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued
in one or more series (the "Securities") up to such principal amount or amounts
as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery
and administration of the Securities; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture
and agreement according to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities
by the holders thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree
for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to
time of the Securities and of the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 CERTAIN TERMS DEFINED. The following terms (except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires)
for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto
shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms
used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), or the definitions of which in the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), are referred to in
the Trust Indenture Act, including terms defined therein by reference to the
Securities Act (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires), shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in
the Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in effect from time to
time. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and the term "generally accepted accounting principles" means such
accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of any computation
unless a different time shall be specified with respect to such series of
Securities as provided for in Section 2.3. The words "herein," "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole
and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and
include the plural as well as the singular.
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"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of
the Securities Act or any successor provision.
"Authenticating Agent" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.15.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper published in an official or
common language of the country of publication customarily published at least
once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and of general
circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York. If it shall be
impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any notice
required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in
lieu thereof which is made or given with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the Issuer
or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act on its behalf.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions, certified
by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer to have been duly
adopted or consented to by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means, with respect to any Security, a day that is not
a day on which banking institutions in the city (or in any of the cities, if
more than one) in which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of such
Security, are authorized or required by any applicable law or regulation to be
closed.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or if at any time
after the execution and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which the
corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be
principally administered, which office is, as of the date of this Indenture,
located at [ ].
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to an Unregistered
Security.
"covenant defeasance" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.1(C).
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities, the
Person designated as Depositary by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 until a
successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include
each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more
than one such Person, "Depositary" as used with respect to the Securities of any
such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Registered Global
Securities of that series.
"Dollar" or "$" means the coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.
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"Euro" means the currency adopted by those countries participating in
the third stage of European Monetary Union.
"Event of Default" means any event or condition specified as such in
Section 5.1.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Fair Value" when used with respect to any Voting Stock means the fair
value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of a
country other than the United States of America.
"Holder," "Holder of Securities," "Securityholder" or any other
similar term means (a) in the case of any Registered Security, the person in
whose name such Security is registered in the security register kept by the
Issuer for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) in the case
of any Unregistered Security, the bearer of such Security, or any Coupon
appertaining thereto, as the case may be.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and delivered
or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented
or both, and shall include the forms and terms of particular series of
Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States
Department of the Treasury, or any successor entity.
"Issuer" means Liberty Digital, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns.
"Issuer Order" means a written statement, request or order of the
Issuer signed in its name by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the
president, any vice president or the chief financial officer of the Issuer.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.12.
"Non-U.S. Person" means any person that is not a "U.S. person" as such
term is defined in Rule 902 of the Securities Act.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the chairman of
the Board of Directors, the president or any vice president or the chief
financial officer of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and include
the statements provided for in Section 10.5.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel who may be an employee of the Issuer or other counsel satisfactory to
the Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act and include the statements provided for in Section 10.5.
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"Original Issue Date" of any Security (or portion thereof) means the
earlier of (a) the date of such Security or (b) the date of any Security (or
portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or indirectly) on
registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.1.
"Outstanding" (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.4), when used
with reference to Securities, means, subject to the provisions of Section 7.4,
as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or
redemption of which moneys or U.S. Government Obligations (as provided
for in Section 9.1) in the necessary amount shall have been deposited
in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the
Issuer) or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by
the Issuer for the Holders of such Securities (if the Issuer shall act
as its own paying agent), provided, that if such Securities, or
portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof,
notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or
provisions satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving
such notice; and
(c) Securities which shall have been paid or in substitution for
which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.9 (except with respect to any such
Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented
that such Security is held by a person in whose hands such Security is
a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer).
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Outstanding Securities of any series have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration
of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.1.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the stated maturity
or maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect
thereto, are to be determined by the Issuer or its agents upon the issuance of
such Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
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"Principal" whenever used with reference to the Securities or any
Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed to include "and premium, if
any," provided, however, that such inclusion of premium, if any, shall under no
circumstances result in the double counting of such premium for the purpose of
any calculation required hereunder.
"record date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
"Registered Global Security" means a Security evidencing all or a part
of a series of Registered Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series
in accordance with Section 2.4, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.4
and any other legend required by the Depositary for such series.
"Registered Security" means any Security registered on the Security
register of the Issuer.
"Required Currency" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.12.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means any
officer of the Trustee assigned to administer corporate trust matters to whom
any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Security" or "Securities" (except as otherwise provided in Section
7.4) has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or, as the
case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Securities" means Securities other than Subordinated
Securities.
"Series A Common Stock" means the Series A common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of the Issuer.
"Subordinated Securities" means Securities that by the terms
established pursuant to Subsection 2.3(i) are subordinate to any specified debt
of the Issuer.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at least a majority of the
outstanding stock having the voting power to elect a majority of the Board of
Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock
of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time of
determination directly or indirectly owned by the Issuer, or by one or more of
its Subsidiaries, or by the Issuer and one or more of its Subsidiaries.
"Trustee" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article VI, shall also
include any successor trustee. "Trustee" shall also mean or include each Person
who is then a trustee hereunder, and, if at any time there is more than one such
Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall
mean the trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
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"Unregistered Security" means any Security other than a Registered
Security.
"U.S. Government Obligations" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.1(a).
"Voting Stock" means stock of any class or classes having general
voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of
directors, managers or trustees of the corporation in question, provided, that,
for the purposes hereof, stock which carries only the right to vote
conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be considered voting stock
whether or not such event shall have happened.
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of
securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if
applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series, and
calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
ARTICLE II
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 FORMS GENERALLY. (a) The Securities of each series and
the Coupons, if any, to be attached thereto shall be substantially in such form
(not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to
one or more Board Resolutions (as set forth in a Board Resolution or, to the
extent established pursuant to but not set forth in a Board Resolution, an
Officer's Certificate detailing such establishment) or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or
legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations
pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities exchange or to conform to
general usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such
Securities and Coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities and Coupons.
(b) The definitive Securities and Coupons, if any, shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any
other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities and
Coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities and Coupons,
if any.
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SECTION 2.2 FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. The
Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in
substantially the following form:
"This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
[ ], as Trustee
By _______________________________
Authorized Signatory"
If at any time there shall be an Authenticating Agent appointed with
respect to any series of Securities, then the Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication to be borne by the Securities of each such series shall be
substantially as follows:
"This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
__________________________________
as Authenticating Agent
By _______________________________
Authorized Signatory"
SECTION 2.3 AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. (a) The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
(b) The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall
be established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions (and to the
extent established pursuant to but not set forth in a Board Resolution, in an
Officer's Certificate detailing such establishment) or established in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the initial issuance of Securities
of any series,
(1) the designation of the Securities of the series, which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from the Securities of all other
series, and which may be part of a series of Securities previously issued;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities
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authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to
Section 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 8.5 or 11.3);
(3) if other than Dollars, the coin, currency or currencies in which
the Securities of the series are denominated (including, but not limited
to, any composite currency, currency units or Foreign Currency);
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable or the method of determination thereof;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, on which such interest shall be payable, the terms and conditions
of any deferral of interest and the additional interest, if any, thereon,
the right, if any, of the Issuer to extend the interest payment periods and
the duration of the extensions and (in the case of Registered Securities)
the date or dates on which a record shall be taken for the determination of
Holders to whom interest is payable and/or the method by which such rate or
rates or date or dates shall be determined;
(6) the place or places where and the manner in which, the principal
of and any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, if other
than as provided in Section 3.2;
(7) the right, if any, of the Issuer to redeem Securities, in whole
or in part, at its option and the period or periods within which, or the
date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and any terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series may be so redeemed, pursuant
to any sinking fund or otherwise;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or
repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption,
sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof,
and the price or prices at which and the period or periods within which or
the date or dates on which and any terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) the terms, if any, on which the Securities of such series will be
subordinate to other debt of the Issuer;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 or Euro 1,000, as the case
may be, and any integral multiple thereof in the case of Registered
Securities, or $1,000 and $5,000, or Euro 1,000 and Euro 5,000, in the case
of Unregistered Securities, the denominations in which Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(11) the percentage of the principal amount at which the Securities
will be issued, and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
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(12) if other than the coin, currency or currencies in which the
Securities of the series are denominated, the coin, currency or currencies
in which payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series shall be payable, including composite currencies or currency units;
(13) if the principal of or interest on the Securities of the series
are to be payable, at the election of the Issuer or a Holder thereof, in a
coin or currency other than that in which the Securities are denominated,
the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, such election may be made;
(14) if the amount of payments of principal of and interest on the
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or
formula based on a coin, currency, composite currency or currency unit
other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated, the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(15) whether the Securities of the series will be issuable as
Registered Securities (and if so, whether such Securities will be issuable
as Registered Global Securities) or Unregistered Securities (with or
without Coupons), or any combination of the foregoing, any restrictions
applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Unregistered Securities or the
payment of interest thereon and, if other than as provided in Section 2.8,
the terms upon which Unregistered Securities of any series may be exchanged
for Registered Securities of such series and vice versa;
(16) whether and under what circumstances the Issuer will pay
additional amounts on the Securities of the series held by a person who is
not a U.S. person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge
withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Issuer will have the option to
redeem the Securities of the series rather than pay such additional
amounts;
(17) if the Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive
form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security
of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other
documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms of such
certificates, documents or conditions;
(18) any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or paying agents,
transfer agents or registrars of any other agents with respect to the
Securities of such series;
(19) any deletion from modification of or addition to the Events of
Default or covenants with respect to the Securities of such series;
(20) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into Series
A Common Stock, the terms thereof; and
(21) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
(c) All Securities of any one series and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto shall be substantially identical, except in the case of
Registered Securities as to denomination
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and except as may otherwise be provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution
or Officer's Certificate referred to above or as set forth in any indenture
supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the
same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this
Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to such Board Resolution, such
Officer's Certificate or in any indenture supplemental hereto.
