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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 3, 1995.
REGISTRATION NO. 33-60619
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 94-1444798
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
3240 HILLVIEW AVENUE
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304
(415) 494-2900
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrant's principal executive offices)
EBERHARD G. H. SCHMOLLER
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC.
3240 HILLVIEW AVENUE
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304
(415) 494-2900
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service of process)
COPIES TO:
ERIC S. HAUETER
BROWN & WOOD
555 CALIFORNIA STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104
(415) 772-1200
(415) 397-4621 (FAX)
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as
determined by market conditions.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. / /
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), other than securities offered only in
connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following
box. /X/
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. / / ____________
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / / ____________
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. /X/
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED
PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION
REGISTERED REGISTERED (1) PER UNIT (1) (1)(2) FEE
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Senior and Subordinated
Debt Securities (3)(4)... --
Preferred Stock (5)....... --
Common Stock (5)(6)(7).... $105,000,000 -- $105,000,000 $36,206.90*
Common Stock Warrants
(8)...................... --
Depositary Shares
(5)(9)................... --
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*_Paid previously. (FOOTNOTES ON NEXT PAGE)
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON
SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY
DETERMINE.
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Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, the prospectus included in
this Registration Statement is a combined prospectus relating also to
Registration Statement No. 33-29793 previously filed by the Registrant under the
Securities Act. This Registration Statement also constitutes post-effective
amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement No. 33-29793 and such
post-effective amendment No. 1 shall hereafter become effective concurrently
with the effectiveness of this Registration Statement and in accordance with
Section 8(c) of the Securities Act.
(FOOTNOTES CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE)
(1) Not specified as to each class of securities to be registered pursuant to
General Instruction II.D of Form S-3. Securities registered hereby may be
offered for U.S. dollars or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies,
currency units or composite currencies. Securities registered hereby may be
sold separately, together or in units with other securities registered
hereby. As described elsewhere on the cover page of this Registration
Statement, $45,000,000 proposed maximum aggregate offering price of
securities or, if any such securities are issued at an original issue
discount, such greater amount as may be sold for an aggregate initial
offering price of up to $45,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in foreign
currencies, currency units or composite currencies) is being carried forward
from Registration Statement No. 33-29793 previously filed by the Registrant
under the Securities Act; a filing fee of $9,000 was previously paid to
register such securities under such prior registration statement.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(o). The proposed maximum offering price will be determined from
time to time by the Registrant in connection with the issuance by the
Registrant of the securities registered hereunder.
(3) If any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, then such
greater amount as may be sold for an aggregate initial offering price of up
to the proposed maximum aggregate offering price set forth above.
(4) In addition to any Debt Securities that may be issued directly under this
Registration Statement, there is being registered hereunder such
indeterminate amount of Debt Securities as may be issued upon conversion or
exchange of other Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares, for
which no consideration will be received by the Registrant.
(5) Such indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock, and
such indeterminate number of Depositary Shares, as may be issued from time
to time at indeterminate prices. In addition to any Preferred Stock,
Depositary Shares and Common Stock that may be issued directly under this
Registration Statement, there are being registered hereunder such
indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock, and such
indeterminate number of Depositary Shares, as may be issued upon conversion
or exchange of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares, as the
case may be, for which no separate consideration will be received by the
Registrant.
(6) The shares of Common Stock being registered hereunder, if issued prior to
the termination by the Company of its Stockholder Rights Plan, shall include
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights. Prior to the occurrence of certain events,
the Rights will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common
Stock.
(7) The aggregate amount of Common Stock registered hereunder is limited, solely
for purposes of any at the market offerings, to that which is permissible
under Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(8) Common Stock Warrants will represent rights to purchase Common Stock
registered hereby.
(9) Depositary Shares will represent fractional interests in shares of Preferred
Stock registered hereby.
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Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A
registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not be sold nor may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes
effective. This prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities
in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED AUGUST 3, 1995
PROSPECTUS
CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC.
DEBT SECURITIES, PREFERRED STOCK, DEPOSITARY SHARES,
COMMON STOCK AND COMMON STOCK WARRANTS
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Consolidated Freightways, Inc. (the "Company") may from time to time offer
and sell (i) its unsecured debt securities, which may be either senior (the
"Senior Debt Securities") or subordinated (the "Subordinated Debt Securities"
and, together with the Senior Debt Securities, the "Debt Securities"), (ii)
shares of its preferred stock, no par value (the "Preferred Stock"), in one or
more series; (iii) depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares") evidenced by
depositary receipts; (iv) shares of its common stock, par value $.625 per share
(the "Common Stock"); and (v) warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (the
"Common Stock Warrants"), for an aggregate initial public offering price of up
to $150,000,000 (or the equivalent in foreign currencies, currency units or
composite currencies (each, a "Currency")). The Debt Securities, Preferred
Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock and Common Stock Warrants (collectively,
the "Securities") may be offered independently or together in any combination
for sale directly to purchasers or through dealers, underwriters or agents to be
designated. The Debt Securities and Preferred Stock may be convertible into or
exchangeable for other Securities. The Securities will be offered to the public
at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering. The Securities may be
sold for U.S. dollars or other Currencies and any amounts payable by the Company
in respect of the Securities may likewise be payable in U.S. dollars or other
Currencies.
The Senior Debt Securities will rank on a parity in right of payment with
all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The
Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated to all existing and future
Senior Indebtedness (as defined herein) of the Company. See "Description of Debt
Securities."
The Prospectus Supplement to this Prospectus sets forth (where applicable),
with respect to the series or issue of Securities (the "Offered Securities") for
which such Prospectus Supplement is being delivered: (i) the terms of any Debt
Securities offered, including, where applicable, their title, ranking, aggregate
principal amount, maturity, rate of interest (or method of calculation) and time
of payment thereof, any redemption or repayment terms, the Currency or
Currencies in which such Debt Securities will be denominated or payable, any
index, formula or other method pursuant to which principal, premium, if any, or
interest, if any, may be determined, any conversion or exchange provisions, and
other specific terms not described in this Prospectus; (ii) the terms of any
Preferred Stock offered, including, where applicable, the specific designation,
number of shares, dividend rate (or method of calculation) and time of payment
thereof, liquidation preference, any redemption or repayment terms, any
conversion or exchange provisions, any voting rights, and other specific terms
not described in this Prospectus; (iii) the terms of any Depositary Shares
offered which are not described in this Prospectus, including the fraction of a
share of Preferred Stock represented by each such Depositary Share; (iv) the
terms of any Common Stock Warrants offered, including where applicable, the
exercise price, detachability, duration and other specific terms not described
in this Prospectus; and (v) the initial public offering price and the net
proceeds to the Company and other specific terms related to the Offered
Securities.
This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of Securities unless
accompanied or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, preceded by a
Prospectus Supplement.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The Securities may be offered through dealers, underwriters or agents
designated from time to time, as set forth in the accompanying Prospectus
Supplement. Net proceeds to the Company will be equal to the purchase price in
the case of a dealer, the public offering price less discount in the case of an
underwriter or the purchase price less commission in the case of an agent -- in
each case, less other expenses attributable to the issuance and distribution of
the Securities. The Company may also sell Securities directly to investors on
its own behalf. In the case of sales made directly by the Company, no commission
will be payable. See "Plan of Distribution" for possible indemnification
arrangements for dealers, underwriters and agents.
The date of this Prospectus is August __, 1995.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance
therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy
statements and other information may be inspected and copied at the public
reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Judiciary Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's
Regional Offices in New York (Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York,
New York 10048), and Chicago (Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite
1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661). Copies of these materials may be obtained from
the Public Reference Section of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Reports, proxy statements and other
information concerning the Company may also be inspected at the offices of the
New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005 and at the
offices of the Pacific Stock Exchange, 301 Pine Street, San Francisco,
California 94104.
This Prospectus constitutes a part of a registration statement on Form S-3
(the "Registration Statement") filed by the Company with the Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This Prospectus
omits certain of the information contained in the Registration Statement in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. Reference is hereby
made to the Registration Statement and related exhibits for further information
with respect to the Company and the Securities. Statements contained herein
concerning the provisions of any document are not necessarily complete and, in
each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document filed or
incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
otherwise filed with the Commission. Each such statement is qualified in its
entirety by such reference.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents have been filed by the Company with the Commission
and are incorporated herein by reference: (i) the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994 and (ii) the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1995.
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to
the termination of the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the
respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement or document so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute part of this Prospectus.
The Company will furnish without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, upon request, a copy of any and all of the documents
described above that are incorporated by reference herein other than exhibits to
such documents which are not specifically incorporated by reference in such
documents. Written or telephone requests should be directed to: Consolidated
Freightways, Inc., Office of the Corporate Secretary, at 3240 Hillview Avenue,
Palo Alto, California 94304 (telephone (415) 494-2900).
No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any
representations other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representations must not
be relied upon as having been authorized. This Prospectus does not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than
the securities described in this Prospectus or an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy such securities in any jurisdiction where or to
any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation. Neither
the delivery of this Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement nor any sale made
hereunder or thereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication
that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since the date
hereof or thereof or that the information contained or incorporated by reference
herein or therein is correct as of any time subsequent to its date.
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THE COMPANY
Consolidated Freightways, Inc. (the "Company") is a holding company which
participates through subsidiaries in various forms of nationwide and regional
trucking services, truckload and intermodal rail services, domestic and
international air cargo delivery services, contract logistics and related
transportation activities. These operations are organized into three primary
business groups: nationwide, full-service trucking (CF MotorFreight); regional
trucking and full-service truckload services (Con-Way); and air freight (Emery
Worldwide).
CF MOTORFREIGHT
CF MotorFreight provides general freight services nationwide and in Canada
and, on a limited basis, in Mexico, the Caribbean area, Central and South
America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Operations consist of an extensive
transportation network moving freight that typically consists of shipments of
manufactured or non-perishable processed products having relatively high value
and requiring expedited service. The primary business of CF MotorFreight is
transporting freight that is less-than-truckload ("LTL"), an industry
designation for shipments weighing less than 10,000 pounds.
CON-WAY
Con-Way includes three business units that provide regional LTL freight
trucking and one business unit that provides full-service truckload freight
delivery utilizing over-the-road and intermodal rail resources for
transcontinental, inter-regional and regional transportation. Con-Way also
provides local and interstate container drayage and freight assembly and
distribution services.
EMERY WORLDWIDE
Emery Worldwide provides commercial door-to-door delivery for same-day,
next-day, second-day and deferred shipments in North America through a dedicated
aircraft and ground fleet. Internationally, with offices and agents in 89
countries, Emery Worldwide operates primarily as a freight forwarder. Emery
Worldwide is focused primarily on heavy air freight. Emery Worldwide was formed
when the Company purchased Emery Air Freight Corporation in April 1989 and
merged it with the Company's existing air freight operation.
The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1958 as a successor to a
business originally established in 1929. The Company's principal executive
offices are located at 3240 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304
(telephone (415) 494-2900). Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context
otherwise requires, all references in this Prospectus to the Company include
Consolidated Freightways, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities offered
hereby for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of
indebtedness, capital expenditures and working capital. Pending such
application, such proceeds may be invested in short-term investments and
marketable securities.
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CONSOLIDATED RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The Company's consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges for each of
the periods indicated are as follows:
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THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1995 1994 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (1):..... 2.5x 2.0x 1.9x 1.8x 0.8x(2) 0.5x(2) 0.6x(2)
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(1) The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is unaudited for all periods
presented. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was derived by dividing
earnings before fixed charges and income taxes by fixed charges. For this
purpose, "earnings" represents income before consolidated income taxes and
fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest and dividends on all of the
Company's preferred stock). "Fixed charges" represents interest on capital
leases and short-term and long-term debt, capitalized interest, dividends
on shares of the Company's Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
used to pay debt service on notes issued by the Company's Thrift and Stock
Plan (the "TASP"), and the applicable portion of the consolidated rent
expense which approximates the interest portion of lease payments. All of
the outstanding shares of such Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred
Stock are held by the TASP.
(2) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges for the periods shown; the
deficiency was $23.9 million, $57.7 million and $47.9 million for the years
ended December 31, 1992, 1991 and 1990, respectively.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Company may issue Debt Securities either separately, or together with,
or upon the conversion of or in exchange for, other Securities. The Debt
Securities are to be either senior unsecured obligations (the "Senior Debt
Securities") of the Company issued in one or more series under an Indenture (the
"Senior Indenture") to be entered into between the Company and Bank One,
Columbus, NA, as trustee (the "Senior Trustee"), or subordinated unsecured
obligations (the "Subordinated Debt Securities") of the Company issued in one or
more series under an Indenture (the "Subordinated Indenture" and, together with
the Senior Indenture, the "Indentures") to be entered into between the Company
and The First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee (the "Subordinated Trustee"
and, together with the Senior Trustee, the "Trustees"). The forms of the
Indentures have been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement. The
summary of certain provisions of the Indentures and the Debt Securities set
forth below and the summary of certain terms of a particular series of Debt
Securities set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement do not purport to
be complete and are subject to and are qualified in their entirety by reference
to all of the provisions of the Indentures, which provisions of the Indentures
(including defined terms) are incorporated herein by reference. Certain
capitalized terms used herein and not defined are defined in the Indentures. As
used in this "Description of Debt Securities," all references to the "Company"
shall mean Consolidated Freightways, Inc., excluding, unless the context shall
otherwise require, its subsidiaries.
The following description of Debt Securities sets forth certain general
terms and provisions of the series of Debt Securities to which any Prospectus
Supplement may relate. Certain other specific terms of any particular series of
Debt Securities will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If so
indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the terms of the Debt
Securities offered thereby may differ from the terms set forth below.
GENERAL
The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series of
Senior Debt Securities and one or more series of Subordinated Debt Securities.
The Indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities
which may be issued thereunder and provide that Debt Securities of any series
may be issued thereunder up to an aggregate principal amount which may be
authorized from time to time by the Company. Reference is made to the applicable
Prospectus Supplement relating to the series of Debt
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Securities offered thereby for specific terms, including (where applicable): (1)
the title or designation of such Debt Securities; (2) any limit on the aggregate
principal amount of such Debt Securities; (3) the price or prices (expressed as
a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which such Debt Securities will
be issued; (4) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any,
on such Debt Securities will be
payable, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates will be
determined; (5) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which such
Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, or the method or methods, if any, by
which such rate or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from
which such interest will accrue, or the method or methods, if any, by which such
date or dates are to be determined, and whether and under what circumstances
Additional Amounts on such Debt Securities will be payable, and the basis upon
which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months; (6) the dates on which such interest, if any, will be payable and
the record dates therefor; (7) the place or places where the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Debt Securities will be payable
and the place or places where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for
registration of transfer and exchange, if other than The City of New York; (8)
the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Debt
Securities may be redeemed at the option of the Company or are subject to
repurchase at the option of the holders; (9) the terms of any sinking fund or
analogous provision; (10) if other than U.S. dollars, the Currency for which the
Debt Securities may be purchased and the Currency in which the payment of
principal thereof and premium, if any, and interest, if any, thereon may be
made, and the ability, if any, of the Company or the holders of Debt Securities
to have payments made in any Currency other than those in which the Debt
Securities are stated to be payable; (11) any addition to, or modification or
deletion of, any covenant or Event of Default with respect to such Debt
Securities; (12) whether any such Debt Securities are to be issuable in
registered or bearer form or both and, if in bearer form, the terms and
conditions relating thereto and any limitations on issuance of such Bearer
Securities (including in exchange for Registered Securities of the same series);
(13) whether any such Debt Securities will be issued in temporary or permanent
global form and, if so, the identity of the depositary for such global Debt
Security; (14) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay
Additional Amounts (as contemplated by the relevant Indenture) on such Debt
Securities to any holder who is a United States Alien (as defined in the
relevant Indenture, as such definition may be modified) in respect of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will
have the option to redeem such Debt Securities rather than pay such Additional
Amounts; (15) the person to whom any interest on any Registered Securities of
the series shall be payable, if other than the person in whose name the
Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in
which, or the person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the
manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Debt Security will
be paid if other than in the manner provided in the relevant Indenture; (16) the
portion of the principal amount of such Debt Securities which shall be payable
upon acceleration thereof if other than the full principal amount thereof; (17)
the authorized denominations in which such Debt Securities will be issuable, if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (in the
case of Registered Securities) or $5,000 (in the case of Bearer Securities);
(18) the terms, if any, upon which such Debt Securities may be convertible into
or exchangeable for other Securities; (19) whether such Debt Securities will be
Senior Debt Securities or Subordinated Debt Securities; (20) whether the amount
of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Debt
Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method
or methods (any such Debt Securities being hereinafter called "Indexed
Securities") and the manner in which such amounts will be determined; and (21)
any other terms of such Debt Securities.
As used in this Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement relating to the
offering of any Debt Securities, references to the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on such Debt Securities will be deemed to include
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, required by the terms of
such Debt Securities in such context.
Debt Securities may be issued as Original Issue Discount Securities (as
defined in the Indentures) to be sold at a substantial discount below their
principal amount. In the event of an acceleration of the maturity of
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any Original Issue Discount Security, the amount payable to the holder thereof
upon such acceleration will be determined in the manner described in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. Material federal income tax and other
considerations applicable to Original Issue Discount Securities will be
described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
If the purchase price of any Debt Securities is payable in a Currency other
than U.S. dollars or if principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any,
on any of the Debt Securities is payable in any Currency other than U.S.
dollars, the specific terms and other information with respect to such Debt
Securities and such foreign Currency will be specified in the Prospectus
Supplement relating thereto.
Under the Indenture, the terms of the Debt Securities of any series may
differ and the Company, without the consent of the holders of the Debt
Securities of any series, may reopen a previous series of Debt Securities and
issue additional Debt Securities of such series or establish additional terms of
such series.
REGISTRATION, TRANSFER, PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENT
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, each
series of Debt Securities will be issued in registered form only, without
coupons. The Indentures, however, provide that the Company may also issue Debt
Securities in bearer form only, or in both registered and bearer form. Bearer
Securities shall not be offered, sold, resold or delivered in connection with
their original issuance in the United States or to any United States person (as
defined below) other than offices located outside the United States of certain
United States financial institutions. As used herein, "United States person"
means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership
or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States,
or any estate or trust, the income of which is subject to United States federal
income taxation regardless of its source, and "United States" means, except for
purposes of the definition of "Restricted Subsidiary" set forth below under "--
Certain Covenants of the Company -- Definition of Certain Terms," the United
States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia),
its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
Purchasers of Bearer Securities will be subject to certification procedures and
may be affected by certain limitations under United States tax laws. Such
procedures and limitations will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to the offering of the Bearer Securities.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
Registered Securities will be issued in denominations of $1,000 or any integral
multiple thereof, and Bearer Securities will be issued in denominations of
$5,000.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, of or on the Debt Securities
will be payable, and Debt Securities may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, at an office or agency to be maintained by the Company in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, provided that payments of
interest with respect to any Registered Security may be made at the option of
the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto or by
transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United
States. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Debt Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge and any other expenses
that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Bearer Securities
will be made, subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at such office or
agency outside the United States as specified in the Prospectus Supplement and
as the Company may designate from time to time. Unless otherwise indicated in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of interest due on Bearer
Securities on any Interest Payment Date will be made only against surrender of
the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date. Unless otherwise indicated in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement, no payment of principal, premium or
interest with respect to any Bearer Security will be made at any office or
agency in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United
States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United
States; provided, however, that if amounts owing with respect to any Bearer
Securities shall be payable in U.S. dollars, payment with
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respect to any such Bearer Securities may be made at the Corporate Trust Office
of the applicable Trustee or at any office or agency designated by the Company
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of
the full amount of such principal, premium or interest at all offices outside of
the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or similar restrictions.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company will not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before any selection of Debt Securities of that series of like
tenor to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of that
selection; (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security, or
portion thereof, called for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any
Registered Security being redeemed in part; (iii) exchange any Bearer Security
called for redemption, except to exchange such Bearer Security for a Registered
Security of that series and like tenor that is simultaneously surrendered for
redemption; or (iv) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Debt
Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the holder,
except the portion, if any, of such Debt Security not to be so repaid.
RANKING OF DEBT SECURITIES; HOLDING COMPANY STRUCTURE
The Senior Debt Securities will be unsecured unsubordinated obligations of
the Company and will rank on a parity in right of payment with all other
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Subordinated Debt
Securities will be unsecured obligations of the Company and will be subordinated
in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined
below) of the Company. See "-- Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities."
The Debt Securities are obligations exclusively of the Company. The Company
is a holding company, substantially all of whose consolidated assets are held by
its subsidiaries. Accordingly, the cash flow of the Company and the consequent
ability to service its debt, including the Debt Securities, are largely
dependent upon the earnings of such subsidiaries.
Because the Company is a holding company, the Debt Securities will be
effectively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness, trade
payables, guarantees, lease obligations and letter of credit obligations of the
Company's subsidiaries. Therefore, the Company's rights and the rights of its
creditors, including the holders of the Debt Securities, to participate in the
assets of any subsidiary upon the latter's liquidation or reorganization will be
subject to the prior claims of such subsidiary's creditors, except to the extent
that the Company may itself be a creditor with recognized claims against the
subsidiary, in which case the claims of the Company would still be effectively
subordinate to any security interest in, or mortgages or other liens on, the
assets of such subsidiary and would be subordinate to any indebtedness of such
subsidiary senior to that held by the Company. Although certain debt instruments
to which the Company and its subsidiaries are parties impose limitations on the
incurrence of additional indebtedness, both the Company and its subsidiaries
retain the ability to incur substantial additional indebtedness and lease and
letter of credit obligations.
GLOBAL SECURITIES
The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more global securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf
of, a depositary (the "Depositary") identified in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such series. Global Debt Securities may be issued in either
registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificates evidencing
Debt Securities in definitive form represented thereby, a global Debt Security
may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such global Debt
Security 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 of such Depositary or a nominee of such
successor.
The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to a series of
global Debt Securities and certain limitations and restrictions relating to a
series of global Bearer Securities will be described in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such series.
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OUTSTANDING DEBT SECURITIES
In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of
outstanding Debt Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver under the relevant Indenture, (i) the
portion of the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that
shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be that portion of the
principal amount thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue
Discount Security as of the date of such determination, (ii) the principal
amount of any Indexed Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such
purpose shall be the principal face amount of such Indexed Security determined
on the date of its original issuance, (iii) the principal amount of a Debt
Security denominated in a Currency other than U.S. dollars shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issue of such Debt
Security, of the principal amount of such Debt Security and (iv) any Debt
Security owned by the Company or any obligor on such Debt Security or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be deemed not to be
outstanding.
REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE
The Debt Securities of any series may be redeemable at the option of the
Company, may be subject to mandatory redemption pursuant to a sinking fund or
otherwise, or may be subject to repurchase by the Company at the option of the
holders, in each case upon the terms, at the times and at the prices set forth
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE
The terms, if any, on which Debt Securities of any series are convertible
into or exchangeable for Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares or
other Debt Securities will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Such terms may include provisions for conversion or exchange, either mandatory,
at the option of the holders or at the option of the Company.
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
The Indentures do not limit the amount of indebtedness or lease obligations
that may be incurred by the Company and its subsidiaries. The Indentures do not
contain provisions which would give holders of the Debt Securities the right to
require the Company to repurchase their Debt Securities in the event of a
decline in the credit rating of the Company's debt securities resulting from a
takeover, recapitalization or similar restructuring. Holders of certain of the
Company's outstanding indebtedness (including its 9 1/8% Notes due 1999, notes
issued by the Company's Thrift and Stock Plan which are guaranteed by the
Company, and indebtedness under the Company's $300 million bank credit
facility), have the right to require the Company to repurchase or repay such
indebtedness upon the occurrence of certain changes in control of the Company or
similar events and/or declines in the credit rating on such indebtedness.
COVENANT IN THE SENIOR INDENTURE -- LIMITATION ON LIENS. The following
covenant will be applicable to Senior Debt Securities but not to Subordinated
Debt Securities. In the Senior Indenture, the Company covenants that, so long as
any of the Senior Debt Securities remain outstanding, it will not, nor will it
permit any Restricted Subsidiary (as defined below) to, create, assume or
guarantee any Indebtedness (as defined below) that is secured by a mortgage,
pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance (a "Lien"), on any property
or shares of capital stock or Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary without in any such case effectively providing, concurrently with the
creation, assumption or guarantee of any such Indebtedness, that the Senior Debt
Securities shall, so long as such other Indebtedness is so secured (and, if the
Company shall so determine, any other existing Indebtedness (or Indebtedness
thereafter in existence) created, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary), be secured by any such Lien equally and ratably with or
prior to the Indebtedness thereby secured; provided that Indebtedness secured by
such Liens may be created, assumed or guaranteed if immediately after giving
effect thereto the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries (not including Indebtedness described in (i) through
(vii) below) does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (as defined
below).
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The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to Indebtedness secured by (i)
Liens on property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the
date of the Senior Indenture; (ii) certain Liens on property existing at the
time of acquisition thereof; (iii) Liens in favor of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; (iv)
Liens created in connection with tax assessments or legal proceedings and
mechanic's and materialman's liens and other similar liens created in the
ordinary course of business; (v) Liens on property of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (except Liens on the capital stock or Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) in favor of the United States of America
or any state thereof, or any agency or political subdivision of either, or in
favor of any other country or agency or political subdivision thereof, in each
case to secure payments pursuant to contract or statute or to secure
Indebtedness created, incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or
any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction or improvement of the
property subject to such Liens, including Liens incurred in connection with
pollution control, industrial revenue bond or other similar financings; (vi)
certain purchase money Liens on property of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary that constitutes a fixed asset or a surface or air transportation
vehicle used in the freight business securing all or any part of the purchase
price thereof, or any Indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase price or the
cost of construction or improvement thereof for which a written commitment was
executed within 180 days after acquisition or the completion of construction or
improvement, as the case may be; or (vii) certain permitted extensions, renewals
or replacements (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole
or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi),
inclusive.
COVENANT IN BOTH INDENTURES -- CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF
ASSETS. The following covenant will be applicable to both Senior Debt
Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities. Each Indenture provides that the
Company may not (i) consolidate with or merge into any Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, or (ii) permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company,
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to the Company, unless (a) in the case of (i) above, such Person is
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
all the Debt Securities outstanding under such Indenture and the performance of
the Company's other obligations under such Indenture and the Debt Securities
outstanding thereunder; (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no Event of Default under such Indenture, and no event which, after notice or
lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default under such Indenture,
shall have happened and be continuing; and (c) certain other conditions are met.
DEFINITION OF CERTAIN TERMS. The term "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" as
used in the Senior Indenture means, as of any particular time, the aggregate
amount of the Consolidated Assets (as defined) of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries (as defined) (less depreciation, amortization and
other applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting
therefrom (i) all current liabilities, and (ii) all goodwill, tradenames,
trademarks, patents, debt discount and expense and other intangibles, in each
case net of applicable amortization, all as shown on the Company's most recent
consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. The term "Restricted Subsidiary" as used in the
Indentures means any majority-owned or controlled Subsidiary of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries (A) substantially all of the operating assets of which
are located or the principal business of which is carried on in the United
States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands or Canada, and (B) the assets of
which have a gross book value (without deduction of any depreciation,
amortization and other applicable reserves) which exceeds 1% of the Company's
Consolidated Assets (except for any Subsidiary which in the opinion of the
Company's Board of Directors is not of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole). The term
"Indebtedness" as used in the Indentures means (a) any liability of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) for borrowed money, or under any reimbursement
obligation relating to a letter of credit, or (2) evidenced by a bond, note,
debenture or similar instrument, or (3) for payment obligations arising under
any conditional sale or other title retention arrangement (including a purchase
money obligation) given in connection with the acquisition of any businesses,
properties or assets of any kind, or (4) for the payment of money relating to a
capitalized lease obligation; (b) any liability of others described in the
preceding clause (a) that the Company or any
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Restricted Subsidiary has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal liability;
and (c) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or
refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (a) and (b)
above.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series is
defined in the relevant Indenture as being: (i) default for 30 days in payment
of any interest with respect to any Debt Security of such series; (ii) default
in payment of principal or any premium with respect to any Debt Security of such
series when due upon maturity, redemption or otherwise; (iii) default in making
any sinking fund payment or payment under any analogous provision when due with
respect to any Debt Security of such series; (iv) default by the Company in the
performance, or breach, of any other covenant or warranty in the relevant
Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty included therein solely for the
benefit of series of Debt Securities other than that series) or any Debt
Security of such series which shall not have been remedied for a period of 90
days after notice to the Company by the relevant Trustee or the holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such
series then outstanding; (v) acceleration of the maturity of any single
outstanding issue of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
with an outstanding aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000
(including an acceleration under the relevant Indenture with respect to Debt
Securities of any other series), as a result of an event of default thereunder,
which acceleration is not annulled or which Indebtedness is not discharged
within 30 days thereafter or such longer period during which the Company is
contesting in good faith such acceleration; (vi) default in payment (after the
expiration of any applicable grace period) of any portion of the principal or
any premium with respect to any single outstanding issue of Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with an outstanding aggregate principal
amount in excess of $25,000,000 (including such a default under the relevant
Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of any other series), which default is
not cured or which Indebtedness is not discharged within 30 days thereafter or
such longer period during which the Company is contesting in good faith such
default; (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Company; or (viii) any other Event of Default established for the Debt
Securities of such series. No Event of Default with respect to any particular
series of Debt Securities necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with
respect to any other series of Debt Securities. Each Indenture provides that the
Trustee thereunder may withhold notice to the holders of the Debt Securities of
any series of the occurrence of a default with respect to the Debt Securities of
such series (except a default in payment of principal, premium, if any,
interest, if any, or sinking fund payments, if any) if the Trustee considers it
in the interest of the holders to do so.
Each Indenture provides that if an Event of Default with respect to any
series of Debt Securities issued thereunder shall have occurred and be
continuing, either the relevant Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding may
declare the principal amount (or if any Debt Securities of such series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such lesser amount as may be specified in
the terms thereof) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and
payable immediately, but upon certain conditions such declaration may be
annulled by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities
of such series then outstanding.
Subject to the provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 requiring each
Trustee, during an Event of Default under the relevant Indenture, to act with
the requisite standard of care, a Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any
of its rights or powers under the relevant Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the holders of Debt Securities of any series unless such holders have
offered such Trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to the foregoing, holders of
a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Debt Securities of any
series issued under an Indenture shall have the right, subject to certain
limitations, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee under such Indenture with respect to
such series. Each Indenture requires the annual filing by the Company with the
relevant Trustee of a certificate as to whether or not the Company is in default
under the terms of such Indenture.
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MODIFICATION, WAIVERS AND MEETINGS
Each Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee
thereunder, with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Debt Securities of each series issued under such Indenture and
affected by a modification or amendment, to modify or amend any of the
provisions of such Indenture or of the Debt Securities of such series or the
rights of the holders of the Debt Securities of such series under such
Indenture, provided that no such modification or amendment shall, among other
things, (i) change the stated maturity of the principal of, or premium, if any,
or any installment of interest, if any, on any Debt Securities issued under such
Indenture or reduce the principal amount thereof or any redemption premium
thereon, or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce the amount of
principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities that would be due and
payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof, or adversely affect any
right of repayment at the option of any holder, or change any place where, or
the Currency in which, any Debt Securities issued under such Indenture are
payable, or impair the holder's right to institute suit to enforce the payment
of any such Debt Securities, or make any change that adversely affects the
right, if any, to convert or exchange such Debt Securities for other securities
in accordance with their terms, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debt
Securities of any series issued under such Indenture, the consent of the holders
of which is required for any such modification or amendment or the consent of
whose holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions
of such Indenture or certain defaults thereunder and their consequences) or
reduce the requirements for a quorum or voting at a meeting of holders of such
Debt Securities or (iii) solely in the case of the Subordinated Indenture,
modify any of the provisions of Article Sixteen thereof (relating to
subordination of the Subordinated Debt Securities) or the definition of Senior
Indebtedness in a manner adverse to the holders of the Subordinated Debt
Securities, without in each such case obtaining the consent of the holder of
each outstanding Debt Security issued under such Indenture so affected. Each
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Company and the relevant
Trustee, without the consent of the holders of any Debt Securities issued
thereunder, to modify or amend such Indenture in order to, among other things,
(a) add to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company for the benefit
of the holders of all or any series of Debt Securities issued under such
Indenture; (b) to add or change any provisions of such Indenture to facilitate
the issuance of Bearer Securities; (c) to establish the form or terms of Debt
Securities of any series and any related coupons; (d) to cure any ambiguity or
correct or supplement any provision therein which may be inconsistent with other
provisions therein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under such Indenture which shall not adversely affect the
interests of the holders of any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder in
any material respect; or (e) to amend or supplement any provision contained in
such Indenture, provided that such amendment or supplement does not apply to any
outstanding Debt Securities issued prior to the date of such amendment or
supplement and entitled to the benefits of such provision.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Debt Securities of any series may waive compliance by the Company with certain
restrictive provisions of the relevant Indenture, including the covenant
described above under "Certain Covenants of the Company -- Covenant in the
Senior Indenture -- Limitation on Liens" (which covenant is included only in the
Senior Indenture). The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Debt Securities of any series may, on behalf of all holders of
Debt Securities of that series, waive any past default under the applicable
Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of that series and its consequences,
except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on any Debt Securities of such series or in respect of a
covenant or provision which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of
the holder of each outstanding Debt Securities of such series affected.
Each Indenture contains provisions for convening meetings of the holders of
Debt Securities of a series issued thereunder. A meeting may be called at any
time by the relevant Trustee, and also, upon request, by the Company or the
holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities
of such series, in any such case upon notice given in accordance with the
provisions of such Indenture. Except for any consent which must be given by the
holder of each outstanding Debt Security affected thereby, as described above,
any resolution presented at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at
which a quorum (as
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described below) is present may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of
that series; provided, however, that any resolution with respect to any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which
may be made, given or taken by the holders of a specified percentage, which is
less than a majority, in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of
a series may be adopted at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at
which a quorum is present by the affirmative vote of the holders of such
specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of
that series. Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders
of Debt Securities of any series duly held in accordance with the relevant
Indenture will be binding on all holders of Debt Securities of that series and
the related coupons. The quorum at any meeting called to adopt a resolution, and
at any reconvened meeting, will be persons holding or representing a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of a series, subject to
certain exceptions.
DISCHARGE, DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Upon the direction of the Company, either Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder
specified by the Company (subject to the survival of certain provisions thereof,
including the obligation to pay Additional Amounts to the extent described
below) when (i) either (A) all outstanding Debt Securities of such series and,
in the case of Bearer Securities, all coupons appertaining thereto, have been
delivered to the relevant Trustee for cancellation (subject to certain
exceptions) or (B) all Debt Securities of such series have become due and
payable or will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year
or are to be called for redemption within one year and the Company has deposited
with the Trustee, in trust, funds in U.S. dollars or in such Foreign Currency in
which such Debt Securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay the entire
indebtedness on such Debt Securities in respect of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, (and, to the extent that (x) the Debt Securities of
such series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts upon the occurrence of
certain events of taxation, assessment or governmental charge with respect to
payments on such Debt Securities and (y) the amount of any such Additional
Amounts is at the time of deposit reasonably determinable by the Company (in the
exercise of its sole discretion), any such Additional Amounts) to the date of
such deposit (if such Debt Securities have become due and payable) or to the
Maturity thereof, as the case may be, (ii) the Company has paid all other sums
payable under the Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series,
and (iii) certain other conditions are met. If the Debt Securities of any such
series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will remain
obligated, following such deposit, to pay Additional Amounts on such Debt
Securities to the extent that the amount thereof exceeds the amount deposited in
respect of such Additional Amounts as aforesaid.
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company may elect with respect to any series of Debt Securities either (a) to
defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to such Debt
Securities (except for, among other things, the obligation to pay Additional
Amounts, if any, upon the occurrence of certain events of taxation, assessment
or governmental charge with respect to payments on such Debt Securities to the
extent that the amount thereof exceeds the amount deposited in respect of such
Additional Amounts as provided below, and the obligations to register the
transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities, to replace temporary or mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities, to maintain an office or agency in
respect of such Debt Securities, to hold moneys for payment in trust, and, if
applicable, to exchange or convert such Debt Securities into other securities in
accordance with their terms) ("defeasance"), or (b) to be released from its
obligations with respect to such Debt Securities described above under "--
Certain Covenants of the Company -- Covenants in the Senior Indenture --
Limitation on Liens" (which covenant appears only in the Senior Indenture) and
certain other restrictive covenants in the relevant Indenture and, if indicated
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, its obligations with respect to any
other covenant applicable to the Debt Securities of such series, and any
omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a default or an
Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series ("covenant
defeasance"), in either case upon the irrevocable deposit with the relevant
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee), in trust for such purpose, of an amount,
in U.S. dollars or in such Foreign Currency in which such Debt Securities are
payable at Stated Maturity, and/or Government
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Obligations (as defined in the relevant Indenture) which through the payment of
principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money, in an
amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and any interest on
(and, to the extent that (x) the Debt Securities of such series provide for the
payment of Additional Amounts and (y) the amount of any such Additional Amounts
is at the time of deposit reasonably determinable by the Company (in the
exercise of its sole discretion), any such Additional Amounts with respect to)
such Debt Securities, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments
thereon, on the due dates therefor, whether upon maturity, redemption or
otherwise.
Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall only be effective if, among
other things, (i) it shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute
a default under, the relevant Indenture or any other material agreement to which
the Company is a party or is bound, and (ii) the Company has delivered to the
relevant Trustee an opinion of counsel (as specified in the relevant Indenture)
to the effect that the holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not
occurred. It shall also be a condition to the effectiveness of such defeasance
(but not covenant defeasance) that no Event of Default or event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to
Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and been continuing on the
date of, or during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of, such
deposit into trust.
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, if after
the Company has deposited funds and/or Government Obligations to effect
defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to Debt Securities of any series,
(a) the holder of a Debt Security of such series is entitled to, and does, elect
pursuant to the applicable Indenture or the terms of such Debt Security to
receive payment in a Currency other than that in which such deposit has been
made in respect of such Debt Security, or (b) a Conversion Event (as defined
below) occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which such deposit has been
made, the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be deemed to have
been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Debt Security
as such Debt Security becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting the
amount so deposited in respect of such Debt Security into the currency in which
such Debt Security becomes payable as a result of such election or such
Conversion Event based on (x) in the case of payments made pursuant to clause
(a) above, the applicable market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in
effect on the second business day prior to such payment date, or (y) with
respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable market exchange rate for such
Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion
Event.
"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency both
by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such Foreign
Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other
public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the
ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions of or within the European Union or (iii) any
currency unit or composite currency other than the ECU for the purposes for
which it was established.
In the event the Company effects covenant defeasance with respect to any
Debt Securities and such Debt Securities are declared due and payable because of
the occurrence of any Event of Default other than an Event of Default with
respect to the covenant described above under "-- Certain Covenants of the
Company -- Covenant in the Senior Indenture -- Limitation on Liens" (which
covenant appears only in the Senior Indenture and which would no longer be
applicable to such Debt Securities after such covenant defeasance) or with
respect to any other covenant as to which there has been covenant defeasance,
the amount of monies and/or Government Obligations deposited with the applicable
Trustee to effect such covenant defeasance may not be sufficient to pay amounts
due on such Debt Securities at the time of any acceleration resulting from such
Event of Default. However, the Company would remain liable to make payment of
such amounts due at the time of acceleration.
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The applicable Prospectus Supplement may further describe the provisions, if
any, permitting or restricting such defeasance or covenant defeasance with
respect to the Debt Securities of a particular series.
GOVERNING LAW
The Indentures and the Debt Securities will be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
REGARDING THE TRUSTEES
The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 contains limitations on the rights of a
trustee, should it become a creditor of the Company, to obtain payment of claims
in certain cases or to realize on certain property received by it in respect of
any such claims, as security or otherwise. Each Trustee is permitted to engage
in other transactions with the Company and its subsidiaries from time to time,
provided that if such Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must
eliminate such conflict upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under the
relevant Indenture, or else resign.
SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any on
the Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated, to the extent and in the
manner set forth in the Subordinated Indenture, in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness which may at any time and from time
to time be outstanding. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement with respect to an issue of Subordinated Debt Securities, in the
event of any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding
up, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings of the Company, (i)
all Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, or such payment shall be
provided for, before any payment on account of the principal of, or premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on the Subordinated Debt Securities is made and (ii)
in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of
assets of the Company is received by the Subordinated Trustee or the holders of
any of the Subordinated Debt Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid
in full, such payment or distribution will be paid over to the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness or on their behalf for application to the payment of all
such Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness has
been paid in full or such payment provided for, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness upon any such
distribution of assets of the Company, the holders of the Subordinated Debt
Securities will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness to the extent of payments made to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness out of the distributive share of the Subordinated Debt Securities.
By reason of such subordination, in the event of any distribution of assets
of the Company upon dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or
other similar proceedings of the Company, (i) holders of Senior Indebtedness
will be entitled to be paid in full before payments may be made on the
Subordinated Debt Securities and the holders of Subordinated Debt Securities
will be required to pay over their share of such distribution to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness until such Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and (ii)
creditors of the Company who are neither holders of Subordinated Debt Securities
nor holders of Senior Indebtedness may recover less, ratably, than holders of
Senior Indebtedness and may recover more, ratably, than the holders of the
Subordinated Debt Securities. Furthermore, such subordination may result in a
reduction or elimination of payments to the holders of Subordinated Debt
Securities. The Subordinated Indenture provides that the subordination
provisions thereof will not apply to any money and securities held in trust
pursuant to the discharge, defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions of the
Subordinated Indenture (see "-- Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance"
above).
The Subordinated Indenture also provides that no payment on account of the
principal of, or premium, if any, sinking funds, if any, or interest, if any, on
the Subordinated Debt Securities shall be made unless full payment of amounts
then due for the principal of, premium, if any, sinking funds, if any, and
interest, if any, on Senior Indebtedness has been made or duly provided for.
The Subordinated Indenture defines "Senior Indebtedness" as (a) any
liability of the Company (1) for borrowed money or under any reimbursement
obligation relating to a letter of credit, or (2) evidenced by a
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bond, note, debenture or similar instrument, or (3) for obligations to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable
arising in the ordinary course of business, or (4) for the payment of money
relating to a capitalized lease obligation, or (5) for the payment of money
under any Swap Agreement; (b) any liability of others described in the preceding
clause (a) that the Company has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal
liability; and (c) any deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any
liability of the types referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, unless, in the
instrument creating or evidencing any such liability referred to in clause (a)
or (b) above or any such deferral, renewal, extension or refunding referred to
in clause (c) above or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is
expressly provided that such liability, deferral, renewal, extension or
refunding is subordinate in right of payment to all other Indebtedness of the
Company or is not senior or prior in right of payment to the Subordinated Debt
Securities or ranks pari passu with or subordinate to the Subordinated Debt
Securities in right of payment; and PROVIDED that the Subordinated Debt
Securities shall not constitute Senior Indebtedness. The Subordinated Indenture
defines "Swap Agreement" as any financial agreement designed to manage the
Company's exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or
commodity prices, including without limitation swap agreements, option
agreements, cap agreements, floor agreements, collar agreements and forward
purchase agreements.
If this Prospectus is being delivered in connection with the offering of a
series of Subordinated Debt Securities, the accompanying Prospectus Supplement
or the information incorporated by reference herein will set forth the
approximate amount of Senior Indebtedness outstanding as of a recent date. There
are no limitations in the Subordinated Indenture on the issuance or incurrence
of Senior Indebtedness of the Company.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK
The Company may issue shares of its Preferred Stock, in one or more series,
either separately, or together with, or upon the conversion of or in exchange
for, other Securities. The summary of certain provisions of the Preferred Stock
set forth below and the summary of certain terms of a particular series of
Preferred Stock set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement do not purport
to be complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference
to all of the provisions of the Company's certificate of incorporation, as
amended (the "Amended Certificate of Incorporation"), and the Company's By-laws,
which have been filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the
Registration Statement, and the form of certificate of designations relating to
such series of Preferred Stock which will be filed as an exhibit to or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, all of which are
incorporated herein by reference.
The following description of Preferred Stock sets forth certain general
terms and provisions of the series of Preferred Stock to which any Prospectus
Supplement may relate. Certain other terms of any particular series of Preferred
Stock, including Preferred Stock to be represented by Depositary Shares, will be
described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If so indicated in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, the terms of the Preferred Stock offered
thereby may differ from the terms set forth below.
GENERAL
Under the Amended Certificate of Incorporation, the Company is authorized to
issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, without par value, which may be
issued from time to time in one or more series. Subject to limitations
prescribed by Delaware law and the Amended Certificate of Incorporation, the
Board of Directors is authorized to fix the number of shares constituting each
series of Preferred Stock and the designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions thereof, including the dividend rights, dividend
rates, conversion rights, exchange rights, voting rights, rights and terms of
redemption (including sinking fund and purchase fund provisions), redemption
prices and dissolution preferences.
In connection with the Rights Agreement (as defined below), the Company has
authorized the issuance of its Series A Participating Preferred Stock, no par
value (the "Series A Preferred Stock"). No shares of Series A Preferred Stock
were outstanding on the date of this Prospectus and such shares will be issued
only in connection with the exercise of Rights (as defined below); in that
regard, the Company intends to redeem
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the outstanding Rights in the fourth quarter of 1995 and, in connection
therewith, to terminate its Stockholder Rights Plan. In addition, the Company
has issued and outstanding shares of its Series B Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Stock, no par value (the "Series B Preferred Stock"). Unless otherwise
provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, any Offered Preferred Stock
will rank, as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, senior to the Series A
Preferred Stock and junior to the Series B Preferred Stock. See "-- Ranking" and
"-- Dividend, Repurchase and Redemption Restrictions" below and "Description of
Capital Stock."
Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to the
series of Preferred Stock offered thereby (the "Offered Preferred Stock") for
specific terms, including (where applicable): (1) the title of such Offered
Preferred Stock; (2) the number of shares of such Offered Preferred Stock
offered, the liquidation preference per share and the initial public offering
price of such Offered Preferred Stock; (3) the dividend rate or method of
calculation thereof and the dividend payment dates or periods; (4) the date from
which dividends on such Offered Preferred Stock shall accrue and whether
dividends on such Offered Preferred Stock will be cumulative; (5) the procedures
for any auction or remarketing, if any, of such Offered Preferred Stock; (6) the
provisions for a sinking fund, if any, for such Offered Preferred Stock; (7) the
provisions for redemption or repurchase, if applicable, of such Offered
Preferred Stock; (8) any listing of such Offered Preferred Stock on any
securities exchange; (9) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such
Offered Preferred Stock will be convertible into or exchangeable for other
Securities; (10) whether interests in such Offered Preferred Stock will be
represented by Depositary Shares; (11) the preferences of such Offered Preferred
Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company; and (12) any other specific terms of such Offered Preferred Stock.
RANKING
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, any
series of Offered Preferred Stock offered thereby will rank, with respect to
both the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, (i) junior to the Series B Preferred
Stock, (ii) senior to the Series A Preferred Stock (if issued) and the Common
Stock, and (iii) on a parity with shares of any other outstanding series of
Offered Preferred Stock.
DIVIDEND, REPURCHASE AND REDEMPTION RESTRICTIONS
As described under "Description of Capital Stock -- Authorized and
Outstanding Preferred Stock -- Series B Preferred Stock," and unless otherwise
described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company will be
prohibited (subject to certain limited exceptions) from paying dividends on, and
from redeeming or otherwise purchasing, any shares of Offered Preferred Stock if
the Company has not paid full cumulative dividends on the Series B Preferred
Stock. In addition, certain agreements to which the Company is a party contain
covenants which have the effect of restricting the payment of dividends and the
redemption or repurchase of capital stock by the Company. In the event of a
deterioration in the financial condition or results of operations of the
Company, such covenants could limit or prohibit the payment of dividends on, or
the repurchase or redemption of, Offered Preferred Stock. In addition, the
Company is a holding company substantially all of whose consolidated assets are
held by its subsidiaries, and the cash flow of the Company and the consequent
ability to pay dividends on and to redeem or repurchase its securities,
including, Offered Preferred Stock, are largely dependent upon the earnings of
such subsidiaries. See "Description of Debt Securities -- Ranking of Debt
Securities; Holding Company Structure."
DIVIDENDS
Subject to the preferential rights of holders of the Series B Preferred
Stock and any other capital stock of the Company ranking prior to any series of
the Offered Preferred Stock as to dividends, holders of shares of such Offered
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the
Board of Directors of the Company, out of assets of the Company legally
available therefor, dividends at such rates and on such dates as will be set
forth in, or as are determined by the method described in, the applicable
Prospectus Supplement. Such rates may be fixed or variable or both. If variable,
the formula used for determining the dividend rate for each dividend period will
be specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Each such dividend shall
be payable to holders of record as they appear on the stock transfer
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books of the Company on such record dates as shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors of the Company. Dividends may be paid in the form of cash, Preferred
Stock (of the same or a different series), or other securities or property, in
each case as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Dividends on any series of the Offered Preferred Stock may be cumulative or
non-cumulative, as provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Dividends,
if cumulative, will be cumulative from and after the date set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. If the Board of Directors of the Company fails
to declare a dividend payable on a dividend payment date on any series of the
Offered Preferred Stock for which dividends are non-cumulative, then the holders
of such series of the Offered Preferred Stock will have no right to receive a
dividend in respect of the dividend period ending on such dividend payment date,
and the Company will have no obligation to pay the dividend accrued for such
period, whether or not dividends on such series are declared payable on any
future dividend payment date.
No full dividends will be declared or paid or set aside for payment on any
Preferred Stock of the Company ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with or
junior to any outstanding series of Offered Preferred Stock for any period
unless full dividends on such series of Offered Preferred Stock (including
accumulated dividends on any such series of Offered Preferred Stock on which
dividends are cumulative) have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid
or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment.
When dividends are not paid in full on any series of Offered Preferred Stock and
any other Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with such series
of Offered Preferred Stock, all dividends declared or paid upon shares of
Offered Preferred Stock of such series and any other Preferred Stock ranking on
a parity as to dividends with the Offered Preferred Stock of such series shall
be declared and paid pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared and paid
per share on the Offered Preferred Stock of such series and such other Preferred
Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued
dividends per share (which in the case of non-cumulative Preferred Stock shall
not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend
periods) on shares of such series of Offered Preferred stock and such other
Preferred Stock bear to each other. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of any series of
Offered Preferred Stock (including accumulated dividends on any such series on
which dividends are cumulative) have been or contemporaneously are declared and
paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for
payment, no dividends (other than dividends or distributions paid in shares of,
or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Common
Stock or any other stock of the Company ranking junior to the Offered Preferred
Stock of such series as to dividends and as to distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company) shall be declared or paid
or set aside for payment or any other distribution declared or made upon the
Common Stock or any other stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity
with the Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends or distribution
of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, nor may
any Common Stock or any other stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a
parity with the Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends or distribution
of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company be
redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (and no moneys
shall be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any
shares of any such junior of parity stock) by the Company (except by conversion
into or exchange for stock of the Company ranking junior to the Offered
Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends and as to distribution of assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company).
Holders of shares of any series of Offered Preferred Stock shall not be
entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other
property, in excess of full cumulative (if applicable) dividends on such series.
No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of
any dividend or payments which may be in arrears.
The Company will be prohibited from paying dividends on Offered Preferred
Stock of any series in the event of a dividend arrearage on the Series B
Preferred Stock and may be prohibited from paying dividends on Offered Preferred
Stock of any series as a result of certain other dividend restrictions. See "--
Dividend, Repurchase and Redemption Restrictions" above and "Description of
Capital Stock -- Authorized and Outstanding Preferred Stock -- Series B
Preferred Stock" below.
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REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE
The shares of Offered Preferred Stock of any series may be redeemable at the
option of the Company, may be subject to mandatory redemption pursuant to a
sinking fund or otherwise, or may be subject to repurchase by the Company at the
option of the holders, in each case upon the terms, at the times and at the
prices set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Offered Preferred
Stock redeemed by the Company will be restored to the status of authorized but
unissued shares of Preferred Stock.
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of Offered Preferred Stock
which is subject to mandatory redemption will specify the number of shares of
such series which shall be redeemed by the Company in each year commencing after
a date to be specified, at a redemption price per share to be specified,
together with an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon
(including accumulated dividends on any such series on which dividends are
cumulative) to the date fixed for redemption. The redemption price may be
payable in cash, securities or other property, as specified in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such series of Offered Preferred Stock.
If fewer than all of the outstanding shares of any series of Offered
Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed will be determined
pro rata, by lot or by any other method deemed equitable by the Company.