SECTION 2.4 AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF SECURITIES. (a) The
Issuer may deliver Securities of any series having attached thereto appropriate
Coupons, if any, executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication
together with the applicable documents referred to below in this Section 2.4,
and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such Securities and
Coupons, if any, to or upon the order of the Issuer (contained in the Issuer
Order referred to below in this Section) or pursuant to such procedures
acceptable to the Trustee and to such recipients as may be specified from time
to time by an Issuer Order. The maturity date, original issue date, interest
rate and any other terms of the Securities of such series and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto shall be determined by or pursuant to such Issuer Order and
procedures. If provided for in such procedures, such Issuer Order may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the
Issuer or its duly authorized agent or agents, which instructions, if oral,
shall be promptly confirmed in writing. In authenticating such Securities and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in the case of
subparagraphs (2), (3) and (4) below only at or before the time of the first
request of the Issuer to the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series)
and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, the
following enumerated documents unless and until such documents have been
superseded or revoked:
(1) an Issuer Order requesting such authentication and setting forth
delivery instructions if the Securities and Coupons, if any, are not to be
delivered to the Issuer, provided that, with respect to Securities of a
series subject to a Periodic Offering, (a) such Issuer Order may be
delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee prior to the delivery to the Trustee
of such Securities for authentication and delivery, (b) the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver Securities of such series for original issue from
time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the aggregate
principal amount established for such series, pursuant to an Issuer Order
or pursuant to procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified
from time to time by an Issuer Order, (c) the maturity date or dates,
original issue date or dates, interest rate or rates and any other terms of
Securities of such series shall be determined by an Issuer Order or
pursuant to such procedures and (d) if provided for in such procedures,
such Issuer Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to
oral or electronic instructions from the Issuer or its duly authorized
agent or agents, which instructions, if oral, shall be promptly confirmed
in writing;
(2) any Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate and/or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Section 2.1 and 2.3 by or pursuant to
which the forms and terms of the Securities and Coupons, if any, were
established;
(3) an Officer's Certificate setting forth the form or forms and
terms of the Securities and Coupons, if any, stating that the form or forms
and terms of the Securities
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and Coupons, if any, have been established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3
and comply with this Indenture, and covering such other matters as the
Trustee may reasonably request; and
(4) At the option of the Issuer, either one or more Opinions of
Counsel, or a letter addressed to the Trustee permitting it to rely on one
or more Opinions of Counsel, substantially to the effect that:
(A) the form or forms of the Securities and Coupons, if
any, have been duly authorized and established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(B) the terms of the Securities have been duly authorized
and established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and
(C) such Securities and Coupons, if any, when executed by
the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture and delivered to and duly paid for by the
purchasers thereof, and subject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will have been duly issued under this Indenture,
will be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, and will be valid
and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with
their respective terms except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation,
moratorium, fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally and (ii) the availability of equitable remedies may
be limited by equitable principles of general applicability and such
counsel need express no opinion with regard to the enforceability of
Section 6.6 or of a judgment denominated in a currency other than
Dollars.
(b) In rendering such opinions, any counsel may qualify any opinions
as to enforceability by stating that such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium, fraudulent
transfer and other similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
and is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Such counsel
may rely upon opinions of other counsel (copies of which shall be delivered to
the Trustee) reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, in which case the opinion
shall state that such counsel believes he and the Trustee are entitled so to
rely. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual
matters, he has relied, to the extent he deems proper, upon certificates of
officers of the Issuer and its subsidiaries and certificates of public
officials.
(c) The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and
deliver any Securities under this section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Issuer or
if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of trustees,
executive committee or a trust committee of directors or trustees shall
determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to
existing Holders or would affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities
under the Securities, this Indenture or otherwise.
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(d) If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in the form of one or more Registered
Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Section and the Issuer Order with respect to such series,
authenticate and deliver one or more Registered Global Securities that (i) shall
represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of all of the Securities of such series issued and not yet cancelled,
(ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Registered
Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or delivered or held pursuant to
such Depositary's instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: "Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary
or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee
of such successor Depositary."
(e) Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 2.3 must, at the
time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable
statute or regulation.
SECTION 2.5 EXECUTION OF SECURITIES. (a) The Securities and each
Coupon appertaining thereto, if any, shall be signed on behalf of the Issuer by
the chairman or vice chairman of its Board of Directors or its president, or any
executive (senior or other), a vice president or its chief financial officer,
under its corporate seal (except in the case of Coupons) which may, but need
not, be attested. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of
the present or any future such officers. The seal of the Issuer may be in the
form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors or
defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
(b) In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of
the Securities or Coupons, if any, shall cease to be such officer before the
Security or Coupon so signed (or the Security to which the Coupon so signed
appertains) shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of
by the Issuer, such Security or Coupon nevertheless may be authenticated and
delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Security or Coupon
had not ceased to be such officer of the Issuer; and any Security or Coupon may
be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual date of the
execution of such Security or Coupon, shall be the proper officers of the
Issuer, although at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture any
such person was not such an officer.
SECTION 2.6 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. Only such Securities as
shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of
its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose. No Coupon shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture or shall be valid and obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication on the Security to which such Coupon
appertains shall have been duly executed by the Trustee. The execution of such
certificate by the Trustee upon any
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Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Security
so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that
the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.7 DENOMINATION AND DATE OF SECURITIES; PAYMENT OF
INTEREST. (a) The Securities of each series shall be issuable as Registered
Securities or Unregistered Securities in denominations established as
contemplated by Section 2.3 or, with respect to the Registered Securities of any
series, if not so established, in denominations of $1,000 (or Euro 1,000, as
applicable) and any integral multiple thereof. If denominations of Unregistered
Securities of any series are not so established, such Securities shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and $5,000 (or Euro 1,000 and Euro 5,000).
The Securities of each series shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise
distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as the officers of
the Issuer executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee, as
evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof.
(b) Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. Each Unregistered Security shall be dated as provided in the
Board Resolution referred to in Section 2.3. The Securities of each series shall
bear interest, if any, from the date, and such interest shall be payable on the
dates, established as contemplated by Section 2.3.
(c) The person in whose name any Registered Security of any series is
registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a
particular series with respect to any interest payment date for such series
shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest
payment date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Registered
Security subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date,
except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default in the payment of the
interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case such
defaulted interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names Outstanding
Registered Securities for such series are registered at the close of business on
a subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five Business Days prior
to the date of payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given
by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of Registered Securities
not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date. The term "record
date" as used with respect to any interest payment date (except a date for
payment of defaulted interest) for the Securities of any series shall mean the
date specified as such in the terms of the Registered Securities of such series
established as contemplated by Section 2.3, or, if no such date is so
established, if such interest payment date is the first day of a calendar month,
the fifteenth day of the preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment
date is the fifteenth day of a calendar month, the first day of such calendar
month, whether or not such record date is a Business Day.
SECTION 2.8 REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. (a) The Issuer will
keep at each office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in
Section 3.2 for each series of Securities a register or registers in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as the Issuer may prescribe, it will
provide for the registration of Registered Securities of such series and the
registration of transfer of Registered Securities of such series. Such register
shall be in written form in the English language or in any other form capable of
being converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times
such register or registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee.
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(b) Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Registered Security of any series at any such office or agency to be maintained
for the purpose as provided in Section 3.2, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or
transferees a new Registered Security or Registered Securities of the same
series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue date in authorized
denominations for a like aggregate principal amount.
(c) Unregistered Securities (except for any temporary global
Unregistered Securities) and Coupons (except for Coupons attached to any
temporary global Unregistered Securities) shall be transferable by delivery.
(d) At the option of the Holder thereof, Registered Securities of any
series (other than a Registered Global Security, except as set forth below) may
be exchanged for a Registered Security or Registered Securities of such series
having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of such Registered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the
Issuer that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 3.2
and upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter
provided. If the Securities of any series are issued in both registered and
unregistered form, at the option of the Holder thereof, except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 2.3, Unregistered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of such series having authorized
denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such
Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the Issuer that shall
be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 3.2, with, in the case
of Unregistered Securities that have Coupons attached, all unmatured Coupons and
all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining, and upon payment, if the
Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. At the option of
the Holder thereof, if Unregistered Securities of any series, maturity date,
interest rate and original issue date are issued in more than one authorized
denomination, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.3, such
Unregistered Securities may be exchanged for Unregistered Securities of such
series having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of
the Issuer that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section
3.2 or as specified pursuant to Section 2.3, with, in the case of Unregistered
Securities that have Coupons attached, all unmatured Coupons and all matured
Coupons in default thereto appertaining, and upon payment, if the Issuer shall
so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. Registered Securities of any
series may not be exchanged for Unregistered Securities of such series unless
(1) otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.3 and (2) the Issuer has delivered
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that (x) the Issuer has received from the
IRS a ruling or (y) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the
applicable United States federal income tax law, in either case to the effect
that the inclusion of terms permitting Registered Securities to be exchanged for
Unregistered Securities would result in no United States federal income tax
effect adverse to the Issuer or to any Holder. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. All Securities and Coupons, if any, surrendered upon any
exchange or transfer provided for in this Indenture shall be promptly cancelled
and disposed of by the Trustee, and the Trustee shall deliver a certificate of
disposition thereof to the Issuer.
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(e) All Registered Securities presented for registration of transfer,
exchange, redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer or the
Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly
executed, by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(f) The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall be
made for any such transaction.
(g) The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a
transfer of (a) any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days preceding
the first mailing of notice of redemption of Securities of such series to be
redeemed or (b) any Securities selected, called or being called for redemption,
in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part,
the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.8, unless
and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, a Registered Global Security representing all or a portion of
the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of
such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by
such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or
a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(i) If at any time the Depositary for any Registered Securities of a
series represented by one or more Registered Global Securities notifies the
Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Registered Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such Registered
Securities shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.4, the Issuer shall
appoint a successor Depositary eligible under Section 2.4 with respect to such
Registered Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under Section 2.4 for
such Registered Securities is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after
the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the
Issuer's election pursuant to Section 2.3 that such Registered Securities be
represented by one or more Registered Global Securities shall no longer be
effective and the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Officer's Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such
series in definitive registered form without coupons, in any authorized
denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
the Registered Global Security or Securities representing such Registered
Securities in exchange for such Registered Global Security or Securities.