In the event that full cumulative dividends on any series of Offered
Preferred Stock (including accumulated dividends on any such series on which
dividends are cumulative) have not been declared and paid or declared and a sum
sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment, the Company shall not
redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of such series of Offered
Preferred Stock except by conversion into or exchange for capital stock of the
Company ranking junior to the Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to
dividends and as to distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company, or except pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same
terms to all holders of such series of Offered Preferred Stock.
Notice of redemption shall be given by mailing the same to each record
holder of the shares to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof, to the respective addresses of
such holders as the same shall appear in the stock registry of the Company. Each
such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares and
series of Offered Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iii) the redemption price;
(iv) the place or places where certificates for such Offered Preferred Stock are
to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; (v) that dividends on the
shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date; and (vi) the
date upon which the holder's conversion rights as to such shares, if any, shall
terminate. If fewer than all shares of any series of the Preferred Stock held by
any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also
specify the number of shares to be redeemed from such holder.
If a notice of redemption has been given, from and after the redemption date
for the shares of Offered Preferred Stock called for redemption (unless the
Company shall default in providing money for the payment of the redemption price
of the shares so called for redemption plus, if applicable, accrued and unpaid
dividends), dividends on the shares of Offered Preferred Stock so called for
redemption shall cease to accrue and such shares shall no longer be deemed to be
outstanding, and all rights of the holders thereof as shareholders of the
Company shall cease, except the right to receive the redemption price plus, if
applicable, accrued and unpaid dividends upon surrender of the certificates
representing the shares to be so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for
transfer, if the Company shall so require) in accordance with such notice. If
fewer than all of the shares represented by any such certificates are redeemed,
a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares.
The Company will be prohibited from redeeming or repurchasing Offered
Preferred Stock of any series in the event of a dividend arrearage on the Series
B Preferred Stock and may be prohibited from redeeming or repurchasing Offered
Preferred Stock of any series as the result of certain other dividend
restrictions. See "-- Dividend, Repurchase and Redemption Restrictions" above
and "Description of Capital Stock" below.
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LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE
Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company, and after payment of all amounts due upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up to holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and any other capital
stock of the Company ranking prior to the Offered Preferred Stock of any series
as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up,
and subject to the rights of holders of any capital stock of the Company ranking
on a parity with the shares of Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to
distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company, the holders of shares of Offered Preferred Stock of such series shall
be entitled to receive, out of assets of the Company legally available therefor
and before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any
Common Stock or any other class or series of capital stock of the Company
ranking junior to the Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to distribution
of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company,
liquidating distributions in the amount of the liquidation preference per share
set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, plus accrued and unpaid
dividends (including accumulated dividends if dividends on such series of
Offered Preferred Stock are cumulative). After payment of the full amount of the
liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Offered
Preferred Stock of such series will have no right or claim to any of the
remaining assets of the Company. In the event that, upon any such voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the legally available assets
of the Company are insufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating
distributions on all outstanding shares of Offered Preferred Stock of any series
and the corresponding amounts payable on all shares of other capital stock of
the Company ranking on a parity with the Offered Preferred Stock of such series
in the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the
holders of the Offered Preferred Stock of such series and of such other capital
stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to
the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively
entitled.
For such purposes, the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into
any other person, or the sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or
substantially all or any portion of the property or business of the Company,
shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company.
VOTING RIGHTS
Holders of Offered Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights, except
as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law or as
indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In the event that the Company
issues a series of Offered Preferred Stock with voting rights or the Offered
Preferred Stock of any series is entitled pursuant to applicable law to vote on
any matter, then, unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such series, each share of such series will be entitled to one vote
on matters on which holders of such shares are entitled to vote. However, as
more fully described under "Description of Depositary Shares," if the Company
elects to provide for the issuance of Depositary Shares representing fractional
interests in shares of any such series of Offered Preferred Stock, the holder of
any such Depositary Share will, in effect and subject to certain limitations and
conditions, be entitled to such fraction of a vote, rather than a full vote. In
the case of any series of Offered Preferred Stock having one vote per share on
matters on which holders of such series are entitled to vote, the voting power
of such series on matters on which holders of such series and holders of any
other series of Preferred Stock or other capital stock of the Company are
entitled to vote as a single class will depend on the number of shares in such
series, not the aggregate stated value, liquidation preference or initial
offering price of the shares of such series.
So long as any shares of Offered Preferred Stock remain outstanding, and
except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement or except
as otherwise required by applicable law, the Company will not, without the
affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the shares
of any affected series of Offered Preferred Stock outstanding at the time
(voting separately as a single class with all other affected series of Preferred
Stock ranking on a parity with the Offered Preferred Stock of such series either
as to dividends or as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company and upon which like voting rights have been conferred
and are then exercisable), given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at
a meeting, (i) authorize, create or issue, or increase the authorized or issued
amount of, any class or series of capital stock ranking prior to such affected
series of Offered
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Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of
assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up or reclassify any authorized
capital stock of the Company into any such shares, or create, authorize or issue
any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase
any such shares; or (ii) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Amended
Certificate of Incorporation (including the certificate of designations for such
affected series of Offered Preferred Stock), whether by merger, consolidation or
otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference or
privilege of such affected series of Offered Preferred Stock; provided, however,
that any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock or the
creation or issuance of any other class or series of capital stock or any other
series of Preferred Stock, or any increase in the number of authorized shares of
any series of Preferred Stock, in each case, ranking on a parity with or junior
to the Preferred Stock of such affected series with respect to payment of
dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights,
preferences or privileges.
None of the foregoing voting provisions will apply if, at or prior to the
time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required
shall be effected or occur, all outstanding shares of the relevant series of
Offered Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon
proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect
such redemption.
Under Delaware law, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
above, holders of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock will be entitled to
vote as a class upon a proposed amendment to the Amended Certificate of
Incorporation if the amendment would increase or decrease the aggregate number
of authorized shares of such class, increase or decrease the par value of the
shares of such class, or alter or change the powers, preferences or rights of
the shares of such class so as to affect them adversely. However, if any such
proposed amendment would change the powers, preferences or rights of one or more
series of Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely, but shall not affect
all series of Preferred Stock, then only the shares of the series so affected
shall be considered a separate class for such purposes. Any such amendment
requires the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon, voting
as a class.
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE RIGHTS
The terms, if any, upon which shares of any series of Preferred Stock are
convertible into or exchangeable for the Common Stock, another series of
Preferred Stock or other Securities will be set forth in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Such terms may include provisions for
conversion or exchange, either mandatory, at the option of the holders or at the
option of the Company.
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
The transfer agent and registrar for the shares of Preferred Stock will be
named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
The Company may offer Depositary Shares (either separately or together with
other Securities) representing fractional interests in shares of Preferred Stock
of any series. In connection with the issuance of any Depositary Shares, the
Company will enter into a deposit agreement (a "Deposit Agreement") with a bank
or trust company, as depositary (the "Preferred Stock Depositary"), which will
be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Depositary Shares will be
evidenced by depositary receipts (the "Depositary Receipts") issued pursuant to
the related Deposit Agreement. The summary of certain provisions of the
Depositary Shares and the Deposit Agreement set forth below and the summary of
certain terms of a particular issue of Depositary Shares and the related Deposit
Agreement set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement do not purport to be
complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to all
the provisions of the form of Deposit Agreement, together with the form of
related Depositary Receipt which will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, all of which are incorporated herein
by reference.
The following description of Depositary Shares sets forth certain general
terms and provisions of the Depositary Shares and the related Deposit Agreement
to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate.
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Certain other terms of any such Depositary Shares and the related Deposit
Agreement will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If so
indicated in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the terms of the Depositary
Shares offered thereby and of the related Deposit Agreement may differ from the
terms set forth below.
GENERAL
The Company may provide for the issuance by the Preferred Stock Depositary
of Depositary Receipts evidencing the related Depositary Shares, each of which
Depositary Shares in turn will represent a fractional interest (which will be
specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement) in one share of a series of
Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock of any series represented by
Depositary Shares will be deposited under a separate Deposit Agreement. Subject
to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, each owner of a Depositary Receipt will
be entitled, in proportion to the fraction of a share of Preferred Stock
represented by the related Depositary Share, to all the rights, preferences and
privileges of, and will be subject to all of the limitations and restrictions
on, the Preferred Stock represented thereby (including, if applicable and
subject to certain matters discussed below, dividend, voting, conversion,
exchange, redemption and liquidation rights).
Depositary Shares may be issued in respect of shares of the Preferred Stock
of any series. Immediately following the issuance of any such shares of
Preferred Stock by the Company, the Company will deposit such shares of
Preferred Stock with the relevant Preferred Stock Depositary and will cause the
Preferred Stock Depositary to issue, on behalf of the Company, the related
Depositary Receipts.
Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to the
Depositary Shares offered thereby for specific terms, including (where
applicable): (1) the terms of the series of Preferred Stock deposited by the
Company under the related Deposit Agreement; (2) the number of such Depositary
Shares and the fraction of one share of such Preferred Stock represented by one
such Depositary Share; (3) whether such Depositary Shares will be listed on any
securities exchange; (4) whether such Depositary Shares will be sold with any
other Securities and, if so, the amount and terms thereof; and (5) any other
specific terms of such Depositary Shares and the related Deposit Agreement.
Depositary Receipts may be surrendered for transfer or exchange for new
Depositary Receipts of different authorized denominations at any office or
agency of the relevant Preferred Stock Depositary maintained for such purpose,
subject to the terms of the related Deposit Agreement. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Depositary Receipts will be
issued in denominations evidencing any whole number of Depositary Shares. No
service charge will be made for any permitted transfer or exchange of Depositary
Receipts, but the Company or the Preferred Stock Depositary may require payment
of any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
The Preferred Stock Depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other
cash distributions received in respect of the related Preferred Stock to the
record holders of Depositary Receipts in proportion, insofar as possible, to the
number of Depositary Receipts owned by such holders on the relevant record date.
The Preferred Stock Depositary will distribute only such amount, however, as can
be distributed without attributing to any holder of Depositary Receipts a
fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributed will be added to and
treated as part of the next sum, if any, received by the Preferred Stock
Depositary for distribution to the record holders of Depositary Receipts.
In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the Preferred Stock
Depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of
Depositary Receipts entitled thereto in proportion, insofar as possible, to the
number of Depositary Receipts owned by such holders on the relevant record date,
unless the Preferred Stock Depositary determines that it is not feasible to make
such distribution, in which case the Preferred Stock Depositary may, with the
approval of the Company, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable
for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including sale (public or
private) of such property and distribution of the net proceeds from such sale to
such holders.
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The Deposit Agreement will also contain provisions relating to the manner in
which any subscription or similar rights offered by the Company to holders of
the related series of Preferred Stock will be made available to holders of
Depositary Receipts.
The amount distributed in any of the foregoing cases will be reduced by any
amount required to be withheld by the Company or the Preferred Stock Depositary
on the account of taxes.
WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERRED STOCK
Upon surrender of the Depositary Receipts at an office or agency of the
Preferred Stock Depositary maintained for such purpose (unless the related
shares of Preferred Stock have previously been called for redemption), the
holder thereof will be entitled to delivery, at such office or agency, to or
upon such holder's order, of the number of whole shares of the related series of
Preferred Stock and any money or other property represented by such Depositary
Receipts. Shares of Preferred Stock so withdrawn, however, may not be
redeposited. If the Depositary Receipts delivered by the holder evidence a
number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of whole shares of Preferred
Stock to be withdrawn, the Preferred Stock Depositary will deliver to such
holder at the same time a new Depositary Receipt evidencing such excess number
of Depositary Shares.
REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF PREFERRED STOCK
If a series of Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares is subject
to redemption at the option of the Company, then, whenever the Company redeems
shares of Preferred Stock of such series held by the Preferred Stock Depositary,
the Preferred Stock Depositary will redeem as of the same redemption date the
number of Depositary Shares representing the shares of the Preferred Stock so
redeemed, provided the Company shall have paid in full to the Preferred Stock
Depositary the redemption price of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed plus any
other amounts or property payable with respect to the Preferred Stock to be
redeemed. The redemption price per Depositary Share will be equal to the
redemption price and any other amounts or property per share payable with
respect to the Preferred Stock multiplied by the fraction of a share of
Preferred Stock represented by one such Depositary Share. If less than all of
the Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be redeemed
will be selected by the Preferred Stock Depositary by lot or pro rata or other
equitable method, in each case as may be determined by the Company. If the
Depositary Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be redeemed in part
only, one or more new Depositary Receipts will be issued for any Depositary
Shares not so redeemed.
After the date fixed for redemption, the Depositary Shares so called for
redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the
holders of the Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares so called
for redemption will cease, except the right to receive any monies payable upon
such redemption and any money or other property to which the holders of such
Depositary Receipts were entitled upon such redemption upon surrender of such
Depositary Receipts to the Preferred Stock Depositary.
Depositary Shares, as such, are not subject to repurchase by the Company at
the option of the holders. Nevertheless, if the Preferred Stock represented by
Depositary Shares is subject to repurchase of the option of the holders, the
related Depositary Receipts may be surrendered by the holders thereof to the
Preferred Stock Depositary with written instructions to the Preferred Stock
Depositary to instruct the Company to repurchase the Preferred Stock represented
by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Depositary Receipts at the applicable
repurchase price specified in the related Prospectus Supplement. The Company,
upon receipt of such instructions and subject to the Company having funds
legally available therefor, will repurchase the requisite whole number of shares
of such Preferred Stock from the Preferred Stock Depositary, who in turn will
repurchase such Depositary Receipts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, holders
shall only be entitled to request the repurchase of Depositary Shares
representing one or more whole shares of the related Preferred Stock. The
repurchase price per Depositary Share will be equal to the repurchase price and
any other amounts per share payable with respect to the Preferred Stock
multiplied by the fraction of a share of Preferred Stock represented by one
Depositary Share. If the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are
to be repurchased in part only, one or more new Depositary Receipts will be
issued for any Depositary Shares not to be repurchased.
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VOTING THE PREFERRED STOCK
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the Preferred
Stock of any series represented by Depositary Shares are entitled to vote, the
relevant Preferred Stock Depositary will mail the information contained in such
notice of meeting to the record holders of the related Depositary Receipts. Each
record holder of Depositary Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares on the record
date (which will be the same date as the record date for the Preferred Stock)
will be entitled to instruct the Preferred Stock Depositary as to the exercise
of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Preferred Stock represented by
such holder's Depositary Shares. The Preferred Stock Depositary will endeavor,
insofar as practicable, to vote the number of shares of Preferred Stock
represented by such Depositary Shares in accordance with such instructions, and
the Company will agree to take all reasonable action which may be deemed
necessary by the Preferred Stock Depositary in order to enable the Preferred
Stock Depositary to do so. The Preferred Stock Depositary will abstain from
voting shares of Preferred Stock to the extent it does not receive specific
instructions from the holders of Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary
Shares representing such Preferred Stock.
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF PREFERRED STOCK
If the Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares is exchangeable at
the option of the Company for other Securities, then, whenever the Company
exercises its option to exchange all or a portion of such shares of Preferred
Stock held by the Preferred Stock Depositary, the Preferred Stock Depositary
will exchange as of the same exchange date a number of such Depositary Shares
representing the shares of the Preferred Stock so exchanged, provided the
Company shall have issued and deposited with the Preferred Stock Depositary the
Securities for which such shares of Preferred Stock are to be exchanged. The
exchange rate per Depositary Share shall be equal to the exchange rate per share
of Preferred Stock multiplied by the fraction of a share of Preferred Stock
represented by one Depositary Share. If less than all of the Depositary Shares
are to be exchanged, the Depositary Shares to be exchanged will be selected by
the Preferred Stock Depositary by lot or pro rata or other equitable method, in
each case as may be determined by the Company. If the Depositary Shares
evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be exchanged in part only, a new
Depositary Receipt or Receipts will be issued for any Depositary Shares not to
be exchanged.
Depositary Shares, as such, are not convertible or exchangeable at the
option of the holders into other Securities or property. Nevertheless, if the
Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares is convertible into or
exchangeable for other Securities at the option of the holders, the related
Depositary Receipts may be surrendered by holders thereof to the Preferred Stock
Depositary with written instructions to the Preferred Stock Depositary to
instruct the Company to cause conversion or exchange, as the case may be, of the
Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Depositary Receipts into a whole number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred
Stock, a whole number of Common Stock Warrants, or Debt Securities in authorized
denominations, as specified in the related Prospectus Supplement. The Company,
upon receipt of such instructions and any amounts payable in respect thereof,
will cause the conversion or exchange, as the case may be, and will deliver to
the holders such number of whole shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, a
whole number of Common Stock Warrants, or a principal amount of Debt Securities
in authorized denominations (and cash in lieu of any fractional Security). The
exchange or conversion rate per Depositary Share shall be equal to the exchange
or conversion rate per share of Preferred Stock multiplied by the fraction of a
share of Preferred Stock represented by one Depositary Share. If the Depositary
Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be converted or exchanged in
part only, a new Depositary Receipt or Receipts will be issued for any
Depositary Shares not to be converted or exchanged.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
The Depositary Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares and any provision of
the related Deposit Agreement may at any time be amended by agreement between
the Company and the Preferred Stock Depositary. However, any amendment that
materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of Depositary Receipts
issued under any Deposit Agreement will not be effective unless such amendment
has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of such Depositary
Receipts then outstanding (or such greater proportion as may be required by the
rules of any securities exchange on which the related
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Depositary Shares may be listed). In no event may any such amendment impair the
right of any holder of Depositary Receipts, subject to the conditions specified
in the Deposit Agreement, to receive the related Preferred Stock upon surrender
of such Depositary Receipts as described above under "-- Withdrawal of Preferred
Stock."
The Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company upon not less than 60
days' notice to the Preferred Stock Depositary. In any such case, the Preferred
Stock Depositary shall deliver or make available to each holder of the related
Depositary Receipts, upon surrender of such Depositary Receipts, such number of
whole shares of the related series of Preferred Stock represented by the
Depositary Shares evidenced by such Depositary Receipts, together with cash in
lieu of any fractional shares (to the extent the Company has deposited such cash
with the Preferred Stock Depositary). The Deposit Agreement will automatically
terminate if all of the shares of Preferred Stock deposited thereunder shall
have been withdrawn, redeemed, converted or exchanged or if there shall have
been a final distribution in respect of such Preferred Stock in connection with
any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.
CHARGES OF PREFERRED STOCK DEPOSITARY
The Company will pay the fees and expenses of the Preferred Stock Depositary
in connection with the performance of its duties under the Deposit Agreement,
and will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising
solely from the existence of the Deposit Agreement. Holders of Depositary
Receipts will be required to pay all other transfer and other taxes and
governmental charges (including taxes and other governmental charges in
connection with the transfer, exchange, surrender or conversion of Depositary
Receipts) and such other charges as are expressly provided in the Deposit
Agreement.
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF DEPOSITARY
The Preferred Stock Depositary may resign at any time by delivering to the
Company notice of its election to do so, and the Company may at any time remove
the Preferred Stock Depositary, any such resignation or removal to take effect
upon the appointment of a successor Preferred Stock Depositary.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Preferred Stock Depositary will forward to holders of Depositary
Receipts any reports and communications from the Company which are received by
the Preferred Stock Depositary with respect to the related Preferred Stock.
Neither the Preferred Stock Depositary nor the Company will be liable if
either is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstances beyond its control in
performing its obligations under the Deposit Agreement. The obligations of the
Company and the Preferred Stock Depositary under the Deposit Agreement will be
limited to performing their duties thereunder without gross negligence or
willful misconduct, and the Company and the Preferred Stock Depositary will not
be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of any
Depositary Shares or any related shares of Preferred Stock or Depositary
Receipts unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished. The Company and the
Preferred Stock Depositary may rely on advice of counsel, accountants or other
advisors, and information provided by persons presenting shares of Preferred
Stock for deposit, holders of Depositary Receipts or other persons believed to
be authorized or competent and on documents believed to be genuine.
In the event that the Preferred Stock Depositary shall receive conflicting
claims, requests or instructions from any holders of Depositary Receipts, on the
one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, the Preferred Stock Depositary
shall be entitled to act on such claims, requests or instructions received from
the Company.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK
The Company may issue (either separately or together with other Securities)
shares of its Common Stock. Under its Amended Certificate of Incorporation, the
Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock.
Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating
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to Common Stock offered thereby for the terms relevant thereto, including the
number of shares offered and the initial public offering price. For a summary of
certain terms of the Common Stock, see "Description of Capital Stock" below.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK WARRANTS
The Company may issue (either separately or together with other Securities)
warrants for the purchase of Common Stock ("Common Stock Warrants"). The Common
Stock Warrants are to be issued under warrant agreements (each a "Common Stock
Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between the Company and a bank or trust
company, as warrant agent ("Common Stock Warrant Agent"), all as set forth in
the Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular issue of Common Stock
Warrants. The form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement, including the form of
certificates representing the Common Stock Warrants ("Common Stock Warrant
Certificates"), that will be entered into with respect to a particular offering
of Common Stock Warrants will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement. The following summary of certain
provisions of the Common Stock Warrant Agreement and the Common Stock Warrants
and the summary of certain terms of the particular Common Stock Warrant
Agreement and Common Stock Warrants set forth in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified
in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the particular Common
Stock Warrant Agreement and the related Common Stock Warrant Certificates, all
of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The following description of the Common Stock Warrants sets forth certain
general terms and provisions of the Common Stock Warrants and the related Common
Stock Warrant Agreement to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. Certain
other terms of any Common Stock Warrants and the related Common Stock Warrant
Agreement will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If so
indicated in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the terms of the Common
Stock Warrants offered thereby and the related Common Stock Warrant Agreement
may differ from the terms set forth below.
GENERAL
Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement for the terms of
the Common Stock Warrants offered thereby, including (where applicable): (1) the
title and aggregate number of such Common Stock Warrants; (2) the number of
shares of Common Stock that may be purchased upon exercise of each such Common
Stock Warrant; the price, or the manner of determining the price, at which such
shares may be purchased upon such exercise; if other than cash, the property and
manner in which the exercise price may be paid; and any minimum number of such
Common Stock Warrants that are exercisable at any one time; (3) the time or
times at which, or period or periods during which, such Common Stock Warrants
may be exercised and the expiration date of such Common Stock Warrants; (4) the
terms of any right of the Company to redeem such Common Stock Warrants; (5) the
terms of any right of the Company to accelerate the exercise of such Common
Stock Warrants upon the occurrence of certain events; (6) whether such Common
Stock Warrants will be sold with any other Securities, and the date, if any, on
and after which such Common Stock Warrants and any such other Securities will be
separately transferable; and (7) any other terms of such Common Stock Warrants.
Common Stock Warrant Certificates may be surrendered for transfer or
exchange for new Common Stock Warrant Certificates of authorized denominations
at any office or agency of the relevant Common Stock Warrant Agent maintained
for such purpose, subject to the terms of the related Common Stock Warrant
Agreement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
Common Stock Warrant Certificates will be issued in denominations evidencing any
whole number of Warrants. No service charge will be made for any permitted
transfer or exchange of Common Stock Warrant Certificates, but the Company or
the Common Stock Warrant Agent may require payment of any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
Each Common Stock Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase such number of
shares of Common Stock at such exercise price as shall in each case be set forth
in, or be determinable from, the Prospectus
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Supplement relating to such Common Stock Warrants, by payment of such exercise
price in the Currency and in the manner specified in the Prospectus Supplement.
Common Stock Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the date and time
specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement for the expiration thereof.
After the specified expiration time on the specified date of expiration,
unexercised Common Stock Warrants will become void.
Upon receipt at an office or agency indicated in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement of (i) payment of the exercise price and (ii) the Common Stock
Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed, the Company will, as
soon as practicable, forward a certificate or certificates representing the
whole number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon such exercise. Unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, fractional shares
of Common Stock will not be issued upon the exercise of Warrants and, in lieu
thereof, the Company will make a cash payment in an amount determined as
provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If less than all of the Common
Stock Warrants represented by such Common Stock Warrant Certificate are
exercised, a new Common Stock Warrant Certificate will be issued for the
remaining number of Common Stock Warrants. The holder of a Common Stock Warrant
will be required to pay any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer involved in the issuance of the Common Stock
purchased upon such exercise.
MODIFICATIONS
Any Common Stock Warrant Agreement and the terms of the related Common Stock
Warrants may be modified or amended by the Company and the applicable Common
Stock Warrant Agent, without the consent of any holder of the related Common
Stock Warrants, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing,
correcting or supplementing any defective or inconsistent provision contained
therein, or in any other manner that the Company deems necessary or desirable
and that will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders
of the related Common Stock Warrants.
The Company and the applicable Common Stock Warrant Agent may also modify or
amend the applicable Common Stock Warrant Agreement and the terms of the related
Common Stock Warrants with the consent of the holders of not less than a
majority in number of the then outstanding unexercised Common Stock Warrants
affected thereby; provided that no such modification or amendment that
accelerates the expiration date, increases the exercise price, or reduces the
number of outstanding Common Stock Warrants the consent of whose holders is
required for any such amendment or modification, may be made without the consent
of each holder affected thereby.
NO RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS
Holders of Common Stock Warrants are not entitled, by virtue of being such
holders, to vote, consent or receive notice as stockholders of the Company in
respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the
Company or any other matter, or to exercise any other rights whatsoever as
stockholders of the Company, or to receive any dividends or distributions, if
any, on the Common Stock.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 100,000,000
shares of Common Stock, par value $.625 per share, and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, no par value.
As of March 31, 1995, (i) 43,302,283 shares of Common Stock were issued and
outstanding and an additional 7,589,934 shares of Common Stock were issued and
held in the Company's treasury, (ii) 600,000 shares of the Company's Series A
Participating Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock") had been
authorized but no such shares had been issued, and (iii) 1,100,000 shares of the
Company's Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B
Preferred Stock") had been authorized and 961,032 such shares were outstanding.
The following summary of certain provisions of the Common Stock, Preferred
Stock, Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, the Company's Amended
Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws do not purport to be complete and are
qualified in their entirety by reference to the Amended Certificate of
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Incorporation (including the certificates of designations establishing the terms
of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock) and By-laws,
copies of which have been incorporated by reference or filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement.
COMMON STOCK
The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all
matters voted on by stockholders, including elections of directors, and, except
as otherwise required by law or provided by the express provisions of any series
of Preferred Stock of the Company, the holders of such shares will exclusively
possess all voting power of the Company. In that regard, the holders of Series B
Preferred Stock are entitled and, if and when issued, holders of the Series A
Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote with the Common Stock as a single class
on all matters upon which the Common Stock is entitled to vote. See "--
Preferred Stock" below. There is no cumulative voting in the election of
directors, and no holder of Common Stock is entitled as such, as a matter of
right, to subscribe for or purchase any shares of Common Stock or Preferred
Stock. Subject to the preferential rights of any outstanding series of Preferred
Stock, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such
dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors from
funds legally available therefor. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably
in all assets remaining after payment or provision for liabilities and amounts
owing in respect of any outstanding Preferred Stock.
Certain agreements to which the Company is a party contain covenants which
have the effect of restricting the payment of dividends on capital stock by the
Company. In the event of a deterioration in the financial condition or results
of operations of the Company, such covenants could limit or prohibit the payment
of dividends on Common Stock. In addition, the Company is a holding company
substantially all of whose consolidated assets are held by its subsidiaries, and
the cash flow of the Company and the consequent ability to pay dividends on
Common Stock are largely dependent upon the earnings of such subsidiaries. See
"Description of Debt Securities -- Ranking of Debt Securities; Holding Company
Structure."
The transfer agent for the Common Stock is First Chicago Trust Company of
New York.
PREFERRED STOCK
Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series.
Subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law and the Amended Certificate of
Incorporation, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the number of shares
constituting each series of Preferred Stock and the designations, preferences
and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without
limitation, the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, exchange
rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking and
purchase fund provisions), the redemption prices and the dissolution
preferences. The issuance of Preferred Stock, while providing flexibility in
connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among
other things, adversely, affect the voting power of the holders of Common Stock
and, under certain circumstances, make it more difficult for a third party to
gain control of the Company and could have the effect of delaying or preventing
a merger, tender offer or other attempted takeover of the Company. No Holder of
Preferred Stock shall be entitled, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock.
AUTHORIZED AND OUTSTANDING PREFERRED STOCK
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK. In connection with the issuance of the Rights
(described under "-- Rights Plan" below), the Board of Directors designated
600,000 shares of Preferred Stock as Series A Participating Preferred Stock, no
par value. No shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, and such
shares will be issued only in connection with exercise of the Rights. In that
regard, the Company intends to redeem the outstanding Rights in the fourth
quarter of 1995 and, in connection therewith, to terminate its Stockholder
Rights Plan.
Subject to the rights of the Series B Preferred Stock and any other capital
stock ranking prior to or on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, and
subject to certain adjustments, each issued and outstanding share of Series A
Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive cumulative quarterly dividends equal
to $10 per share or 100 times the value of all dividends paid on each share of
the Company's Common Stock in the
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preceding quarter, whichever is greater. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock
will be entitled to one vote per share, voting as a single class with the Common
Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and any other stock of the Company entitled
to similar voting rights, on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders
of the Company. If and so long as the equivalent of six quarterly dividends on
the Series A Preferred Stock are accrued and unpaid, the holders of the Series A
Preferred Stock will have the right, voting together as a class with holders of
shares of other Preferred Stock having similar voting rights, to elect two
additional members of the Company's Board of Directors. Upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Series A Preferred
Stock, subject to the rights of the Series B Preferred Stock and the rights of
any other capital stock prior to or on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock,
will be entitled to receive out of assets legally available therefor $70 per
share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, or an amount per share equal to 100
times the aggregate amount distributed per share to the holders of Common Stock
(subject to certain adjustments), whichever is greater. In the event that the
Company shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other
transaction in which the Common Stock is exchanged for or changed into other
securities, cash or property, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will
be entitled to receive 100 times the per share consideration received in
connection with such transaction by the holders of Common Stock (subject to
certain adjustments). The Series A Preferred Stock has no conversion or
redemption rights.
SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK. In 1989, the Board of Directors amended the
Company's TASP. As part of this amendment, the Board designated a series of
1,100,000 preferred shares as Series B Preferred Stock. As of March 31, 1995,
961,032 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. The
Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock at the option of the
holder at the initial rate of four shares of Common Stock for each share of
Series B Preferred Stock, subject to antidilution adjustments in certain
circumstances (which include, but are not limited to, issuances of Common Stock
at less than fair market value), subject to the matters described in the
following paragraph.
As of March 31, 1995, all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred
Stock were held for the benefit of the TASP participants by a trustee (the "TASP
Trustee"). In the event of any transfer of Series B Preferred Stock to a person
other than a trustee for an employee stock ownership or other employee benefit
plan of the Company, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so transferred shall
be automatically converted into shares of Common Stock on the terms then in
effect for such conversion. However, in the event that shares of Series B
Preferred Stock are automatically converted upon transfer to a participant in an
employee stock ownership plan of the Company in connection with the termination
of the transferee's participation in the plan, each such share shall be
converted into a number of shares of Common Stock which is the greater of (i)
initially four shares of Common Stock, subject to antidilution adjustments in
certain circumstances, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock obtained by
dividing $152.10 by the then fair market value (as defined) of a share of Common
Stock.
Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to vote with the Common
Stock as a single class on all matters upon which the Common Stock is entitled
to vote and each share of Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to a number of
votes in such circumstances equal to the product of 1.3 times the number of
shares of Common Stock into which each share of the Series B Preferred Stock is
then convertible on the record date for such vote. The approval of the holders
of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock,
voting separately as a class, is required for certain actions, including,
without limitation, the authorization of any additional class of capital stock,
or any increase in the authorized amount of any class of capital stock, ranking
prior to or on parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends or the
distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company, except an increase in the authorized amount of any class of stock
ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock to be used for the purpose
of transferring such stock to an employee stock ownership plan or other employee
benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary; any amendment to the Amended
Certificate of Incorporation or any other certificate filed pursuant to law
which would adversely affect any of the rights, powers or preferences of the
Series B Preferred Stock; or any consolidation, merger, sale or other transfer
of more than 50% of the "assets" or "earning power" (as defined) of the Company
which, in the determination of a majority of the Company's independent
directors, can reasonably be expected to jeopardize the Company's financial
ability to meet its dividend, redemption or liquidation payment obligations to
the holders of the Series B Preferred
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Stock. The TASP Trustee is required to vote the allocated shares of Series B
Preferred Stock based upon instructions from the TASP participants; unallocated
shares are voted in proportion to the voting instructions received from the
participants with allocated shares.
Each share of Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to receive, when, as and
if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor,
cumulative cash dividends in the amount of $12.93 per annum, payable
semi-annually. In the event that full cumulative dividends on the Series B
Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid or set apart for payment when
due, the Company shall not declare or pay or set apart for payment any
dividends, or make any other distributions on, or make any payment on account of
the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, any other class or series of
stock of the Company ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the
event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to the
Series B Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the Common Stock and
the Preferred Stock offered hereby), until full cumulative dividends on the
Series B Preferred Stock shall have been paid or declared and set apart for
payment; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) any dividend payable
solely in shares of stock ranking, as to dividends and as to distributions in
the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to
the Series B Preferred Stock, or (ii) the acquisition of shares of any stock
ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to the Series B Preferred Stock
either (A) pursuant to any existing or future employee or director benefit plan
of the Company or any subsidiary, or (B) in exchange solely for shares of any
other stock ranking as to dividends and as to distributions in the event of a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company's junior to the Series B
Preferred Stock. No dividend may be declared or paid on any shares of capital
stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends
unless there are also declared and paid or set apart for payment on the Series B
Preferred Stock dividends for all dividend payment periods ending on or before
the dividend payment date for such parity stock, ratably in proportion to the
respective amounts of dividends accrued and unpaid on the Series B Preferred
Stock and such parity stock.
Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of
the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive out of assets legally
available therefor and subject to the rights of any stock ranking senior to or
on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock in respect of distributions upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, an amount equal to $152.10 per share
plus accrued and unpaid dividends, before any amount shall be paid or
distributed to the holders of shares of capital stock ranking junior to the
Series B Preferred Stock with respect to distributions upon liquidation,
dissolution and winding up, including the Series A Preferred Stock, the
Preferred Stock offered hereby and the Common Stock. If, upon any such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, amounts payable in respect of the Series
B Preferred Stock and any other capital stock ranking as to such distribution on
a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock are not paid in full, the holders of
Series B Preferred Stock and such parity stock shall share ratably in any
distribution of assets in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts
to which they are entitled. Neither the merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into any other corporation, nor the sale, transfer, exchange or lease of
all or any portion of the assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be a
dissolution, liquidation or winding up for the foregoing purposes.
The Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable, in whole or in part, at the
Company's option at a redemption price of $158.57 per share if redeemed during
the twelve months ending July 1, 1995, declining annually to $152.10 per share
if redeemed after July 1, 1999, and the Company may also redeem the Series B
Preferred Stock at any time at $152.10 under certain limited circumstances, plus
in each case accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption. The
Company, at its option, may make payment of the redemption price in cash or
shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof. The Series B Preferred Stock is
also subject to mandatory redemption for cash or, at the Company's option, for
shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, at a price of $152.10 per
share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption, if
and to the extent necessary (i) for the holder of Series B Preferred Stock to
make required distributions to, or to satisfy an investment election provided
to, participants in an employee stock ownership plan of the Company for which it
is holding the Series B Preferred Stock, or (ii) for such employee stock
ownership plan to pay principal, interest or premium on its indebtedness.
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Upon consummation of any consolidation, merger, reclassification or similar
transaction involving the Company in which the outstanding Common Stock is
exchanged solely for or changed solely into stock of any successor or resulting
company which stock constitutes "qualifying employer securities" (within the
meaning of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), the Series B Preferred Stock
shall become preferred stock of such successor or resulting company having,
insofar as possible, the same terms as the Series B Preferred Stock and shall be
convertible into the number and kind of securities receivable by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series B Preferred
Stock could have been converted immediately prior to such transaction. Upon
consummation or any consolidation, merger, reclassification or similar
transaction involving the Company pursuant to which the outstanding Common Stock
is exchanged for or changed into consideration other than "qualifying employee
securities", holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to
receive the same consideration receivable by a holder of the number of shares of
Common Stock into which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock could have been
converted immediately prior to such transaction or, at the election of each
holder of the Series B Preferred Stock, cash in an amount equal to the amount
that would then be payable to such holder in respect of such Series B Preferred
Stock upon liquidation of the Company.
The certificate of designations establishing the Series B Preferred Stock
provides that it shall rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock and the
Common Stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on
liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company and, unless otherwise
approved by holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series B
Preferred Stock, senior to all other series of Preferred Stock (including the
Preferred Stock offered hereby) as to the payment of dividends and the
distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up (except for
capital stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock which is
transferred to an employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the
Company).
RIGHTS PLAN
The following summary of certain provisions of the Company's Stockholder
Rights Plan and the Rights Agreement dated as of October 27, 1986 (the "Rights
Agreement") between the Company and Bank of America N.T. & S.A. does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights
Agreement, including the form of Rights Certificate attached thereto, and the
certificate of designation for the Series A Preferred Stock, both of which are
incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement.
The Rights Agreement contains provisions that could make it more difficult
for a third party to gain control of the Company and that could have the effect
of delaying or preventing a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt of
the Company. However, the Company intends to redeem the outstanding rights in
the fourth quarter of 1995, and, in connection therewith, to terminate the
Rights Agreement.
In 1986, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of one preferred stock
purchase right (each, a "Right") for each outstanding share of the Company's
Common Stock. Under certain conditions, each Right may be exercised to purchase
1/100th of a share of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock at an exercise
price of $140 per Right, subject to adjustment. The Rights become exercisable on
the tenth day after a party acquires beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the
Company's outstanding Common Stock or announces an offer to purchase 30% or more
of the Company's outstanding Common Stock (the earlier of such dates being
referred to as the "Distribution Date"). The Rights, which do not have voting
rights, expire November 7, 1996 and may be redeemed at the Company's option for
$0.01 per Right at any time prior to their expiration or the tenth day after the
public announcement that a person has acquired beneficial ownership of 20% or
more of the Company's outstanding Common Stock (an "Acquiring Person"). In the
event that the Company is the surviving corporation in a merger with an
Acquiring Person or a person becomes the beneficial owner of 30% or more of the
outstanding Common Stock (other than in a tender offer approved by the Company's
Board of Directors) each Right (other than those held by an Acquiring Person)
that has not previously been exercised will entitle its holder, upon exercise
thereof at the exercise price, to receive the number of shares of Common Stock
of the Company which at the time of such transaction would have a
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market value of two times the exercise price of a Right. In the event that the
Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction (other
than certain transactions approved by the Company's Board of Directors), each
Right (other than those held by an Acquiring Person) that has not previously
been exercised will entitle its holder, upon exercise thereof at the exercise
price, to receive that number of shares of common stock of the surviving company
which at the time of such transaction would have a market value of two times the
exercise price of the Right. In accordance with the terms of the Rights
Agreement, one Right will be issued with each share of Common Stock issued prior
to the Distribution Date or any earlier termination of the Rights Agreement;
accordingly, shares of Common Stock offered hereby or issuable upon the
exchange, conversion or exercise of other Securities offered hereby, if issued
after the termination of the Rights Agreement, will not be issued with or
otherwise entitled to Rights. Prior to the exercisability of the Rights, each
Right will be represented by the certificate representing the related share of
Common Stock, and each Right will be attached to and traded only with such share
of Common Stock.
SECTION 203 OF THE DELAWARE LAW
Generally, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL")
prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a "business
combination" with an "interested stockholder" for a period of three years
following the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder,
unless (i) prior to such date either the business combination or the transaction
which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder is approved
by the board of directors of the corporation, (ii) upon consummation of the
transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested
stockholder, the interested stockholder owns at least 85 percent of the voting
stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced,
excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding those
shares owned by (A) persons who are both directors and officers and (B) certain
employee stock plans, or (iii) on or after such date the business combination is
approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special
meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of
at least 66 2/3 percent of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by
the interested stockholder. A "business combination" includes certain mergers,
consolidations, asset sales, transfers and other transactions resulting in a
financial benefit to the stockholder. An "interested stockholder" is, in
general, a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns (or within
three years, did own) 15 percent or more of the corporation's voting stock.
Although a corporation's certificate of incorporation may exclude such
corporation from the restrictions imposed by Section 203, the Amended
Certificate of Incorporation does not exclude the Company from those
restrictions. Accordingly, Section 203 could make it more difficult for a third
party to gain control of the Company and could have the effect of delaying or
preventing a merger, tender offer, or other attempted takeover of the Company.
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS
Several provisions of the Company's Amended Certificate of Incorporation and
By-laws may have the effect of deterring a takeover of the Company. These
provisions include: (i) certain advance notice and content requirements for
business to be brought before the annual stockholders' meeting by a stockholder;
(ii) a requirement that stockholder action taken without a meeting be by the
affirmative vote of at least 80% of the voting power of the stockholders
entitled to vote thereon; (iii) a requirement for the written request of
stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting power of all stockholders
to call a special meeting of the stockholders; and (iv) the classification of
Company's Board of Directors into three classes serving staggered three-year
terms and the prohibition of any amendment, change or repeal of this structure
without the consent of at least 80% of the then outstanding shares of the
Company's capital stock entitled to vote.
The foregoing provisions could make it more difficult for a third party to
gain control of the Company, and could have the effect of delaying or preventing
a merger, tender offer or other attempted takeover of the Company.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell Securities to one or more underwriters for public
offering and sale by them or may sell Securities to investors directly or
through agents which solicit or receive offers on behalf of the Company or
through dealers or through a combination of any such methods of sale. Any such
underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of Securities will be named
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Underwriters may offer and sell the Securities at a fixed price or prices,
which may be changed, or from time to time at market prices prevailing at the
time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at
negotiated prices. The Company may, from time to time, authorize agents acting
on a best or reasonable efforts basis as agents of the Company to solicit or
receive offers to purchase the Securities upon the terms and conditions as are
set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In connection with the sale
of Securities, underwriters or agents may be deemed to have received
compensation from the Company in the form of underwriting discounts or
commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of Securities for
whom they may act as agents. Underwriters may sell Securities to or through
dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts,
concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the
purchasers for whom they may act as agent.
Any compensation paid by the Company to underwriters or agents in connection
with the offering of Securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions
allowed by underwriters to participating dealers, will be set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents participating
in a distribution of the Securities (including agents only soliciting or
receiving offers to purchase Securities on behalf of the Company) may be deemed
to be underwriters, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any
profit realized by them on resale of Securities may be deemed to be underwriting
discounts and commissions.
Under agreements which may be entered into by the Company, underwriters,
dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of Securities may be
entitled to indemnification by the Company against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act.
If so indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company may
authorize underwriters or other persons acting as the Company's agents to
solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase Securities from the Company
pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date.
Institutions with which such contracts may be made include commercial and
savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies,
educational and charitable institutions and others, but in all cases such
institutions must be approved by the Company. The obligations of any
institutional purchaser under any such contract will not be subject to any
conditions except (i) the purchase by such institution of the Securities covered
by such contract shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws
of the jurisdiction to which such institution is subject, and (ii) if such
Securities are being sold to underwriters, the Company shall have sold to such
underwriters the total principal amount of such Securities less the principal
amount thereof covered by delayed delivery contracts.
Certain of the underwriters, dealers or agents and their affiliates may
engage in transactions with and perform services for the Company in the ordinary
course of business.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with the Securities offered hereby will
be passed upon for the Company by Stephen D. Richards, Deputy General Counsel of
the Company, and by Brown & Wood, San Francisco, California.
EXPERTS
The audited consolidated financial statements and schedule incorporated by
reference in this Prospectus and elsewhere in the Registration Statement have
been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as
indicated in their reports with respect thereto, and are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said
reports.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The following table sets forth the expenses (all of which will be paid by
the Company) to be incurred in connection with the registration and sale of the
Securities:
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Securities and Exchange Commission filing fee..................... $ 36,207
Blue Sky fees and expenses........................................ 10,000
Rating agency fees................................................ 90,000
Legal fees and expenses........................................... 75,000
Accounting fees and expenses...................................... 30,000
Trustee's fees and expenses....................................... 10,000
Printing and engraving............................................ 30,000
Miscellaneous..................................................... 18,793
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Total......................................................... $ 300,000
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All of the above amounts, other than the Securities and Exchange Commission
filing fee, are estimates.
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
As authorized by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the "DGCL"), the Company's Certificate of Incorporation eliminates to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law the personal liability of its directors
to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of
fiduciary duty as a director.
The Company's Bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party or
is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of another
enterprise, serving as such at the request of the Company, shall be indemnified
and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL;
provided, however, that except as to actions to enforce indemnification rights,
the Company shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in
connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such person only if the action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company. When indemnification is
authorized by the Company's Bylaws, the director, officer, employee or agent
shall be indemnified for expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys'
fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to
be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith. The Company's Bylaws also provide that expenses incurred by an
officer or director (acting in his or her capacity as such) in defending a
proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of final disposition of the
proceeding; provided, however, that if required by the DGCL, the officer or
director shall deliver to the Company an undertaking by the officer or director
to repay such expenses if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The Company's Bylaws also provide
that in other circumstances, expenses may be advanced upon such terms and
conditions as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
The Company's Bylaws further provide that the right to indemnification
granted thereunder shall be a contract right for the benefit of the Company's
directors, officers, employees and agents. The Company's Bylaws also authorize
actions against the Company to enforce the indemnification rights provided by
the Bylaws, subject to the Company's right to assert a defense in any such
action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it
permissible under the DGCL for the Company to indemnify the claimant for the
amount claimed, and the Company shall bear the burden of proving any such
defense.
Under Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation may provide indemnification to
directors, officers, employees and agents against judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements and reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in the
defense or settlement of a third party action, or against reasonable expenses
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(including attorneys' fees) in the defense or settlement of a derivative action,
provided there is a determination by a majority vote of a quorum of
disinterested directors, a committee of directors, independent legal counsel, or
a majority vote of stockholders that a person seeking indemnification acted in
good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of a criminal proceeding,
with no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. However,
Section 145 also states that no indemnification may be made in derivative
actions where such person is adjudged liable to the corporation, unless, and
only to the extent, that a court determines upon application that such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court
deems proper. Section 145 of the DGCL also permits indemnification of expenses
which the court deems proper and provides that indemnification of expenses
actually and reasonably incurred shall be provided when the individual being
indemnified has successfully defended the action on the merits or otherwise in
any action, suit or proceeding. The indemnification rights provided by statute
in Delaware are not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights which those
seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement or otherwise.
The Company's Bylaws also authorize the Company to purchase and maintain
insurance to protect itself and any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Company against any liability, expense or loss incurred
by or asserted against such persons, whether or not the Company would have the
power to indemnify any such person against such liability, expense or loss under
applicable law or the Company's Bylaws. The Company presently maintains a
directors' and officers' liability insurance policy which insures directors and
officers of the Company and those of certain of its subsidiaries.
Reference is made to the form of Underwriting Agreement included herein as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement for provisions regarding
indemnification of the Company's officers, directors and controlling persons
against certain liabilities.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
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1(a) Form of Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions for Debt Securities (d)
1(b) Form of Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions for the other Securities
registered hereby (a)
4(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (b)
4(b) By-Laws of the Company, as amended (d)
4(c) Consolidated Freightways, Inc. Stockholder Rights Plan (c)
4(d) Form of Senior Indenture
4(e) Form of Subordinated Indenture
4(f) Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement (a)
4(g) Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock (a)
4(h) Form of Senior Debt Security (d)
4(i) Form of Subordinated Debt Security (d)
4(j) Form of Deposit Agreement including form of Depositary Receipt (a)
5 Opinion of Counsel regarding the legality of the Securities (d)
12 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (d)
23(a) Consent of Independent Public Accountants (d)
23(b) Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5) (d)
24 Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors (included as part of the
signature pages hereof) (d)
25(a) Statement of Eligibility of the Senior Trustee on Form T-1 (d)
25(b) Statement of Eligibility of the Subordinated Trustee on Form T-1 (d)
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(a) To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement in connection with an offering
of Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock or Common Stock
Warrants.
(b) Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1987.
(c) Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's Report on Form 8-A
dated October 27, 1986.
(d) Filed previously.
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any acts or events arising after the
effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
registration statement; (iii) to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
registration statement or any material change to such information in this
registration statement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii)
do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933 if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant, pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Palo Alto, State of California, on the 3rd day
of August, 1995.
CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC.
By /s/ EBERHARD G.H. SCHMOLLER
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Eberhard G.H. Schmoller
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
GENERAL COUNSEL
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment
to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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<C> <S> <C>
/s/ DONALD E. MOFFITT* Chairman of the Board, President and
------------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer (Principal August 3, 1995
Donald E. Moffitt Executive Officer)
Executive Vice President and Chief
/s/ GREGORY L. QUESNEL* Financial Officer (Principal
------------------------------------------- Financial and Principal Accounting August 3, 1995
Gregory L. Quesnel Officer)
/s/ ROBERT ALPERT*
------------------------------------------- Director August 3, 1995
Robert Alpert
------------------------------------------- Director
Earl F. Cheit
/s/ G. ROBERT EVANS*
------------------------------------------- Director August 3, 1995
G. Robert Evans
/s/ MARGARET G. GILL*
------------------------------------------- Director August 3, 1995
Margaret G. Gill
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
- ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------- ------------------
<C> <S> <C>
/s/ ROBERT JAUNICH II*
------------------------------------------- Director August 3, 1995
Robert Jaunich II
------------------------------------------- Director
Gerhard E. Liener
/s/ RICHARD B. MADDEN*
------------------------------------------- Director August 3, 1995
Richard B. Madden
/s/ RONALD E. POELMAN*
------------------------------------------- Director August 3, 1995
Ronald E. Poelman
/s/ ROBERT D. ROGERS*
------------------------------------------- Director August 3, 1995
Robert D. Rogers
/s/ WILLIAM D. WALSH*
------------------------------------------- Director August 3, 1995
William D. Walsh
/s/ ROBERT P. WAYMAN*
------------------------------------------- Director August 3, 1995
Robert P. Wayman
*By/s/DAVID F. MORRISON
-------------------------------------------
David F. Morrison
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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EXHIBITS PAGE
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<C> <S> <C>
1(a) Form of Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions for Debt Securities (d)..................
1(b) Form of Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions for the other Securities registered
hereby (a)..............................................................................
4(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (b)..........................................
4(b) By-Laws of the Company, as amended (d)...................................................
4(c) Consolidated Freightways, Inc. Stockholder Rights Plan (c)...............................
4(d) Form of Senior Indenture.................................................................
4(e) Form of Subordinated Indenture...........................................................
4(f) Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement (a)...............................................
4(g) Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock (a)..............................
4(h) Form of Senior Debt Security (d).........................................................
4(i) Form of Subordinated Debt Security (d)...................................................
4(j) Form of Deposit Agreement including form of Depositary Receipt (a).......................
5 Opinion of Counsel regarding the legality of the Securities (d)..........................
12 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (d)....................................
23(a) Consent of Independent Public Accountants (included on page II-7) (d)....................
23(b) Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5) (d)...........................................
24 Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors (included as part of the signature
pages hereof) (d).......................................................................
25(a) Statement of Eligibility of the Senior Trustee on Form T-1 (d)...........................
25(b) Statement of Eligibility of the Subordinated Trustee on Form T-1 (d).....................
<FN>
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(a) To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement in connection with an offering
of Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock or Common Stock
Warrants.
(b) Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1987.
(c) Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's Report on Form 8-A
dated October 27, 1986.
(d) Filed previously.