(j) The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more
Registered Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a Registered
Global Security or Securities. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of any Officer's Certificate for the authentication and
delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver,
Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in any
authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Registered
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Global Security or Securities representing such Registered Securities, in
exchange for such Registered Global Security or Securities.
(k) If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 with respect
to Securities represented by a Registered Global Security, the Depositary for
such Registered Global Security may surrender such Registered Global Security in
exchange in whole or in part for Securities of the same series in definitive
registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuer and such
Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(1) to the Person specified by such Depositary a new Registered
Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations
as requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Registered Global
Security; and
(2) to such Depositary a new Registered Global Security in a
denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount
of the surrendered Registered Global Security and the aggregate principal
amount of Registered Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to
clause (i) above.
(l) Upon the exchange of a Registered Global Security for Securities
in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, such
Registered Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee or an agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee. Securities in definitive registered form without coupons
issued in exchange for a Registered Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.8
shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the
Depositary for such Registered Global Security, pursuant to instructions from
its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or
an agent of the Issuer or the Trustee. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver
such Securities to or as directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities
are so registered.
(m) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such transfer or exchange.
(n) Notwithstanding anything herein or in the terms of any series of
Securities to the contrary, none of the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee (any of which, other than the Issuer, shall rely on an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel) shall be required to exchange
any Unregistered Security for a Registered Security if such exchange would
result in United States federal income tax consequences adverse to the Issuer
(such as, for example, the inability of the Issuer to deduct from its income, as
computed for United States federal income tax purposes, the interest payable on
the Unregistered Securities) under then applicable United States federal income
tax laws.
SECTION 2.9 MUTILATED, DEFACED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN
SECURITIES. (a) In case any temporary or definitive Security or any Coupon
appertaining to any Security shall be mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute and, upon the written request
of any officer of the Issuer, the Trustee
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shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, maturity
date, interest rate and original issue date, bearing a number or other
distinguishing symbol not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and
substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and in
substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen with Coupons
corresponding to the Coupons appertaining to the Securities so mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen, or in exchange or substitution for the
Security to which such mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon
appertained, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding to the Coupons so
mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for
a substitute Security or Coupon shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee
and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and,
in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of such Security or Coupon and of the ownership
thereof, and in the case of mutilation or defacement shall surrender the
Security and related Coupons to the Trustee or such agent.
(b) Upon the issuance of any substitute Security or Coupon, the
Issuer 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) or its agent connected
therewith. In case any Security or Coupon which has matured or is about to
mature or has been called for redemption in full shall become mutilated or
defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a
substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same or the relevant
Coupon (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced
Security or Coupon), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the
Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such
security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them harmless,
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also
furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such
Security or Coupons and of the ownership thereof.
(c) Every substitute Security or Coupon of any series issued pursuant
to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such Security
or Coupon is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall
be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations
of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and
all other Securities or Coupons of such series duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Securities and Coupons shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced or
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and Coupons and shall preclude any and all
other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or
hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.10 CANCELLATION OF SECURITIES; DESTRUCTION THEREOF. All
Securities and Coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange, or for credit against any payment in respect of a sinking
or analogous fund, if any, if surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee or any agent of the Trustee, shall be delivered to the
Trustee or its agent for cancellation or, if surrendered to the
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Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no Securities or Coupons shall be issued
in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this
Indenture. The Trustee or its agent shall dispose of cancelled Securities and
Coupons held by it and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Issuer. If
the Issuer or its agent shall acquire any of the Securities or Coupons, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities or Coupons unless and until the same
are delivered to the Trustee or its agent for cancellation.
SECTION 2.11 TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series (printed,
lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form
satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be
issuable as Registered Securities without coupons, or as Unregistered Securities
with or without coupons attached thereto, of any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of such series but with
such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Securities, all as may be determined by the Issuer with the concurrence of the
Trustee as evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof. Temporary
Securities may contain such references to any provisions of this Indenture as
may be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be executed by the Issuer and
be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially
the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without
unreasonable delay the Issuer shall execute and shall furnish definitive
Securities of such series and thereupon temporary Registered Securities of such
series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or
agency to be maintained by the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.2
and, in the case of Unregistered Securities, at any agency maintained by the
Issuer for such purpose as specified pursuant to Section 2.3, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such
series an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same
series having authorized denominations and, in the case of Unregistered
Securities, having attached thereto any appropriate Coupons. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series, unless otherwise
established pursuant to Section 2.3. The provisions of this Section are subject
to any restrictions or limitations on the issue and delivery of temporary
Unregistered Securities of any series that may be established pursuant to
Section 2.3 (including any provision that Unregistered Securities of such series
initially be issued in the form of a single global Unregistered Security to be
delivered to a depositary or agency located outside the United States and the
procedures pursuant to which definitive or global Unregistered Securities of
such series would be issued in exchange for such temporary global Unregistered
Security).
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. The Issuer covenants
and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and
punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on, if any,
each of the Securities of such series (together with any additional amounts
payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) at the place or places, at the
respective time or times and in the manner provided in such Securities
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and in the Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and in this Indenture. The
interest on Securities with Coupons attached (together with any additional
amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. If any temporary
Unregistered Security provides that interest thereon may be paid while such
Security is in temporary form, the interest on any such temporary Unregistered
Security (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of
such Security) shall be paid, as to the installments of interest evidenced by
Coupons attached thereto, if any, only upon presentation and surrender thereof,
and, as to the other installments of interest, if any, only upon presentation of
such Securities for notation thereon of the payment of such interest, in each
case subject to any restrictions that may be established pursuant to Section
2.3. The interest, if any, on Registered Securities (together with any
additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be
payable only to or upon the written order of the Holders thereof and, at the
option of the Issuer, may be paid by wire transfer or by mailing checks for such
interest payable to or upon the written order of such Holders at their last
addresses as they appear on the Securities register of the Issuer.
SECTION 3.2 OFFICES FOR PAYMENTS, ETC. (a) So long as any Registered
Securities are authorized for issuance pursuant to this Indenture or are
outstanding hereunder, the Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, an office or agency where the Registered Securities of each
series may be presented for payment, where the Securities of each series may be
presented for exchange as is provided in this Indenture and, if applicable,
pursuant to Section 2.3 and where the Registered Securities of each series may
be presented for registration of transfer as in this Indenture provided.
(b) The Issuer will maintain one or more offices or agencies in a
city or cities located outside the United States (including any city in which
such an agency is required to be maintained under the rules of any stock
exchange on which the Securities of such series are listed) where the
Unregistered Securities, if any, of each series and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto may be presented for payment. No payment on any
Unregistered Security or Coupon will be made upon presentation of such
Unregistered Security or Coupon at an agency of the Issuer within the United
States nor will any payment be made by transfer to an account in, or by mail to
an address in, the United States unless pursuant to applicable United States
laws and regulations then in effect such payment can be made without tax
consequences adverse to the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments in
Dollars of Unregistered Securities of any series and Coupons appertaining
thereto which are payable in Dollars may be made at an agency of the Issuer
maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if such payment in
Dollars at each agency maintained by the Issuer outside the United States for
payment on such Unregistered Securities is illegal or effectively precluded by
exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
(c) The Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in
respect of the Securities of any series, the Coupons appertaining thereto or
this Indenture may be served.
(d) The Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the
location of each such office or agency and of any change of location thereof. In
case the Issuer shall fail to
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maintain any agency required by this Section to be located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, or shall fail to give such notice of the
location or for any change in the location of any of the above agencies,
presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee.
(e) The Issuer may from time to time designate one or more additional
offices or agencies where the Securities of a series and any Coupons
appertaining thereto may be presented for payment, where the Securities of that
series may be presented for exchange as provided in this Indenture and where the
Registered Securities of that series may be presented for registration of
transfer as in this Indenture provided, and the Issuer may from time to time
rescind any such designation, as the Issuer may deem desirable or expedient;
provided, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the
Issuer of its obligations to maintain the agencies provided for in this Section.
The Issuer shall give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any such
designation or rescission thereof.
SECTION 3.3 APPOINTMENT TO FILL A VACANCY IN OFFICE OF TRUSTEE. The
Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee,
will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there
shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each series of Securities
hereunder.
SECTION 3.4 PAYING AGENTS. (a) Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a
paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section,
(1) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent for the
payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series
(whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer or by any other
obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities of such series, or Coupons appertaining thereto,
if any, or of the Trustee;
(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Issuer
(or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) to make any
payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series
when the same shall be due and payable; and
(3) that it will pay any such sums so held in trust by it to the
Trustee upon the Trustee's written request at any time during the
continuance of the failure referred to in the foregoing clause (b).
(b) The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of
or interest on the Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a
sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and (unless
such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of
any failure to take such action.
(c) If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to
the Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, set aside, segregate
and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such
series or the Coupons appertaining thereto a sum sufficient to pay such
principal or
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interest so becoming due. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any
failure to take such action.
(d) Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, but
subject to Section 9.1, the Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining
a satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all series of
Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the
Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer or any paying
agent hereunder, as required by this Section, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.
(e) Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Sections 9.3 and 9.4.
SECTION 3.5 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES. The Issuer will furnish to the
Trustee on or before January 31 in each year (beginning with January 31, 2000) a
brief certificate (which need not comply with Section 10.5) from the principal
executive, financial or accounting officer of the Issuer stating that in the
course of the performance by the signer of his or her duties as an officer of
the Issuer he or she would normally have knowledge of any default or non-
compliance by the Issuer in the performance of any covenants or conditions
contained in this Indenture, stating whether or not he or she has knowledge of
any such default or non-compliance and, if so, describing each such default or
non-compliance of which the signer has knowledge and the nature thereof.
SECTION 3.6 CORPORATE EXISTENCE. Subject to Section 6.1, the Issuer
will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
force and effect its corporate existence.