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CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC.,
ISSUER
to
BANK ONE, COLUMBUS, NA,
TRUSTEE
_______________
INDENTURE
_______________
Dated as of -
Debt Securities
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Reconciliation and tie between
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act")
and Indenture
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
Section 310(a)(1) 607
(a)(2) 607
(b) 608
Section 312(a) 701
(b) 702
(c) 702
Section 313(a) 703
(b)(2) 703
(c) 703
(d) 703
Section 314(a) 704
(c)(1) 102
(c)(2) 102
(e) 102
(f) 102
Section 316(a) (last sentence) 101
(a)(1)(A) 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) 513
(b) 508
Section 317(a)(1) 503
(a)(2) 504
(b) 1003
Section 318(a) 108
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Recitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Additional Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authorized Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bearer Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company Request and Company Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Conversion Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Coupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CUSIP number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dollars or $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ECU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
European Monetary System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Foreign Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
GAAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Independent Public Accountants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indexed Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Judgment Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
New York Banking Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Original Issue Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Predecessor Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Registered Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Required Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Restricted Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security or Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Register and Security Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
United States Alien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
U.S. Depository or Depository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS. . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER. . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 107. LANGUAGE OF NOTICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 108. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 109. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. . . . . . . . . 15
Section 110. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 111. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 112. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 113. GOVERNING LAW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 114. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 115. COUNTERPARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 116. JUDGMENT CURRENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201. FORMS GENERALLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. . . . . . 17
Section 203. SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 302. CURRENCY; DENOMINATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING. . . . . . 22
Section 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 305. REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES. . . . . 28
Section 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS; RIGHTS TO
INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS PRESERVED. . . . . 29
Section 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 309. CANCELLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 402. DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 403. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT. . . . 39
Section 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES
OR COUPONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 507. LIMITATIONS ON SUITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL AND ANY
PREMIUM, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. . . . . . . . . 43
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Section 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 515. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 603. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES. . 47
Section 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY. . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR. . . . . 49
Section 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR. . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS. 52
Section 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 52
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS. 54
Section 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS. . 54
Section 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Section 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS. . . 56
Section 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED FOR COMPANY. . . . . . . . . 56
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS. . . . 57
Section 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. . . . . . 58
Section 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. . . . . . . . . . . 59
Section 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Section 905. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. . . . 60
Section 906. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, ANY PREMIUM, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. . . . . 61
Section 1004. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 1005. CORPORATE EXISTENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 1006. RESTRICTIONS ON CREATION OF SECURED INDEBTEDNESS. . . . . 64
Section 1007. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 1008. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 1009. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 1010. COMPANY STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED. . . . . 67
Section 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE. . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES. . . 71
Section 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. . . . . . . . . 71
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED. . . . . . . . . 73
Section 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Section 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . 73
Section 1504. QUORUM; ACTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Section 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF
MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Section 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS. . . . . . 75
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INDENTURE, dated as of -, 199- (the "Indenture"), among CONSOLIDATED
FREIGHTWAYS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
State of Delaware (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal
executive office located at 3240 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304,
and BANK ONE, COLUMBUS, NA, a banking association duly organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America (hereinafter called the
"Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office located at 100 East Broad Street,
Columbus, Ohio 43271.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness (hereinafter called the
"Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest,
to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have
such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this
Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted
and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as
follows:
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. DEFINITIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this
Indenture:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the terms
"generally accepted accounting principles" or "GAAP" with respect to any
computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting
principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(5) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase
"A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined
in those Articles.
"ACT", when used with respect to any Holders, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS" means any additional amounts which are required
hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to
be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to
such Holders.
"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control", when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
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"AUTHORIZED NEWSPAPER" means a newspaper, in an official language of
the place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on
each day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not
published on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of
general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or
in the financial community of each such place. Where successive publications
are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications
may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the
foregoing requirements and in each case on any day that is a Business Day in the
place of publication.
"BEARER SECURITY" means any Security in the form established pursuant
to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors of the Company or
any committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any
particular respect for the Company hereunder.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of one or more resolutions, certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date
of such certification, delivered to the Trustee.
"BUSINESS DAY", with respect to any Place of Payment or other
location, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are
authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under
the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"COMMON STOCK" includes any stock of any class of the Company which
has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of
any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
"COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person, and any other obligor upon the
Securities.
"COMPANY REQUEST" and "COMPANY ORDER" mean, respectively, a written
request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President, and by
the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
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"CONSOLIDATED ASSETS" means all amounts that would be shown as assets
on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"CONSOLIDATED NET TANGIBLE ASSETS" means, as of any particular time,
the aggregate amount of Consolidated Assets (less depreciation, amortization and
other applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting
therefrom (a) all current liabilities, and (b) all goodwill, tradenames,
trademarks, patents, debt discount and expense and other intangibles in each
case net of applicable amortization, all as shown on the most recent
consolidated financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
"CONVERSION EVENT" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign
Currency both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued
such Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank
or other public institutions of or within the international banking community,
(ii) the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions of or within the European Union or (iii) any
currency unit or composite currency other than the ECU for the purposes for
which it was established.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means either (A) the principal corporate
trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office at the date of original execution
of this Indenture is located at 100 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43271, or
(B) for purposes of Sections 301(9) and 1002, "Corporate Trust Office" means the
principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered in The City of New York, which office at the date of
original execution of this Indenture is located at c/o First Chicago Trust
Company of New York, Attn: Corporate Trust Department, 14 Wall Street, 8th
Floor, Window 2, New York, New York 10005.
"CORPORATION" includes corporations, associations, companies and
business trusts.
"COUPON" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"CURRENCY", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in
respect of the principal of or any premium or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars or the Foreign Currency, as
the case may be, in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to
be made by or pursuant to the terms hereof or such Security and, with respect to
any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms
hereof or such Security, means Dollars.
"CUSIP NUMBER" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a
Security by Standard & Poor's Corporation, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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"DOLLARS" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal
tender for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
"ECU" means the European Currency Units as defined and revised from
time to time by the Council of the European Community.
"EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM" means the European Monetary System
established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European
Community.
"EUROPEAN UNION" means the European Community, the European Coal and
Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"FOREIGN CURRENCY" means any currency, currency unit or composite
currency, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of
one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any
recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in
the United States of America as of the date or time of any computation required
hereunder.
"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America or the other government or
governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the
principal of or any premium or interest on such Security or any Additional
Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or
payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such
government or governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America or such other government or governments, in each case where the timely
payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government
or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on
or principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt,
PROVIDED that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of or other
amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository
receipt.
"HOLDER", in the case of any Registered Security, means the Person in
whose name such Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case
of any Bearer Security, means the bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon,
means the bearer thereof.
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"INDEBTEDNESS" means (a) any liability of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary (1) for borrowed money, or under any reimbursement
obligation relating to a letter of credit, or (2) evidenced by a bond, note,
debenture or similar instrument, or (3) for payment obligations arising under
any conditional sale or other title retention arrangement (including a purchase
money obligation) given in connection with the acquisition of any businesses,
properties or assets of any kind, or (4) for the payment of money relating to a
capitalized lease obligation; (b) any liability of others described in the
preceding clause (a) that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has
guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal liability; and (c) any amendment,
supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any
liability of the types referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above.
"INDENTURE" means this instrument as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, with respect to any
Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon
appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 301 (as such terms and
provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS" means accountants or a firm of
accountants that, with respect to the Company and any other obligor under the
Securities or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public
accountants regularly retained by the Company or who may be other independent
public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any
Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to
this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"INDEXED SECURITY" means a Security the terms of which provide that
the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than
the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"INTEREST", with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security which
by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the
payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional
Amounts.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE", with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"JUDGMENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"LEGAL HOLIDAYS" has the meaning specified in Section 114.
"MATURITY", with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption
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or repurchase, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes
the Redemption Date.
"NEW YORK BANKING DAY" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"OFFICE" OR "AGENCY", with respect to any Securities, means an office
or agency of the Company maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such
Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any other office or agency of the Company
maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or, to the
extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of such office or agency,
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, that complies
with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is
delivered to the Trustee.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company or other counsel who shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee, that, if required by the Trust Indenture Act,
complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act.
"ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means a Security issued pursuant to
this Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the
principal face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant
to Section 502.
"OUTSTANDING", when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the
Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security
Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment at the Maturity thereof money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant
hereto (other than pursuant to Section 402) with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside
and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act
as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and
any Coupons appertaining thereto, PROVIDED that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security with respect to which the Company has effected
defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 402, except
to the extent provided in Section 402;
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(d) any such Security which has been paid pursuant to Section 306 or
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, unless
there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory
to it that such Security is held by a bona fide purchaser in
whose hands such Security is a valid obligation of the Company;
and
(e) any such Security converted or exchanged as contemplated by this
Indenture into Common Stock or other securities, if the terms of
such Security provide for such conversion or exchange pursuant to
Section 301;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount
of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall
be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of
such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been
declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof
pursuant to Section 502 at the time of such determination, and (ii) the
principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such
determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be
equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original
issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and (iii)
the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be
the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such
Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security, the Dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such
Security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security,
and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in making any such determination or
relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to
be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes
to the satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with
respect to such Securities and (B) that the pledgee is not the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto or an
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with
respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"PERSON" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint
venture, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
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"PLACE OF PAYMENT", with respect to any Security, means the place or
places where the principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional
Amounts with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or such Security.
"PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same indebtedness as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which
a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen
Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon
appertains.
"REDEMPTION DATE", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture or such Security.
"REDEMPTION PRICE", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to
be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or
pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"REGISTERED SECURITY" means any Security established pursuant to
Section 201 which is registered in the Security Register.
"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Registered
Security on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified
in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means any officer of the Trustee in its
Corporate Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary (i) that is majority
owned or controlled by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) substantially all of the operating assets of which are located or the
principal business of which is carried on within the United States, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands or Canada; (iii) which was in existence on the date
hereof or thereafter becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, unless any such
Subsidiary is determined by the Board of Directors not to be a Restricted
Subsidiary because in the opinion of the Board of Directors it is not of
material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iv) the assets of which have a gross book
value (without deducting any depreciation, amortization or other applicable
reserves) which exceeds 1% of Consolidated Assets.
"SECURITY" or "SECURITIES" means any note or notes, bond or bonds,
debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as the case may
be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
if at any time there is more than one
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Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any
such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such
Person is not Trustee.
"SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"STATED MATURITY", with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect
thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and
payable.
"SUBSIDIARY" means a corporation or other entity more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock (or equivalent equity interest having voting power in
the case of an entity other than a corporation) of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries. For the
purposes of this definition, "voting stock" (or equivalent equity interest
having voting power in the case of an entity other than a corporation) means
stock or equity interest, as the case may be, which ordinarily has voting power
for the election of directors (or equivalent persons, in the case of an entity
other than a corporation), whether at all times or only so long as no senior
class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular
provision thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as
amended or replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by
rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the
purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person
who is then a Trustee hereunder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at any time there is
more than one such Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used
with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series.
"UNITED STATES", except for purposes of the definition of "Restricted
Subsidiary" and except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or
any Security, means the United States of America (including the states thereof
and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction.
"UNITED STATES ALIEN", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, is a foreign
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corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of
a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members
of which is, for United States Federal income tax purposes, a foreign
corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary
of a foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. DEPOSITORY" or "DEPOSITORY" means, with respect to any Security
issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person
designated as U.S. Depository or Depository by the Company in or pursuant to
this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law
or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any
successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person,
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" shall mean, with respect to any Securities,
the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"VICE PRESIDENT", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "Vice President".
Section 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
or any of them is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
Section 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with
respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company unless such
counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
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should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture or any Security, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be
embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series
voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in
writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and
held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of
such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a
Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depository
that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or
proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or the Securities to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S.
Depository that is a Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or
proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security
through such U.S. Depository's standing instructions and customary practices.
(2) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may
determine; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with
respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section.
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(3) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(4) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such
Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust
company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Company,
wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company and the
Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such
Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer
Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or
affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or
affidavit is deemed by the Company and the Trustee to be satisfactory. The
Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security
continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued
in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security
is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is
surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security
is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of
Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and
the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same
may also be proved in any other manner which the Company and the Trustee deem
sufficient.
(5) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by
Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act. If such a record date is
fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders
of Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date
shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of
the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be
computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement
or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture
not later than six months after the record date.
(6) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such Act is made upon such Security.
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Section 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed
to the attention of its Treasurer at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of
any event,
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered
Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of a Registered Security affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice; and
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer
Securities, if any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of
New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange
outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the
Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a
Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier
than the earliest date and the second such publication not later than the
latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice
so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided herein. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In
the case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any
other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearers Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of
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Bearer Securities as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
Neither failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as
provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the
sufficiency of any notice mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided
above.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. LANGUAGE OF NOTICES.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the
English language, except that, if the Company so elects, any published notice
may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Section 108. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties
under any required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by
Section 318(c) thereof, such required provision shall control.
Section 109. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 110. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Section 112. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders of
Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
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Section 113. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture, the Securities and any Coupons shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said
state.
Section 114. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity of any Security shall be a Legal Holiday at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security or any
Coupon other than a provision in any Security or Coupon that specifically states
that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof) payment need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but such payment may be made on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or at the Stated
Maturity or Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such
date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Stated Maturity, Maturity, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business
Day.
Section 115. COUNTERPARTS.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 116. JUDGMENT CURRENCY.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do
so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in
any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of,
or premium or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts on the Securities of any
series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be
rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate
at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase
in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the
New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is
given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the
Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any
recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with
clause (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the
extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the
payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in
respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or
additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required
Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of
the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii)
shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under
this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any
day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
Each Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or
permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant
to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Security or Coupon as evidenced by their execution of
such Security or Coupon.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a
steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other
manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such
Securities or Coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or
Coupons.
Section 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
Subject to Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
BANK ONE, COLUMBUS, NA,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
Section 203. SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in global form. If Securities
of a series shall be issuable in temporary or permanent global form, any such
Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent
the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such
lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed
thereon and
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may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented
thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any
increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by
such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to
be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to
the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall
deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has
been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with
respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be
accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise
specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of
principal of, any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect
of any Security in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the
Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided
in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of
Outstanding Securities represented by a global Security (i) in the case of a
global Security in registered form, the Holder of such global Security in
registered form, or (ii) in the case of a global Security in bearer form, the
Person or Persons specified pursuant to Section 301.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities
may be issued in one or more series.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered
hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and
set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto prior to the issuance of any Securities of a series,
(1) the title of such Securities and the series in which such
Securities shall be included;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905
or 1107,
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upon repayment in part of any Registered Security of such series pursuant
to Article Thirteen, upon surrender in part of any Registered Security for
conversion or exchange into Common Stock or other securities pursuant to
its terms, or pursuant to the terms of such Securities);
(3) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities,
as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered
Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable with
Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the
offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any,
upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities and
vice versa;
(4) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form, when
any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and (i) whether
such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent global form or
both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such global
Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same series and
of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination, and the
circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in
the manner specified in Section 305, and (iii) the name of the Depository
or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, with respect to any global
Security;
(5) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities
or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer Security or global
Security shall be dated (if other than the date of original issuance of the
first of such Securities to be issued);
(6) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer
Securities, whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary
Bearer Security in global form payable in respect of an Interest Payment
Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer
Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing
organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security
held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions
(including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest
payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons
entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(7) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which
such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such
Securities is payable;
(8) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest,
if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are
to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such interest shall
accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates are to
be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest
payable on Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date, whether and
under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities or any of
them shall be payable, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the
determination of interest on a floating rate Security and the manner of
giving such notice, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated
if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
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(9) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium
and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities
shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, any of such
Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange and notices or
demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this
Indenture may be served, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any
interest payment or Additional Amounts on a global Security on an Interest
Payment Date will be paid and the manner in which any principal of or
premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;
(10) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option
of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and
conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part,
at the option of the Company;
(11) if the Company is obligated to redeem or purchase any of such
Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the
option of any Holder thereof and, if so, the date or dates on which, the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other
terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and any
provisions for the remarketing of such Securities so redeemed or purchased;
(12) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are
Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which
any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if
other than the denomination of $5,000;
(13) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into
shares of Common Stock and/or exchangeable for other securities, and if so,
the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible
or exchangeable, and any deletions from or modifications or additions to
this Indenture to permit or to facilitate the issuance of such convertible
or exchangeable Securities or the administration thereof;
(14) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502
or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(15) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of
the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(16) if the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be payable, at the
election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in Dollars or in
a Foreign Currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to
be payable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which,
and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made,
and the time
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and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which
such Securities are stated to be payable and the Currency in which such
Securities or any of them are to be paid pursuant to such election, and any
deletions from or modifications of or additions to the terms of this
Indenture to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities
denominated or payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof
or otherwise, in a Foreign Currency;
(17) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may
be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or
methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without
limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other
indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(18) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to any of such
Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(19) if either or both of Section 402(2) relating to defeasance or
Section 402(3) relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to
the Securities of such series, or any covenants in addition to those
specified in Section 402(3) relating to the Securities of such series which
shall be subject to covenant defeasance, and any deletions from, or
modifications or additions to, the provisions of Article Four in respect of
the Securities of such series;
(20) if any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of
warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities to be
authenticated and delivered;
(21) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and
are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon
exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates
or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and
terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(22) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee
and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying
Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities; and
(23) any other terms of such Securities and any deletions from or
modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such Securities.
All Securities of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining
to Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as
to Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of interest,
or method of determining the rate of interest, if any, Maturity, and the date
from which interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be
provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in
the Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of any
series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time
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upon telephonic or written order of persons designated in the Officers'
Certificate or supplemental indenture (telephonic instructions to be promptly
confirmed in writing by such person) and that such persons are authorized to
determine, consistent with such Officers' Certificate or any applicable
supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such
series as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuances of
additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such
series of Securities.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be
established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board
Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 302. CURRENCY; DENOMINATIONS.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the
principal of, any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in
Dollars shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated
in Dollars shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not
denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are
established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board of Directors, its President, its Treasurer or one of its Vice
Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. Coupons shall be executed on
behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President,
any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or any Coupons
appertaining thereto may be manual or facsimile.
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of
the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons
appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication
and, provided that the Board Resolution and Officers' Certificate or
supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to
in Section 301 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with
the Company Order
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and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities shall authenticate
and deliver such Securities. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting
the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if
any, have been established in conformity with Sections 201 and 301 of this
Indenture;
(b) all conditions precedent set forth in Sections 201, 301 and 303
of this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and
Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto have been complied with and that such
Securities, and Coupons, when completed by appropriate insertions, executed
under the Company's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers
of the Company, delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company to the
Trustee for authentication pursuant to this Indenture, and authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement
thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent
transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel at the time of
issuance of each Security, but such opinion, with such modifications as counsel
shall deem appropriate, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of
the first Security of such series. After any such first delivery, any separate
request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series
for original issue will be deemed to be a certification by the Company that all
conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to authentication
and delivery of such Securities continue to have been complied with.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an
Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a
manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee,
being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form
shall be dated as of the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
No Security or Coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless
there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in
the form provided for in Section 202 or 611 executed by or on behalf of the
Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of
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its authorized officers. Such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by Section 306 or 307, the Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons
appertaining thereto then matured have been detached and cancelled.
Section 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may
execute and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in Section 303, temporary
Securities in lieu thereof which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued, in registered form or, if authorized in or pursuant to this
Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers of the Company executing such Securities may determine, as
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Such temporary
Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall
be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities
are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same
series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to those of any
temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such
definitive Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office
or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (accompanied
by any unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations of the same series
and containing identical terms and provisions; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
definitive Bearer Security, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions
set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a temporary global Security, until so
exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of
such series.
Section 305. REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the
Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein
sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for
such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered
Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such
series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series
of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or
the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for
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each series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and
replace from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities;
provided that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a
successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall
have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment. In
the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be Security Registrar
with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the
Security Register for such series at all reasonable times. There shall be only
one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security
of any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of
the same series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a
like aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding and containing identical terms and provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may
be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing
identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at
any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to
Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such
series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing
identical terms, denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture and
in the same aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities
to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, with all unmatured
Coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder
of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons
or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the
Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company
and the Trustee in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or
Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity
as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying
Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been
made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest
represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such series located outside the United
States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series
is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such series in exchange for a
Registered Security of such series and like tenor after the close of business at
such Office or Agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii)
any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such Office or
Agency on the related date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer
Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon
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relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case
may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such
Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to
Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of
such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and
conditions as may be provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to
such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated
by the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities only if (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling,
unable or ineligible to continue as Depository and a successor depository is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed
in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company
Order to the effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii)
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the
Securities. If the beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are
entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Securities as the result of
an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, then
without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on
which such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee definitive Securities in such form and denominations as are required by
or pursuant to this Indenture, and of the same series, containing identical
terms and in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on
which such interests may be so exchanged, such global Security shall be
surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depository or such other Depository as
shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and in accordance
with instructions given to the Trustee and the U.S. Depository or such other
Depository, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need
not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with
respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities as described above
without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery,
in exchange for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a like
aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global
Security to be exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not issuable both as
Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive
Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable only in the form
in which the Securities are issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture) shall be in the form of Bearer Securities
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or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by
the beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of any
certification or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities;
provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of the same
series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no
Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall
be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly
following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by
the Trustee to such Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, or
such other Depository or U.S. Depository referred to above in accordance with
the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is
issued in exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of
business at the Office or Agency for such Security where such exchange occurs on
or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such Security and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the next Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any
Special Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such
Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of interest or
Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, interest shall not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of such Registered Security, but shall be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the
Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such global Security shall
be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same
debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture
as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge and any other
expenses (including fees and expenses of the Trustee) that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 905 or 1107, upon repayment in part of
any Registered Security pursuant to Article Thirteen, or upon surrender in part
of any Registered Security for conversion or exchange into Common Stock or other
securities pursuant to its terms, in each case not involving any transfer.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the
Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and
the same series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the
day
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of such selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in
the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be
redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption
except, to the extent provided with respect to such Bearer Security, that such
Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of like tenor and the
same series, provided that such Registered Security shall be immediately
surrendered for redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with
the provisions of this Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Security which, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered
for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such
Security not to be so repaid.
Section 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
this Section 306, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing
identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding
to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or
Coupon, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or Coupon has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and, upon the
Company's request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or
in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange
for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains with all
appurtenant Coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen, a new Security of the same
series containing identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons corresponding to the
Coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to
the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 306, in case
any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or Coupon has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of
issuing a new Security, pay such Security or Coupon; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
payment of principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts
with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002, be payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located
outside the United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, any interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with
respect to such interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of the Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed
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in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security, with any Coupons appertaining thereto issued
pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or
in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon
appertains shall constitute a separate obligation of the Company, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and Coupons appertaining thereto or the
destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series and any
Coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section, as amended or supplemented pursuant to
this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities or Coupons.
Section 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS;
RIGHTS TO INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
PRESERVED.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security
which shall be payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. Unless otherwise
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is
surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at
an Office or Agency for such Security on any Regular Record Date therefor and
before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered
without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest shall not
be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security
issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the
Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security
which shall be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called
"Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor
Security thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on such
Registered Security and the date
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of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed
to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when so deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Person entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause
provided. Thereupon, the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and
not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not
less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to the Holder of such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security
thereof) at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its
discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar
notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general
circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such
publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as
aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose
name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be
registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall
no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a
Bearer Security is surrendered at the Office or Agency for such Security in
exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at such
Office or Agency on any Special Record Date and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment
of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without
the Coupon relating to such Defaulted Interest and Defaulted Interest shall
not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall
be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Security may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of any particular series, at the option of the Company, interest on
Registered Securities that bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a
bank located in the United States.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305,
each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
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Section 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered in the
Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and
307) interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with
respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the
absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment
thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on
its behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with
respect to such global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner
of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on
account of beneficial ownership interests of a global Security or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests.
Section 309. CANCELLATION.
All Securities and Coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer, exchange or conversion or for credit against any
sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee,
be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as
Securities and Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose,
shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be cancelled promptly by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by or pursuant to this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and Coupons held by
the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee, unless by a Company Order the
Company directs their return to it.
Section 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in
the Securities of any series, interest on the Securities shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order, this Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities
specified in such Company Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the
Trustee, on receipt of a Company Order, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons
appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in exchange
for Registered Securities of such series and maturing after such exchange
whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section
305, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed,
lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
306, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Securities of such series called for
redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date whose surrender
has been waived as provided in Section 1107, and (iv) Securities and
Coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided
in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or
(ii) below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within
one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee
in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such
purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any premium
and interest on, and, to the extent that the Securities of such series
provide for the payment of Additional Amounts thereon and the amount of any
such Additional Amounts is at the time of deposit reasonably determinable
by the Company (in the exercise by the Company of its sole and absolute
discretion), any Additional
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Amounts with respect to, such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have
become due and payable) or to the Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such
series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the
Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to
Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions
thereto are met.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section 605 and, if money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations
of the Company and the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
under Sections 305, 306, 403, 1002 and 1003, with respect to the payment of
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities as contemplated by
Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with
respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such
Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 401(1)(b)), and with respect to any
rights to convert or exchange such Securities into Common Stock or other
securities, shall survive.
Section 402. DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
(1) Unless, pursuant to Section 301, either or both of (i) defeasance
of the Securities of or within a series under clause (2) of this Section 402 or
(ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under clause
(3) of this Section 402 shall not be applicable with respect to the Securities
of such series, then such provisions, together with the other provisions of this
Section 402 (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to
Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its
option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 402(2) or Section 402(3) be
applied to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section 402.
(2) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to
this Section 402(2) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the
Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with
respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on
the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means
that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by such
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Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, which shall
thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of clause (5) of
this Section 402 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses
(i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under
such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar
as such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company , shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely
from the trust fund described in clause (4) of this Section 402 and as more
fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with
respect to, such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto when such
payments are due, and any rights of such Holder to convert or exchange such
Securities into Common Stock or other securities, (ii) the obligations of the
Company and the Trustee with respect to such Securities under Sections 305, 306,
1002 and 1003, with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on
such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the
Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount
deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 401(4)(a)
below), and with respect to any rights to convert or exchange such Securities
into Common Stock or other securities, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Section 402. The Company
may exercise its option under this Section 402(2) notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option under clause (3) of this Section 402 with respect to such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(3) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to
this Section 402(3) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the
Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1006, 1007 and
1008 and, to the extent specified pursuant to Section 301, any other covenant
applicable to such Securities, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and
any Coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth
in clause (4) of this Section 402 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant
defeasance"), and such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall
thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction,
waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with any such covenant, but shall continue to be deemed
"Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant
defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to comply with, and shall
have no liability in respect of, any term, condition or limitation set forth in
any such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other
covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to
any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply
shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 501(4) or
501(9) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto
shall be unaffected thereby.