ARTICLE IV
SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 ISSUER TO FURNISH TRUSTEE INFORMATION AS TO NAMES AND
ADDRESSES OF SECURITYHOLDERS. If and so long as the Trustee shall not be the
Security registrar for the Securities of any series, the Issuer and any other
obligor on the Securities will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a
list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the Holders of the Registered Securities of such series pursuant to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act:
(1) semi-annually not more than 5 days after each record date for the
payment of interest on such Registered Securities, as hereinabove
specified, as of such record date and on dates to be determined pursuant to
Section 2.3 for non-interest bearing Registered Securities in each year;
and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in
writing, within thirty days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such information is
furnished.
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SECTION 4.2 REPORTS BY THE ISSUER. The Issuer covenants to file with
the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the same with
the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents,
and other reports that the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or pursuant to
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 4.3 REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE. (a) On or before the first July
15 which occurs not less than 60 days after the earliest date of issuance of any
Securities and on or before July 15 in each year thereafter, so long as any
Securities are Outstanding hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit by mail as
provided below to the Securityholders of each series of outstanding Securities,
as hereinafter in this Section provided, a brief report dated as of the
preceding May 15 with respect to:
(1) its eligibility under Section 6.10 and its qualification under
Section 6.9, or in lieu thereof, if to the best of its knowledge it has
continued to be eligible and qualified under such Sections, a written
statement to such effect;
(2) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee
elects to so state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made
by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report and
for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge,
prior to that of the Securities of such series, on any property or funds
held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be
required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so
remaining unpaid aggregate not more than 0.5% of the principal of the
Securities of such series outstanding on the date of such report;
(3) the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other
indebtedness owing by the Issuer (or any other obligor on the Securities of
such series) to the Trustee in its individual capacity on the date of such
report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral
security therefor, except any indebtedness based upon a creditor
relationship;
(4) the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of
the Trustee (as such) in respect of the Securities of such series on the
date of such report;
(5) any additional issue of Securities of such series which the
Trustee has not previously reported; and
(6) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties
under this Indenture which the Trustee has not previously reported and
which in the Trustee's opinion materially affects the Securities of such
series, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or
is to be withheld by it in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.11.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit to the Securityholders of each series,
as provided in subsection (c) of this Section, a brief report with respect to
the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state,
the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such)
in respect of the Securities of such series since the date of
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the last report transmitted pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this
Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of
this Indenture) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or
charge prior to that of the Securities of such series on property or funds held
or collected by it as Trustee and which it has not previously reported pursuant
to this subsection (b), except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may
elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time
aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of Securities of such series
outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after
such time.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted by mail to
all Holders of Securities of such series, as the names and addresses of such
Holders appear upon the Securities register as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the mailing thereof.
(d) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, be furnished to the Issuer and be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Securities of such series are
listed and also with the Commission. The Issuer agrees to notify the Trustee
when and as Securities of any series become listed on any national securities
exchange.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1 EVENT OF DEFAULT DEFINED, ACCELERATION OF MATURITY;
WAIVER OF DEFAULT. (a) "Event of Default" with respect to Securities of any
series, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events which shall
have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of
law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule
or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of
the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; provided,
that, a valid extension of an interest payment period by the Issuer in
accordance with the terms of such Securities shall not constitute a failure
to pay interest; or
(2) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal or
premium (if any) on any of the Securities of such series as and when the
same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon any redemption,
by declaration or otherwise; or
(3) default in the payment of any sinking fund installment as and
when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the Securities
of such series; or
(4) failure on the part of the Issuer duly to observe or perform any
other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Issuer in the
Securities of such series or contained in this Indenture (other than a
covenant or agreement included in this Indenture
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solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than such series)
for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice specifying
such failure, stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder
and demanding that the Issuer remedy the same, shall have been given by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Issuer by
the Trustee, or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the
series to which such covenant or agreement relates; or
(5) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary case under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer for any
substantial part of its or their property or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its or their affairs, and such decree or order shall remain
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under
any such law, or consent to the appointment or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or
similar official) of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its or their
property, or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture
or Board Resolution under which such series of Securities is issued or in
the form of Security for such series.
(b) If an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2) or (3) occurs
and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, except for any series
of Securities the principal of which shall have already become due and payable,
either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of each such affected series then Outstanding hereunder
(each such series voting as a separate class) by notice in writing to the Issuer
(and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire
principal (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of such series) of all Securities of such series, and the interest accrued
thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration, the same shall become immediately due and payable.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in the terms of any series of Senior
Securities pursuant to Section 2.3, if an Event of Default described in clause
(4) or (7) above occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such
case, except for any series of Senior Securities the principal of which shall
have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Securities of each
affected series then Outstanding hereunder (each series voting as a separate
class) by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by
Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or, if the Senior Securities
of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) of all of the
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Senior Securities of such series then Outstanding, and the interest accrued
thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon such declaration,
the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default
described in clause (5) or (6) above occurs and is continuing, then the
principal amount of all the Senior Securities then Outstanding, and the interest
accrued thereon, if any, shall become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in the terms of any series of
Subordinated Securities pursuant to Section 2.3, if an Event of Default
described in clause (4) or (7) above occurs and is continuing, then, and in each
and every such case, except for any series of Subordinated Securities the
principal of which shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Subordinated Securities of each affected series then Outstanding hereunder (each
series voting as a separate class) by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to
the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or,
if the Subordinated Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of such series) of all of the Subordinated Securities of such series then
Outstanding, and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable
immediately, and upon such declaration, the same shall become immediately due
and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) above occurs
and is continuing, then the principal amount of all of the Subordinated
Securities then Outstanding, and the interest accrued thereon, if any, shall
become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
(e) The foregoing provisions are subject to the condition that if, at
any time after the principal (or, if the Securities are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms
thereof) of the Securities of any series (or of all the Securities, as the case
may be) shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or
decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided,
(1) the Issuer shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities
of such series (or all the Securities, as the case may be); and
(B) the principal of any and all Securities of such series (or
of all the Securities, as the case may be) which shall have become due
otherwise than by acceleration; and
(C) interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment
of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue
installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in the Securities of such series (or at the respective rates
of interest or Yields to Maturity of all the Securities, as the case
may be) to the date of such payment or deposit; and
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(D) all amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6;
and
(2) all Events of Default under the Indenture, other than the non-
payment of the principal of Securities which shall have become due by
acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as
provided herein,
then and in every such case the Holders of a majority, or any applicable
supermajority, in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of such
series voting as a separate class (or all the Securities, as the case may be,
voting as a single class), then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer
and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to such series (or with
respect to all the Securities, as the case may be) and rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and
annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall
impair any right consequent thereon.
(f) For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the
principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated
and declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and
after such declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded and annulled,
the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed,
for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal thereof as shall
be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion
of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such
acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all other amounts
owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue
Discount Securities.
SECTION 5.2 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS BY TRUSTEE; TRUSTEE MAY PROVE
DEBT. (a) The Issuer covenants that (i) in case default shall be made in the
payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of any series
when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such default shall
have continued for a period of 30 days, or (ii) in case default shall be made in
the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the Securities of any
series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of
the Securities of such series or upon any redemption or by declaration or
otherwise, then upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series the whole amount
that then shall have become due and payable on all Securities of such series,
and such Coupons, for principal and interest, as the case may be (with interest
to the date of such payment upon the overdue principal and, to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue
installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to
Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the
Securities of such series); and in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and such
other amount due the Trustee under Section 6.6 in respect of Securities of such
series.
(b) Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the
principal of and interest on the Securities of any series to the registered
Holders, whether or not the Securities of such series be overdue.
(c) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon
such demand, the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, shall
be entitled and
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empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the
collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or
proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or
final decree against the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities and collect
in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor
upon the Securities, wherever situated, all the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable.
(d) In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer
or any other obligor upon the Securities under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the
Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or property of
the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the
principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed
or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:
(1) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of
principal and interest (or, if the Securities of any series are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of such series) owing and unpaid in respect of the
Securities of any series, 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 amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 6.6)
and of the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to
the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other obligor; and
(2) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on
behalf of the holders of the Securities of any series in any election of a
receiver, assignee, trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement,
reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings,
custodian or other person performing similar functions in respect of any
such proceedings; and
(3) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with
respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of the Trustee on their
behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other
similar official performing similar functions in respect of any such
proceedings is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make
payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent
to the making of payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the
Trustee its costs and expenses of collection and all other amounts due to
it pursuant to Section 6.6.
(e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities of any series or
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the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect
of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding, except as aforesaid
in clause (2).
(f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the Securities of any series or Coupons appertaining
to such Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any
of the Securities of such series or Coupons appertaining to such Securities or
the production thereof in any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and
any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its
own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be
awarded to the Trustee for ratable distribution to the Holders of the Securities
or Coupons appertaining to such Securities in respect of which such action was
taken, after payment of all sums due to the Trustee under Section 6.6 in respect
of such Securities.
(g) In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any
proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to
which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all
the Holders of the Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities in
respect to which such action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make
any Holders of such Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities
parties to any such proceedings.
SECTION 5.3 APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. Any moneys collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of any series shall be applied in
the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such moneys on account of principal or interest, upon
presentation of the several Securities and Coupons appertaining to such
Securities in respect of which monies have been collected and stamping (or
otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing Securities of such series in
reduced principal amounts in exchange for the presented Securities of like
series if only partially paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses applicable to such series
of Securities in respect of which monies have been collected, including all
amounts due to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section
6.6 in respect to such series of Securities;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in
respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become and be
then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the Securities of such
series in default in the order of the maturity of the installments on such
interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been
collected by the Trustee and is permitted by applicable law) upon the
overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest
or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the
persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in
respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and shall be
then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and
unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for principal and interest,
with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the
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extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee and is
permitted by applicable law) upon the overdue installations of interest at
the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such
series; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the
whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to
the payment of such principal and interest or Yield to Maturity, without
preference or priority of principal over interest or Yield to Maturity, or
of interest or Yield to Maturity over principal, or of any installment of
interest over any other installment of interest or of any Security of such
series over any other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of
such principal and accrued and unpaid interest or Yield to Maturity; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any
other person lawfully entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.4 SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT. In case an Event of Default has
occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted in this Indenture or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
SECTION 5.5 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS ON ABANDONMENT OF PROCEEDINGS. In
case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture
and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such
case the Issuer and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 5.6 LIMITATIONS ON SUITS BY SECURITY HOLDERS. No Holder of
any Security of any series or of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall have any
right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute
any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon
or under or with respect to this Indenture or such Security, or for the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar
official or for any other remedy hereunder or thereunder, unless (a) such Holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of such series and of the continuance thereof, as
hereinbefore provided, and (b) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding (treated as a
single class) shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such
action or proceedings in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have
offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and (c) the
Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding, and (d)
no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 5.9; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by the taker and
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Holder of every Security or Coupon with every other taker and Holder and the
Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities of any series or Coupons
appertaining to such Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by
virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture or any Security to
affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such taker or Holder of
Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities, or to obtain or seek to
obtain priority over or preference to any other such taker or Holder or to
enforce any right under this Indenture or any Security, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of
Securities of the applicable series and Coupons appertaining to such Securities.
For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and
every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 5.7 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF SECURITYHOLDERS TO INSTITUTE
CERTAIN SUITS. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and any
provision of any Security, the right of any Holder of any Security or Coupon to
receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Security or Coupon on
or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or Coupon or the
applicable redemption dates provided for in such Security, or to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall
not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.8 POWERS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; DELAY OR OMISSION NOT
WAIVER OF DEFAULT. (a) Except as provided in Section 5.6, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities
or Coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of
Securities or Coupons to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of
Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or
power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every power and remedy given by this Indenture, any
Security or law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or Coupons may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or, subject to Section 5.6, by the Holders of Securities or Coupons.
SECTION 5.9 CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. (a) The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected
(with each such series voting as a separate class) at the time Outstanding shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by this
Indenture; provided, that such direction shall not be otherwise than in
accordance with law and the provisions of this Indenture; and provided, further,
that (subject to the provisions of Section 6.1) the Trustee shall have the right
to decline to follow any such direction if (a) the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed may not
lawfully be taken; or (b) if the Trustee by its board of directors, the
executive
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committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee shall determine in good faith that the action or proceedings so directed
would involve the Trustee in personal liability; or (c) if the Trustee in good
faith shall so determine that the actions or forbearances specified in or
pursuant to such direction would be unduly prejudicial to the interests of
Holders of the Securities of all affected series not joining in the giving of
said direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 6.1) the Trustee
shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are
unduly prejudicial to such Holders.
(b) Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee
in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is
not inconsistent with such direction or directions by Securityholders.
SECTION 5.10 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. Prior to the declaration of
acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of any series as provided in
Section 5.1, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series at the time Outstanding (voting as a single class) may
on behalf of the Holders of all such Securities waive any past default or Event
of Default described in Section 5.1 and its consequences, except a default in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected. In the case of any
such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all such Securities
shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively,
and such default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not
to have occurred for purposes of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend
to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.11 TRUSTEE TO GIVE NOTICE OF DEFAULT, BUT MAY WITHHOLD IN
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. The Trustee shall, within ninety days after the
occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities of any series, give
notice of all defaults with respect to that series known to the Trustee (i) if
any Unregistered Securities of that series are then Outstanding, to the Holders
thereof, by publication at least once in an Authorized Newspaper and (ii) to all
Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in
Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless in each case such defaults
shall have been cured before the mailing or publication of such notice (the term
"default" for the purpose of this Section being hereby defined to mean any event
or condition which is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become, an
Event of Default); provided, that, except in the case of default in the payment
of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in
the payment of any sinking fund installment on 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 or trustees and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such
series.
SECTION 5.12 RIGHT OF COURT TO REQUIRE FILING OF UNDERTAKING TO PAY
COSTS. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security or
Coupon 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such
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suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any
suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or
group of Securityholders of any series holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series, or to any suit
instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of or interest on any Security on or after the due date expressed in
such Security or any date fixed for redemption.
ARTICLE VI
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 6.1 WHEN ISSUER MAY MERGE, ETC.. The Issuer shall not
consolidate with or merge into, or transfer its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to, another corporation unless (1) the successor
corporation, which shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the United States or a State thereof, expressly assumes by supplemental
indenture all payments on all of the Securities then Outstanding and the
performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this
Indenture and of each series of Securities then Outstanding and (2) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or event which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing. Thereafter, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.03 for the Securities of any series, all such
obligations of the predecessor corporation shall terminate.
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEE; DURING
DEFAULT; PRIOR TO DEFAULT. (a) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of a particular series and after the curing or
waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred with respect to such
series, the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to such series of
Securities. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a
series has occurred and has not been cured or waived, the Trustee shall exercise
with respect to such series of Securities such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities, and use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own
affairs.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct, except that
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(1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all such
Events of Default with respect to such series which may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of
any such statements, certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether
or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee,
unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction
of the Holders pursuant to Section 5.9 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.
(c) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable ground for
believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) The provisions of this Section 7.1 are in furtherance of and
subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.2 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE. In furtherance of and
subject to the Trust Indenture Act, and subject to Section 7.1:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer's Certificate or any
other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
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(2) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer's Certificate (unless
other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein or in
the terms established in respect of any series); and any resolution of the
Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof
certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer;
(3) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any written advice or
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken
by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon in accordance with
such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(4) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby;
(5) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(6) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and
after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, the Trustee shall not
be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note,
coupon, security or other paper or document unless (i) requested in writing
so to do by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of all series affected then Outstanding (treated
as one class) or (ii) otherwise provided in the terms of any series of
Securities pursuant to Section 2.3; provided, that, if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely
to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion
of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security
afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require
reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to
proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be
paid by the Issuer or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor trustee,
shall be repaid by the Issuer upon demand; and
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys not regularly in its employ and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent
or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
SECTION 7.3 TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS, DISPOSITION OF
SECURITIES OR APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS THEREOF. The recitals contained herein and
in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be
taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility
for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of
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this Indenture or of the Securities or Coupons. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities or
of the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 7.4 TRUSTEE AND AGENTS MAY HOLD SECURITIES OR COUPONS;
COLLECTIONS, ETC. The Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or of the Trustee, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities or Coupons with the same rights it would have if it were not the
Trustee or such agent and may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive,
collect, hold and retain collections from the Issuer with the same rights it
would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.
SECTION 7.5 MONEYS HELD BY TRUSTEE. Subject to the provisions of
Section 10.4 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or
applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they
were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of
the Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any
moneys received by it hereunder.
SECTION 7.6 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEE AND ITS PRIOR
CLAIM. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time,
and the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation (which shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust) and the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the
Trustee and each predecessor trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of
all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ) except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor trustee
for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred
without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the trusts hereunder
and its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against or investigating any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations
of the Issuer under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and
each predecessor trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Such
additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon
all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities or
Coupons, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim.
SECTION 7.7 RIGHT OF TRUSTEE TO RELY ON OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE, ETC.
Subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2, whenever in the administration of the trusts of
this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the
part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an
Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the
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absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full
warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
SECTION 7.8 INDENTURES NOT CREATING POTENTIAL CONFLICTING INTERESTS
FOR THE TRUSTEE. The following indentures are hereby specifically described for
the purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act: this Indenture
with respect to series of Securities that are of an equal priority.
SECTION 7.9 QUALIFICATION OF TRUSTEE; CONFLICTING INTERESTS. The
Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.10 PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT AS TRUSTEE. (a) The
Trustee for each series of Securities hereunder shall at all times be a
corporation or banking association organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and which is
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and is subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, state or District of Columbia authority.
If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect specified in Section 7.11.
(b) The provisions of this Section 7.10 are in furtherance of and
subject to Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.11 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at
any time resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by
giving written notice of resignation to the Issuer and (i) if any Unregistered
Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, by giving notice of such
resignation to the Holders thereof, by publication at least once in an
Authorized Newspaper, (ii) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected
are then Outstanding, by mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders
thereof who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act at such addresses as were so
furnished to the Trustee and (iii) by mailing notice of such resignation to the
Holders of then Outstanding Registered Securities of each series affected at
their addresses as they shall appear on the registry books. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or
trustees with respect to the applicable series by written instrument in
duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the
successor trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so
appointed with respect to any series and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or
Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to the
provisions of
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Section 5.12, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may
thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any series of Securities
after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for
at least six months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.10 and Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by
any Securityholder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any
series of Securities, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver or liquidator of the Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation;
then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the
applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such series
by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors
of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so
removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of
Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Securityholder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities 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 and the
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may
thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and so prescribe,
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of each series at the time outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee with respect to Securities of such series and appoint a successor
trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by delivering to the
Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer the
evidence provided for in Section 8.1 of the action in that regard taken by the
Securityholders.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to any
series and any appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.11 shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in
Section 7.12.
SECTION 7.12 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. (a) Any
successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.11 shall execute and
deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment
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hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee
with respect to all or any applicable series shall become effective and such
successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such
series of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
trustee for such series hereunder; but, nevertheless, on the written request of
the Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon payment of its charges then unpaid,
the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to Section 10.4, pay over to the
successor trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute
and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such
rights, powers, duties and obligations. Upon request of any such successor
trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more
fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such
rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a
prior claim upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to
secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.6.
(b) If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor
trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of any
applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to
confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor
trustee with respect to the Securities of any series as to which the predecessor
trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor trustee,
and shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
under separate indentures.
(c) No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities
shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.12 unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under Section 310(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.10.
(d) Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as
provided in this Section 7.12, the Issuer shall give notice thereof (a) if any
Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, to the
Holders thereof, by publication of such notice at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper, (b) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then
Outstanding, to the Holders thereof who have filed their names and addresses
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act, by
mailing such notice to such Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to
the Trustee (and the Trustee shall make such information available to the Issuer
for such purpose) and (c) to the Holders of Registered Securities of each series
affected, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they
shall appear on the registry books. If the acceptance of appointment is
substantially contemporaneous with the resignation, then the notice called for
by the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section
7.11. If the Issuer fails to give such notice within ten days after acceptance
of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be given at the expense of the Issuer.