(4) The following shall be the conditions to application of clause
(2) or (3) of this Section 402 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a
series and any Coupons appertaining thereto:
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(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements
of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this
Section 402 applicable to it) 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 such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto, (1) an amount in Dollars or in such Foreign
Currency in which such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are
then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or (2) Government Obligations
applicable to such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto (determined
on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities and Coupons
appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity)
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day
before the due date of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto, money in an amount, or (3) a combination thereof, in any case, in
an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such
principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied
by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (y) the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on, and, to the
extent that such Securities provide for the payment of Additional Amounts
thereon and the amount of any such Additional Amounts is at the time of
deposit reasonably determinable by the Company (in the exercise by the
Company of its sole and absolute discretion), any Additional Amounts with
respect to, such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of
principal or interest and (z) any mandatory sinking fund payments or
analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto on the day on which such payments are due and
payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or
any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound.
(c) Solely in the case of an election under clause (2) of this
Section 402, no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or at any time during the period
ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood
that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of
such period).
(d) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and
any Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss
for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant
defeasance, as the case may be, and will be subject to Federal income tax
on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may
be, had not occurred.
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(e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance or covenant defeasance under clause (2) or (3)
of this Section 402 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 402(4), such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any
additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be
imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003,
all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided
pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee -- collectively for purposes of this
Section 402(5) and Section 403 the "Trustee") pursuant to clause (4) of Section
402 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any Coupons
appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, but
such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 402(4)(a) has been made,
(a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b)
a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the
deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made, the indebtedness
represented by such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be
deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest, if any, on, and
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such Security as the same becomes
due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified
below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited
in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes
payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in the
case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market
exchange rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to
each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable
market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible)
at the time of the Conversion Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge, imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to this Section 402 or the principal or interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto.
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Anything in this Section 402 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds
therefrom) held by it as provided in clause (4) of this Section 402 which, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to
effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with
this Section 402.
Section 403. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section
401 or 402 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto,
of the principal, premium, interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment
such money has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by
the Trustee; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) unless
such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the
supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate establishing
the terms of such Series pursuant to this Indenture:
(1) default in the payment of any interest on, or any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of any interest on, any Security of such series when
such interest or such Additional Amounts, as the case may be, become due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any,
on, or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of the principal of or premium,
if any, on, any Security of such series when due upon Maturity (whether upon
redemption or otherwise); or
(3) default in the payment of any sinking fund payment, or analogous
provision, when and as due by the terms of a Security of such series; or
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(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture or any Security of such series (other
than a covenant or warranty for which the consequences of breach or
nonperformance are addressed elsewhere in this Section 501 or in the Securities
or in a covenant or warranty which has expressly been included in this Indenture
or a Security of that series, whether or not by means of a Supplemental
Indenture, solely for the benefit of Securities of a series other than such
series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after
there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) acceleration of the maturity of any single outstanding issue of
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with an outstanding
aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 whether such Indebtedness
now exists or shall hereafter be created (including an acceleration under this
Indenture with respect to Securities of any series other than the series for
which the Event of Default determination is being made under this Section
501(5)), as a result of an event of default thereunder, which acceleration
continues and is not annulled, or which Indebtedness is not discharged within 30
days or such longer period of time during which (i) the Company is contesting in
good faith and by appropriate legal proceedings such acceleration, as evidenced
by the delivery to the Trustee on or prior to such thirtieth day after such
acceleration of an Officers' Certificate to such effect, describing in
reasonable detail the circumstances surrounding such acceleration and such
proceedings, or (ii) the Company is contesting in good faith such acceleration,
as evidenced by the delivery to the Trustee within the thirty day period
referred to above of an Opinion of Counsel indicating that the Company has a
reasonable legal basis for pursuing such contest, and an Officers' Certificate
of the type referred to above (except that no description of legal proceedings
need be given);
(6) default in payment (after the expiration of any applicable grace
period with respect thereto) of any portion of the principal of, or any premium
with respect to, any single outstanding issue of Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary with an outstanding aggregate principal amount in
excess of $25,000,000 whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be
created (including such a default under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of any series other than the series for which the Event of Default
determination is being made under this Section 501(6)) which default is not
cured or such Indebtedness is not discharged within 30 days or such longer
period of time during which (i) the Company is contesting in good faith and by
appropriate legal proceedings such default, as evidenced by the delivery to the
Trustee on or prior to such thirtieth day after such default of an Officers'
Certificate to such effect, describing in reasonable detail the circumstances
surrounding such default and such proceedings, or (ii) the Company is contesting
in good faith such default, as evidenced by the delivery to the Trustee within
the thirty day time period referred to above of an Opinion of Counsel indicating
that the Company has a reasonable legal basis for pursuing such contest, and an
Officers' Certificate of the type referred to above (except that no description
of legal proceedings need be given); or
(7) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable
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Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
(B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable
Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of
its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any
such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or
(8) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or
the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of
its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance
of any such action; or
(9) any other Event of Default provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of
not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such
lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
or such lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after Securities of any series have been accelerated and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by
the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of money
sufficient to pay
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(a) all overdue installments of any interest on any Securities of
such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto and any Additional Amounts
with respect thereto,
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such series
which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration
and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto and, to the extent the
payment of such interest is lawful, interest thereon at the rate or rates
borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(c) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue installments of any interest and any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities, and
(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 606; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, and
any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series which shall
have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on
or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon
appertaining thereto when such interest or Additional Amounts shall have become
due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any premium
on any Security at its Maturity,
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with interest upon the overdue principal,
any premium and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts at
the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount of money as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other
amounts due to the Trustee under Section 606.
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If the Company fails to pay the money it is required to pay the
Trustee pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the
Trustee, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may
institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and
unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto and collect the monies adjudged or decreed
to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company
or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
and any Coupons appertaining thereto by such appropriate judicial proceedings as
the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein or therein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of any overdue principal, premium, interest or
Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the
principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid
in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and to
file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any
Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder of Securities or any Coupons to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Holders of Securities or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 606.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or any Coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or Coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or any Coupon in any such proceeding.
Section 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
SECURITIES OR COUPONS.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of a
Security or Coupon in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, or any
premium, interest or Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities or
Coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if
only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and
Additional Amounts in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities
and Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts,
respectively;
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto.
Section 507. LIMITATIONS ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining
thereto shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee,
or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series;
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(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in
its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture or any Security to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series, or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and
for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL AND
ANY PREMIUM, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security or Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, any premium and (subject
to Sections 305 and 307) interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to
such Security or such Coupon, as the case may be, on the respective Stated
Maturity or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the
case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the
option of such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date
such repayment is due) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
Section 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or a Coupon has instituted
any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such
case the Company, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and each such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
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Section 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons in the
last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security
or Coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or to any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may
be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be.
Section 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture or with the Securities of any series,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the
other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may waive any
past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except
a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on,
or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or
any Coupons appertaining thereto, or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company expressly waives (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) all benefit or advantage of any such law and
covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power
herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every
such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 515. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security
by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of any
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
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 515 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to
any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate
more than 10% in principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series, or to
any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts,
if any, with respect to any Security on or after the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date, and, in the case of repayment, on or after the date
for repayment) or for the enforcement of the right, if any, to convert or
exchange any Security into Common Stock or other securities in accordance with
its terms.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
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(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order (in each
case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons
appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery
pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided
therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence
of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by or pursuant to this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or
any Coupons appertaining thereto pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make
such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine,
during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; 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 and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
Section 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to
all Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section 703(3), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless
such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however,
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that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any), or interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts or any sinking
fund or purchase fund installment with respect to, any Security of such series,
the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the
board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the best interest of the Holders of Securities
and Coupons of such series; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that in the case of any
default of the character specified in Section 501(9) with respect to Securities
of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days
after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term
"DEFAULT" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as
the statements of the Company and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or the Coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company
are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither
the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee or the
Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the
Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other Person.
Section 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Except as provided in Section 403 and Section 1003, money held by the
Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Section 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company agrees:
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(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation
of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to the Trustee's negligence
or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim
or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their
powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent that any such loss,
liability or expense was due to the Trustee's negligence or bad faith.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any
series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities or any Coupons
appertaining thereto.
Any compensation or expense incurred by the Trustee after a default
specified by Section 501 is intended to constitute an expense of administration
under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. "Trustee" for purposes
of this Section 606 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or
bad faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under
this Section 606.
Section 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
(1) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a
Corporation, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, eligible under Section
310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined capital and
surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture
Act) of at least $50,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by Federal or
state authority. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
(2) The following indenture shall be considered specifically
described herein for purposes of clause (i) of the proviso contained in Section
310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act: Indenture dated as of August 1, 1989
between the Company and Bank One, Columbus, NA, as successor trustee; and,
pursuant to Section 310(b)(1)(C)(i) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless otherwise
ordered by the Commission, an event of default by the Company under this
Indenture
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will not disqualify the Trustee under this Indenture because it is a trustee
under such other indenture.
Section 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(1) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee pursuant to Section 609.
(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities
of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 609 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such
series.
(3) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and the
Company.
(4) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed
upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to
Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or
any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Security of such series for at least six months, or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or any
such Holder, or
(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution,
may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such
series, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder
of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for
at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with
respect to all Securities of such series and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(5) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any
such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one
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or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall
comply with the applicable requirements of Section 609. If, within one year
after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such
vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall
be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
609, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If
no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have
been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 609, any Holder of a Security who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
(6) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
the Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are
issued as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an
Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(1) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of
its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and,
subject to Section 1003, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section
606.
(2) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and such successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an
indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, such successor Trustee all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that
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or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice
given to, or received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other
Trustee hereunder, and, upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall have no
further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the
performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this
Indenture with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates other than as hereinafter
expressly set forth, and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on
request of the Company or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon
payment of its charges with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor relates and subject to Section 1003
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee, to the extent
contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such
retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject to
its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(3) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a successor
Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section, as the
case may be.
(4) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor
Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS.
Any Corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated
but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
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may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with
the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities.
Section 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable
to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or
those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer,
partial redemption or partial repayment, or pursuant to Section 306, and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and,
except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be a
corporation that would be permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee
under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is authorized under
applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating Agent and has a
combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of
the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect specified in this Section.
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, PROVIDED such
Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee and the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof
to such Authenticating Agent and the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice
of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such
Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer
Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its
principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any
successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder,
shall become
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vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with
like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor
Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of
this Section.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section. If the Trustee
makes such payments, it shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments,
subject to the provisions of Section 606.
The provisions of Sections 308, 603 and 604 shall be applicable to
each Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more
series of Securities pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may
have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
BANK ONE, COLUMBUS, NA,
As Trustee
By
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As Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at
one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating
Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the
Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be
accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall
appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office
in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of
Securities.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
HOLDERS.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually with respect to Securities of each series not later
than August 1 and February 1 of the year or upon such other dates as are
set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental
hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each case in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders as of
the applicable date, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such
list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant
to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses
of the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived,
and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any
material pursuant to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
Section 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(1) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the
first May 15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to Section 301,
if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall
transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report
dated as of such May 15 with respect to any of the events specified in said
Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately
preceding May 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(2) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(a)
of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
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(3) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted in the
manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act,
shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and
of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents
or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic
information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and
registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to
time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the
Company, with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required
from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit within 30 days after the filing thereof with the
Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required
to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as
may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with
or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or
which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially
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as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and
shall expressly assume, by an indenture (or indentures, if at such time there is
more than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of
the principal of, any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to all the Securities and the performance of every obligation in this
Indenture and the Outstanding Securities on the part of the Company to be
performed or observed and shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are
convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock or other securities;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) either the Company or the successor Person shall have delivered
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with.
Section 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED FOR COMPANY.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger of the Company
into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance
with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter, except in
the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the Coupons.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or Coupons, the
Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee,
at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the
following purposes:
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(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained
herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such
supplemental indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or
eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of, any premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized
denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in
uncertificated form, provided any such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining
thereto in any material respect; or
(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and
any Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 609;
or
(6) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein,
or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining
thereto in any material respect; or
(7) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue,
authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(8) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or
any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture);
or
(9) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four, PROVIDED that
any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of a
Security of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto or any other
Security or Coupon in any material respect; or
(10) to secure the Securities pursuant to Section 1006 or otherwise;
or
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(11) to make provisions with respect to conversion or exchange rights
of Holders of Securities of any series; or
(12) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture (which amendment or supplement may apply to one or more
series of Securities or to one or more Securities within any series as specified
in such supplemental indenture or indentures), PROVIDED that such amendment or
supplement does not apply to any Outstanding Security issued prior to the date
of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefits of such provision.
Section 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution), and
the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities of such series or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental
indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby, shall
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or
installment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the
calculation of such rate) of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or
otherwise, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts
pursuant to Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted
by Section 901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount
thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, adversely affect the
right of repayment at the option of any Holder as contemplated by Article
Thirteen, or change the Place of Payment, Currency in which the principal of,
any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Security is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the
option of the Holder, on or after the date for repayment), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1009, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot
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be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby, or
(4) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or
exchange any Security for Common Stock or other securities in accordance with
its terms.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which shall have been included expressly and
solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to
such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance
thereof.
Section 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts
created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the
modifications thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
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Section 906. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, ANY PREMIUM, INTEREST AND
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of,
any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of such series in accordance with the terms thereof, any Coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Any interest due on any Bearer
Security on or before the Maturity thereof, and any Additional Amounts payable
with respect to such interest, shall be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto for such interest as they
severally mature.
Section 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series (but not Bearer
Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is
located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange, where Securities of such series that are convertible or
exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, and where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series
relating thereto and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series
are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall maintain, subject to any
laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or Agency in a Place of
Payment for such series which is located outside the United States where
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented
and surrendered for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Securities of such
series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic
of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located
outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company
shall maintain a Paying Agent in London, Luxembourg or any other required city
located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities
of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location,
of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any
such required Office or Agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented
and surrendered for payment at the place specified for the purpose with respect
to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and
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the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no
payment of principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect to
Bearer Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or
by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if
amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars,
payment of principal of, any premium or interest on and any Additional Amounts
with respect to any such Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of
such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside
the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
Offices or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an Office
or Agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
other Office or Agency. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, the Company hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series
of Securities the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially
appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the Company's Office or
Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The
Company may subsequently appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York for the Securities of any series.
Section 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the
principal of, any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to
any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency or Currencies in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the
principal or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until
such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal
of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Securities of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency
or Currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the
principal or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such
sum to
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be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any
premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of
such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment
of principal, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect
to the Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in
trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such sums.
Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon
appertaining thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal
or any such premium or interest or any such Additional Amounts shall have become
due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then
held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment for such
series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series, or
both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication
or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal and any
premium or interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
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Section 1004. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, the Company agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any
Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the
net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant
hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention
of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof
shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions
hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of any series, if the Securities of a series provide for the payment
of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date
with respect to such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series
shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of
principal is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters
set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other
than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such
Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium,
if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series shall be made to
Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are
United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such
series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers'
Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld
on such payments to such Holders of Securities or Coupons, and the Company
agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts
required by the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants to indemnify
the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith
on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by
any of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this
Section.
Section 1005. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate
existence of the Company and of each Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve its corporate existence
(subject to Section 801) or the corporate existence of any such Restricted
Subsidiary if the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company.
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Section 1006. RESTRICTIONS ON CREATION OF SECURED INDEBTEDNESS.
The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
at any time create, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness secured by any
mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance ("Lien") on any
property or shares of capital stock or Indebtedness of the Company or of any
Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, without in any
such case effectively providing, concurrently with the creation, assumption or
guarantee of such Indebtedness, that the Securities of any series then
Outstanding shall, so long as any such other Indebtedness shall be so secured
(and, if the Company shall so determine, any other existing Indebtedness (or
Indebtedness thereafter in existence) created, assumed or guaranteed by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) be secured by any such Lien equally and
ratably with or prior to any and all other Indebtedness thereby secured,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing covenant shall not be applicable to the
following:
(a) any purchase money Lien on any property constituting a fixed
asset or a surface or air transportation vehicle used in the freight business
hereafter acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or hereafter
constructed or improved by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, to secure
or provide for the payment of all or a part of the purchase price thereof, or
any Indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase thereof or cost of
construction or cost of improvement of such property and for which a bona fide
firm commitment in writing was executed, prior to, contemporaneously with or
within 180 days after acquisition of such property, or the completion of
construction or improvement thereof, as the case may be; and provided that such
Liens shall not extend to any other property of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; or
(b) Liens on property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(except property consisting of the capital stock or Indebtedness of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary) in favor of the United States of America or any
State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political
subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of
any other country, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political
subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments
pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any Indebtedness created,
incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price or the cost of construction or improvement of the property
subject to such Liens (including, but not limited to, Liens incurred in
connection with pollution control, industrial revenue bond or similar
financings); or
(c) All Liens on property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
existing on the date of this Indenture; or
(d) Liens created in connection with tax assessments or legal
proceedings and mechanics' liens and materialmens' liens and other similar liens
created in the ordinary course of business; or
(e) Liens in favor of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary securing
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; or
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(f) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof
(including acquisition through merger or consolidation); provided that such
Liens shall not extend to any other property of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; or
(g) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions,
renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the
foregoing subparagraphs (a) through (f); provided that any of the foregoing are
limited to the same property subject to, and securing no more Indebtedness than
the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1006, the
Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may create, assume or guarantee
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which would otherwise
be subject to the foregoing restrictions up to an aggregate amount which, (not
including Indebtedness permitted to be secured under subparagraphs (a) through
(g) above), does not at the time exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 1007. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, cause
all its properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be
maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied
with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs,
renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the
judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in
connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of
their respective properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the
Board of Directors of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, desirable in the conduct of its business.
Section 1008. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, (1) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied
or imposed upon it or upon its income, profits or property, and (2) all lawful
claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a
lien upon its property; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any
Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid
or discharged any such material tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
Section 1009. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1002 to 1008, inclusive, with
respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either shall waive such
compliance in such instance or generally shall have waived compliance with such
term, provision
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or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision
or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver
shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the
Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full
force and effect.
Section 1010. COMPANY STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of
the Company, stating whether or not, to the best of his or her knowledge, the
Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture and if the Company shall be in
default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which
he or she may have knowledge.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as
permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided
herein or pursuant hereto) this Article.
Section 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at
the election of the Company of less than all of the Securities of any series,
the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the
Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify
the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of
such series to be redeemed and, in the event that the Company shall determine
that the Securities of any series to be redeemed shall be selected from
Securities of such series having the same issue date, interest rate or interest
rate formula, Stated Maturity and other terms (the "Equivalent Terms"), the
Company shall notify the Trustee of such Equivalent Terms.
Section 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all of the Securities of any series are to be redeemed or
if less than all of the Securities of any series with Equivalent Terms are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding
Securities of such series or from the Outstanding Securities of such series with
Equivalent Terms, as the case may be, not previously called for redemption, by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide
for the selection for
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redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such
series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the
portion of the principal amount of a Registered Security of such series not
redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series
established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security
Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption,
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of any series, if any Security selected for partial redemption is
converted or exchanged for Common Stock or other securities in part before
termination of the conversion or exchange right with respect to the portion of
the Security so selected, the converted or exchanged portion of such Security
shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Securities which have been converted or exchanged during a selection of
Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the
purpose of such selection.
Section 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section
106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless
a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to the Holders
of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner
herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated for
redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities
in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
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(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice
which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption
Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive,
without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become
due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and,
if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said
date,
(6) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case
of Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing
after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption
Price and any accrued interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied
by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the
amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the
Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the
Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any
Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer
Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption
on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as
determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made,
(10) in the case of Securities of any series that are convertible or
exchangeable into Common Stock or other securities, the conversion or exchange
price or rate, the date or dates on which the right to convert or exchange the
principal of the Securities of such series to be redeemed will commence or
terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for
conversion or exchange, and
(11) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Cedel reference numbers
of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depository to
identify such Securities).
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need
not identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
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Section 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit, with
respect to the Securities of any series called for redemption pursuant to
Section 1104, with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of money in the applicable Currency sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for or in the
Securities of such series) any accrued interest on and Additional Amounts with
respect thereto, all such Securities or portions thereof which are to be
redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the Coupons for such
interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the
extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be
paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with any accrued interest
and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except
as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities
of such series, installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest (at an Office or Agency
located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002),
and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to
this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, installments of
interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing Coupons, or the surrender of such missing
Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security
shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in
respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price,
such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any interest or Additional Amounts represented by Coupons shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or
Agency for such Security located outside of the United States except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002.
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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid,
shall bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in
the Security.
Section 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security without service charge, a new Registered Security or Securities of the
same series, containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository
or other Depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in
the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a
new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so
surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise permitted or
required in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security of such series issued
pursuant to this Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of such series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction
as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series and this Indenture.
Section 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking
fund payment with respect to the Securities of any series to be made pursuant to
the terms of such Securities (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of such series
(other than any of such Securities previously called
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for redemption or any of such Securities in respect of which cash shall have
been released to the Company), together in the case of any Bearer Securities of
such series with all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto, and (2) apply as a
credit Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the election
of the Company pursuant to the terms of such series of Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of
such Securities, PROVIDED that such Securities have not been previously so
credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by
the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund
payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit
of Securities of any series in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section
1202, the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed in order
to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee
need not call Securities of such series for redemption, except upon Company
Request, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent
and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall at the request of the Company from time
to time pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by
the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of
Securities of that series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal
amount equal to the cash payment requested to be released to the Company.
Section 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 75 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, and the optional amount, if
any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and
will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so credited and not
theretofore delivered. If such Officers' Certificate shall specify an optional
amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment,
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee
shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date
in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the
manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the
Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with
the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal
amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment
of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall
not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness
represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option,
shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such
Securities be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Section 1301, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company
may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more
investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to
the Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on the
repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the
Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to
pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to
the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Whenever this Indenture provides for any distribution to Holders of
Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in
the same Currency, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in or
pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of such series, any amount in
respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be
treated for any such distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be
obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the
record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for
such distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other
date reasonably proximate to the date of such distribution) as the Company may
specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written
notice, as the Trustee may determine.
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any
time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series.
Section 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held
at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, or, if Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as
Bearer Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the
Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general
terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the
manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to
the date fixed for the meeting.
(2) In case at any time the Company (by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution) or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in
Section 1501, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed
notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21
days after receipt of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to
Section 106) or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in
the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of
such series are to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for such meeting
and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided
in clause (1) of this Section.
Section 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
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Section 1504. QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any action is
to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled
to vote 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after
the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the
request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other
case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as
determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 1502(1), except that such notice need be given only
once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled
to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state
expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any
resolution with respect to any consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly
provides may be given by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an
adjourned meeting duly convened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid
only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 66-2/3% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that, except
as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the
Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or
an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons
appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at
the meeting.
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Section 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT
OF MEETINGS.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the
Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series in regard to proof of the
holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in
regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and
examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote,
and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations,
the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104
and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in
Section 104 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy
witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by
Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations
may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face,
may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or
other proof.
(2) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by
the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1502(2), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A
permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by
vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(3) At any meeting, each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy
shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of
such series held or represented by him; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no vote shall be
cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not
Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The
chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a
Security of such series or proxy.
(4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall
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be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said
record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot
taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the
facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said
notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable, Section 1504.
Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent
chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to
the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the
latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so
signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
* * * * *
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed,
all as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC.
Attest:
By
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Name:
Title:
[SEAL] BANK ONE, COLUMBUS, NA,
as Trustee
Attest:
By
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Name:
Title:
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STATE OF )
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: SS.:
COUNTY OF )
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On the _____ day of ________________, 199_, before me personally came
_______________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is a _____________ of Consolidated Freightways, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such Corporation's seal; that it was so affixed by authority
of the Board of Directors of said Corporation; and that he signed his name
thereto by like authority.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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STATE OF )
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: SS.:
COUNTY OF )
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On the _____ day of ________________, 199_, before me personally came
_______________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is a _____________ of Bank One, Columbus, NA, a banking association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, one of
the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such Corporation's seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said Corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC.,
ISSUER
to
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
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Dated as of
Subordinated Debt Securities
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Reconciliation and tie between
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act")
and Indenture
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
Section 310(a)(1) 607
(a)(2) 607
(b) 608
Section 312(a) 701
(b) 702
(c) 702
Section 313(a) 703
(b)(2) 703
(c) 703
(d) 703
Section 314(a) 704
(c)(1) 102
(c)(2) 102
(e) 102
(f) 102
Section 316(a) (last sentence) 101
(a)(1)(A) 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) 513
(b) 508
Section 317(a)(1) 503
(a)(2) 504
(b) 1003
Section 318(a) 108
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Recitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Additional Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authorized Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bearer Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company Request and Company Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Conversion Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Coupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CUSIP number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Dollars or $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ECU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
European Monetary System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Foreign Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
GAAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Independent Public Accountants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indexed Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Judgment Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
New York Banking Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Original Issue Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Predecessor Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Registered Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Required Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Restricted Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security or Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Register and Security Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Swap Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
United States Alien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
U.S. Depository or Depository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER. . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 107. LANGUAGE OF NOTICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 108. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 109. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 110. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 111. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 112. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 113. GOVERNING LAW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 114. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 115. COUNTERPARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Section 116. JUDGMENT CURRENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201. FORMS GENERALLY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. . . . . . 18
Section 203. SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 302. CURRENCY; DENOMINATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING. . . . . . . 23
Section 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 305. REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES. . . . . . 29
Section 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS; RIGHTS TO
INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS PRESERVED. . . . . 30
Section 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 309. CANCELLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 402. DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 403. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 404. EFFECT ON SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT. . . . . 41
Section 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES OR
COUPONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Section 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 507. LIMITATIONS ON SUITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL AND ANY
PREMIUM, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 515. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 603. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES. . . 49
Section 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY. . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR. . . . . 51
Section 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR. . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS. 54
Section 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS. 56
Section 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS. . . 56
Section 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Section 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS. . . . 57
Section 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED FOR COMPANY. . . . . . . . . . 58
ARTICLE NINE
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS. . . . . 59
Section 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. . . . . . 60
Section 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Section 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Section 905. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. . . . . 62
Section 906. EFFECT ON SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 907. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, ANY PREMIUM, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. . . . . 64
Section 1004. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 1005. CORPORATE EXISTENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 1006. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 1008. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 1009. COMPANY STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED. . . . . 68
Section 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE. . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Section 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES. . . 72
Section 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. . . . . . . . . 72
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
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REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED. . . . . . . . . 74
Section 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Section 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Section 1504. QUORUM; ACTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Section 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF
MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Section 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS. . . . . . 76
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1601. AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 1602. DISTRIBUTION ON DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND REORGANIZATION;
SUBROGATION OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 1603. NO PAYMENT ON SECURITIES IN EVENT OF DEFAULT ON SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Section 1604. PAYMENTS ON SECURITIES PERMITTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Section 1605. AUTHORIZATION OF HOLDERS TO TRUSTEE TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION. 79
Section 1606. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Section 1607. TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. . . . . . . . . . 80
Section 1608. MODIFICATIONS OF TERMS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. . . . . . . 80
Section 1609. RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING
AGENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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INDENTURE, dated as of , 199 (the "Indenture"), among CONSOLIDATED
FREIGHTWAYS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
State of Delaware (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal
executive office located at 3240 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304,
and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, a banking association duly organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America (hereinafter called the
"Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office located at One First National
Plaza, Suite 0286, Chicago, Illinois 60670.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness (hereinafter
called the "Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates
of interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series
and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture
and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities
or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as follows:
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. DEFINITIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or
unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the terms
"generally accepted accounting principles" or "GAAP" with respect to any
computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting
principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(5) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase
"A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in
those Articles.