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SECTION 7.13 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS OF TRUSTEE. (a) 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 the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided, that such
corporation shall be qualified under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.10, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed
to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities of any series
shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the
Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee
and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of
the Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any such
successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of
any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all
such cases such certificate of authentication shall have the full force which
under this Indenture or the Securities of such series it is provided that the
certificate of authentication of the Trustee shall have; provided, that the
right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or
to authenticate Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor trustee
shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.
SECTION 7.14 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE ISSUER.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act,
excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated.
SECTION 7.15 APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. (a) As long as any
Securities of a series remain Outstanding, the Trustee may, by an instrument in
writing, appoint with the approval of the Issuer an authenticating agent (the
"Authenticating Agent") which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities, including Securities issued upon exchange,
registration of transfer, partial redemption or pursuant to Section 2.9.
Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall
be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory
for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee. Whenever reference is made
in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities of any series
by the Trustee or to 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 for such series and a Certificate of Authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by such Authenticating Agent. Such
Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $45,000,000 (determined as provided in Section
7.10 with respect to the Trustee) and subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authority.
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(b) Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged
or converted, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business
of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with
respect to all series of Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any
time, and if it shall cease to be eligible shall, resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Issuer.
(c) Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.15 with respect to
one or more series of Securities, the Trustee shall upon receipt of an Issuer
Order appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and the Issuer shall provide
notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of such series in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 12.4. Any successor Authenticating
Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all
rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with
like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent. The Issuer agrees to
pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable
compensation. The Authenticating Agent for the Securities of any series shall
have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the
direction of the Trustee.
(d) Sections 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6 and 8.3 shall be applicable to any
Authenticating Agent.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 8.1 EVIDENCE OF ACTION TAKEN BY SECURITYHOLDERS. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of a specified
percentage in principal amount of the Securities of any series may be embodied
in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor
signed by the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of
Securities in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution
of any instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner
provided in this Article.
SECTION 8.2 PROOF OF EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS AND OF HOLDING OF
SECURITIES. Subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2, the execution of any instrument by
a Securityholder or his agent or proxy may be proved in accordance with such
reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such
manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Registered
Securities shall be proved by the Security register or by a certificate of the
registrar thereof.
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SECTION 8.3 HOLDERS TO BE TREATED AS OWNERS. The Issuer, the Trustee
and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the person in
whose name any Security shall be registered upon the Security register for such
series as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal
of and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, interest on such Security
and for all other purposes; and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent
of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the
Holder of any Unregistered Security and the Holder of any Coupon as the absolute
owner of such Unregistered Security or Coupon (whether or not such Unregistered
Security or Coupon shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment
thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes and neither the Issuer,
the Trustee, nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any such person, or upon
his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid,
effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any
such Unregistered Security or Coupon.
SECTION 8.4 SECURITIES OWNED BY ISSUER DEEMED NOT OUTSTANDING. In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of any or all series have concurred in any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by
Securityholders under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Issuer
or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination
is being made or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other
obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination is being made
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any
such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such action only Securities which
the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to
act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or
any other obligor upon the Securities or any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities. In case of a dispute as to such
right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in respect of any decision
made by the Trustee in accordance with such advice. Upon request of the Trustee,
the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer's Certificate
listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned
or held by or for the account of any of the above-described persons; and,
subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such
Officer's Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and
of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the
purpose of any such determination.
SECTION 8.5 RIGHT OF REVOCATION OF ACTION TAKEN. At any time prior to
(but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.1, of
the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of any series specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action, any Holder of a Security the serial number of which is shown
by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the Securities the
Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice at
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Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article,
revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid, any
such action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of
any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration of
transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto
is made upon any such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series
specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively
binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Securities
affected by such action.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS. (a) The Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of
Directors (which resolution may provide general terms or parameters for such
action and may provide that the specific terms of such action may be determined
in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer Order), and the Trustee may from
time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental
hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(1) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as
security for the Securities of one or more series any property or assets;
(2) subject to Section 6.1, to evidence the succession of another
corporation to the Issuer, or successive successions, and the assumption by
the successor corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of
the Issuer pursuant to any applicable covenants herein and pursuant to the
terms of the Securities as set forth in Section 2.3;
(3) to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions as the Issuer and the Trustee shall
consider to be for the protection of the Holders of Securities or Coupons,
and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default
in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an
Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several
remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, that in
respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or
provision such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period
of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that
allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate
enforcement upon such an Event of Default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may limit the
right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series to waive such an Event of Default;
(4) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture, or to make any other
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provisions as the Issuer may deem necessary or desirable, provided, that no
such action shall materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of the Securities or Coupons;
(5) to establish the forms or terms of Securities of any series or of
the Coupons appertaining to such Securities as permitted by Sections 2.1
and 2.3; and
(6) 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 7.12.
(b) The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the
conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder,
but the Trustee 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.
(c) Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of
Section 9.2.
SECTION 9.2 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS;
WAIVERS. (a) Except as set forth in paragraph (c) below, with the consent
(evidenced as provided in Article VIII) of the Holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding
of each series of Senior Securities affected by such supplemental indenture
(with each affected series voting as a separate class), the Issuer, when
authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors (which resolution may
provide general terms or parameters for such action and may provide that the
specific terms of such action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant
to an Issuer Order), and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time,
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force and effect at the date
of execution thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders
of the Securities of each such series or of the Coupons appertaining to such
Securities. Except as set forth in paragraph (c) below, the Holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series of Senior Securities affected by such waiver
(evidenced as provided in Article VIII) may waive compliance in a particular
instance by the Issuer with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of
any affected series without notice to any Securityholder.
(b) Except as set forth in paragraph (c) below, with the consent (evidenced as
provided in Article VIII) of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each
series of Subordinated Securities affected by such supplemental indenture (with
each affected series voting as one class), the Issuer, when
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authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors (which resolution may
provide general terms or parameters for such action and may provide that the
specific terms of such action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant
to an Issuer Order), and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time,
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force and effect at the date
of execution thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders
of the Securities of each such series or of the Coupons appertaining to such
Securities.. Except as set forth in paragraph (c) below, the Holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series of Subordinated Securities affected by such waiver
(evidenced as provided in Article VIII) may waive compliance in a particular
instance by the Issuer with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of
any affected series without notice to any Securityholder.
(c) No such supplemental indenture or waiver shall (i) extend the
final maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any
amount payable on redemption thereof, or make the principal thereof (including
any amount in respect of original issue discount), or interest thereon payable
in any coin or currency other than that provided in the Securities and Coupons
or in accordance with the terms thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal
of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.1 or the amount
thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.2, or alter the provisions
of Section 11.11 or 11.12 or impair or affect the right of any Securityholder to
institute suit for the payment thereof when due or, if the Securities provide
therefor, any right of repayment at the option of the Securityholder, in each
case without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, or (ii)
reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series, the consent of the
Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, without the
consent of the Holders of each Security so affected.
(d) A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant
or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely
for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which waives
or modifies the rights of Holders of Securities of such series, or of Coupons
appertaining to such Securities, with respect to such covenant or provision,
shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of
Securities of any other series or of the Coupons appertaining to such
Securities.
(e) Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors (which resolution may provide general terms
or parameters for such action and may provide that the specific terms of such
action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer Order)
certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer authorizing
the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the
Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Holders of the Securities as aforesaid
and other documents, if any, required by Section 8.1, the Trustee shall join
with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such
supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities
under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its
discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental
indenture.
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(f) It shall not be necessary for the consent or waiver of the
Securityholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent or waiver shall approve the substance thereof.
(g) Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee
shall give notice thereof (i) to the Holders of then Outstanding Registered
Securities of each series affected thereby, by mailing a notice thereof by
first-class mail to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the
Security register, (ii) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected
thereby are then Outstanding, to the Holders thereof who have filed their names
and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust
Indenture Act, by mailing a notice thereof by first-class mail to such Holders
at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee and (iii) if any
Unregistered Securities of a series affected thereby are then Outstanding, to
all Holders thereof, by publication of a notice thereof at least once in an
Authorized Newspaper, and in each case such notice shall set forth in general
terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Issuer to
give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair
or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.3 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture
shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and
the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of Securities of
each series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and
enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments,
and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and
be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and
all purposes.
SECTION 9.4 DOCUMENTS TO BE GIVEN TO TRUSTEE. The Trustee, subject to
the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may receive an Officer's Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture
executed pursuant to this Article 8 complies with the applicable provisions of
this Indenture.
SECTION 9.5 NOTATION ON SECURITIES IN RESPECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series as
to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action
taken by Securityholders. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new
Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Issuer,
authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of
such series then Outstanding.
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ARTICLE X
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. (a) The
following provisions shall apply to the Securities of each series unless
specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or
indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to Section 2.3. If at any time
(i) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal of and
interest on all the Securities of any series Outstanding hereunder and all
unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto (other than Securities of such series and
Coupons appertaining thereto which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) as and when the same
shall have become due and payable, or (ii) the Issuer shall have delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of any series theretofore
authenticated and all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto (other than any
Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto which shall have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided
in Section 2.9) or (iii) in the case of any series of Securities where the exact
amount (including the currency of payment) of principal of and interest due on
which can be determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in clause
(b) below, (a) all the Securities of such series and all unmatured Coupons
appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and
payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption,
and (b) the Issuer shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust the entire amount in cash (other than
moneys repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Issuer in accordance
with Section 9.4) sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay (x) the principal and interest on all
Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto on each date that
such principal or interest is due and payable and (y) any mandatory sinking fund
payments on the dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series; and if, in
any such case, the Issuer shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Issuer, then this Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange
of Securities of such Series and of Coupons appertaining thereto pursuant to
Section 2.8 and the Issuer's right of optional redemption, if any, (ii)
substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or
Coupons, (iii) rights of holders of Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto
pursuant to Section 2.8 to receive payments of principal thereof and interest
thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon
acceleration), and remaining rights of the Holders to receive mandatory sinking
fund payments, if any, (iv) any optional redemption rights of such series of
Securities to the extent to be exercised to make such call for redemption within
one year, (v) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder, including those under Section 7.6, (vi) the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto as beneficiaries
hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all
or any of them, and (vii) the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.2) and
the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer accompanied by an Officer's Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute
proper instruments
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acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture; provided,
that the rights of Holders of the Securities and Coupons to receive amounts in
respect of principal of and interest on the Securities and Coupons held by them
shall not be delayed longer than required by then-applicable mandatory rules or
policies of any securities exchange upon which the Securities are listed. The
Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter
reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for any services
thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with
this Indenture or the Securities of such series.