"ACT", when used with respect to any Holders, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS" means any additional amounts which are required hereby
or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid
by the Company in respect of certain taxes, assessments or other governmental
charges imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to such
Holders.
"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control", when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one
or more series.
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"AUTHORIZED NEWSPAPER" means a newspaper, in an official language of the
place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each
day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not published
on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of general
circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the
financial community of each such place. Where successive publications are
required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be
made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the
foregoing requirements and in each case on any day that is a Business Day in the
place of publication.
"BEARER SECURITY" means any Security in the form established pursuant to
Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors of the Company or any
committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any particular
respect for the Company hereunder.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted
by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, delivered to the Trustee.
"BUSINESS DAY", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"COMMON STOCK" includes any stock of any class of the Company which has no
preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
"COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person, and any other obligor upon the Securities.
"COMPANY REQUEST" and "COMPANY ORDER" mean, respectively, a written request
or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman
of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President, and by the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of
the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
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"CONSOLIDATED ASSETS" means all amounts that would be shown as assets on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"CONVERSION EVENT" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency
both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such
Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or
other public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii)
the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions of or within the European Union or (iii) any
currency unit or composite currency other than the ECU for the purposes for
which it was established.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means either (A) the principal corporate trust
office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office at the date of original execution
of this Indenture is located at One First National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago,
Illinois 60670, or (B) for purposes of Sections 301(9) and 1002, "Corporate
Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered in The City of New York, which
office at the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at c/o
First Chicago Trust Company of New York, Attn: Corporate Trust Department,
14 Wall Street, 8th Floor, Window 2, New York, New York 10005; provided that,
for purposes of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Holders or other document or notice provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the
Trustee, whether pursuant to Section 105, Article Sixteen or otherwise,
"Corporate Trust Office" means any office referred to in clause (A) or (B) of
this paragraph.
"CORPORATION" includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"COUPON" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"CURRENCY", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in
respect of the principal of or any premium or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars or the Foreign Currency, as
the case may be, in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to
be made by or pursuant to the terms hereof or such Security and, with respect to
any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms
hereof or such Security, means Dollars.
"CUSIP NUMBER" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a Security by
Standard & Poor's Corporation, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"DOLLARS" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender
for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
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"ECU" means the European Currency Units as defined and revised from time to
time by the Council of the European Community.
"EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM" means the European Monetary System established
by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Community.
"EUROPEAN UNION" means the European Community, the European Coal and Steel
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"FOREIGN CURRENCY" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency,
including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of one or more
countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized
confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the
United States of America as of the date or time of any computation required
hereunder.
"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (i) direct obligations
of the United States of America or the other government or governments in the
confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Security or any Additional Amounts in respect
thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder
are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or
(ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency
or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or
governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the
case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank
or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or
a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect
to any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of a depository receipt, PROVIDED that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or
principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced
by such depository receipt.
"HOLDER", in the case of any Registered Security, means the Person in whose
name such Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of
any Bearer Security, means the bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon,
means the bearer thereof.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means (a) any liability of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (1) for borrowed money, or under any reimbursement obligation
relating to a letter of credit,
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or (2) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument, or (3) for
payment obligations arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
arrangement (including a purchase money obligation) given in connection with the
acquisition of any businesses, properties or assets of any kind, or (4) for the
payment of money relating to a capitalized lease obligation; (b) any liability
of others described in the preceding clause (a) that the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal liability;
and (c) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or
refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (a) and (b)
above.
"INDENTURE" means this instrument as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, with respect to any
Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon
appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 301 (as such terms and
provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS" means accountants or a firm of accountants
that, with respect to the Company and any other obligor under the Securities or
the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by
the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public accountants
regularly retained by the Company or who may be other independent public
accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any
Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to
this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"INDEXED SECURITY" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"INTEREST", with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security which by
its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the
payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional
Amounts.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE", with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"JUDGMENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"LEGAL HOLIDAYS" has the meaning specified in Section 114.
"MATURITY", with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or repurchase,
notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes the Redemption
Date.
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"NEW YORK BANKING DAY" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"OFFICE" OR "AGENCY", with respect to any Securities, means an office or
agency of the Company maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such
Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any other office or agency of the Company
maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or, to the
extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of such office or agency,
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, that complies
with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is
delivered to the Trustee.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company or other counsel who shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee, that, if required by the Trust Indenture Act,
complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act.
"ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means a Security issued pursuant to this
Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the principal
face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant to Section
502.
"OUTSTANDING", when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the
Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security
Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment at the Maturity thereof money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant
hereto (other than pursuant to Section 402) with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside
and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act
as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and
any Coupons appertaining thereto, PROVIDED that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security with respect to which the Company has effected
defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 402, except
to the extent provided in Section 402;
(d) any such Security which has been paid pursuant to Section 306 or
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated
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and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, unless there shall have
been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such
Security is held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Security is a valid obligation of the Company; and
(e) any such Security converted or exchanged as contemplated by this
Indenture into Common Stock or other securities, if the terms of
such Security provide for such conversion or exchange pursuant to
Section 301;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount
of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall
be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of
such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been
declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof
pursuant to Section 502 at the time of such determination, and (ii) the
principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such
determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be
equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original
issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and (iii)
the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be
the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such
Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security, the Dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such
Security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security,
and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in making any such determination or
relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to
be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes
to the satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with
respect to such Securities and (B) that the pledgee is not the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto or an
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with
respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"PERSON" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture,
joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"PLACE OF PAYMENT", with respect to any Security, means the place or places
where the principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts
with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or such Security.
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"PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same indebtedness as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which
a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen
Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon
appertains.
"REDEMPTION DATE", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture or such Security.
"REDEMPTION PRICE", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or
pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"REGISTERED SECURITY" means any Security established pursuant to Section
201 which is registered in the Security Register.
"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Registered Security
on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified in or
pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate
Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary (i) that is majority owned or
controlled by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) substantially all of
the operating assets of which are located or the principal business of which is
carried on within the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands or
Canada; (iii) which was in existence on the date hereof or thereafter becomes a
Subsidiary of the Company, unless any such Subsidiary is determined by the Board
of Directors not to be a Restricted Subsidiary because in the opinion of the
Board of Directors it is not of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iv) the
assets of which have a gross book value (without deducting any depreciation,
amortization or other applicable reserves) which exceeds 1% of Consolidated
Assets.
"SECURITY" or "SECURITIES" means any note or notes, bond or bonds,
debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as the case may
be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of
Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
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"SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS" means (a) any liability of the Company (1) for
borrowed money or under any reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of
credit, or (2) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument, or
(3) for obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services,
except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, or
(4) for the payment of money relating to a capitalized lease obligation, or
(5) for the payment of money under any Swap Agreement; (b) any liability of
others described in the preceding clause (a) that the Company has guaranteed or
that is otherwise its legal liability; and (c) any deferral, renewal, extension
or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (a) and (b)
above, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing any such liability
referred to in clause (a) or (b) above or any such deferral, renewal, extension
or refunding referred to in clause (c) above or pursuant to which the same is
outstanding, it is expressly provided that such liability, deferral, renewal,
extension or refunding is subordinate in right of payment to all other
Indebtedness of the Company or is not senior or prior in right of payment to the
Securities or ranks PARI PASSU with or subordinate to the Securities in right of
payment.
"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"STATED MATURITY", with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect
thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and
payable.
"SUBSIDIARY" means a corporation or other entity more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock (or equivalent equity interest having voting power in
the case of an entity other than a corporation) of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries. For the
purposes of this definition, "voting stock" (or equivalent equity interest
having voting power in the case of an entity other than a corporation) means
stock or equity interest, as the case may be, which ordinarily has voting power
for the election of directors (or equivalent persons, in the case of an entity
other than a corporation), whether at all times or only so long as no senior
class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"SWAP AGREEMENT" means any financial agreement designed to manage the
Company's exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or
commodity prices, including without limitation swap agreements, option
agreements, cap agreements, floor agreements, collar agreements and forward
purchase agreements.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision
thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or
replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by rules or
regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of
such Act or provision, as the case may be.
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"TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to
one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at any time there is more than one such
Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series.
"UNITED STATES", except for purposes of the definition of "Restricted
Subsidiary" and except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or
any Security, means the United States of America (including the states thereof
and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction.
"UNITED STATES ALIEN", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual,
a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a
non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. DEPOSITORY" or "DEPOSITORY" means, with respect to any Security
issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person
designated as U.S. Depository or Depository by the Company in or pursuant to
this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law
or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any
successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person,
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" shall mean, with respect to any Securities,
the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"VICE PRESIDENT", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "Vice President".
Section 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
or any of them is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
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Section 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with
respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company unless such
counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture or any Security, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be
embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series
voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in
writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and
held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of
such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a
Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506.
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Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depository
that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or
proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or the Securities to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S.
Depository that is a Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or
proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security
through such U.S. Depository's standing instructions and customary practices.
(2) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may
determine; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with
respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section.
(3) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(4) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer
Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of
the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such
Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust
company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Company,
wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company and the
Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such
Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer
Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or
affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or
affidavit is deemed by the Company and the Trustee to be satisfactory. The
Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security
continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued
in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security
is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is
surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security
is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of
Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and
the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same
may also be proved in any other manner which the Company and the Trustee deem
sufficient.
(5) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by
Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act. If such a record date is
fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders
of Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date
shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of
the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
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consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities
shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
(6) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any
Paying Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
Act is made upon such Security.
Section 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed
to the attention of its Treasurer at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered
Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of a Registered Security affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice; and
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer
Securities, if any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of
New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange
outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the
Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a
Business Day at least twice, the first such publication
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to be not earlier than the earliest date and the second such publication
not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided herein. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In
the case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any
other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearers Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither failure to give notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in
any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice mailed to
Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. LANGUAGE OF NOTICES.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that, if the Company so elects, any published notice may be in
an official language of the country of publication.
Section 108. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties
under any required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by
Section 318(c) thereof, such required provision shall control.
Section 109. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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Section 110. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 112. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar,
any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 113. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture, the Securities and any Coupons shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said
state.
Section 114. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity of any Security shall be a Legal Holiday at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security or any
Coupon other than a provision in any Security or Coupon that specifically states
that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof) payment need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date but such payment may be made on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or at the Stated
Maturity or Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such
date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business
Day.
Section 115. COUNTERPARTS.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall
be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 116. JUDGMENT CURRENCY.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert the
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sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, or
Additional Amounts on the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency")
into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"),
the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day
preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its
obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i)
shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to
any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with clause (a)), in any
currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender
or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount
of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for
the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which
such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency
so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being
obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the
foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive
order to be closed.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
Each Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or
permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant
to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Security or Coupon as evidenced by their execution of
such Security or Coupon.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons shall be printed, lithographed
or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved
border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities or Coupons,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or Coupons.
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Section 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
Subject to Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall
be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
Section 203. SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in global form. If Securities
of a series shall be issuable in temporary or permanent global form, any such
Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent
the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such
lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed
thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect
exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the
amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of
Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such
manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the
Company Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect
thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section
304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global
form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons
specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order
pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any
instructions by the Company with respect to a Security in global form shall be
in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers'
Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified
in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of principal of, any
premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of any Security
in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons
specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the
preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and
the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding
Securities represented by a global Security (i) in the case of a global Security
in registered form, the Holder of such global
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Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a global Security in bearer
form, the Person or Persons specified pursuant to Section 301.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one
or more series. The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to
Senior Indebtedness as provided in Article Sixteen.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered hereunder,
there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in
an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto prior to the issuance of any Securities of a series,
(1) the title of such Securities and the series in which such
Securities shall be included;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905
or 1107, upon repayment in part of any Registered Security of such series
pursuant to Article Thirteen, upon surrender in part of any Registered
Security for conversion or exchange into Common Stock or other securities
pursuant to its terms, or pursuant to the terms of such Securities);
(3) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities,
as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered
Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable with
Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the
offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any,
upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities and
vice versa;
(4) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form, when
any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and (i) whether
such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent global form or
both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such global
Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same series and
of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination, and the
circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in
the manner
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specified in Section 305, and (iii) the name of the Depository or the U.S.
Depository, as the case may be, with respect to any global Security;
(5) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities
or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer Security or global
Security shall be dated (if other than the date of original issuance of the
first of such Securities to be issued);
(6) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer
Securities, whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary
Bearer Security in global form payable in respect of an Interest Payment
Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer
Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing
organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security
held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions
(including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest
payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons
entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(7) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which
such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such
Securities is payable;
(8) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest,
if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are
to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such interest shall
accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates are to
be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest
payable on Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date, whether and
under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities or any of
them shall be payable, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the
determination of interest on a floating rate Security and the manner of
giving such notice, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated
if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(9) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium
and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities
shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, any of such
Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange and notices or
demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this
Indenture may be served, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any
interest payment or Additional Amounts on a global Security on an Interest
Payment Date will be paid and the manner in which any principal of or
premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;
(10) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option
of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and
conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part,
at the option of the Company;
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(11) if the Company is obligated to redeem or purchase any of such
Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the
option of any Holder thereof and, if so, the date or dates on which, the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other
terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and any
provisions for the remarketing of such Securities so redeemed or purchased;
(12) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are
Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which
any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if
other than the denomination of $5,000;
(13) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into
shares of Common Stock and/or exchangeable for other securities, and if so,
the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible
or exchangeable, and any deletions from or modifications or additions to
this Indenture to permit or to facilitate the issuance of such convertible
or exchangeable Securities or the administration thereof;
(14) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502
or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(15) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of
the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(16) if the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be payable, at the
election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in Dollars or in
a Foreign Currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to
be payable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which,
and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made,
and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the
Currency in which such Securities are stated to be payable and the Currency
in which such Securities or any of them are to be paid pursuant to such
election, and any deletions from or modifications of or additions to the
terms of this Indenture to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of
Securities denominated or payable, at the election of the Company or a
Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign Currency;
(17) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may
be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or
methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without
limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other
indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
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(18) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to any of such
Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(19) if either or both of Section 402(2) relating to defeasance or
Section 402(3) relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to
the Securities of such series, or any covenants in addition to those
specified in Section 402(3) relating to the Securities of such series which
shall be subject to covenant defeasance, and any deletions from, or
modifications or additions to, the provisions of Article Four in respect of
the Securities of such series;
(20) if any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of
warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities to be
authenticated and delivered;
(21) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and
are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon
exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates
or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and
terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(22) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee
and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying
Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities; and
(23) any other terms of such Securities and any deletions from or
modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such Securities.
All Securities of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining to
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to
Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of interest, or
method of determining the rate of interest, if any, Maturity, and the date from
which interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided by
the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in the
Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of any
series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time
upon telephonic or written order of persons designated in the Officers'
Certificate or supplemental indenture (telephonic instructions to be promptly
confirmed in writing by such person) and that such persons are authorized to
determine, consistent with such Officers' Certificate or any applicable
supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such
series as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuances of
additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such
series of Securities.
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If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be established by
action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board Resolution shall be
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 302. CURRENCY; DENOMINATIONS.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal
of, any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in Dollars shall
be issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $1,000 and
any integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated in Dollars
shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not denominated in
Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect
to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board of Directors, its President, its Treasurer or one of its Vice
Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. Coupons shall be executed on
behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President,
any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or any Coupons
appertaining thereto may be manual or facsimile.
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of
the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons
appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication
and, provided that the Board Resolution and Officers' Certificate or
supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to
in Section 301 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with
the Company Order and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. In authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of
the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if
any, have been established in conformity with Sections 201 and 301 of this
Indenture;
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(b) all conditions precedent set forth in Sections 201, 301 and 303
of this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and
Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto have been complied with and that such
Securities, and Coupons, when completed by appropriate insertions, executed
under the Company's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers
of the Company, delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company to the
Trustee for authentication pursuant to this Indenture, and authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement
thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent
transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it
shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance
of each Security, but such opinion, with such modifications as counsel shall
deem appropriate, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the
first Security of such series. After any such first delivery, any separate
request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series
for original issue will be deemed to be a certification by the Company that all
conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to authentication
and delivery of such Securities continue to have been complied with.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an
Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a
manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee,
being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of
the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
No Security or Coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form provided for in Section 202 or 611 executed by or on behalf of the Trustee
or by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its authorized
officers. Such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and
the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. Except as permitted by Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not
authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons appertaining
thereto then matured have been detached and cancelled.
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Section 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute
and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in Section 303, temporary
Securities in lieu thereof which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued, in registered form or, if authorized in or pursuant to this
Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers of the Company executing such Securities may determine, as
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Such temporary
Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be
exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities are
issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same
series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to those of any
temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such
definitive Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office
or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (accompanied
by any unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations of the same series
and containing identical terms and provisions; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
definitive Bearer Security, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions
set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a temporary global Security, until so
exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of
such series.
Section 305. REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the
Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein
sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for
such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered
Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such
series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series
of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or
the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for each
series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace
from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided
that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor
Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall have been
appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment. In the event
that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be
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Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the
right to examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times.
There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of
any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same
series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a like
aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding
and containing identical terms and provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing
identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at
any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to Securities of
any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing identical terms,
denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture and in the same
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be
exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, with all unmatured Coupons
and all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a
Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or
matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the
Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company
and the Trustee in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or
Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity
as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying
Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been
made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest
represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such series located outside the United
States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series
is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such series in exchange for a
Registered Security of such series and like tenor after the close of business at
such Office or Agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such Office or Agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii)
any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such Office or
Agency on the related date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer
Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon
is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to
the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted
Interest, as the case may be, shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date
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or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only
to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of
any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series
may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by the
immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant
to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities only if (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling, unable or
ineligible to continue as Depository and a successor depository is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing,
(ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the
effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the
beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange
such interests for definitive Securities as the result of an event described in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, then without unnecessary
delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests
may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive
Securities in such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to this
Indenture, and of the same series, containing identical terms and in aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security, executed
by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so
exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the
U.S. Depository or such other Depository as shall be specified in the Company
Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the
Trustee and the U.S. Depository or such other Depository, as the case may be
(which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the
Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or
in part, for definitive Securities as described above without charge. The
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each
portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate principal amount
of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of
like tenor as the portion of such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless
such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered
Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the global
Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are
issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of
Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall
be specified by the beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of
any certification or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities;
provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before any selection of
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Securities of the same series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant
Redemption Date; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that (unless otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a
portion of a global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any
location in the United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part,
such global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to such Depository or the
U.S. Depository, as the case may be, or such other Depository or U.S. Depository
referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to
above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a
global Security after the close of business at the Office or Agency for such
Security where such exchange occurs on or after (i) any Regular Record Date for
such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the
next Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security
and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the related
proposed date for payment of interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be,
interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but shall
be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the
case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of
such global Security shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same
debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture
as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge and any other
expenses (including fees and expenses of the Trustee) that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 905 or 1107, upon repayment in part of
any Registered Security pursuant to Article Thirteen, or upon surrender in part
of any Registered Security for conversion or exchange into Common Stock or other
securities pursuant to its terms, in each case not involving any transfer.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the same
series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such
selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in the case of
any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or
(iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the
extent provided with respect to such
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Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered
Security of like tenor and the same series, provided that such Registered
Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with written
instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture or (iv)
to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which, in accordance
with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder,
except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Section 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
this Section 306, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing
identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding
to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or Coupon,
and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to
the Company or the Trustee that such Security or Coupon has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and, upon the Company's request
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the
Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains with all
appurtenant Coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen, a new Security of the same
series containing identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons corresponding to the
Coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to
the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 306, in case any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or Coupon has become or is about
to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing
a new Security, pay such Security or Coupon; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payment of
principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect
to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be
payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located outside the
United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture,
any interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with respect to
such interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the
Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security, with any Coupons appertaining thereto issued pursuant
to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in
exchange for a Security to which
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a destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall constitute a separate
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security
and Coupons appertaining thereto or the destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits
of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities
of such series and any Coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this
Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be exclusive
and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities or Coupons.
Section 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS; RIGHTS
TO INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS PRESERVED.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest on
and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall
be payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant
to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security after the close of business at an Office or Agency for such
Security on any Regular Record Date therefor and before the opening of business
at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date therefor,
such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such
Interest Payment Date and interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment
Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer
Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest on
and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall
be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted
Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor
Security thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on such
Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to
the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when so
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of
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the Person entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided.
Thereupon, the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10
days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company shall cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the
Holder of such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) at
his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in
the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar notice to be
published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication
shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such
Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be registered
at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security is
surrendered at the Office or Agency for such Security in exchange for a
Registered Security after the close of business at such Office or Agency on
any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such Office
or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to
such Defaulted Interest and Defaulted Interest shall not be payable on such
proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder
of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Security may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of any particular series, at the option of the Company, interest on
Registered Securities that bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a
bank located in the United States.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
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Section 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered in the
Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and
307) interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with
respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the
absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment
thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its
behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee, any
Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of
beneficial ownership interests of a global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Section 309. CANCELLATION.
All Securities and Coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer, exchange or conversion or for credit against any
sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee,
be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as
Securities and Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose,
shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be cancelled promptly by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by or pursuant to this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and Coupons held by
the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee, unless by a Company Order the
Company directs their return to it.
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Section 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in the
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order, this Indenture shall
cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified
in such Company Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, on
receipt of a Company Order, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to
such series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons
appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in exchange
for Registered Securities of such series and maturing after such exchange
whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section
305, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed,
lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
306, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Securities of such series called for
redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date whose surrender
has been waived as provided in Section 1107, and (iv) Securities and
Coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided
in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii)
below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within
one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee
in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
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and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such
purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an
amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any premium
and interest on, and, to the extent that the Securities of such series
provide for the payment of Additional Amounts thereon and the amount of any
such Additional Amounts is at the time of deposit reasonably determinable
by the Company (in the exercise by the Company of its sole and absolute
discretion), any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Securities and
any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case
of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity
thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such
series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the
Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to
Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions
thereto are met.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the
Trustee under Section 605 and, if money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations
of the Company and the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
under Sections 305, 306, 403, 1002 and 1003, with respect to the payment of
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities as contemplated by
Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with
respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such
Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 401(1)(b)), and with respect to any
rights to convert or exchange such Securities into Common Stock or other
securities, shall survive.
Section 402. DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
(1) Unless, pursuant to Section 301, either or both of (i) defeasance of
the Securities of or within a series under clause (2) of this Section 402 or
(ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under clause
(3) of this Section 402 shall not be applicable with respect to the Securities
of such series, then such provisions, together with the other provisions of this
Section 402 (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to
Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to such
Securities and any Coupons
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appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at
any time, with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
elect to have Section 402(2) or Section 402(3) be applied to such Outstanding
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Section 402.
(2) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section 402(2) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company
shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to
such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on the date the
conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are satisfied
(hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
represented by such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of
clause (5) of this Section 402 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred
to in clauses (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all of its other
obligations under such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture insofar as such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are
concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company , shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in clause (4) of this Section 402
and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on, and Additional
Amounts, if any, with respect to, such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto when such payments are due, and any rights of such Holder to convert or
exchange such Securities into Common Stock or other securities, (ii) the
obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to such Securities under
Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, with respect to the payment of Additional
Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to
the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities
exceed the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to
Section 401(4)(a) below), and with respect to any rights to convert or exchange
such Securities into Common Stock or other securities, (iii) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Section
402. The Company may exercise its option under this Section 402(2)
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under clause (3) of this
Section 402 with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto.
(3) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section 402(3) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company
shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1006 and 1007 and, to the
extent specified pursuant to Section 301, any other covenant applicable to such
Securities, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in clause
(4) of this Section 402 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and
such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed
to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in
connection with any such covenant, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding"
for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance
means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to comply with, and shall have no
liability in respect of, any term, condition or limitation
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set forth in any such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or
indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or
such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other
covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default under
Section 501(4) or 501(9) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as
specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and Coupons
appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
(4) The following shall be the conditions to application of clause (2) or
(3) of this Section 402 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and
any Coupons appertaining thereto:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements
of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this
Section 402 applicable to it) 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 such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto, (1) an amount in Dollars or in such Foreign
Currency in which such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are
then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or (2) Government Obligations
applicable to such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto (determined
on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities and Coupons
appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity)
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day
before the due date of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto, money in an amount, or (3) a combination thereof, in any case, in
an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such
principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied
by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (y) the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on, and, to the
extent that such Securities provide for the payment of Additional Amounts
thereon and the amount of any such Additional Amounts is at the time of
deposit reasonably determinable by the Company (in the exercise by the
Company of its sole and absolute discretion), any Additional Amounts with
respect to, such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of
principal or interest and (z) any mandatory sinking fund payments or
analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto on the day on which such payments are due and
payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or
any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound.
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(c) Solely in the case of an election under clause (2) of this
Section 402, no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or at any time during the period
ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood
that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of
such period).
(d) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and
any Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss
for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant
defeasance, as the case may be, and will be subject to Federal income tax
on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may
be, had not occurred.