(b) The following provisions shall apply to the Securities of each
series unless specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officer's
Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to Section 2.3.
In addition to discharge of the Indenture pursuant to the next preceding
paragraph, in the case of any series of Securities the exact amounts (including
the currency of payment) of principal of and interest due on which can be
determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in clause (a) below,
the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
on all the Securities of such a series and the Coupons appertaining thereto on
the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) below, and the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series and
Coupons appertaining thereto shall no longer be in effect (except as to (i)
rights of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities of such series and
of Coupons appertaining thereto pursuant to Section 2.8 and the Issuer's right
of optional redemption, if any, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons, (iii) rights of Holders of
Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto to receive payments of principal
thereof and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor (but
not upon acceleration), and remaining rights of the Holders to receive mandatory
sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) any optional redemption rights of such
series of Securities to the extent to be exercised to make such call for
redemption within one year, (v) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities
of the Trustee hereunder, (vi) the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series and Coupons appertaining thereto as beneficiaries hereof with respect to
the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them and
(vii) the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.2) and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Issuer, shall at the Issuer's request, execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same, if
(1) with reference to this provision the Issuer has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely
to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series and Coupons
appertaining thereto (i) cash in an amount, or (ii) in the case of any
series of Securities the payments on which may only be made in Dollars,
direct obligations of the United States of America, backed by its full
faith and credit ("U.S. Government Obligations"), maturing as to principal
and interest at such times and in such amounts as will insure the
availability of cash or (iii) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to
pay (A) the principal and interest on all Securities of such series and
Coupons appertaining thereto on each date that such principal or interest
is due and payable and (b) any mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates
on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture and the Securities of such series;
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(2) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the Issuer
is a party or by which it is bound;
(3) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel
from a nationally recognized law firm based on the fact that (x) the Issuer
has received from, or there has been published by, the IRS a ruling or (y)
since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable United
States federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such series
and Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss
for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit,
defeasance and discharge and will be subject to United States 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;
(4) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds
will not be subject to avoidance as a preferential transfer under Section
547(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (except with respect to any
Holder that is an "insider" of the Issuer within the meaning of the United
States Bankruptcy Code); and
(5) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this provision have
been complied with.
(c) The Issuer shall be released from its obligations under
Sections 3.6 and 6.1 and unless otherwise provided for in the Board Resolution,
Officer's Certificate or Indenture supplemental hereto establishing such series
of Securities, from all covenants and other obligations referred to in Section
2.3(19) or 2.3(21) with respect to such series of Securities, and any Coupons
appertaining thereto, outstanding on and after the date the conditions set forth
below are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"). For this purpose, such
covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of
any series, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in such Section, whether
directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to such
Section or by reason of any reference in such Section to any other provision
herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute
an Event of Default under Section 5.1, but the remainder of this Indenture and
such Securities and Coupons shall be unaffected thereby. The following shall be
the conditions to application of this subsection (c) of this Section 10.1,
unless otherwise provided for in the Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate or
Indenture supplemental hereto establishing such series of Securities:
(1) The Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series and
coupons appertaining thereto, (i) cash in an amount, or (ii) in the case of
any series of Securities the payments on which may only be made in Dollars,
U.S. Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest at such
times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash or (iii)
a combination thereof,
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sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered
to the Trustee, to pay (A) the principal and interest on all Securities of
such series and Coupons appertaining thereof and (B) any mandatory sinking
fund payments on the day on which such payments are due and payable in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such
series;
(2) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time
or both would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
(3) Such covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.9 and for purposes of the
Trust Indenture Act with respect to any securities of the Issuer;
(4) Such covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to
which the Issuer is a party or by which it is bound;
(5) Such covenant defeasance shall not cause any Securities then
listed on any registered national securities exchange under the Exchange
Act to be delisted;
(6) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an opinion of counsel from a nationally recognized law firm
to the effect that the Holders of the Securities of such series and Coupons
appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for United
States federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance
and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the
case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred;
(7) The Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds
will not be subject to avoidance as a preferential transfer under Section
547(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (except with respect to any
Holder that is an "insider" of the Issuer within the meaning of the United
States Bankruptcy Code); and
(8) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to the covenant defeasance contemplated by
this provision have been complied with.
SECTION 10.2 APPLICATION BY TRUSTEE OF FUNDS DEPOSITED FOR PAYMENT OF
SECURITIES. Subject to Section 10.4, all moneys deposited with the Trustee (or
other trustee) pursuant to Section 10.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it
to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the
Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular
Securities of such series and of Coupons appertaining thereto for the payment or
redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all
sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
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SECTION 10.3 REPAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENT. In connection
with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities
of any series, all moneys then held by any paying agent under the provisions of
this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities shall, upon demand of
the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying
agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
SECTION 10.4 RETURN OF MONEYS HELD BY TRUSTEE AND PAYING AGENT
UNCLAIMED FOR TWO YEARS. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any
paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of
any series and of any Coupons attached thereto and not applied but remaining
unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal or interest
shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of the Issuer
and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or
abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee for
such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Securities of such
series and of any Coupons appertaining thereto shall, unless otherwise required
by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may
be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent
with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease; provided, that the Trustee or
such paying agent, before being required to make any such repayment with respect
to moneys deposited with it for any payment (a) in respect of Registered
Securities of any series, shall at the expense of the Issuer, mail by first-
class mail to Holders of such Securities at their addresses as they shall appear
on the Security register, and (b) in respect of Unregistered Securities of any
series, shall at the expense of the Issuer cause to the published once, in an
Authorized Newspaper, notice, that such moneys remain and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty days from the date of
such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Issuer.
SECTION 10.5 INDEMNITY FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. The Issuer
shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to
Section 10.1 or the principal or interest received in respect of such
obligations.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF
ISSUER EXEMPT FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY. No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any
Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against
any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder,
officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly
or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or
constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal
or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived
and released by the acceptance of the Securities and the Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for
the issue of the Securities and the Coupons appertaining thereto.
SECTION 11.2 PROVISIONS OF INDENTURE FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF PARTIES
AND HOLDERS OF SECURITIES AND COUPONS. Nothing in this Indenture, in the
Securities or in the Coupons appertaining thereto, expressed or implied, shall
give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the
parties thereto and their successors and the Holders of the Securities or
Coupons, if any, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such
covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
their successors and of the Holders of the Securities or Coupons, if any.
SECTION 11.3 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF ISSUER BOUND BY INDENTURE. All
the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained
by or in behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
SECTION 11.4 NOTICES AND DEMANDS ON ISSUER, TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS OF
SECURITIES AND COUPONS. (a) Any notice or demand which by any provision of this
Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by
the Holders of Securities or Coupons, if any, to or on the Issuer may be given
or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as
otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another address of the
Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to [ ]. Any notice,
direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any Holder of Securities or
Coupons, if any, to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first-class
mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another
address of the Trustee is filed by the Trustee with the Issuer) to, [ ].
(b) Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Registered
Securities, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class mail, postage prepaid,
to each Holder entitled thereto, at his last address as it appears in the
Security register.
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(c) Where this Indenture provides for notice to holders of
Unregistered Securities, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise expressly provided herein) by giving notice to such Holders (a) by
publication of such notice at least once in an Authorized Newspaper, and (ii) by
mailing such notice to the Holders of Unregistered Securities who have filed
their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the
Trust Indenture Act at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee.
(d) In any case where notice to such Holders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed,
to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the person entitled to receive
such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
(e) In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in
regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer
when such notice is required to the given pursuant to any provision of this
Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such
notice.
SECTION 11.5 OFFICER'S CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS OF COUNSEL;
STATEMENTS TO BE CONTAINED THEREIN. (a) Upon any application or demand by the
Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to
the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision
of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the person
making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) 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, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
(c) Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer
may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters or information with respect to which is in the
possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate,
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statement or opinion of or representations by an officer or officers of the
Issuer, unless such counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate,
statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise
of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
(d) Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer
or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel, as the
case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion of or representations with
respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or
opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
(e) Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public
accountants filed with and directed to the Trustee shall contain a statement
that such firm is independent.
SECTION 11.6 PAYMENTS DUE ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS. If the
date of maturity of interest on or principal of the Securities of any series or
any Coupons appertaining thereto or the date fixed for redemption or repayment
of any such Security or Coupon shall not be a Business Day, then payment of
interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of
maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the
period after such date.
SECTION 11.7 CONFLICT OF ANY PROVISION OF INDENTURE WITH TRUST
INDENTURE ACT. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with duties imposed by, or with another provision (an
"incorporated provision") included in this Indenture by operation of Sections
310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties or
incorporated provision shall control.
SECTION 11.8 NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY
AND COUPON SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
SUCH STATE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 5-140 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW.
SECTION 11.9 COUNTERPARTS. This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.10 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.
SECTION 11.11 SECURITIES IN A COMPOSITE CURRENCY, CURRENCY UNIT OR
FOREIGN CURRENCY. (a) Unless otherwise specified in an Officer's Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Indenture with respect to a particular
series of
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Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by
the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of
Securities of all series or all series affected by a particular action at the
time Outstanding and, at such time, there are Outstanding Securities of any
series which are denominated in a coin, currency or currencies other than
Dollars (including, but not limited to, any composite currency, currency units
or Foreign Currency), then the principal amount of Securities of such series
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding for the purpose of taking such action
shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the
Market Exchange Rate. For purposes of this Section 11.11, Market Exchange Rate
shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in The City of New York for cable
transfers of such currency or currencies as published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York as of the most recent available date. If such Market Exchange
Rate is not so available for any reason with respect to such currency, the
Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part,
such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The provisions of this
paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect
of Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than Dollars in
connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms
of this Indenture.
(b) All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the
Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the
preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all purposes
and irrevocably binding upon the Issuer and all Holders.
SECTION 11.12 JUDGMENT CURRENCY. The Issuer 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 interest 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 Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on
which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York
Banking Day, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, 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 Required
Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the
day on which final unappealable judgment is entered 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 subsection (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 in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to
close.
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ARTICLE XII
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are redeemable before
their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a
series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.3 for
Securities of such series.
SECTION 12.2 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION; PARTIAL REDEMPTIONS. (a) Notice of
redemption to the Holders of Registered Securities of any series to be redeemed
as a whole or in part at the option of the Issuer shall be given by mailing
notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days
and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders
of Securities of such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon
the registry books. Notice of redemption to the Holders of Unregistered
Securities to be redeemed as a whole or in part, who have filed their names and
addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust Indenture
Act shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption, by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 prior to the date fixed
for redemption, to such Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the
Trustee (and, in the case of any such notice given by the Issuer, the Trustee
shall make such information available to the Issuer for such purpose). Notice of
redemption to all other Holders of Unregistered Securities shall be published in
an Authorized, in each case, once in each of three successive calendar weeks,
the first publication to be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in
the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption
as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of such Security of such series.
(b) The notice of redemption to each such Registered Holder shall
specify the principal amount of each Security of such series held by such
Registered Holder to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption
price, the place or places of payment, that payment will be made upon
presentation and surrender of such Securities and, in the case of Securities
with Coupons attached thereto, of all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing
after the date fixed for redemption, that such redemption is pursuant to the
mandatory or optional sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest
accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such
notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions
thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. In case any Security of a series is
to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption to Registered Holders of
Securities of the series shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption,
upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(c) The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be
redeemed at the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the
Issuer's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.
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(d) On or before the redemption date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will deposit with the
Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer is acting as its
own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section
3.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the
Securities of such series so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption
price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. The
Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at least 70 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption, or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee, an
Officer's Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be
redeemed. In case of a redemption at the election of the Issuer prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption, the Issuer shall deliver to
the Trustee, prior to the giving of any notice of redemption to Holders pursuant
to this Section, an Officer's Certificate stating that such restriction has been
complied with.
(e) If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deemed appropriate and
fair, in its sole discretion, Securities of such series to be redeemed in whole
or in part. Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities of
such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities of such
series 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 of any series
shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or
is to be redeemed.
SECTION 12.3 PAYMENT OF SECURITIES CALLED FOR REDEMPTION. (a) If
notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or
portions of Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable on
the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption
price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on
and after said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such
Securities at the redemption price, together with interest accrued to said date)
interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for redemption
shall cease to accrue, and the unmatured Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto
shall be void, and, except as provided in Sections 6.5 and 9.4, such Securities
shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be entitled to any
benefit or security under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no
right in respect of such Securities except the right to receive the redemption
price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption. On
presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in
said notice, together with all Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing
after the date fixed for redemption, said Securities or the specified portions
thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the applicable redemption
price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption;
provided, that payment of interest becoming due on or prior to the date fixed
for redemption shall be payable in the case of Securities with Coupons attached
thereto, to the Holders of the Coupons for such interest upon surrender thereof,
and in the case of Registered Securities, to the Holder of such Registered
Securities registered as such on the relevant record date, subject to the terms
and provisions of Section 2.3 and 2.7 hereof.
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(b) If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly
provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security) borne by such Security.
(c) If any Security with Coupons attached thereto is surrendered for
redemption and is not accompanied by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the
date fixed for redemption, the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may
be waived by the Issuer and the Trustee, if there be furnished to each of them
such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them harmless.
(d) Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the
Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the
order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Security or
Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
SECTION 12.4 EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES FROM ELIGIBILITY FOR
SELECTION FOR REDEMPTION. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for
selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and certificate
number in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least 40 days
prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given as being owned
of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by, either (i)
the Issuer or (ii) an entity specifically identified in such written statement
as directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Issuer.
SECTION 12.5 MANDATORY AND OPTIONAL SINKING FUNDS. (a) The minimum
amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the 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 the
Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund
payment." The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made is herein
referred to as the "sinking fund payment date."
(b) In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at its
option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series theretofore
purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the
mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such
series (not previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired
(except as aforesaid) by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit for optional sinking
fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section, or (c)
receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited)
redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption provision contained in
the terms of such series. Securities so delivered or credited shall be received
or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption price specified in
such Securities.
(c) On or before the 60th day next preceding each sinking fund
payment date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate (which need not
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contain the statements required by Section 11.5) (a) specifying the portion of
the mandatory sinking fund payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and the
portion to be satisfied by credit of Securities of such series and the basis for
such credit, (b) stating that none of the Securities of such series has
theretofore been so credited, (c) stating that no defaults in the payment of
interest or Events of Default with respect to such series have occurred (which
have not been waived or cured) and are continuing and (d) stating whether or not
the Issuer intends to exercise its right to make an optional sinking fund
payment with respect to such series and, if so, specifying the amount of such
optional sinking fund payment which the Issuer intends to pay on or before the
next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Any Securities of such series to be
credited and required to be delivered to the Trustee in order for the Issuer to
be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid which have not theretofore been
delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancellation pursuant to Section
2.10 to the Trustee with such Officer's Certificate (or reasonably promptly
thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such Officer's Certificate shall be
irrevocable and upon its receipt by the Trustee, the Issuer shall become
unconditionally obligated to make all the cash payments or payments therein
referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date.
Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such 60th day, to deliver such Officer's
Certificate and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not
constitute a default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the
irrevocable election of the Issuer (i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment
for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be
paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of such
series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Issuer will make no optional sinking
fund payment with respect to such series as provided in this Section.
(d) If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or
both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus
any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash shall
exceed $50,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any composite currency, currency
units or Foreign Currency) or a lesser sum in Dollars (or the equivalent thereof
in any composite currency, currency units or Foreign Currency) if the Issuer
shall so request with respect to the Securities of any particular series, such
cash shall be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date to the
redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking fund redemption price
together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount
shall be $50,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any composite currency, currency
units or Foreign Currency) or less and the Issuer makes no such request then it
shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $50,000 (or the equivalent
thereof in any composite currency, currency units or Foreign Currency) is
available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 12.2, for
redemption on such sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal amount of
Securities of such series to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall
(if requested in writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial numbers
of the Securities of such series (or portions thereof) so selected. Securities
shall be excluded from eligibility for redemption under this Section if they are
identified by registration and certificate number in an Officer's Certificate
delivered to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to the sinking fund payment date
as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated
by, either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity specifically identified in such
Officer's Certificate as directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer. The Trustee, in the
name and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it shall so request the
Trustee in writing) shall cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such
series to be given in substantially the manner provided in Section 12.2 (and
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with the effect provided in Section 12.3) for the redemption of Securities of
such series in part at the option of the Issuer. The amount of any sinking fund
payments not so applied or allocated to the redemption of Securities of such
series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and,
together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions
of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity
date of the Securities of any particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is
accelerated), which are not held for the payment or redemption of particular
Securities of such series shall be applied, together with other moneys, if
necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and
interest on, the Securities of such series at maturity.
(e) On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall pay
to the Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the payment of all
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed
on the next following sinking fund payment date.
(f) The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any
Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or give any notice of redemption
of Securities for such series by operation of the sinking fund during the
continuance of a default in payment of interest on such Securities or of any
Event of Default except that, where the giving of notice of redemption of any
Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or cause
to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall have received from the
Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in
the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event of
Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund,
shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default be deemed to
have been collected under Article Five and held for the payment of all such
Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in
Section 5.10 or the default cured on or before the sixtieth day preceding the
sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys shall thereafter be applied
on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this Section
to the redemption of such Securities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed and attested as of the date first written above.
LIBERTY DIGITAL, INC.
By: ____________________________________
Name
Title:
Attest:
By:______________________
[ ]
as Trustee
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:______________________
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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET*
Between
Provisions of Trust Indenture Act (as defined herein) and Indenture
dated as of [ ] between LIBERTY DIGITAL, INC. and [ ],
a national banking association, as Trustee:
SECTION OF THE ACT SECTION OF INDENTURE
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310(a)(1) and (2)............................................................7.9
310(a)(3) and (4)...................................................Inapplicable
310(b)..............................................7.8 and 7.10(a), (b) and (d)
310(c...............................................................Inapplicable
311(a)......................................................................7.14
311(b)......................................................................7.14
311(c)..............................................................Inapplicable
312(a)...............................................................4.1 and 4.2
312(b).......................................................................4.2
312(c).......................................................................4.2
313(a).......................................................................4.3
313(b)(1)...........................................................Inapplicable
313(b)(2)....................................................................4.3
313(c).......................................4.3, 5.11, 7.10, 7.11, 9.2 and 12.2
313(d).......................................................................4.3
314(a)...............................................................3.5 and 4.2
314(b)..............................................................Inapplicable
314(c)(1) and (2)...........................................................11.5
314(c)(3)...........................................................Inapplicable
314(d)..............................................................Inapplicable
314(e)......................................................................11.5
314(f)..............................................................Inapplicable
315(a), (c) and (d)..........................................................7.1
315(b)......................................................................5.11
315(e)......................................................................5.12
316(a)(1)...........................................................5.9 and 5.10
316(a)(2)...........................................................Not required
316(a) (last sentence).......................................................8.4
316(b).......................................................................5.7
317(a).......................................................................5.2
317(b)............................................................3.4(a) and (b)
318(a)......................................................................11.7
*This Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.
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