(e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance or covenant defeasance under clause (2) or (3)
of this Section 402 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 402(4), such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any
additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be
imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant
to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or
other qualifying trustee -- collectively for purposes of this Section 402(5) and
Section 403, the "Trustee") pursuant to clause (4) of Section 402 in respect of
any Outstanding Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 402(4)(a) has been made,
(a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b)
a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the
deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made, the indebtedness
represented by such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be
deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied
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through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest, if
any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such Security as the
same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as
specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property
deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security
becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in
the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market
exchange rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to
each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable
market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible)
at the time of the Conversion Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge, imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to this Section 402 or the principal or interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Section 402 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom)
held by it as provided in clause (4) of this Section 402 which, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the
amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this
Section 402.
Section 403. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money
and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or
402 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions
of the Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of
the principal, premium, interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such
money has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by the
Trustee; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 404. EFFECT ON SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS.
Unless otherwise expressly provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to
the Securities of any series, the provisions for subordination of the Securities
set forth in Article Sixteen hereof are hereby expressly made subject to the
provisions for satisfaction and discharge set forth in Section 401 hereof and
the provisions for defeasance and covenant defeasance set forth in Section 402
hereof and, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the
effectiveness of such satisfaction and discharge pursuant to Section 401 or any
such defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 402 with respect to
the Securities of any series, such Securities shall thereupon cease to be so
subordinated and shall no longer be subject to the provisions of
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Article Sixteen hereof and, without limitation to the foregoing, all moneys,
Government Obligations and other securities or property deposited with the
Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) in trust in connection with such
satisfaction and discharge, defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may
be, and all proceeds therefrom may be applied to pay the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect
to the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and
payable notwithstanding the provisions of Article Sixteen.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) unless
such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the
supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate establishing
the terms of such Series pursuant to this Indenture:
(1) default in the payment of any interest on, or any Additional Amounts
payable in respect of any interest on, any Security of such series when such
interest or such Additional Amounts, as the case may be, become due and payable,
and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on, or
any Additional Amounts payable in respect of the principal of or premium, if
any, on, any Security of such series when due upon Maturity (whether upon
redemption or otherwise); or
(3) default in the payment of any sinking fund payment, or analogous
provision, when and as due by the terms of a Security of such series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of
the Company in this Indenture or any Security of such series (other than a
covenant or warranty for which the consequences of breach or nonperformance are
addressed elsewhere in this Section 501 or in the Securities or in a covenant or
warranty which has expressly been included in this Indenture or a Security of
that series, whether or not by means of a Supplemental Indenture, solely for the
benefit of Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of
such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company
and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series a written notice specifying such default
or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; or
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(5) acceleration of the maturity of any single outstanding issue of
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with an outstanding
aggregate principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 whether such Indebtedness
now exists or shall hereafter be created (including an acceleration under this
Indenture with respect to Securities of any series other than the series for
which the Event of Default determination is being made under this Section
501(5)), as a result of an event of default thereunder, which acceleration
continues and is not annulled, or which Indebtedness is not discharged within 30
days or such longer period of time during which (i) the Company is contesting in
good faith and by appropriate legal proceedings such acceleration, as evidenced
by the delivery to the Trustee on or prior to such thirtieth day after such
acceleration of an Officers' Certificate to such effect, describing in
reasonable detail the circumstances surrounding such acceleration and such
proceedings, or (ii) the Company is contesting in good faith such acceleration,
as evidenced by the delivery to the Trustee within the thirty day period
referred to above of an Opinion of Counsel indicating that the Company has a
reasonable legal basis for pursuing such contest, and an Officers' Certificate
of the type referred to above (except that no description of legal proceedings
need be given);
(6) default in payment (after the expiration of any applicable grace
period with respect thereto) of any portion of the principal of, or any premium
with respect to, any single outstanding issue of Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary with an outstanding aggregate principal amount in
excess of $25,000,000 whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be
created (including such a default under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of any series other than the series for which the Event of Default
determination is being made under this Section 501(6)) which default is not
cured or such Indebtedness is not discharged within 30 days or such longer
period of time during which (i) the Company is contesting in good faith and by
appropriate legal proceedings such default, as evidenced by the delivery to the
Trustee on or prior to such thirtieth day after such default of an Officers'
Certificate to such effect, describing in reasonable detail the circumstances
surrounding such default and such proceedings, or (ii) the Company is contesting
in good faith such default, as evidenced by the delivery to the Trustee within
the thirty day time period referred to above of an Opinion of Counsel indicating
that the Company has a reasonable legal basis for pursuing such contest, and an
Officers' Certificate of the type referred to above (except that no description
of legal proceedings need be given); or
(7) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the
Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of
any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed
and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(8) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or of any
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other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the
consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or
the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by
it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or
the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action;
or
(9) any other Event of Default provided in or pursuant to this Indenture
with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee
if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal or such
lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after Securities of any series have been accelerated and before
a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by
written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of money
sufficient to pay
(a) all overdue installments of any interest on any Securities of
such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto and any Additional Amounts
with respect thereto,
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such series
which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration
and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto and, to the extent the
payment of such interest is lawful, interest thereon at the rate or rates
borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(c) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue installments of any interest and any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities, and
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(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 606; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other
than the non-payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any
Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series which shall have
become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on or
any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon appertaining
thereto when such interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any premium on
any Security at its Maturity,
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with interest upon the overdue principal,
any premium and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts at
the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount of money as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other
amounts due to the Trustee under Section 606.
If the Company fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee
pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in
the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other
obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the
Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such
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rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in
this Indenture or such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein or therein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of any overdue principal, premium, interest or
Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the
principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid
in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and to
file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any
Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder of Securities or any Coupons to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Holders of Securities or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or any Coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or Coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or any Coupon in any such proceeding.
Section 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES
OR COUPONS.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such
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proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee
of an express trust, and any recovery or judgment, after provision for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each
and every Holder of a Security or Coupon in respect of which such judgment has
been recovered.
Section 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, or any
premium, interest or Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities or
Coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if
only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of amounts then due and unpaid to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness, to the extent required by Article Sixteen;
THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and
Additional Amounts in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities
and Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts,
respectively;
FOURTH: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto.
Section 507. LIMITATIONS ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto
shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with
respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in
its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
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(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture or any Security to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series, or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and
for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL AND ANY
PREMIUM, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security or Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305
and 307) interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security
or such Coupon, as the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity or
Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of
redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of
such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such
repayment is due) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or a Coupon has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such
case the Company, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and each such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
Section 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons in the last paragraph
of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the
extent permitted by law, shall be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, to the
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extent permitted by law, prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any
other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or
Coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or to any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may
be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be.
Section 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture or with the Securities of any series,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the
other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may waive any
past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except
a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on,
or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or
any Coupons appertaining thereto, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company expressly waives (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) all benefit or advantage of any such law and
covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power
herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every
such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 515. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of any
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
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 515 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to
any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate
more than 10% in principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series, or to
any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts,
if any, with respect to any Security on or after the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date, and, in the case of repayment, on or after the date
for repayment) or for the enforcement of the right, if any, to convert or
exchange any Security into Common Stock or other securities in accordance with
its terms.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document reasonably
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 or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order (in each
case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons
appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery
pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided
therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence
of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by or pursuant to this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or
any Coupons appertaining thereto pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make
such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine,
during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; 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 and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
Section 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect
to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section 703(3), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless
such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in
the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any),
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interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts or any sinking fund or purchase fund
installment with respect to, any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such
notice is in the best interest of the Holders of Securities and Coupons of such
series; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(9) with respect to Securities of such series, no such
notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence
thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "DEFAULT" means any event
which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as the
statements of the Company and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent
assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or the Coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company
are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither
the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee or the
Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the
Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other Person.
Section 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Except as provided in Section 403 and Section 1003, money held by the
Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Section 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company agrees:
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(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation
of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to the Trustee's negligence
or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim
or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their
powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent that any such loss,
liability or expense was due to the Trustee's negligence or bad faith.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any
series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities or any Coupons
appertaining thereto.
Any compensation or expense incurred by the Trustee after a default
specified by Section 501 is intended to constitute an expense of administration
under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. "Trustee" for purposes
of this Section 606 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or
bad faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under
this Section 606.
Section 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
(1) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Corporation,
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia, eligible under Section 310(a)(1) of
the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined capital and surplus (computed in
accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least
$50,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
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Section 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(1) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee pursuant to Section 609.
(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 609 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such
series.
(3) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and the Company.
(4) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed
upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to
Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or
any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Security of such series for at least six months, or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or any
such Holder, or
(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution,
may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such
series, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder
of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for
at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with
respect to all Securities of such series and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(5) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more
or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with
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respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 609. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
609, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If
no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have
been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 609, any Holder of a Security who
has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
(6) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are
issued as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an
Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(1) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of
its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and,
subject to Section 1003, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section
606.
(2) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring
Trustee and such successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring
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Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not
retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add
to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same
trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder
separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to,
or received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee
hereunder, and, upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture,
the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the
extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall have no further
responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of
the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates other than as hereinafter expressly set forth,
and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or
such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor relates and subject to Section 1003 shall duly assign, transfer
and deliver to such successor Trustee, to the extent contemplated by such
supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject to its claim, if any,
provided for in Section 606.
(3) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a successor Trustee,
the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section, as the case may be.
(4) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor
Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
Any Corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated
but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating
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Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
Section 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to the
Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or
those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer,
partial redemption or partial repayment, or pursuant to Section 306, and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and, except as
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be a corporation
that would be permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an
indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is authorized under
applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating Agent and has a
combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of
the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect specified in this Section.
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, PROVIDED such
Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice
of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such
Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer
Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its
principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any
successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder,
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shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section. If the Trustee
makes such payments, it shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments,
subject to the provisions of Section 606.
The provisions of Sections 308, 603 and 604 shall be applicable to each
Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series
of Securities pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have
endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
As Trustee
By
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As Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one
time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating
Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the
Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be
accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall
appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office
in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of
Securities.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company
shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually with respect to Securities of each series not later
than August 1 and February 1 of the year or upon such other dates as are
set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental
hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each case in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders as of
the applicable date, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such
list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Trustee,
any Paying Agent or any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason
of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the
Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that
the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material
pursuant to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(1) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first
May 15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to Section 301, if
required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall
transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report
dated as of such May 15 with respect to any of the events specified in said
Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately
preceding May 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(2) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
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(3) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted in the manner
and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
Section 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to
file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information,
documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered
on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such
rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional
information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company,
with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time
to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be
filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may
be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge
into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or the Person which
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acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets
of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture (or
indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the
due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on and
any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the performance of
every obligation in this Indenture and the Outstanding Securities on the part of
the Company to be performed or observed and shall provide for conversion or
exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any
series that are convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock or other
securities;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) either the Company or the successor Person shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED FOR COMPANY.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger of the Company into
any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance
with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter, except in
the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the Coupons.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or Coupons, the Company
(when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee, at any
time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
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(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained
herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental
indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Company; or
(3) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide
that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or
eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of, any premium or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized
denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in
uncertificated form, provided any such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining
thereto in any material respect; or
(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 609; or
(6) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in
any material respect; or
(7) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue,
authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(8) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any
series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture); or
(9) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent
as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of
any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four, PROVIDED that any such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of a Security of such
series and any Coupons appertaining thereto or any other Security or Coupon in
any material respect; or
(10) to secure the Securities; or
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(11) to make provisions with respect to conversion or exchange rights of
Holders of Securities of any series; or
(12) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture (which amendment or supplement may apply to one or more
series of Securities or to one or more Securities within any series as specified
in such supplemental indenture or indentures), PROVIDED that such amendment or
supplement does not apply to any Outstanding Security issued prior to the date
of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefits of such provision.
Section 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution), and
the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities of such series or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental
indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby, shall
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or
installment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the
calculation of such rate) of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or
otherwise, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts
pursuant to Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted
by Section 901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount
thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, adversely affect the
right of repayment at the option of any Holder as contemplated by Article
Thirteen, or change the Place of Payment, Currency in which the principal of,
any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Security is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the
option of the Holder, on or after the date for repayment), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of Article Sixteen or the definition of
"Senior Indebtedness" in a manner adverse to the Holders of Securities, or
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(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section
1008, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of
the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, or
(5) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or
exchange any Security for Common Stock or other securities in accordance with
its terms.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which shall have been included expressly and solely
for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to
such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by,
any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required
by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 906. EFFECT ON SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
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No supplement indenture shall directly or indirectly modify or eliminate
the provisions of Article Sixteen or the definition of "Senior Indebtedness" in
any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Securities
to Senior Indebtedness without the prior written consent of the Holders of the
Senior Indebtedness.
Section 907. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, ANY PREMIUM, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of,
any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of such series in accordance with the terms thereof, any Coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Any interest due on any Bearer
Security on or before the Maturity thereof, and any Additional Amounts payable
with respect to such interest, shall be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto for such interest as they
severally mature.
Section 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series (but not Bearer
Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is
located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange, where Securities of such series that are convertible or
exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, and where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series
relating thereto and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series
are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall maintain, subject to any
laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or Agency in a Place of
Payment for such series which is located outside the United States where
Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented
and surrendered for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Securities of such
series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic
of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located
outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company
shall maintain a Paying Agent in London, Luxembourg or any other required city
located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities
of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location,
of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any
such required Office or Agency or shall
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fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented and surrendered for payment at the
place specified for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in
or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as
its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment
of principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer
Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if
amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars,
payment of principal of, any premium or interest on and any Additional Amounts
with respect to any such Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of
such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside
the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices
or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency
in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other Office or
Agency. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee as the Company's Office or Agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The Company may subsequently
appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York for the Securities of any series.
Section 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the
principal of, any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to
any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency or Currencies in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the
principal or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until
such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
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Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of
Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, any
premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities
of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency or
Currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal
or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless such
Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any
premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of
such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of
principal, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to
the Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in
trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, any money deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for
the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon appertaining
thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or any such
premium or interest or any such Additional Amounts shall have become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or
any Coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability
of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an
Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment for such series or to be mailed to
Holders of Registered Securities of such series, or both, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that,
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after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the
date of such publication or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after
such principal and any premium or interest or Additional Amounts shall have
become due and payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will
be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, the Company agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any
Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the
net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant
hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention
of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof
shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions
hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of any series, if the Securities of a series provide for the payment
of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date
with respect to such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series
shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of
principal is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters
set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other
than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such
Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium,
if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series shall be made to
Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are
United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such
series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers'
Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld
on such payments to such Holders of Securities or Coupons, and the Company
agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts
required by the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants to indemnify
the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith
on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by
any of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this
Section.
Section 1005. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate
existence of the Company and of each Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve
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its corporate existence (subject to Section 801) or the corporate existence of
any such Restricted Subsidiary if the Company, in its sole discretion,
determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct
of the business of the Company.
Section 1006. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, cause all
its properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be maintained
and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all
necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of
the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of
their respective properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the
Board of Directors of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, desirable in the conduct of its business.
Section 1007. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, (1) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied
or imposed upon it or upon its income, profits or property, and (2) all lawful
claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a
lien upon its property; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any
Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid
or discharged any such material tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
Section 1008. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in Sections 1002 to 1007, inclusive, with
respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either shall waive such
compliance in such instance or generally shall have waived compliance with such
term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such
term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and,
until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the
duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall
remain in full force and effect.
Section 1009. COMPANY STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of
the Company, stating whether or not, to the best of his or her
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knowledge, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture and if the Company shall
be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which he or she may have knowledge.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as
permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided
herein or pursuant hereto) this Article.
Section 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of less than all of the Securities of any series, the Company shall,
at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be
redeemed and, in the event that the Company shall determine that the Securities
of any series to be redeemed shall be selected from Securities of such series
having the same issue date, interest rate or interest rate formula, Stated
Maturity and other terms (the "Equivalent Terms"), the Company shall notify the
Trustee of such Equivalent Terms.
Section 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all of the Securities of any series are to be redeemed or if
less than all of the Securities of any series with Equivalent Terms are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding
Securities of such series or from the Outstanding Securities of such series with
Equivalent Terms, as the case may be, not previously called for redemption, by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide
for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of
Registered Securities of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such partial
redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Registered
Security of such series not redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a
Security of such series established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar
(if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and,
in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or
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to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal of such Securities
which has been or is to be redeemed.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of any series, if any Security selected for partial redemption is
converted or exchanged for Common Stock or other securities in part before
termination of the conversion or exchange right with respect to the portion of
the Security so selected, the converted or exchanged portion of such Security
shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Securities which have been converted or exchanged during a selection of
Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the
purpose of such selection.
Section 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a
shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to the Holders of
Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner
herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated for
redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon
surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without
charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due
and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if
applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of
Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after
the Redemption Date,
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are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued
interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of
any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all
Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of
any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any
Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any
Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer
Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption
on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as
determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made,
(10) in the case of Securities of any series that are convertible or
exchangeable into Common Stock or other securities, the conversion or exchange
price or rate, the date or dates on which the right to convert or exchange the
principal of the Securities of such series to be redeemed will commence or
terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for
conversion or exchange, and
(11) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Cedel reference numbers of
such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depository to identify
such Securities).
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need not
identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit, with respect
to the Securities of any series called for redemption pursuant to Section 1104,
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount
of money in the applicable Currency sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of,
and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for or in the Securities of such
series) any accrued interest on and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, all
such Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
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Section 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the Coupons for such
interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the
extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be
paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with any accrued interest
and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except
as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities
of such series, installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest (at an Office or Agency
located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002),
and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to
this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, installments of
interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may
be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or
Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to
them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any
Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall
surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect
of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any
interest or Additional Amounts represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such
Security located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid, shall bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
Section 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
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Security without service charge, a new Registered Security or Securities of the
same series, containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository
or other Depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in
the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a
new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so
surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise permitted or
required in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security of such series issued
pursuant to this Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking
fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided
in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption
of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such
series and this Indenture.
Section 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of any series to be made pursuant to the
terms of such Securities (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of such series
(other than any of such Securities previously called for redemption or any of
such Securities in respect of which cash shall have been released to the
Company), together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all
unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto, and (2) apply as a credit Securities of
such series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company
pursuant to the terms of such series of Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, PROVIDED that such Securities have not been previously so credited.
Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee
at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities
of any series in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 1202, the
principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed in order to exhaust
the aforesaid
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cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities
of such series for redemption, except upon Company Request, and such cash
payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next
succeeding sinking fund payment, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent shall at the request of the Company from time to time pay over and
deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such
Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that
series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the
cash payment requested to be released to the Company.
Section 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 75 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, and the optional amount, if
any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and
will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so credited and not
theretofore delivered. If such Officers' Certificate shall specify an optional
amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment,
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee
shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date
in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the
manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders
thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the
terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of
Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of
Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall not
operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented
by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or
surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be
cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section
1301, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange
for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment
bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders
of such Securities on or before the close of business on the repayment date an
amount not less than
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the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and
the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of such Securities
shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such
purchasers.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Whenever this Indenture provides for any distribution to Holders of
Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in
the same Currency, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in or
pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of such series, any amount in
respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be
treated for any such distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be
obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the
record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for
such distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other
date reasonably proximate to the date of such distribution) as the Company may
specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written
notice, as the Trustee may determine.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time
and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series.
Section 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time
and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if
Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as Bearer
Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee
shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general
terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the
manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to
the date fixed for the meeting.
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(2) In case at any time the Company (by or pursuant to a Board Resolution)
or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders
of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, by
written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be
taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made
the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt
of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to Section 106) or shall
not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then
the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series are
to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for such meeting and may call such
meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (1) of
this Section.
Section 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 1504. QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any action is
to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled
to vote 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after
the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the
request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other
case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as
determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 1502(1), except that such notice need be given only
once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled
to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state
expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented
to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid may be adopted
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only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as
limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any
consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the
Holders of at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly convened and
at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the
Holders of 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section
902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act which this Indenture expressly
provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage,
which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened
and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the
Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons
appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at
the meeting.
Section 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF
MEETINGS.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the
appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of
proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other
matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.
Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding
of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104
or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or
guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to
certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed
valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(2) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1502(2), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A
permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by
vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(3) At any meeting, each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy
shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of
such series held or represented by
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him; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in
respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman
of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no
right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if
applicable, Section 1504. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
S0UBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1601. AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.
The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees,
and each Holder of Securities by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and
agrees, that the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest,
if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of each and all of the
Securities is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1602. DISTRIBUTION ON DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND REORGANIZATION;
SUBROGATION OF SECURITIES.
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Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution,
winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether in bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for
the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities
of the Company or otherwise (subject to the power of a court of competent
jurisdiction to make other equitable provision reflecting the rights conferred
in this Indenture upon the Senior Indebtedness and the holders thereof with
respect to the Securities and the holders thereof by a lawful plan of
reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law):
(a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to
receive payment in full of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and
interest due thereon before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to
receive any payment upon the principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on, or Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of the indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities; and
(b) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind
or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders
of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article Sixteen shall be paid by the liquidating trustee
or agent or other person making such payment or distribution, whether a
trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise,
directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or
representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under
which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have
been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on
account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to
make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness; and
(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, shall be received by the Trustee or the
Holders of the Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full,
such payment or distribution shall be paid over, upon written notice to the
Trustee, to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative
or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under
which any instrument evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have
been issued, ratably as aforesaid, for application to payment of all Senior
Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have
been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of
the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or
securities of the Company applicable to Senior Indebtedness until the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts, if
any, in respect of the Securities shall be paid in full and no such payments or
distributions to the Holders of the Securities of cash, property or securities
otherwise distributable to the holders
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of Senior Indebtedness shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than
the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities be deemed
to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Securities. It is
understood that the provisions of this Article Sixteen are and are intended
solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the
Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the
other hand. Nothing contained in this Article Sixteen or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the
Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the
Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is unconditional
and absolute, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts, if any, in
respect of the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with their terms, or to affect the relative rights of the Holders of
the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or in the Securities prevent the Trustee
or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted
by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article Sixteen of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect
of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any
such remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred
to in this Article Sixteen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
601, shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or
agent or other person making any distribution to the Trustee for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the
holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount
thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon
and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Sixteen.
The Trustee, however, shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee shall not be liable to any such
holder if it shall pay over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders of
Securities or the Company moneys or assets to which any holder of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Sixteen.
If the Trustee or any Holder of Securities does not file a proper claim or
proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to above prior to
30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim in such proceeding,
then the holder of any Senior Indebtedness is hereby authorized, and has the
right, to file an appropriate claim or claims for or on behalf of such Holder of
Securities.
Section 1603. NO PAYMENT ON SECURITIES IN EVENT OF DEFAULT ON SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS.
No payment by the Company on account of principal (or premium, if any),
sinking funds or interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts, if any, in respect
of the Securities shall be made unless full payment of amounts then due for the
principal of (and premium, if any), sinking funds and interest, if any, on
Senior Indebtedness has been made or duly provided for in money or money's
worth.
Section 1604. PAYMENTS ON SECURITIES PERMITTED.
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Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall (a)
affect the obligation of the Company to make, or prevent the Company from
making, at any time except as provided in Sections 1602 and 1603, payments of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts
or sinking fund payments, if any, with respect to the Securities or (b) prevent
the application by the Trustee of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the
payment of or on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest,
if any, on, or Additional Amounts, if any, in respect of the Securities, unless
the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office written notice of
any event prohibiting the making of such payment more than two Business Days
prior to the date fixed for such payment.
Section 1605. AUTHORIZATION OF HOLDERS TO TRUSTEE TO EFFECT SUBORDINATION.
Each Holder of Securities by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article Sixteen and appoints
the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 1606. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact
known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to this Article Sixteen. Failure
to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Securities to
Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Sixteen or
any other provisions of this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent
(other than the Company) shall be charged with knowledge of the existence of any
Senior Indebtedness or of any event which would prohibit the making of any
payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, unless and until
the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have received (in the case of the
Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office) written notice thereof from the Company
or from the holder of any Senior Indebtedness or from the trustee for any such
holder, together with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of such holding of
Senior Indebtedness or of the authority of such trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof
any such moneys may become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of either the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any Security) the Trustee shall not have received with
respect to such moneys the notice provided for in this Section 1606, then,
anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
have full power and authority to receive such moneys and to apply the same to
the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary, which may be received by it within two Business Days
prior to such date. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it
of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such a
notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf
of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that
further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder
of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to participate in
any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Sixteen, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee as to the amount of Senior
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Indebtedness held by such Person (or the amount of Senior Indebtedness as to
which such Person is trustee), the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the
rights of such Person under this Article Sixteen and, if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1607. TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights
set forth in this Article Sixteen in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any
time held by it to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness
and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any
of its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article Sixteen shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 606.
Section 1608. MODIFICATIONS OF TERMS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
Any renewal or extension of the time of payment of any Senior Indebtedness
or the exercise by the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any of their rights
under any instrument creating or evidencing Senior Indebtedness, including,
without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, may be made or done all
without notice to or assent from the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee.
No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or
other change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any liability
or obligation under or in respect of, or of any of the terms, covenants or
conditions of any indenture or other instrument under which any Senior
Indebtedness is outstanding or of such Senior Indebtedness, whether or not such
release is in accordance with the provisions of any applicable document, shall
in any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article Sixteen or of
the Securities relating to the subordination thereof.
Section 1609. RELIANCE ON JUDICIAL ORDER OR CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING
AGENT.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article Sixteen, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent
jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation,
reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is
pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee,
custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other
person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon,
the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article Sixteen.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, all
as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC.
Attest:
By
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Name:
Title:
[SEAL] THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
as Trustee
Attest:
By
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Name:
Title:
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STATE OF )
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: SS.:
COUNTY OF )
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On the _____ day of ________________, 199_, before me personally came
_______________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is a _____________ of Consolidated Freightways, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such Corporation's seal; that it was so affixed by authority
of the Board of Directors of said Corporation; and that he signed his name
thereto by like authority.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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STATE OF )
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: SS.:
COUNTY OF )
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On the _____ day of ________________, 199_, before me personally came
_______________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is a _____________ of The First National Bank of Chicago, a banking
association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such Corporation's seal; that it was so affixed by authority
of the Board of Directors of said Corporation; and that he signed his name
thereto by like authority.
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Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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